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Sinéad M. Waters is affiliated with Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority in Ireland. Their research contributions focus primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The subfields of their work include Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The main topics that Waters explores encompass Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Cancer-related Molecular Mechanisms Research, Animal Health and Immunology, and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Among recent scholarly papers authored or coauthored by Sinéad M. Waters are:

  • Seaweed and Seaweed Bioactives for Mitigation of Enteric Methane: Challenges and Opportunities, 2020, Animals
  • Rumen Microbiome Composition Is Altered in Sheep Divergent in Feed Efficiency, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Metabolic Influence of Core Ciliates within the Rumen Microbiome, 2023, The ISME Journal
  • Ecosystem Management Using Livestock: Embracing Diversity and Respecting Ecological Principles, 2023, Animal Frontiers
  • Investigating Temporal Microbial Dynamics in the Rumen of Beef Calves Raised on Two Farms During Early Life, 2020, FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • D.A. Kenny
  • Paul E. Smith
  • Bernadette Earley
  • Kate Keogh
  • Vincent O'Flaherty

Waters has published extensively in journals such as Animal - Science Proceedings, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal of Animal Science, and Animal. The total number of publications in these venues are 17, 12, 6, 6, and 5 respectively.

In addition to journal articles, Waters has contributed to academic book publications, including a 2023 title entitled Rumen Microbiome: Interacting with Host Genetics, Dietary Nutrients Metabolism, Animal Production, and Environment published by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • Addressing global ruminant agricultural challenges through understanding the rumen microbiome: past, present and future

    Sharon A. Huws;Christopher J. Creevey;Linda B. Oyama;Itzhak Mizrahi

  • Effect of phenotypic residual feed intake and dietary forage content on the rumen microbial community of beef cattle.

    Ciara A. Carberry;Ciara A. Carberry;David A. Kenny;Sukkyan Han;Matthew S. McCabe

  • Invited review: Improving feed efficiency of beef cattle - the current state of the art and future challenges.

    D.A. Kenny;C. Fitzsimons;S.M. Waters;M. McGee

  • Seaweed and Seaweed Bioactives for Mitigation of Enteric Methane: Challenges and Opportunities.

    D. Wade Abbott;Inga Marie Aasen;Karen A. Beauchemin;Fredri Grondahl

  • Pregnancy losses in cattle: potential for improvement.

    M G Diskin;S M Waters;M H Parr;D A Kenny

  • Association of bovine leptin polymorphisms with energy output and energy storage traits in progeny tested Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle sires

    Linda Giblin;Stephen T Butler;Breda M Kearney;Breda M Kearney;Sinead M Waters

  • RNA-seq analysis of differential gene expression in liver from lactating dairy cows divergent in negative energy balance

    Matthew McCabe;Sinead M. Waters;Dermot G. Morris;David J Kenny

  • Illumina MiSeq Phylogenetic Amplicon Sequencing Shows a Large Reduction of an Uncharacterised Succinivibrionaceae and an Increase of the Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii Clade in Feed Restricted Cattle.

    Matthew Sean McCabe;Paul Cormican;Kate Keogh;Aaron O’Connor

  • Effect of level and duration of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on the transcriptional regulation of Delta9-desaturase in muscle of beef cattle.

    S. M. Waters;J. P. Kelly;P. O'Boyle;A. P. Moloney

  • Rumen Methanogenic Genotypes Differ in Abundance According to Host Residual Feed Intake Phenotype and Diet Type

    CIara A. Carberry;Sinead M. Waters;David A. Kenny;Christopher J. Creevey;Christopher J. Creevey

  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1) Gene are Associated with Performance in Holstein-Friesian Dairy Cattle.

    Michael Paul Mullen;Donagh P. Berry;Dawn J. Howard;Michael G. Diskin

  • Negative energy balance and hepatic gene expression patterns in high-yielding dairy cows during the early postpartum period: a global approach

    S. D. McCarthy;S. M. Waters;D. A. Kenny;M. G. Diskin

  • GWAS and eQTL analysis identifies a SNP associated with both residual feed intake and GFRA2 expression in beef cattle.

    Marc G. Higgins;Claire Fitzsimons;Matthew C. McClure;Clare McKenna

  • Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids alter the expression of genes involved in prostaglandin biosynthesis in the bovine uterus.

    G.S. Coyne;D.A. Kenny;S. Childs;S. Childs;J.M. Sreenan

  • Divergent functional isoforms drive niche specialisation for nutrient acquisition and use in rumen microbiome.

    Francesco Rubino;Ciara Carberry;Sinéad M Waters;David Kenny

  • Feed restriction and subsequent realimentation in Holstein Friesian bulls: I. Effect on animal performance; muscle, fat, and linear body measurements; and slaughter characteristics.

    K. Keogh;S. M. Waters;A. K. Kelly;D. A. Kenny

  • Examination of the bovine leukocyte environment using immunogenetic biomarkers to assess immunocompetence following exposure to weaning stress

    Aran O'Loughlin;Mark McGee;Sinéad M Waters;Sean Doyle

  • mRNA expression of genes regulating oxidative phosphorylation in the muscle of beef cattle divergently ranked on residual feed intake

    Alan K. Kelly;Sinead M. Waters;Mark McGee;Rita G. Fonseca

  • Associations between newly discovered polymorphisms in the Bos taurus growth hormone receptor gene and performance traits in Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle.

    S. M. Waters;M. S. McCabe;D. J. Howard;L. Giblin

  • Gastrointestinal tract size, total-tract digestibility, and rumen microflora in different dairy cow genotypes

    Marion Beecher;Frank Buckley;Sinead M. Waters;T. M. Boland

  • Pleiotropic effects of negative energy balance in the postpartum dairy cow on splenic gene expression: repercussions for innate and adaptive immunity

    D. G. Morris;S. M. Waters;S. D. McCarthy;S. D. McCarthy;J. Patton

  • Global gene expression in endometrium of high and low fertility heifers during the mid-luteal phase of the estrous cycle

    Aideen P Killeen;Aideen P Killeen;Dermot G Morris;David A Kenny;Michael P Mullen

  • Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 genes are associated with milk production, body condition score and fertility traits in dairy cows.

    M P Mullen;C O Lynch;S M Waters;D J Howard

  • Transcriptome analyses reveal reduced hepatic lipid synthesis and accumulation in more feed efficient beef cattle

    Robert Mukiibi;Michael Vinsky;Kate A. Keogh;Carolyn Fitzsimmons;Carolyn Fitzsimmons

  • Effect of a butyrate-fortified milk replacer on gastrointestinal microbiota and products of fermentation in artificially reared dairy calves at weaning

    Eóin O'Hara;A K Kelly;Matthew S McCabe;David Anthony Kenny;David Anthony Kenny

  • 16S rRNA Sequencing Reveals Relationship Between Potent Cellulolytic Genera and Feed Efficiency in the Rumen of Bulls

    Emily McGovern;David A. Kenny;David A. Kenny;Matthew S. McCabe;Claire Fitzsimons

  • Genetic merit for fertility traits in Holstein cows: III. Hepatic expression of somatotropic axis genes during pregnancy and lactation

    Sean B Cummins;Sinead M. Waters;A.C.O. Evans;P. Lonergan

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark McGee
Mark McGee Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Bernadette Earley
Bernadette Earley Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Donagh P. Berry
Donagh P. Berry Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
David E. MacHugh
David E. MacHugh University College Dublin
Changxi Li
Changxi Li Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Torres Sweeney
Torres Sweeney University College Dublin
Patrick Lonergan
Patrick Lonergan University College Dublin
Paul Stothard
Paul Stothard University of Alberta
Frank Buckley
Frank Buckley University College Cork
R. I. Richardson
R. I. Richardson University of Bristol

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