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Personal profile
Biography
- Professor of Integrative Livestock Genetics
- Head of Research, SRUC
Research interests
My main academic activity has focussed on livestock genetics and the development of breeding tools for use by the agricultural community. I have made fundamental contributions in the delivery of broader breeding goals in cattle, with international impacts through the dissemination of genetic improvement. My current interdisciplinary research interests and projects include climate change and livestock systems, genetics of fitness traits, development of sustainable and environmental breeding goals and improvements to national livestock genetic evaluations.
Supervision
I have supervised students at undergraduate (Honours theses) through to PhD level including 12 honours and MSc research projects and 11 PhD projects (7 as principal supervisor) including:
- Modelling resilience and efficiency in European cattle systems. PhD 2017-2021
- Modelling climate change impacts on European sheep and goat systems. PhD 2016-2020
- Transcriptomics of selected diseases in Indian water buffolo. PhD: 2015-2019
- Breeding goal tools for smallholder dairy units in Africa. PhD: 2015-2019
- Genetics and genomics of feed efficiency and methane emissions in dairy. PhD: 2014-2018
- Cost effectiveness of mitigation options from EU dairy systems. PhD: 2011-2014
- Genetics of calving traits in dairy cattle. PhD: 2009-2011
- Modelling the Effects of Genetic Line and Feeding System on Methane Emissions from Dairy Systems. PhD: 2007-2010
Projects
Selected Funding
- 2018/9 Conception to consumption: aligning farmers to consumers using modern data, decision support and precision agriculture techniques. Innovate-UK Transforming Food Production. Total Value: £4.3 million
- 2017 GenTore: Genomic management Tools to Optimise Resilience and Efficiency. Funder: EU Horizon2020, Value: €7million
- 2017 Defining new paradigms and partnerships for genetic improvement of livestock. BBSRC Agri-food Technology Seeding Catalyst. Value: £150,000
- 2016 Delivering the Agricultural Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Inventories and Projections Funder: Defra. Value: £1.4 million
- 2015 Future-proofing our breeding goals – Breeding for climate resilience in UK dairy systems. Funder: BBSRC/NERC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Innovation Club. Value: £420,000
- 2015 Center for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health: Genomic tools to improve the productivity, efficiency, resilience, and health of tropical livestock owned by poor smallholder farmers. Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Value: $16 million
- 2014 Improving the sustainability and competitive position of the UK beef industry through selective breeding. Funder: Defra. Value: £1,900,000
- 2014 Developing next generation genetic improvement tools from next generation sequencing (GenImproveSeq) Funder: BBSRC. Value: £900,000.
- 2012 Using systems biology to understand and routinely predict health and welfare traits in dairy cattle. Funder: BBSRC Responsive Mode. Value: £700,000
- 2011 Monitoring and improving efficiency of healthy dairy products, farms and supply chains. Funder: TSB Value: £1,356,000
- 2010 Underpinning tools to be used by the ruminant GIN. Funder: Defra. Value: £298,951
- 2010 Establishing the scientific and mechanistic framework for a GIN. Funder: Defra. Value: £107,000
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh
1 Nov 1998 → 30 Mar 2002
Award Date: 1 Jun 2002
Master, Animal Breeding (by Research), University College Dublin
1 Sept 1997 → 31 Oct 1998
Award Date: 5 Apr 1999
Bachelor, Ag Sci, University College Dublin
1 Oct 1993 → 30 Jun 1997
Award Date: 1 Jul 1997
External positions
British Society of Animal Science
8 Apr 2019 → 1 Apr 2020
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1 May 2017 → 1 May 2020
Young Academy of Scotland
1 May 2015 → 1 May 2020
European Association of Animal Production
30 Aug 2014 → 30 Aug 2020
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Seascape Approach To Improving Fisheries Sustainability
Cullen, G. (PhD Student), Wall, E. (Supervisor) & Wall, E. (PI)
1/10/22 → 30/09/26
Project: PhD project
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Reducing feed costs and GHG emission in smallholder dairy cattle in SSA
Mrode, R. (PI), Coffey, M. (Researcher) & Wall, E. (Researcher)
1/08/22 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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RESAS 22-27: SRUC-b2-7 Data Driven Techniques To Develop New Phenotypes For Dairy Cows And Chains.
Wall, E. (PI), Pritchard, T. (CoI) & Archibald, I. (CoI)
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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RESAS 22-27: SRUC-c3-2 Modelling The Socio-economic, Greenhouse Gas And Natural Capital Impacts Of Land Use Policy And Opportunities?. *joint With SRUC-d5-3
McVittie, A. (PI), Thomson, S. (CoI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), Botero Degiovanni, H. (CoI), MacLeod, M. (CoI), Hamilton, A. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoI), Buckingham, S. (CoI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Thomson, S. (CoI), Holland, J. (CoI), McCracken, D. (CoI), Gibson-Poole, S. (CoI), Botero Degiovanni, H. (CoI), McMillan, J. (CoI), Wall, E. (CoI), MacLeod, M. (CoI), Glendinning, J. (CoI), Merrell, I. (CoI) & Mckay Fletcher, D. (CoI)
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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RESAS 22-27: SRUC-c5-2 Large Data To Underpin National Livestock Food Systems Modelling.
Coffey, M. (PI), Archibald, I. (CoI) & Wall, E. (CoI)
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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44. Genetic variation in resilience to climate effects on beef carcass traits
Bunning, H. & Wall, E., 9 Feb 2023, (First published) Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges. Wageningen Academic PublishersResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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673. Simulating technical, economic and environmental performance of a dairy herd under selection in future climate conditions
Burns, J. G., Eory, V., Mrode, R., Simm, G. & Wall, E., 9 Feb 2023, (First published) Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP): Technical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges. Wageningen Academic Publishers, p. 2777-2781Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Use of dry-matter intake recorded at multiple time periods during lactation increases the accuracy of genomic prediction for dry-matter intake and residual feed intake in dairy cattle
Bolormaa, S., Haile-Mariam, M., Marett, L. C., Miglior, F., Baes, C. F., Schenkel, F. S., Connor, E. E., Manzanilla-Pech, C. I. V., Wall, E., Coffey, M. P., Goddard, M. E., Macleod, I. M. & Pryce, J. E., 29 May 2023, (First published) In: Animal Production Science. 63, 10-11, p. 1113-1125Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Correlations of milk and serum element concentrations with production and management traits in dairy cows
Denholm, S. J., McNeilly, T. N., Bashir, S., Mitchell, M. C., Wall, E. & Sneddon, A. A., Dec 2022, In: Journal of Dairy Science. 105, 12, p. 9726-9737 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Preferences of European dairy stakeholders in breeding for resilient and efficient cattle: A best-worst scaling approach
Burns, J. G., Glenk, K., Eory, V., Simm, G. & Wall, E., 22 Feb 2022, In: Journal of Dairy Science. 105, 2, p. 1265-1280 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Queen's Anniversary Prize
Wall, E. (Recipient), Coffey, M. (Recipient) & Roberts, D. (Recipient), Oct 2017
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Activities
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B.B.S.R.C. (External organisation)
Wall, E. (Chair)
1 Sept 2016Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
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B.B.S.R.C. (External organisation)
Wall, E. (Chair)
1 Jun 2015Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
Press/Media
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Consumer side of UK-wide beef research project begins at Balmoral
24/09/21
1 item of Media coverage
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Reduce greenhouse gases with ‘magic beans’
Eory, V., Rees, B., Leinonen, I., Maire, J., MacLeod, M., Sykes, A. & Wall, E.
24/02/21
1 item of Media coverage
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Pioneering project to single out more efficient beef cattle
11/08/18
1 item of Media coverage
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Impacts
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Incorporating novel data-driven approaches into cattle genetic improvement programmes leads to better animal performance and overall economic gains
Wall, E. (Participant), Coffey, M. (Participant), Pritchard, T. (Participant), Banos, G. (Participant) & Mrode, R. (Participant)
Impact: Technological
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