Publications by authors named "Mike Gormally"
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- Carabid beetles may help control pests in US annual ryegrass crops, especially during autumn and winter when pests like slugs and lepidopteran larvae are active.
- The study found that only certain carabid species actively feed on these pests, with one species showing a significant amount of gut DNA from lepidopteran and cranefly larvae.
- None of the carabid species studied were negatively impacted by disk tilling, but one species showed a preference for vegetated field margins, highlighting considerations for ecosystem management.
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- The study examines the microbial community in the faeces of the EU-protected slug Geomalacus maculosus, found only in parts of Ireland, Spain, and Portugal, to see if a common microbiome exists among isolated populations.
- Faecal samples from 30 wild Irish slugs were analyzed using DNA sequencing techniques, and additional samples from lab-raised slugs on two different diets were compared.
- Results showed a diverse microbiome mostly influenced by the slugs' habitat, with some core bacteria shared among all specimens, suggesting that while diet plays a role, the environment is a significant factor in shaping their microbiome.
Quality control (QC) metrics are critical in high throughput screening (HTS) platforms to ensure reliability and confidence in assay data and downstream analyses. Most reported HTS QC metrics are designed for plate level or single well level analysis. With the advent of high throughput combination screening there is a need for QC metrics that quantify the quality of combination response matrices.
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