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ProfessorTorres Sweeney

Full Professor

School of Veterinary Medicine

Orcid identifier0000-0003-2639-395X (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Full Professor
    School of Veterinary Medicine
  • 01 716 6244
  • University College Dublin, School of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Science Centre Belfield Dublin 4

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Food Institutional Research Award
    1 Jan 2007
    Award for the best presentation at the 2007 cermony of awards in Dublin Castle
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Optimisation of school research resources committee
    1 Sep 2005 - 12 Apr 2006
    Chair
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    School research committee
    1 Sep 2005 - 30 Sep 2006
    Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Category 3 laboratory committee
    1 Mar 2005
    Member
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Irish Equine Centre
    1 Jan 2003 - 31 Oct 2004
    Optimisation of scrapie DNA genotyping facility
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    External peer review of Teagasc sheep production research programme
    29 Oct 2002 - 31 Oct 2002
    Member
  • PROFESSIONAL IMPACT
    BioAtlantis develops novel animal health product (opens in a new tab)⁠
    In 2003 Tralee-based biotechnology company, BioAtlantis began collaborating with UCD researchers to develop a seaweed-based product to promote better animal health. A key driver in the partnership was the ruling from Europe in 2006 that banned the use of in-feed growth promoting antibiotics. This was a major blow to the farming community throughout the EU and BioAtlantis, in partnership with UCD, sought to develop an effective natural alternative that could be validated by independent scientific research. As a result of this successful collaboration with UCD researchers, BioAtlantis launched
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Educating and discussing the potential for marker assisted selection for production traits in cattle and sheep with national authorities and animal breeders