Eileen Wall

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Easter Bush, Roslin Institute Building
EH25 9RG Midlothian
United Kingdom

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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
Burns, N., Cullen, G. & Wall, E.
SRUC internal funding
1/10/22 → 30/09/26
Project: PhD project
Reducing feed costs and GHG emission in smallholder dairy cattle in SSA
Mrode, R., Coffey, M. & Wall, E.
1/08/22 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
RESAS 22-27: Unc Maintenance And Development Of Key Long-term Data Sets Of National Significance
Dewhurst, R., Bagnall, A., Archibald, I., March, M., Dickinson, J., McCubbin, I., Ferguson, H., Wall, E., Beattie, M. & Miller, T.
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
RESAS 22-27: SRUC-b2-7 Data Driven Techniques To Develop New Phenotypes For Dairy Cows And Chains.
Wall, E., Pritchard, T. & Archibald, I.
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
RESAS 22-27: Jhi-b5-1 Food And Drink Manufacturing: Establishing Baseline Contributions To Climate Change And Identifying Scope For Reduction Of Environmental Impacts (react).
Wall, E., Pritchard, T., Archibald, I. & Coffey, M.
Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research

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 Publishers
Research 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. 2777-2781
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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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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Review: Preference elicitation methods for appropriate breeding objectives
Burns, JGB., Eory, V., Butler, A., Simm, G. & Wall, E., Jun 2022, In: Animal. 16, 6, 100535.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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21 Downloads (Pure)

Green Gown Award
Wall, Eileen (Recipient), Rees, Bob (Recipient) & Eory, Vera (Recipient), 2010
Prize
Queen's Anniversary Prize
Wall, Eileen (Recipient), Coffey, Mike (Recipient) & Roberts, Dave (Recipient), Oct 2017
Prize
Sir John Hammond Award
Wall, Eileen (Recipient), 30 Mar 2014
Prize

2 Membership of committee

B.B.S.R.C. (External organisation)
Eileen Wall (Chair)
1 Sept 2016
Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
B.B.S.R.C. (External organisation)
Eileen Wall (Chair)
1 Jun 2015
Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee

Consumer side of UK-wide beef research project begins at Balmoral
Eileen Wall
24/09/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Reduce greenhouse gases with ‘magic beans’
Vera Eory, Bob Rees, Ilkka Leinonen, Juliette Maire, Michael MacLeod, Alasdair Sykes & Eileen Wall
24/02/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Scots business welcomes ‘fake ice cream’ report
Eileen Wall
31/08/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
Pioneering project to single out more efficient beef cattle
Eileen Wall
11/08/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
How to feed Scotland in 2050
Eileen Wall
7/04/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media

Incorporating novel data-driven approaches into cattle genetic improvement programmes leads to better animal performance and overall economic gains
Eileen Wall (Participant), Mike Coffey (Participant), Tracey Pritchard (Participant), Georgios Banos (Participant) & Raphael Mrode (Participant)
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Seascape Approach To Improving Fisheries Sustainability

Reducing feed costs and GHG emission in smallholder dairy cattle in SSA

RESAS 22-27: Unc Maintenance And Development Of Key Long-term Data Sets Of National Significance

RESAS 22-27: SRUC-b2-7 Data Driven Techniques To Develop New Phenotypes For Dairy Cows And Chains.

RESAS 22-27: Jhi-b5-1 Food And Drink Manufacturing: Establishing Baseline Contributions To Climate Change And Identifying Scope For Reduction Of Environmental Impacts (react).

44. Genetic variation in resilience to climate effects on beef carcass traits

673. Simulating technical, economic and environmental performance of a dairy herd under selection in future climate conditions

Correlations of milk and serum element concentrations with production and management traits in dairy cows

Preferences of European dairy stakeholders in breeding for resilient and efficient cattle: A best-worst scaling approach

Review: Preference elicitation methods for appropriate breeding objectives

Green Gown Award

Queen's Anniversary Prize

Sir John Hammond Award

B.B.S.R.C. (External organisation)

B.B.S.R.C. (External organisation)

Consumer side of UK-wide beef research project begins at Balmoral

Reduce greenhouse gases with ‘magic beans’

Scots business welcomes ‘fake ice cream’ report

Pioneering project to single out more efficient beef cattle

How to feed Scotland in 2050

Incorporating novel data-driven approaches into cattle genetic improvement programmes leads to better animal performance and overall economic gains

Eileen Wall

Personal profile

Biography

Research interests

Supervision

Projects

Education/Academic qualification

External positions

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Projects

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