Biography:
Dr. Ní Dhufaigh graduated from the National University of Galway in 2015 with a BSc (Hon) in Marine Science. She then joined the MFRC of Galway Mayo Institute of Technology in 2017 as a PhD student elucidating the virulence factors of Neoparamoeba perurans. In February 2021, she commenced her post-doctoral position at Teagasc, Ireland working on bovine respiratory disease by viral metagenomic and 16S sequencing. She is now working as a research associate at Micron Agritech, an Irish biotechnology company specialising in rapid animal parasite diagnostics.
Title : Comparison of strongyle egg counts from ovine faecal samples obtained through a common laboratory analysis (traditional McMaster) and a rapid, on-site parasite diagnostic device utilising machine learning (Micron Kit).