Staff Profiles

PROF CHARLES SPILLANE

B.Sc.,Grad.Dip.,Ph.D.

Biography

Research Interests & Expertise

Plant Genetics; Plant Biosciences; Plant Biotechnology. Genetics; Epigenetics; Agricultural Biotechnology; Science & Technology Policy (esp re Developing Countries).

Research Experience & Employment

1/9/09 – Established Professor (Chair) of Plant Science; Head of Discipline of Botany & Plant Science (2009-2015); Director of Plant and AgriBiosciences Centre, NUI Galway, Ireland.
June 2003-    Senior Lecturer (Scale B8) & Principal Investigator (SFI Investigator) heading plant genetics and biotechnology research group at University College Cork, Ireland. Lab website: www.ucc.ie/spillane
2000-2003    Research Fellow at Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
1999 - 2000 Research Fellow at Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
1998-1999    Research Fellow at Delbruck Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), New York, USA.
1997-1998    Plant Genetics/Biotech Consultant with Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Rome, Italy.
1995-1997    Plant Biotechnology & Genetic Resources Consultant with Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Rome, Italy.
1990-1991    Postgraduate diploma in Management for Engineers and Scientists at Dept. of Management Studies, Trinity College, Ireland.
1988-1995    Ph.D. research on plant molecular genetics with Dr. Tony Kavanagh, Genetics Dept, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
1984-1988    B.Sc. (Biotechnology) Degree at Dept. of Biology, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland.

Research Interests

Research expertise: Plant and agricultural biosciences, genetics, epigenetics and biotechnology research. Agri biotechnology & science/technology policy analysis & advice Science and Technology for Sustainable Development Research interests: Plant biotechnologyPlant geneticsPlant molecular biologyPlant epigeneticsCrop breedingMicroalgal genetics & biotechnologyPlants & Sustainable DevelopmentPlants and Human NutritionAgricultural BiotechnologyFood BiotechnologyPlants & Human HealthPlant Genetic Resources & AgroBiodiversity GM crops/foodBioenergyPlant science & technology policy

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	'Smallholder Farmers and Climate Smart Agriculture: Technology and Labor-productivity Constraints amongst Women Smallholders in Malawi' Murray, U,Gebremedhin, Z,Brychkova, G,Spillane, C (2016) 'Smallholder Farmers and Climate Smart Agriculture: Technology and Labor-productivity Constraints amongst Women Smallholders in Malawi'. Gender Technology & Development, 20 :117-148 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'A Polynucleotide Repeat Expansion Causing Temperature-Sensitivity Persists in Wild Irish Accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana' Tabib, A,Vishwanathan, S,Seleznev, A,McKeown, PC,Downing, T,Dent, C,Sanchez-Bermejo, E,Colling, L,Spillane, C,Balasubramanian, S (2016) 'A Polynucleotide Repeat Expansion Causing Temperature-Sensitivity Persists in Wild Irish Accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana'. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'DNA barcoding of the main cultivated yams and selected wild species in the genus Dioscorea' Girma, G,Spillane, C,Gedil, M (2016) 'DNA barcoding of the main cultivated yams and selected wild species in the genus Dioscorea'. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 :228-237 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Disaggregating polyploidy, parental genome dosage and hybridity contributions to heterosis in Arabidopsis thaliana' Fort, A,Ryder, P,McKeown, PC,Wijnen, C,Aarts, MG,Sulpice, R,Spillane, C (2016) 'Disaggregating polyploidy, parental genome dosage and hybridity contributions to heterosis in Arabidopsis thaliana'. New Phytologist, 209 :590-599 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'The triploid East African Highland Banana (EAHB) genepool is genetically uniform arising from a single ancestral clone that underwent population expansion by vegetative propagation' Kitavi, M,Downing, T,Lorenzen, J,Karamura, D,Onyango, M,Nyine, M,Ferguson, M,Spillane, C (2016) 'The triploid East African Highland Banana (EAHB) genepool is genetically uniform arising from a single ancestral clone that underwent population expansion by vegetative propagation'. Theoretical And Applied Genetics, 129 :547-561 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Genome-wide identification and in silico characterisation of microRNAs, their targets and processing pathway genes in Phaseolus vulgaris L' Cardoso, TCD,Portilho, LG,de Oliveira, CL,McKeown, PC,Maluf, WR,Gomes, LAA,Teixeira, TA,do Amaral, LR,Spillane, C,Gomes, MD (2016) 'Genome-wide identification and in silico characterisation of microRNAs, their targets and processing pathway genes in Phaseolus vulgaris L'. Plant Biology, 18 :206-219 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Quantitative Genetics Identifies Cryptic Genetic Variation Involved in the Paternal Regulation of Seed Development' Pires, ND,Bemer, M,Muller, LM,Baroux, C,Spillane, C,Grossniklaus, U (2016) 'Quantitative Genetics Identifies Cryptic Genetic Variation Involved in the Paternal Regulation of Seed Development'. Plos Genetics, 12 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Quantitative Genetics Identifies Cryptic Genetic Variation Involved in the Paternal Regulation of Seed Development' Pires N.D., Bemer M, Müller L.M., Baroux C; Spillane C and Ueli Grossniklaus (2016) 'Quantitative Genetics Identifies Cryptic Genetic Variation Involved in the Paternal Regulation of Seed Development'. Plos Genetics, [Details]
	(2016)	'The triploid East African Highland Banana (EAHB) genepool is genetically uniform arising from a single ancestral clone that underwent population expansion by vegetative propagation' Kitavi M, Downing T, Lorenzen J, Karamura D, Onyango M, Nyine M. Ferguson M and Spillane C (2016) 'The triploid East African Highland Banana (EAHB) genepool is genetically uniform arising from a single ancestral clone that underwent population expansion by vegetative propagation'. Theoretical And Applied Genetics, [Details]
	(2016)	'Disaggregating polyploidy, parental genome dosage and hybridity contributions to heterosis in Arabidopsis thaliana' Fort, A., Ryder, P., McKeown, P. C., Wijnen, C., Aarts, M. G., Sulpice, R., & Spillane, C. (2016) 'Disaggregating polyploidy, parental genome dosage and hybridity contributions to heterosis in Arabidopsis thaliana'. New Phytologist, [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Genome sequencing of the extinct Eurasian wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, illuminates the phylogeography and evolution of cattle' Park SD, Magee DA, McGettigan PA, Teasdale MD, Edwards CJ, Lohan AJ, Murphy A, Braud M, Donoghue MT, Liu Y, Chamberlain AT, Rue-Albrecht K, Schroeder S, Spillane C, Tai S, Bradley DG, Sonstegard TS, Loftus BJ, and MacHugh DE. (2015) 'Genome sequencing of the extinct Eurasian wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, illuminates the phylogeography and evolution of cattle'. Genome Biol, 16 [Details]
	(2015)	'Morphological, SSR and ploidy analysis of water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) accessions for utilization of aerial tubers as planting materials' Girma G, Gedil M and Spillane C (2015) 'Morphological, SSR and ploidy analysis of water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) accessions for utilization of aerial tubers as planting materials'. Genetic Resources And Crop Evolution, [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Reduction in Carotenoid Levels in the Marine Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum by Artificial MicroRNAs Targeted Against the Endogenous Phytoene Synthase Gene' Kaur S, Spillane C (2015) 'Reduction in Carotenoid Levels in the Marine Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum by Artificial MicroRNAs Targeted Against the Endogenous Phytoene Synthase Gene'. Marine Biotechnology, [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Genome sequencing of the extinct Eurasian wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, illuminates the phylogeography and evolution of cattle' Park SD, Magee DA, McGettigan PA, Teasdale MD, Edwards CJ, Lohan AJ, Murphy A, Braud M, Donoghue MT, Liu Y, Chamberlain AT, Rue-Albrecht K, Schroeder S, Spillane C, Tai S, Bradley DG, Sonstegard TS, Loftus BJ, and MacHugh DE. (2015) 'Genome sequencing of the extinct Eurasian wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, illuminates the phylogeography and evolution of cattle'. Genome Biol, 16 [Details]
	(2015)	'Effect of constituents from samaras of Austroplenckia populnea (Celastraceae) on human cancer cells' Caneschi, CM,Muniyappa, MK,Duarte, LP,Silva, GDF,dos Santos, ODH,Spillane, C,Vieira, SA (2015) 'Effect of constituents from samaras of Austroplenckia populnea (Celastraceae) on human cancer cells'. Journal Of Intercultural Ethnopharmacology, 4 :6-11 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Genome‐wide identification and in silico characterization of microRNAs, their targets and processing pathway genes in Phaseolus vulgaris L' de Sousa Cardoso, Thaís Cunha, Laysa Gomes Portilho, Cleiton Lourenço Oliveira, Peter C. McKeown, Wilson Roberto Maluf, Luiz Antonio Augusto Gomes, Terezinha Aparecida Teixeira, Laurence Rodrigues do Amaral, Charles Spillane, and Matheus Souza Gomes. (2015) 'Genome‐wide identification and in silico characterization of microRNAs, their targets and processing pathway genes in Phaseolus vulgaris L'. Plant Biology, [Details]
	(2015)	'PATRONUS1 is expressed in meiotic prophase I to regulate centromeric cohesion in Arabidopsis and shows synthetic lethality with OSD1' Singh, DK,Spillane, C,Siddiqi, I (2015) 'PATRONUS1 is expressed in meiotic prophase I to regulate centromeric cohesion in Arabidopsis and shows synthetic lethality with OSD1'. BMC Plant Biology, 15 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Genomics in Agriculture and Food Processing' McKeown, PC,Keshavaiah, C,Fort, A,Tuteja, R,Chatterjee, M,Varshney, RK,Spillane, C,Panesar, PS,Marwaha, SS (2014) 'Genomics in Agriculture and Food Processing'. Biotechnology In Agriculture And Food Processing: Opportunities And Challenges, :45-70 [Details]
	(2014)	'Landscaping Plant Epigenetics' Spillane, C,Spillane, C,McKeown, PC (2014) 'Landscaping Plant Epigenetics'. Methods Mol Biol, 1112 :1-24 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Inference of Allele-Specific Expression from RNA-seq Data' Korir, PK,Seoighe, C,Spillane, C,McKeown, PC (2014) 'Inference of Allele-Specific Expression from RNA-seq Data'. Methods Mol Biol, 1112 :49-69 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Analysis of Genomic Imprinting by Quantitative Allele-Specific Expression by Pyrosequencing (R)' Fort, A,Spillane, C,Spillane, C,McKeown, PC (2014) 'Analysis of Genomic Imprinting by Quantitative Allele-Specific Expression by Pyrosequencing (R)'. Methods Mol Biol, 1112 :85-104 [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Molecular adaptation of telomere associated genes in mammals' Morgan, CC,Mc Cartney, AM,Donoghue, MTA,Loughran, NB,Spillane, C,Teeling, EC,O'Connell, MJ (2013) 'Molecular adaptation of telomere associated genes in mammals'. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13 [DOI] [Details]
	(2012)	'Draft genome sequence of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), an orphan legume crop of resource-poor farmers' Varshney, RK,Chen, WB,Li, YP,Bharti, AK,Saxena, RK,Schlueter, JA,Donoghue, MTA,Azam, S,Fan, GY,Whaley, AM,Farmer, AD,Sheridan, J,Iwata, A,Tuteja, R,Penmetsa, RV,Wu, W,Upadhyaya, HD,Yang, SP,Shah, T,Saxena, KB,Michael, T,McCombie, WR,Yang, BC,Zhang, GY,Yang, HM,Wang, J,Spillane, C,Cook, DR,May, GD,Xu, X,Jackson, SA (2012) 'Draft genome sequence of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), an orphan legume crop of resource-poor farmers'. Nature Biotechnology, 30 :83-128 [DOI] [Details]
	(2011)	'Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms within the Bovine DLK1-DIO3 Imprinted Domain Are Associated with Economically Important Production Traits in Cattle' Magee, DA,Berry, DP,Berkowicz, EW,Sikora, KM,Howard, DJ,Mullen, MP,Evans, RD,Spillane, C,MacHugh, DE (2011) 'Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms within the Bovine DLK1-DIO3 Imprinted Domain Are Associated with Economically Important Production Traits in Cattle'. Journal Of Heredity, 102 :94-101 [DOI] [Details]
	(2010)	'Plant-Produced Biopharmaceuticals' Gerlach, JQ,Kilcoyne, M,McKeown, P,Spillane, C,Joshi, L,Kole, C,Michler, CH,Abbott, AG,Hall, TC (2010) 'Plant-Produced Biopharmaceuticals'. Transgenic Crop Plants: Vol 2, :269-299 [DOI] [Details]
	(2010)	'A catalogue of validated single nucleotide polymorphisms in bovine orthologs of mammalian imprinted genes and associations with beef production traits' Magee, DA,Berkowicz, EW,Sikora, KM,Berry, DP,Park, SDE,Kelly, AK,Sweeney, T,Kenny, DA,Evans, RD,Wickham, BW,Spillane, C,MacHugh, DE (2010) 'A catalogue of validated single nucleotide polymorphisms in bovine orthologs of mammalian imprinted genes and associations with beef production traits'. Animal, 4 :1958-1970 [DOI] [Details]
	(2007)	'Positive darwinian selection at the imprinted MEDEA locus in plants' Spillane, C,Schmid, KJ,Laoueille-Duprat, S,Pien, S,Escobar-Restrepo, JM,Baroux, C,Gagliardini, V,Page, DR,Wolfe, KH,Grossniklaus, U (2007) 'Positive darwinian selection at the imprinted MEDEA locus in plants'. Nature, 448 :349-8 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'ALCAM is indirectly modulated by miR-125b in MCF7 cells' Akman HB, Selcuklu SD, Donoghue MT, Akhavantabasi S, Sapmaz A, Spillane C, Yakicier MC, Erson-Bensan AE (2015) 'ALCAM is indirectly modulated by miR-125b in MCF7 cells'. Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine, [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Genomic imprinting effects on complex traits in domesticated animal species' O'Doherty AM, MacHugh DE, Spillane C, Magee DA (2015) 'Genomic imprinting effects on complex traits in domesticated animal species'. Frontiers in Genetics, 6 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Imprinted loci in domestic livestock species as epigenomic targets for artificial selection of complex traits' Magee, DA,Spillane, C,Berkowicz, EW,Sikora, KM,MacHugh, DE (2014) 'Imprinted loci in domestic livestock species as epigenomic targets for artificial selection of complex traits'. Animal Genetics, 45 :25-39 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Next-generation sequencing based genotyping, cytometry and phenotyping for understanding diversity and evolution of guinea yams' Girma, G,Hyma, KE,Asiedu, R,Mitchell, SE,Gedil, M,Spillane, C (2014) 'Next-generation sequencing based genotyping, cytometry and phenotyping for understanding diversity and evolution of guinea yams'. Theoretical And Applied Genetics, 127 :1783-1794 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'The emerging biofuel crop Camelina sativa retains a highly undifferentiated hexaploid genome structure' Kagale, S,Koh, CS,Nixon, J,Bollina, V,Clarke, WE,Tuteja, R,Spillane, C,Robinson, SJ,Links, MG,Clarke, C,Higgins, EE,Huebert, T,Sharpe, AG,Parkin, IAP (2014) 'The emerging biofuel crop Camelina sativa retains a highly undifferentiated hexaploid genome structure'. Nature Communications, 5 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Landscaping plant epigenetics' McKeown PC, Spillane C (2014) 'Landscaping plant epigenetics'. Methods Mol Biol, 1112 :1-24 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'African Origin and Europe-Mediated Global Dispersal of The Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa' Moreira, C,Spillane, C,Fathalli, A,Vasconcelos, V,Antunes, A (2014) 'African Origin and Europe-Mediated Global Dispersal of The Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa'. Current Microbiology, 69 :628-633 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'An NTD-Associated Polymorphism in the 3 ' UTR of MTHFD1L can Affect Disease Risk by Altering miRNA Binding' Minguzzi, S,Selcuklu, SD,Spillane, C,Parle-McDermott, A (2014) 'An NTD-Associated Polymorphism in the 3 ' UTR of MTHFD1L can Affect Disease Risk by Altering miRNA Binding'. Human mutation, 35 :96-104 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'C(m)CGG Methylation-Independent Parent-of-Origin Effects on Genome-Wide Transcript Levels in Isogenic Reciprocal F1 Triploid Plants' Donoghue, MTA,Fort, A,Clifton, R,Zhang, X,McKeown, PC,Voigt-Zielinksi, ML,Borevitz, JO,Spillane, C (2014) 'C(m)CGG Methylation-Independent Parent-of-Origin Effects on Genome-Wide Transcript Levels in Isogenic Reciprocal F1 Triploid Plants'. Dna Research, 21 :141-151 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Analysis of genomic imprinting by quantitative allele-specific expression by Pyrosequencing(Â®)' McKeown PC, Fort A, Spillane C (2014) 'Analysis of genomic imprinting by quantitative allele-specific expression by Pyrosequencing(Â®)'. Methods Mol Biol, 1112 :85-104 [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Cytoplasmic Male Sterility-Associated Chimeric Open Reading Frames Identified by Mitochondrial Genome Sequencing of Four Cajanus Genotypes' Tuteja R, Saxena RK, Davila J, Shah T, Chen W, Xiao YL, Fan G, Saxena KB, Alverson AJ, Spillane C, Town C, Varshney RK (2013) 'Cytoplasmic Male Sterility-Associated Chimeric Open Reading Frames Identified by Mitochondrial Genome Sequencing of Four Cajanus Genotypes'. Dna Research, [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Gamete fertility and ovule number variation in selfed reciprocal F1 hybrid triploid plants are heritable and display epigenetic parent-of-origin effects' Duszynska, Dorota and McKeown, Peter C and Juenger, Thomas E and Pietraszewska-Bogiel, Anna and Geelen, Danny and Spillane, Charles (2013) 'Gamete fertility and ovule number variation in selfed reciprocal F1 hybrid triploid plants are heritable and display epigenetic parent-of-origin effects'. New Phytologist, [Details]
	(2013)	'Marker-trait association analysis of functional gene markers for provitamin A levels across diverse tropical yellow maize inbred lines' Azmach G, Gedil M, Menkir A, Spillane C (2013) 'Marker-trait association analysis of functional gene markers for provitamin A levels across diverse tropical yellow maize inbred lines'. BMC Plant Biology, 13 (1) [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Marker-trait association analysis of functional gene markers for provitamin A levels across diverse tropical yellow maize inbred lines' Azmach, G,Gedil, M,Menkir, A,Spillane, C (2013) 'Marker-trait association analysis of functional gene markers for provitamin A levels across diverse tropical yellow maize inbred lines'. BMC Plant Biology, 13 [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Molecular adaptation of telomere associated genes in mammals' Morgan CC, Mc Cartney AM, Donoghue MT, Loughran NB, Spillane C, Teeling EC, O Connell MJ (2013) 'Molecular adaptation of telomere associated genes in mammals'. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13 (1) [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Cytoplasmic Male Sterility-Associated Chimeric Open Reading Frames Identified by Mitochondrial Genome Sequencing of Four Cajanus Genotypes' Tuteja, R,Saxena, RK,Davila, J,Shah, T,Chen, WB,Xiao, YL,Fan, GY,Saxena, KB,Alverson, AJ,Spillane, C,Town, C,Varshney, RK (2013) 'Cytoplasmic Male Sterility-Associated Chimeric Open Reading Frames Identified by Mitochondrial Genome Sequencing of Four Cajanus Genotypes'. Dna Research, 20 :485-495 [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Computational Identification and Evolutionary Relationships of the MicroRNA Gene Cluster miR-71/2 in Protostomes' de Souza Gomes M, Donoghue MT, Muniyappa M, Pereira RV, Guerra-SÃ¡ R, Spillane C (2013) 'Computational Identification and Evolutionary Relationships of the MicroRNA Gene Cluster miR-71/2 in Protostomes'. Journal Of Molecular Evolution, [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Gamete fertility and ovule number variation in selfed reciprocal F1 hybrid triploid plants are heritable and display epigenetic parent-of-origin effects' Duszynska D, McKeown PC, Juenger TE, Pietraszewska-Bogiel A, Geelen D, Spillane C (2013) 'Gamete fertility and ovule number variation in selfed reciprocal F1 hybrid triploid plants are heritable and display epigenetic parent-of-origin effects'. New Phytologist, 198 (1):71-81 [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'CmCGG-methylation independent parent-of-origin effects on genome-wide transcript levels in isogenic reciprocal F1 triploid plants' Donoghue MTA, Fort A, Clifton R, Xhang X, McKeown PC, Borevitz JO and Spillane C (2013) 'CmCGG-methylation independent parent-of-origin effects on genome-wide transcript levels in isogenic reciprocal F1 triploid plants'. Dna Research, [Details]
	(2013)	'Emerging molecular mechanisms for biotechnological harnessing of heterosis in crops' McKeown PC, Fort A, Duszynska D, Sulpice R, Spillane C (2013) 'Emerging molecular mechanisms for biotechnological harnessing of heterosis in crops'. Trends In Biotechnology, 31 (10):549-551 [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Gene-association analysis of functional gene markers for elevated provitamin A levels across diverse tropical yellow maize inbred lines' Azmach G, Gedil M, Menkir A and Spillane C (2013) 'Gene-association analysis of functional gene markers for elevated provitamin A levels across diverse tropical yellow maize inbred lines'. BMC Plant Biology, [Details]
	(2012)	'Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the imprinted bovine insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor gene (IGF2R) are associated with body size traits in Irish Holstein-Friesian cattle' Berkowicz, EW,Magee, DA,Berry, DP,Sikora, KM,Howard, DJ,Mullen, MP,Evans, RD,Spillane, C,MacHugh, DE (2012) 'Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the imprinted bovine insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor gene (IGF2R) are associated with body size traits in Irish Holstein-Friesian cattle'. Animal Genetics, 43 :81-87 [DOI] [Details]
	(2012)	'Epigenetic mechanisms underlying genomic imprinting in plants' K\"ohler, Claudia and Wolff, Philip and Spillane, Charles (2012) 'Epigenetic mechanisms underlying genomic imprinting in plants'. Annual Review of Plant Biology, 63 :331-352 [Details]
	(2012)	'In Arabidopsis thaliana codon volatility scores reflect GC3 composition rather than selective pressure' O'Connell, Mary and Doyle, Aisling and Juenger, Thomas and Donoghue, Mark and Keshavaiah, Channa and Tuteja, Reetu and Spillane, Charles (2012) 'In Arabidopsis thaliana codon volatility scores reflect GC3 composition rather than selective pressure'. BMC research notes, 5 (1) [Details]
	(2012)	'MicroRNA-9 inhibition of cell proliferation and identification of novel miR-9 targets by transcriptome profiling in breast cancer cells' Selcuklu, S Duygu and Donoghue, Mark TA and Rehmet, Kristina and de Souza Gomes, Matheus and Fort, Antoine and Kovvuru, Prasad and Muniyappa, Mohan K and Kerin, Michael J and Enright, Anton J and Spillane, Charles (2012) 'MicroRNA-9 inhibition of cell proliferation and identification of novel miR-9 targets by transcriptome profiling in breast cancer cells'. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287 (35):29516-29528 [Details]
	(2012)	'Regulatory interplay between miR-21,< i> JAG1 and 17beta-estradiol (E2) in breast cancer cells' Duygu Selcuklu, S and Donoghue, Mark TA and Kerin, Michael J and Spillane, Charles (2012) 'Regulatory interplay between miR-21,< i> JAG1 and 17beta-estradiol (E2) in breast cancer cells'. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, [Details]
	(2012)	'PHLDA2 is an imprinted gene in cattle' Sikora, KM and Magee, DA and Berkowicz, EW and Lonergan, P and Evans, ACO and Carter, F and Comte, A and Waters, SM and MacHugh, DE and Spillane, C (2012) 'PHLDA2 is an imprinted gene in cattle'. Animal Genetics, 43 (5):587-590 [Details]
	(2012)	'Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the imprinted bovine insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor gene (IGF2R) are associated with body size traits in Irish Holstein-Friesian cattle' Berkowicz, EW and Magee, DA and Berry, DP and Sikora, KM and Howard, DJ and Mullen, MP and Evans, RD and Spillane, C and MacHugh, DE (2012) 'Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the imprinted bovine insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor gene (IGF2R) are associated with body size traits in Irish Holstein-Friesian cattle'. Animal genetics, 43 (1):81-87 [Details]
	(2011)	'Genome-wide identification of novel microRNAs and their target genes in the human parasite< i> Schistosoma mansoni' de Souza Gomes, Matheus and Muniyappa, Mohan Kumar and Carvalho, S\'avio Gon\ccalves and Guerra-S\'a (2011) 'Genome-wide identification of novel microRNAs and their target genes in the human parasite< i> Schistosoma mansoni'. Genomics, 98 (2):96-111 [Details]
	(2011)	'Identification of imprinted genes subject to parent-of-origin specific expression in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds' McKeown, Peter C and Laouielle-Duprat, Sylvia and Prins, Pjotr and Wolff, Philip and Schmid, Marc W and Donoghue, Mark TA and Fort, Antoine and Duszynska, Dorota and Comte, Aur\'elie and Lao, Nga T and others (2011) 'Identification of imprinted genes subject to parent-of-origin specific expression in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds'. BMC plant biology, 11 (1) [Details]
	(2011)	'Draft genome sequence of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), an orphan legume crop of resource-poor farmers' Varshney, Rajeev K and Chen, Wenbin and Li, Yupeng and Bharti, Arvind K and Saxena, Rachit K and Schlueter, Jessica A and Donoghue, Mark TA and Azam, Sarwar and Fan, Guangyi and Whaley, Adam M and others (2011) 'Draft genome sequence of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), an orphan legume crop of resource-poor farmers'. Nature biotechnology, 30 (1):83-89 [Details]
	(2011)	'Evolutionary origins of Brassicaceae specific genes in Arabidopsis thaliana' Donoghue, Mark TA and Keshavaiah, Channa and Swamidatta, Sandesh H and Spillane, Charles (2011) 'Evolutionary origins of Brassicaceae specific genes in Arabidopsis thaliana'. BMC evolutionary biology, 11 (1) [Details]
	(2011)	'DNA sequence polymorphisms within the bovine guanine nucleotide-binding protein Gs subunit alpha (Gs$\alpha$)-encoding (GNAS) genomic imprinting domain are associated with performance traits' Sikora, Klaudia M and Magee, David A and Berkowicz, Erik W and Berry, Donagh P and Howard, Dawn J and Mullen, Michael P and Evans, Ross D and MacHugh, David E and Spillane, Charles (2011) 'DNA sequence polymorphisms within the bovine guanine nucleotide-binding protein Gs subunit alpha (Gs$\alpha$)-encoding (GNAS) genomic imprinting domain are associated with performance traits'. BMC genetics, 12 (1) [Details]
	(2011)	'Single nucleotide polymorphisms within the bovine DLK1-DIO3 imprinted domain are associated with economically important production traits in cattle' Magee, David A and Berry, Donagh P and Berkowicz, Erik W and Sikora, Klaudia M and Howard, Dawn J and Mullen, Michael P and Evans, Ross D and Spillane, Charles and MacHugh, David E (2011) 'Single nucleotide polymorphisms within the bovine DLK1-DIO3 imprinted domain are associated with economically important production traits in cattle'. Journal of Heredity, 102 (1):94-101 [Details]
	(2011)	'High-resolution analysis of parent-of-origin allelic expression in the Arabidopsis endosperm' Wolff, Philip and Weinhofer, Isabelle and Seguin, Jonathan and Roszak, Pawel and Beisel, Christian and Donoghue, Mark TA and Spillane, Charles and Nordborg, Magnus and Rehmsmeier, Marc and K\"ohler, Claudia (2011) 'High-resolution analysis of parent-of-origin allelic expression in the Arabidopsis endosperm'. PLoS genetics, 7 (6) [Details]
	(2011)	'Single nucleotide polymorphisms at the imprinted bovine insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) locus are associated with dairy performance in Irish Holstein-Friesian cattle' Berkowicz, Erik W and Magee, David A and Sikora, Klaudia M and Berry, Donagh P and Howard, Dawn J and Mullen, Michael P and Evans, Ross D and Spillane, Charles and MacHugh, David E and others (2011) 'Single nucleotide polymorphisms at the imprinted bovine insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) locus are associated with dairy performance in Irish Holstein-Friesian cattle'. Journal of Dairy Research, 78 (1) [Details]
	(2011)	'Draft genome sequence of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), an orphan legume crop of resource-poor farmers' Varshney RK, Chen W, Li Y, Bharti AK, Saxena RK, Schlueter JA, Donoghue MT, Azam S, Fan G, Whaley AM, Farmer AD, Sheridan J, Iwata A, Tuteja R, Penmetsa RV, Wu W, Upadhyaya HD, Yang SP, Shah T, Saxena KB, Michael T, McCombie WR, Yang B, Zhang G, Yang H, Wang J, Spillane C, Cook DR, May GD, Xu X, Jackson SA (2011) 'Draft genome sequence of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan), an orphan legume crop of resource-poor farmers'. Nature Biotechnology, 30 (1):83-89 [DOI] [Details]
	(2011)	'Single nucleotide polymorphisms within the bovine DLK1-DIO3 imprinted domain are associated with economically important production traits in cattle' Magee, D.A., Berry, D.P., Berkowicz, E.W., Sikora, K.M., Howard, D.J., Mullen, M.P., Evans, R.D., Spillane, C., and MacHugh, D.E. (2011) 'Single nucleotide polymorphisms within the bovine DLK1-DIO3 imprinted domain are associated with economically important production traits in cattle'. Journal Of Heredity, 102 :94-101 [DOI] [Details]
	(2011)	'Eco-physiological Barriers and Technological Advances for Biodiesel Production from Microalgae' Simrat Kaur, Mohan C. Kalita, Ravi B. Srivastava and Charles Spillane (2011) 'Eco-physiological Barriers and Technological Advances for Biodiesel Production from Microalgae'. Biodiesel, [Details]
	(2011)	'DNA sequence polymorphisms within the bovine guanine nucleotide-binding protein Gs subunit alpha (Gs alpha)-encoding (GNAS) genomic imprinting domain are associated with performance traits' Sikora, KM,Magee, DA,Berkowicz, EW,Berry, DP,Howard, DJ,Mullen, MP,Evans, RD,MacHugh, DE,Spillane, C (2011) 'DNA sequence polymorphisms within the bovine guanine nucleotide-binding protein Gs subunit alpha (Gs alpha)-encoding (GNAS) genomic imprinting domain are associated with performance traits'. BMC Genetics, 12 [DOI] [Details]
	(2011)	'Evolutionary origins of Brassicaceae specific genes in Arabidopsis thaliana' Donoghue, MTA,Keshavaiah, C,Swamidatta, SH,Spillane, C (2011) 'Evolutionary origins of Brassicaceae specific genes in Arabidopsis thaliana'. Bmc Evolutionary Biology, 11 [DOI] [Details]
	(2011)	'High-Resolution Analysis of Parent-of-Origin Allelic Expression in the Arabidopsis Endosperm' Wolff, P,Weinhofer, I,Seguin, J,Roszak, P,Beisel, C,Donoghue, MTA,Spillane, C,Nordborg, M,Rehmsmeier, M,Kohler, C (2011) 'High-Resolution Analysis of Parent-of-Origin Allelic Expression in the Arabidopsis Endosperm'. Plos Genetics, 7 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2011)	'Identification of imprinted genes subject to parent-of-origin specific expression in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds' McKeown, PC,Laouielle-Duprat, S,Prins, P,Wolff, P,Schmid, MW,Donoghue, MTA,Fort, A,Duszynska, D,Comte, A,Lao, NT,Wennblom, TJ,Smant, G,Kohler, C,Grossniklaus, U,Spillane, C (2011) 'Identification of imprinted genes subject to parent-of-origin specific expression in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds'. Bmc Plant Biology, 11 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2011)	'Genome-wide identification of novel microRNAs and their target genes in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni' Gomes, MD,Muniyappa, MK,Carvalho, SG,Guerra-Sa, R,Spillane, C (2011) 'Genome-wide identification of novel microRNAs and their target genes in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni'. Genomics, 98 :96-111 [DOI] [Details]
	(2010)	'EU GM Crop Regulation: A Road to Resolution or a Regulatory Roundabout?' Morris, Shane and Spillane, Charles (2010) 'EU GM Crop Regulation: A Road to Resolution or a Regulatory Roundabout?'. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 4 [Details]
	(2010)	'1 out of 27 [mdash] European politicians score poorly in agbiotech' Atanassov, Atanas and Gheysen, Godelieve and Murphy, Denis J and Sanvido, Olivier and Schiemann, Joachim and Spillane, Charles and Tuberosa, Roberto (2010) '1 out of 27 [mdash] European politicians score poorly in agbiotech'. Nature Biotechnology, 28 (6):551-552 [Details]
	(2010)	'High concordance of bovine single nucleotide polymorphism genotypes generated using two independent genotyping strategies' Magee, DA and Berkowicz, EW and Sikora, KM and Sweeney, T and Kenny, DA and Kelly, AK and Evans, RD and Wickham, BW and Bradley, DG and Spillane, C and others (2010) 'High concordance of bovine single nucleotide polymorphism genotypes generated using two independent genotyping strategies'. Animal biotechnology, 21 (4):257-262 [Details]
	(2010)	'1 out of 27-European politicians score poorly in agbiotech' Atanassov A, Gheysen G, Murphy DJ, Sanvido O, Schiemann J, Spillane C, Tuberosa R (2010) '1 out of 27-European politicians score poorly in agbiotech'. Nature Biotechnology, 28 (6):551-552 [DOI] [Details]
	(2010)	'A phylogenetic approach to test for evidence of parental conflict or gene duplications associated with protein-encoding imprinted orthologous genes in placental mammals' O'Connell, MJ,Loughran, NB,Walsh, TA,Donoghue, MTA,Schmid, KJ,Spillane, C (2010) 'A phylogenetic approach to test for evidence of parental conflict or gene duplications associated with protein-encoding imprinted orthologous genes in placental mammals'. Mammalian Genome, 21 :486-498 [DOI] [Details]
	(2010)	'HIGH CONCORDANCE OF BOVINE SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM GENOTYPES GENERATED USING TWO INDEPENDENT GENOTYPING STRATEGIES' Magee, DA,Berkowicz, EW,Sikora, KM,Sweeney, T,Kenny, DA,Kelly, AK,Evans, RD,Wickham, BW,Bradley, DG,Spillane, C,MacHugh, DE (2010) 'HIGH CONCORDANCE OF BOVINE SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM GENOTYPES GENERATED USING TWO INDEPENDENT GENOTYPING STRATEGIES'. Animal Biotechnology, 21 :257-262 [DOI] [Details]
	(2010)	'EU GM Crop Regulation: A Road to Resolution or a Regulatory Roundabout?' Morris SH and Spillane C (2010) 'EU GM Crop Regulation: A Road to Resolution or a Regulatory Roundabout?'. European Journal Of Risk Regulation, 4 :359-369 [Details]
	(2010)	'A catalogue of validated single nucleotide polymorphisms in bovine orthologs of mammalian imprinted genes and associations with beef production traits' Magee, DA and Berkowicz, EW and Sikora, KM and Berry, DP and Park, SDE and Kelly, AK and Sweeney, T and Kenny, DA and Evans, RD and Wickham, BW and others (2010) 'A catalogue of validated single nucleotide polymorphisms in bovine orthologs of mammalian imprinted genes and associations with beef production traits'. Animal Genetics, 4 (12):1958-1970 [Details]
	(2010)	'DNA sequence polymorphisms in a panel of eight candidate bovine imprinted genes and their association with performance traits in Irish Holstein-Friesian cattle' Magee, David and Sikora, Klaudia and Berkowicz, Erik and Berry, Donagh and Howard, Dawn and Mullen, Michael and Evans, Ross and Spillane, Charles and MacHugh, David (2010) 'DNA sequence polymorphisms in a panel of eight candidate bovine imprinted genes and their association with performance traits in Irish Holstein-Friesian cattle'. BMC genetics, 11 (1) [Details]
	(2010)	'A phylogenetic approach to test for evidence of parental conflict or gene duplications associated with protein-encoding imprinted orthologous genes in placental mammals' Oâ€™Connell, Mary J and Loughran, Noeleen B and Walsh, Thomas A and Donoghue, Mark TA and Schmid, Karl J and Spillane, Charles (2010) 'A phylogenetic approach to test for evidence of parental conflict or gene duplications associated with protein-encoding imprinted orthologous genes in placental mammals'. Mammalian Genome, 21 (9-10):486-498 [Details]
	(2009)	'miR-21 as a key regulator of oncogenic processes' Selcuklu, S Duygu and Donoghue, MarkT A and Spillane, Charles and others (2009) 'miR-21 as a key regulator of oncogenic processes'. Biochemical Society Transactions, 37 (4) [Details]
	(2009)	'Toxicological assessment of chemicals using Caenorhabditis elegans and optical oxygen respirometry' Schouest, Katherine and Zitova, Alice and Spillane, Charles and Papkovsky, Dmitri B (2009) 'Toxicological assessment of chemicals using Caenorhabditis elegans and optical oxygen respirometry'. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 28 (4):791-799 [Details]
	(2009)	'PHYTOCHROME B and HISTONE DEACETYLASE 6 Control Light-Induced Chromatin Compaction in Arabidopsis thaliana' Tessadori, F,van Zanten, M,Pavlova, P,Clifton, R,Pontvianne, F,Snoek, LB,Millenaar, FF,Schulkes, RK,van Driel, R,Voesenek, LACJ,Spillane, C,Pikaard, CS,Fransz, P,Peeters, AJM (2009) 'PHYTOCHROME B and HISTONE DEACETYLASE 6 Control Light-Induced Chromatin Compaction in Arabidopsis thaliana'. Plos Genetics, 5 [DOI] [Details]
	(2009)	'TOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICALS USING CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS AND OPTICAL OXYGEN RESPIROMETRY' Schouest, K,Zitova, A,Spillane, C,Papkovsky, DB (2009) 'TOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICALS USING CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS AND OPTICAL OXYGEN RESPIROMETRY'. Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry, 28 :791-799 [Details]
	(2009)	'miR-21 as a key regulator of oncogenic processes' Selcuklu SD, Donoghue MT, Spillane C (2009) 'miR-21 as a key regulator of oncogenic processes'. Biochemical Society Transactions, 37 (Pt 4):918-925 [DOI] [Details]
	(2009)	'Phytochrome B and histone deacetylase 6 control light-induced chromatin compaction in Arabidopsis thaliana' Tessadori, Federico and van Zanten, Martijn and Pavlova, Penka and Clifton, Rachel and Pontvianne, Fr\'ed\'eric and Snoek, L Basten and Millenaar, Frank F and Schulkes, Roeland Kees and van Driel, Roel and Voesenek, Laurentius ACJ and others (2009) 'Phytochrome B and histone deacetylase 6 control light-induced chromatin compaction in Arabidopsis thaliana'. PLoS genetics, 5 (9) [Details]
	(2008)	'GM directive deficiencies in the European Union. The current framework for regulating GM crops in the EU weakens the precautionary principle as a policy tool' Morris SH, Spillane C (2008) 'GM directive deficiencies in the European Union. The current framework for regulating GM crops in the EU weakens the precautionary principle as a policy tool'. Embo Reports, 9 (6):500-504 [DOI] [Details]
	(2008)	'Translational epigenetics: clinical approaches to epigenome therapeutics for cancer' Selcuklu SD, Spillane C (2008) 'Translational epigenetics: clinical approaches to epigenome therapeutics for cancer'. Genetics, 3 (2):107-112 [Details]
	(2008)	'Genomic imprinting in plants' Garnier O, Laouielle-Duprat S, Spillane C (2008) 'Genomic imprinting in plants'. Adv Exp Med Biol, 626 :89-100 [Details]
	(2008)	'Genomic imprinting in plants' Garnier O, Laoueille-Duprat S, Spillane C (2008) 'Genomic imprinting in plants'. Genetics, 3 (1):14-20 [Details]
	(2008)	'Impact of Arable Farming on Irish Biodiversity: A Scarcity of Studies Hinders a Rigorous Assessment' O’Brien M, Spillane C, Meade C, and Mullins E (2008) 'Impact of Arable Farming on Irish Biodiversity: A Scarcity of Studies Hinders a Rigorous Assessment'. Biology And Environment: Proceedings Of The Royal Irish Academy, [Details]
	(2008)	'Genome-wide survey of allele-specific splicing in humans' Nembaware, V,Lupindo, B,Schouest, K,Spillane, C,Scheffler, K,Seoighe, C (2008) 'Genome-wide survey of allele-specific splicing in humans'. BMC Genomics, 9 [DOI] [Details]
	(2008)	'Genomic imprinting in plants' Garnier, O,Laouielle-Duprat, S,Spillane, C (2008) 'Genomic imprinting in plants'. Epigenetics, 626 :89-100 [Details]
	(2008)	'GM directive deficiencies in the European Union' Morris, Shane H and Spillane, Charles (2008) 'GM directive deficiencies in the European Union'. EMBO reports, 9 (6):500-504 [Details]
	(2008)	'Genomic imprinting in plants' Garnier, Olivier and Laoueill\'e-Duprat, Sylvia and Spillane, Charles (2008) 'Genomic imprinting in plants'. Epigenetics, 3 (1):14-20 [Details]
	(2008)	'Genome-wide survey of allele-specific splicing in humans' Nembaware, Victoria and Lupindo, Bukiwe and Schouest, Katherine and Spillane, Charles and Scheffler, Konrad and Seoighe, Cathal (2008) 'Genome-wide survey of allele-specific splicing in humans'. BMC genomics, 9 (1) [Details]
	(2008)	'An insight into the impact of arable farming on Irish biodiversity: a scarcity of studies hinders a rigorous assessment' O'Brien, Martin and Spillane, Charles and Meade, Conor and Mullins, Ewen (2008) 'An insight into the impact of arable farming on Irish biodiversity: a scarcity of studies hinders a rigorous assessment'. Biology \& Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 108 (2):97-108 [Details]
	(2008)	'Translational epigenetics: clinical approaches to epigenome therapeutics for cancer' Selcuklu, S Duygu and Spillane, Charles (2008) 'Translational epigenetics: clinical approaches to epigenome therapeutics for cancer'. Epigenetics, 3 (2):107-112 [Details]
	(2008)	'Genome-wide survey of allele-specific splicing in humans' Victoria, Nembaware and Bukiwe, Lupindo and Katherine, Schouest and Charles, Spillane and Konrad, Scheffler and Cathal, Seoighe (2008) 'Genome-wide survey of allele-specific splicing in humans'. BMC Genomics, 9 [Details]
	(2007)	'Genomic imprinting, methylation and molecular evolution of maize Enhancer of zeste (Mez) homologs' Haun, WJ,Laoueille-Duprat, S,O'Connell, MJ,Spillane, C,Grossniklaus, U,Phillips, AR,Kaeppler, SM,Springer, NM (2007) 'Genomic imprinting, methylation and molecular evolution of maize Enhancer of zeste (Mez) homologs'. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 49 :325-337 [DOI] [Details]
	(2007)	'Diffusible signal factor-dependent cell-cell signaling and virulence in the nosocomial pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia' Fouhy, Y,Scanlon, K,Schouest, K,Spillane, C,Crossman, L,Avison, MB,Ryan, RP,Dow, JM (2007) 'Diffusible signal factor-dependent cell-cell signaling and virulence in the nosocomial pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia'. Journal Of Bacteriology, 189 :4964-4968 [DOI] [Details]
	(2007)	'Positive darwinian selection at the imprinted MEDEA locus in plants' Spillane, Charles and Schmid, Karl J and Laoueill\'e-Duprat, Sylvia and Pien, St\'ephane and Escobar-Restrepo, Juan-Miguel and Baroux, C\'elia and Gagliardini, Valeria and Page, Damian R and Wolfe, Kenneth H and Grossniklaus, Ueli (2007) 'Positive darwinian selection at the imprinted MEDEA locus in plants'. Nature, 448 (7151):349-352 [Details]
	(2007)	'Positive darwinian selection at the imprinted MEDEA locus in plants' Spillane C, Schmid KJ, LaoueillÃ©-Duprat S, Pien S, Escobar-Restrepo JM, Baroux C, Gagliardini V, Page DR, Wolfe KH, Grossniklaus U (2007) 'Positive darwinian selection at the imprinted MEDEA locus in plants'. Nature, 448 (7151):349-352 [DOI] [Details]
	(2007)	'Genomic imprinting, methylation and molecular evolution of maize Enhancer of zeste (Mez) homologs' Haun, William J and Laoueill\'e-Duprat, Sylvia and O'Connell, Mary J and Spillane, Charles and Grossniklaus, Ueli and Phillips, Allison R and Kaeppler, Shawn M and Springer, Nathan M (2007) 'Genomic imprinting, methylation and molecular evolution of maize Enhancer of zeste (Mez) homologs'. The Plant Journal, 49 (2):325-337 [Details]
	(2007)	'Diffusible signal factor-dependent cell-cell signaling and virulence in the nosocomial pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia' Fouhy, Yvonne and Scanlon, Karl and Schouest, Katherine and Spillane, Charles and Crossman, Lisa and Avison, Matthew B and Ryan, Robert P and Dow, J Maxwell (2007) 'Diffusible signal factor-dependent cell-cell signaling and virulence in the nosocomial pathogen Stenotrophomonas maltophilia'. Journal of bacteriology, 189 (13):4964-4968 [Details]
	(2007)	'Development of a C. elegans model system for genetic and molecular dissection of epigenetic mechanisms underlying trinucleotide expansion disorders' Schouest, Katherine and Coghlan, Avril and Spillane, Charles (2007) 'Development of a C. elegans model system for genetic and molecular dissection of epigenetic mechanisms underlying trinucleotide expansion disorders'. International Worm Meeting, [Details]
	(2007)	'Prediction and validation of microRNA targets in animal genomes' Martin, Grace and Schouest, Katherine and Kovvuru, Prasad and Spillane, Charles (2007) 'Prediction and validation of microRNA targets in animal genomes'. Journal of biosciences, 32 :1049-1052 [Details]
	(2007)	'Prediction and validation of microRNA targets in animal genomes' Martin G, Schouest K, Kovvuru P, Spillane C (2007) 'Prediction and validation of microRNA targets in animal genomes'. Journal of biosciences, 32 (6):1049-1052 [Details]
	(2004)	'Genetic interaction of an origin recognition complex subunit and the Polycomb group gene MEDEA during seed development' Collinge MA, Spillane C, KÃ¶hler C, Gheyselinck J, Grossniklaus U (2004) 'Genetic interaction of an origin recognition complex subunit and the Polycomb group gene MEDEA during seed development'. Plant Cell, 16 (4):1035-1046 [DOI] [Details]
	(2004)	'Apomixis technology development-virgin births in farmers' fields?' Spillane C, Curtis MD, Grossniklaus U (2004) 'Apomixis technology development-virgin births in farmers' fields?'. Nature Biotechnology, 22 (6):687-691 [DOI] [Details]
	(2004)	'Transposons and tandem repeats are not involved in the control of genomic imprinting at the MEDEA locus in Arabidopsis' Spillane C, Baroux C, Escobar-Restrepo JM, Page DR, Laoueille S, Grossniklaus U (2004) 'Transposons and tandem repeats are not involved in the control of genomic imprinting at the MEDEA locus in Arabidopsis'. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol, 69 :465-475 [DOI] [Details]
	(2004)	'EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF SEED DEVELOPMENT IN ARABIDOPSIS' SPILLANE, CHARLES and PAGE, DAMIAN and BAROUX, CELIA and KOHLER, CLAUDIA and GROSSNIKLAUS, UELI (2004) 'EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF SEED DEVELOPMENT IN ARABIDOPSIS'. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, 69 (1) [Details]
	(2004)	'Transposons and tandem repeats are not involved in the control of genomic imprinting at the MEDEA locus in Arabidopsis' Spillane, C and Baroux, C and Escobar-Restrepo, J-M and Page, Damian R and Laoueille, S and Grossniklaus, U (2004) 'Transposons and tandem repeats are not involved in the control of genomic imprinting at the MEDEA locus in Arabidopsis'. Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology, 69 :465-476 [Details]
	(2004)	'Genetic interaction of an origin recognition complex subunit and the Polycomb group gene MEDEA during seed development' Collinge, Margaret A and Spillane, Charles and K\"ohler, Claudia and Gheyselinck, Jacqueline and Grossniklaus, Ueli (2004) 'Genetic interaction of an origin recognition complex subunit and the Polycomb group gene MEDEA during seed development'. The Plant Cell Online, 16 (4):1035-1046 [Details]
	(2004)	'Apomixis technology developmentâ€”virgin births in farmers' fields?' Spillane, Charles and Curtis, Mark D and Grossniklaus, Ueli (2004) 'Apomixis technology developmentâ€”virgin births in farmers' fields?'. Nature biotechnology, 22 (6):687-691 [Details]
	(2003)	'Engineering of apomixis in crop plants: what can we learn from sexual model systems?' Gheyselinck, Ramamurthy Baskar1' and Vielle-Calzada, Jean-Philippe (2003) 'Engineering of apomixis in crop plants: what can we learn from sexual model systems?'. Plant Biotechnology 2002 and Beyond: Proceedings of the 10th IAPTC\&B Congress, June 23-28, 2002, Orlando, Florida, USA, [Details]
	(2003)	'The Polycomb-group protein MEDEA regulates seed development by controlling expression of the MADS-box gene PHERES1' K\"ohler, Claudia and Hennig, Lars and Spillane, Charles and Pien, Stephane and Gruissem, Wilhelm and Grossniklaus, Ueli (2003) 'The Polycomb-group protein MEDEA regulates seed development by controlling expression of the MADS-box gene PHERES1'. Genes \& development, 17 (12):1540-1553 [Details]
	(2003)	'Colecciones n\'ucleos de recursos fitogen\'eticos' Van Hintum, JL and Brown, AHD and Spillane, C and Hodgkin, T (2003) 'Colecciones n\'ucleos de recursos fitogen\'eticos'. IPGRI Bolet\'\in T\'ecnico, (3) [Details]
	(2003)	'The Polycomb-group protein MEDEA regulates seed development by controlling expression of the MADS-box gene PHERES1' Kohler C, Hennig L, Spillane C, Pien S, Gruissem W, Grossniklaus U (2003) 'The Polycomb-group protein MEDEA regulates seed development by controlling expression of the MADS-box gene PHERES1'. Genes & Development, 17 (12):1540-1553 [DOI] [Details]
	(2002)	'Evolutionary origins of the endosperm in flowering plants' Baroux, C\'elia and Spillane, Charles and Grossniklaus, Ueli and others (2002) 'Evolutionary origins of the endosperm in flowering plants'. Genome Biol, 3 (9) [Details]
	(2002)	'Genomic imprinting during seed development' Baroux C, Spillane C, Grossniklaus U (2002) 'Genomic imprinting during seed development'. Genetics, 46 :165-214 [Details]
	(2002)	'Agricultural biotechnology and developing countries: proprietary knowledge and diffusion of benefits' Spillane, Charles and Swanson, TM and others (2002) 'Agricultural biotechnology and developing countries: proprietary knowledge and diffusion of benefits'. Biotechnology, agriculture and the developing world: The distributional implications of technological change, :67-134 [Details]
	(2002)	'Parent-of-origin effects and seed development: Genetics and epigenetics' Spillane, Charles and Vielle-Calzada, J and Grossniklaus, U (2002) 'Parent-of-origin effects and seed development: Genetics and epigenetics'. Transgenic Plants and Crops, :109-135 [Details]
	(2002)	'Evolutionary origins of the endosperm in flowering plants' Baroux C, Spillane C, Grossniklaus U (2002) 'Evolutionary origins of the endosperm in flowering plants'. Genome Biol, 3 (9) [Details]
	(2002)	'University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York' Spillane, Charles and Grossniklaus, Ueli (2002) 'University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York'. Transgenic Plants and Crops, [Details]
	(2001)	'HOPE, a hierarchical, open-ended system for broadening the breeding base of maize' Kannenberg, LW and Cooper, HD and Spillane, C and Hodgkin, T and others (2001) 'HOPE, a hierarchical, open-ended system for broadening the breeding base of maize'. Broadening the Genetic Base of Crop Production. CABI Publishing, New York, :311-329 [Details]
	(2001)	'Genomic imprinting and seed development: endosperm formation with and without sex' Grossniklaus, Ueli and Spillane, Charles and Page, Damian R and K\"ohler, Claudia (2001) 'Genomic imprinting and seed development: endosperm formation with and without sex'. Current opinion in plant biology, 4 (1):21-27 [Details]
	(2001)	'APO2001: A sexy apomixer in como' Spillane C, Vielle-Calzada JP, Grossniklaus U (2001) 'APO2001: A sexy apomixer in como'. Plant Cell, 13 (7):1480-1491 [Details]
	(2001)	'Genomic imprinting and seed development: endosperm formation with and without sex' Grossniklaus U, Spillane C, Page DR, KÃ¶hler C (2001) 'Genomic imprinting and seed development: endosperm formation with and without sex'. Current opinion in plant biology, 4 (1):21-27 [Details]
	(2001)	'Evolutionary changes in Cambridge composite cross five of barley' Ibrahim, KM and Barrett, JA and Cooper, HD and Spillne, C and T. Hodgkin, T (2001) 'Evolutionary changes in Cambridge composite cross five of barley'. Broadening the genetic base of crop production. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and CABI Publishing. New York, NY, USA, :271-282 [Details]
	(2001)	'Apomixis in agriculture: the quest for clonal seeds' Spillane, C and Steimer, A and Grossniklaus, U (2001) 'Apomixis in agriculture: the quest for clonal seeds'. Sexual plant reproduction, 14 (4):179-187 [Details]
	(2001)	'2 Evolutionary and Genetic' Genepools, Crop and Spillane, C and Gepts, P (2001) '2 Evolutionary and Genetic'. Broadening the genetic base of crop production, [Details]
	(2001)	'APO2001 A sexy apomixer in como' Spillane, Charles and Vielle-Calzada, Jean-Philippe and Grossniklaus, Ueli (2001) 'APO2001 A sexy apomixer in como'. The Plant Cell Online, 13 (7):1480-1491 [Details]
	(2001)	'Empowering farmers and broadening the genetic base: agricultural research and resource management' Salazar, R and Cooper, HD and Spillane, C and Hodgkin, T and others (2001) 'Empowering farmers and broadening the genetic base: agricultural research and resource management'. Broadening the Genetic Base of Crop Production IPGRI/FAO, CABI Publishing, New York, :137-146 [Details]
	(2001)	'The state of the use of maize genetic diversity in the USA and sub-Saharan Africa' Tallury, SP and Goodman, MM and Cooper, HD and Spillane, C and Hodgkin, T and others (2001) 'The state of the use of maize genetic diversity in the USA and sub-Saharan Africa'. Brodening the Genetic Base of Crop Production. IPGRI/FAO, Rome, :159-179 [Details]
	(2001)	'The state of the use of cassava genetic diversity and a proposal to enhance it' Second, G and Iglesias, C and Cooper, HD and Spillane, C and Hodgkin, T and others (2001) 'The state of the use of cassava genetic diversity and a proposal to enhance it'. Broadening the Genetic Base of Crop Production, :201-221 [Details]
	(2001)	'Evolutionary and genetic perspectives on the dynamics of crop genepools' Spillane, C and Gepts, P and Cooper, HD and Spillane, C and Hodgkin, T (2001) 'Evolutionary and genetic perspectives on the dynamics of crop genepools'. Broadening the Genetic Base of Crop Production. Wallingford, UK: CABI, :25-70 [Details]
	(2001)	'Broadening the Genetic Base of Lentil in South Asia' Erskine, W and Chandra, S and Chaudhry, M and Sarker, A and Sharma, B and Tufail, M and Tyagi, MC and Cooper, HD and Spillane, C and Hodgkin, T and others (2001) 'Broadening the Genetic Base of Lentil in South Asia'. Broadening the genetic base of crop production, [Details]
	(2001)	'Broadening the genetic base of crops: an overview' Cooper, HD and Spillane, C and Hodgkin, T and Cooper, HD (2001) 'Broadening the genetic base of crops: an overview'. Broadening the genetic base of crop production. IPGRI, FAO, CABI Publishing, Wallingford, :1-23 [Details]
	(2000)	'A French cooperative programme for management and utilization of maize genetic resources' Gallais, A and Barri\`ere, A and Boyat, A and Charcosset, A and Dallard, J and Derieux, M and Desselle, JL and Dubreuil, P and Duval, H and Garnier, P and others (2000) 'A French cooperative programme for management and utilization of maize genetic resources'. Broadening the genetic base of crop production, :331-340 [Details]
	(2000)	'Interaction of the Arabidopsis polycomb group proteins FIE and MEA mediates their common phenotypes' Spillane C, MacDougall C, Stock C, KÃ¶hler C, Vielle-Calzada JP, Nunes SM, Grossniklaus U, Goodrich J (2000) 'Interaction of the Arabidopsis polycomb group proteins FIE and MEA mediates their common phenotypes'. Current Biology, 10 (23):1535-1538 [Details]
	(2000)	'Farmer participatory research and poverty alleviating biotechnology' Spillane, C and Thro, AM (2000) 'Farmer participatory research and poverty alleviating biotechnology'. Den Ny Verden, 33 [Details]
	(2000)	'Could agricultural biotechnology contribute to poverty alleviation?' Spillane, Charles and others (2000) 'Could agricultural biotechnology contribute to poverty alleviation?'. AgBiotechNet, 2 (ABN 042):1-40 [Details]
	(2000)	'Interaction of the< i> Arabidopsis Polycomb group proteins FIE and MEA mediates their common phenotypes' Spillane, C and K\"ohler, C and Vielle-Calzada, JP and Nunes, SM and Grossniklaus, U and Goodrich, J and others (2000) 'Interaction of the< i> Arabidopsis Polycomb group proteins FIE and MEA mediates their common phenotypes'. Current biology, 10 (23):1535-1538 [Details]
	(1999)	'Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture' Spillane, Charles (1999) 'Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture'. Recent developments in biotechnology as they relate to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. FAO. Background Study Paper, (9) [Details]
	(1999)	'Core collections for today and tomorrow' Brown, AHD and Spillane, C and Johnson, RC and Hodgkin, T (1999) 'Core collections for today and tomorrow'. Core collections for today and tomorrow, [Details]
	(1999)	'Recent developments in biotechnology as they relate to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Background Study Paper No. 9. Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture' Spillane, Charles (1999) 'Recent developments in biotechnology as they relate to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Background Study Paper No. 9. Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture'. 8 th Session, :19-23 [Details]
	(1999)	'Implementing core collections-principles, procedures, progress, problems and promise' Brown, AHD and Spillane, C and Johnson, RC and Hodgkin, T and others (1999) 'Implementing core collections-principles, procedures, progress, problems and promise'. Core collections for today and tomorrow, :1-9 [Details]
	(1999)	'Maintenance of genomic imprinting at the Arabidopsis medea locus requires zygotic DDM1 activity' Vielle-Calzada JP, Thomas J, Spillane C, Coluccio A, Hoeppner MA, Grossniklaus U (1999) 'Maintenance of genomic imprinting at the Arabidopsis medea locus requires zygotic DDM1 activity'. Genes & Development, 13 (22):2971-2982 [Details]
	(1999)	'Maintenance of genomic imprinting at the Arabidopsis medea locus requires zygotic DDM1 activity' Vielle-Calzada, Jean-Philippe and Thomas, Julie and Spillane, Charles and Coluccio, Alison and Hoeppner, Marilu A and Grossniklaus, Ueli (1999) 'Maintenance of genomic imprinting at the Arabidopsis medea locus requires zygotic DDM1 activity'. Genes \& development, 13 (22):2971-2982 [Details]
	(1998)	'Elicitation of Rx-mediated resistance to PVX in potato does not require new RNA synthesis and may involve a latent hypersensitive response' Gilbert, Julie and Spillane, Charles and Kavanagh, Tony A and Baulcombe, David C (1998) 'Elicitation of Rx-mediated resistance to PVX in potato does not require new RNA synthesis and may involve a latent hypersensitive response'. Molecular plant-microbe interactions, 11 (8):833-835 [Details]
	(1998)	'Genetic engineering of the potato cultivar Glenroe for increased resistance to potato virus X (PVX)' Spillane, C and Baulcombe, DC and Kavanagh, TA (1998) 'Genetic engineering of the potato cultivar Glenroe for increased resistance to potato virus X (PVX)'. Irish journal of agricultural and food research, :173-182 [Details]
	(1998)	'Harnessing plant genetic resources for sustainable agriculture' Cooper, H David and Spillane, Charles and Kermali, I and Anishetty, N Murthi (1998) 'Harnessing plant genetic resources for sustainable agriculture'. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter, [Details]
	(1998)	'Genetic engineering of the potato cultivar Glenroe for increased resistance to potato virus X' Spillane C, Baulcombe DC and Kavanagh TA (1998) 'Genetic engineering of the potato cultivar Glenroe for increased resistance to potato virus X'. Irish Journal of Food and Agriculture, :173-182 [Details]
	(1997)	'Concurrent suppression of virus replication and rescue of movement-defective virus in transgenic plants expressing the coat protein of potato virus X' Spillane, Charles and Verchot, Jeanmarie and Kavanagh, Tony A and Baulcombe, David C (1997) 'Concurrent suppression of virus replication and rescue of movement-defective virus in transgenic plants expressing the coat protein of potato virus X'. Virology, 236 (1):76-84 [Details]
	(1997)	'Concurrent suppression of virus replication and rescue of movement-defective virus in transgenic plants expressing the coat protein of potato virus X' Spillane C, Verchot J, Kavanagh TA, Baulcombe DC (1997) 'Concurrent suppression of virus replication and rescue of movement-defective virus in transgenic plants expressing the coat protein of potato virus X'. Virology, 236 (1):76-84 [DOI] [Details]
	(1996)	'Promoting the identification, conservation and use of wild plants for food and agriculture in the Mediterranean: The FAO Global Plan of Action' Cooper, HD and Spilane, C and Anishetty, NM and Griffee, P (1996) 'Promoting the identification, conservation and use of wild plants for food and agriculture in the Mediterranean: The FAO Global Plan of Action'. FAO, Rome, [Details]
	(1995)	'Irish Genetic Resources Conservation Trust' Spillane, Charlie (1995) 'Irish Genetic Resources Conservation Trust'. The Irish Naturalists' Journal, 25 (1):37-38 [Details]

Books

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	Plant Epigenetics and Epigenomics. Spillane C and McKeown PC (2014) Plant Epigenetics and Epigenomics. Berlin: Springer Verlag. [Details]
	(2005)	Status of research and application of crop biotechnologies in developing countries: preliminary assessment. Dhlamini, Zephaniah and Spillane, C and Moss, JP and Ruane, J and Urquia, N and Sonnino, A and others (2005) Status of research and application of crop biotechnologies in developing countries: preliminary assessment. : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. [Details]
	(2003)	Biotechnology-assisted participatory plant breeding: Complement or contradiction?. Thro, Ann Marie and Spillane, Charlie (2003) Biotechnology-assisted participatory plant breeding: Complement or contradiction?. Cali, Colombia: CIAT. [Details]
	(2000)	Broadening the Genetic Bases of Crop Production. Cooper DC, Spillane C, and Hodgkin T (2000) Broadening the Genetic Bases of Crop Production. Rome & Wallingford: IPGRI, FAO: Rome, CABI: Wallingford. [Details]
	(2000)	Core collections of Plant Genetic Resources. van Hintum ThJL., Brown AHD, Spillane C and Hodgkin T (2000) Core collections of Plant Genetic Resources. Rome: IPGRI. [Details]
	(1999)	Recent developments in biotechnology as they relate to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Spillane, Charles (1999) Recent developments in biotechnology as they relate to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. : Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture FAO. [Details]
	(1999)	Biotechnology assisted participatory plant breeding: Complement or contradiction?. Thro AM and Spillane C (1999) Biotechnology assisted participatory plant breeding: Complement or contradiction?. Cali, Colombia: CGIAR/CIAT. [Details]
	(1999)	Strengthening National Programmes for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Spillane C, Engels J, Fassil F, Withers L, Gass T, and Cooper D (1999) Strengthening National Programmes for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: IPGRI. [Details]
	(1997)	The State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (1997) The State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: FAO. [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	'Epigenetics and heterosis in crop plants' Ryder P, McKeown P, Fort A and Spillane C (2014) 'Epigenetics and heterosis in crop plants' In: Epigenetics in Plants of Agronomic Importance: Fundamentals and Applications. Germany: Springer. [Details]
	(2013)	'Genomic imprinting and hybridity' McKeown PC, Fort A, Spillane C (2013) 'Genomic imprinting and hybridity' In: Hybrid and Polyploid Genomics. New York: John Wiley & Sons. [Details]
	(2013)	'16 Genomic Imprinting: Parental Control of Gene Expression in Higher Plants' McKeown, Peter C and Fort, Antoine and Spillane, Charles (2013) '16 Genomic Imprinting: Parental Control of Gene Expression in Higher Plants' In: Polyploid and Hybrid Genomics. [Details]
	(2013)	'Harnessing genomics to improve nutritional content and bioavailability of plant-derived foods' McKeown P.C. Keshaviaiah C., Fort A., Tuteja R., Chatterjee M., Varshney R., Spillane, C. (2013) 'Harnessing genomics to improve nutritional content and bioavailability of plant-derived foods' In: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Food Processing: Opportunities and Challenges. USA: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. [Details]
	(2012)	'Genomic imprinting: Parental control of gene expression in higher plants' Peter C. McKeown, Antoine Fort and Charles Spillane (2012) 'Genomic imprinting: Parental control of gene expression in higher plants' In: Plant Polyploidy and Hybrid Genomics. Unknown: 2012. [Details]
	(2010)	'Biotechnology Crops - Applications for Biopharmaceutical Production' Kilcoyne M, Gerlach JQ, Spillane C, Joshi L (2010) 'Biotechnology Crops - Applications for Biopharmaceutical Production' In: Biotechnology Crops - Applications for Biopharmaceutical Production. Germany: Springer Series. [Details]
	(2009)	'Plant produced biopharmaceuticals' Gerlach JQ, Kilcoyne M, McKeown P, Spillane C and Joshi L (2009) 'Plant produced biopharmaceuticals' In: Biotech Plants: Development, Utilization and Deployment. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag. [Details]
	(2006)	'Genomic imprinting in plants' Garnier O, Laouielle S and Spillane C (2006) 'Genomic imprinting in plants' In: Genomic Imprinting. Georgetown, Texas: Landes Biosciences. [Details]
	(2004)	'Poverty alleviation, plant biotechnology and the CGIAR International Agricultural Research Centres' Spillane C and Doyle A (2004) 'Poverty alleviation, plant biotechnology and the CGIAR International Agricultural Research Centres' In: Handbook of Plant Biotechnology. Europe: Wiley Europe. [Details]
	(2002)	'Biosafety in agricultural biotechnology: balancing social and environmental impacts' Spillane, Charles and Pinto, Yvonne (2002) 'Biosafety in agricultural biotechnology: balancing social and environmental impacts' In: Springer Netherlands. [Details]
	(2002)	'Engineering of apomixis in crop plants: what can we learn from sexual model systems?' 48. Grossniklaus, U. Moore, J.M., Brukhin, V., Gheyselinck, J., Baskar, R., Vielle-Calzada, J-P., Baroux, C., Page, D.R., and Spillane, C. (2002) 'Engineering of apomixis in crop plants: what can we learn from sexual model systems?' In: Plant Biotechnology 2002 & Beyond. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. [Details]
	(2002)	'Agricultural Biotechnology and Developing Countries: Proprietary Knowledge and Diffusion of Benefits' Spillane C (2002) 'Agricultural Biotechnology and Developing Countries: Proprietary Knowledge and Diffusion of Benefits' In: Biotechnology, Agriculture and the Developing World. Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. [Details]
	(2001)	'Biosafety in agricultural biotechnology: Balancing social and environmental impacts' Spillane C and Pinto Y (2001) 'Biosafety in agricultural biotechnology: Balancing social and environmental impacts' In: Economics of Managing Biotechnologies. Netherlands: Springer. [Details]
	(2000)	'Farmer participatory research and pro-poor agricultural biotechnology' Spillane C and Thro AM (2000) 'Farmer participatory research and pro-poor agricultural biotechnology' In: Den Ny Verden Vol 1. Copenhagen: Centre for Development Research. [Details]
	(2000)	'Parent-of-origin effects and seed development: Genetics and epigenetics' Spillane C, Vielle-Calzada J-P and Grossniklaus U (2000) 'Parent-of-origin effects and seed development: Genetics and epigenetics' In: Transgenic Plants and Crops. New York: Marcel-Dekker Inc. [Details]
	(2000)	'Evolutionary and genetic perspectives on the dynamics of crop genepools' Spillane C and Gepts P (2000) 'Evolutionary and genetic perspectives on the dynamics of crop genepools' In: Broadening the Genetic Bases of Crop Production. Wallingford: CABI. [Details]
	(1999)	'Implementing core collections - principles, procedures, progress, problems and promise' Brown AHD and Spillane C (1999) 'Implementing core collections - principles, procedures, progress, problems and promise' In: Core Collections for Today and Tomorrow. Madisin, Wisconsin: Crop Science Society of America. [Details]

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2011)	*4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology* Nitschke, U., ,Dixneuf, S., ,Muniyappa, M.K., ,Ruth, A.A., ,Spillane, C. ,Stengel, D.B. (2011) Iodine emission fromIodine emission from Laminaria digitata and potential effects on breast cancer. (poster) 4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology Halifax (Canada)Halifax (Canada), [Details]
	(2011)	*4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology* Nitschke, U., ,Dixneuf, S., ,Muniyappa, M.K., ,Ruth, A.A., ,Spillane, C. ,Stengel, D.B. (2011) Iodine emission fromIodine emission from Laminaria digitata and potential effects on breast cancer. (poster) 4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology Halifax (Canada)Halifax (Canada), [Details]
	(2011)	*4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology* Nitschke, U., ,Dixneuf, S., ,Muniyappa, M.K., ,Ruth, A.A., ,Spillane, C. ,Stengel, D.B. (2011) Iodine emission fromIodine emission from Laminaria digitata and potential effects on breast cancer. (poster) 4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology Halifax (Canada)Halifax (Canada), [Details]
	(2011)	*Development of Improved Yellow Maize Germplasm in Ethiopia* Girum Azmach, Mosisa Worku, Legesse Wolde, Wende Abera, Birhanu Tadesse, Tolera Keno, Temesgen Chibsa, Charles Spillane and Abebe Menkir (2011) Development of Improved Yellow Maize Germplasm in Ethiopia , pp.18-20 [Details]
	(2009)	*CELLULAR ONCOLOGY* Sikora, Klaudia Maria and Magee, David and Berkowicz, Eric and MacHugh, David and Spillane, Charles (2009) GENOMIC IMPRINTING IN MAMMALS \& QUALITY TRAITS IN CATTLE CELLULAR ONCOLOGY , pp.131-132 [Details]
	(2009)	*miR-21 as a key regulator of oncogenic processes* Selcuklu, SD,Donoghue, MTA,Spillane, C (2009) BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS miR-21 as a key regulator of oncogenic processes , pp.918-925 [DOI] [Details]
	(2004)	*Transposons and tandem repeats are not involved in the control of genomic imprinting at the MEDEA locus in Arabidopsis* Spillane, C,Baroux, C,Escobar-Restrepo, JM,Page, DR,Laoueille, S,Grossniklaus, U (2004) COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY Transposons and tandem repeats are not involved in the control of genomic imprinting at the MEDEA locus in Arabidopsis , pp.465-475 [Details]

Published Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2013)	Predicting the impact of coexistence-guided, genetically modified cropping on Irish biodiversity. Mullins E, Collier M, O’Brien M, Meade C & Spillane C (2013) Predicting the impact of coexistence-guided, genetically modified cropping on Irish biodiversity. EPA, Wexford, Ireland. [Details]
	(2011)	Assessment of biological barriers and R&D priorities for enhancement of microalgal strains for biorefinery applications. Kaur S., McKeown P.C. and Spillane C. (2011) Assessment of biological barriers and R&D priorities for enhancement of microalgal strains for biorefinery applications. Enterprise Ireland Competence Centre for Biorefinery and Bioenergy Report, Dublin. [Details]
	(2007)	Biodiversity Knowledge Programme for Ireland. National Platform for Biodiversity Research (2007) Biodiversity Knowledge Programme for Ireland. EPA, Dublin. [Details]
	(2000)	Biotechnology, Biosafety and Biodiversity for Sustainable Agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) (2000) Biotechnology, Biosafety and Biodiversity for Sustainable Agriculture. FAO, Rome. [Details]
	(2000)	Modern biotechnology and the management of animal genetic resources: policy issues. Persley GJ, Spillane C, Eggen A, Lehn-Jenszen H, Chiono C, Wagner H and Hammond K (2000) Modern biotechnology and the management of animal genetic resources: policy issues. FAO, Rome. [Details]
	(1999)	Recent developments in biotechnology as they relate to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Spillane C (1999) Recent developments in biotechnology as they relate to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. FAO Inter-Governmental Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Rome. [Details]
	(1996)	Draft Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. FAO (1996) Draft Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. FAO, Rome. [Details]
	(1995)	Recent International Developments of Relevance to the Draft Code of Conduct for Plant Biotechnology. FAO (1995) Recent International Developments of Relevance to the Draft Code of Conduct for Plant Biotechnology. FAO, Rome. [Details]
	(1995)	Country Report on the Status of Plant Genetic Resources in the Republic of Ireland. Department of Agriculture Ireland (1995) Country Report on the Status of Plant Genetic Resources in the Republic of Ireland. Department of Agriculture, Dublin. [Details]

Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2004)	'Open-access publishers: Knowledge brokers in the electronic age' O’Mahony C & Spillane C (2004) 'Open-access publishers: Knowledge brokers in the electronic age' Irish Medical Times, . [Details]
	(2000)	'Can agricultural biotechnology contribute to poverty alleviation?' Spillane C (2000) 'Can agricultural biotechnology contribute to poverty alleviation?' AgBiotechNet, . [Details]
	(1998)	'Promoting the identification, conservation and use of wild food plants for food and agriculture: the FAO Global Plan of Action' Cooper HD, Spillane C, Anishetty M, Griffee P (1998) 'Promoting the identification, conservation and use of wild food plants for food and agriculture: the FAO Global Plan of Action' Cahiers Options Mediterraneenes, 38 :1022-1379. [Details]
	(1997)	'Elicitation of Rx-mediated resistance to PVX in potato does not require new RNA synthesis and may involve a latent hypersensitive response' Gilbert J, Spillane C, Kavanagh TA and Baulcombe DC (1997) 'Elicitation of Rx-mediated resistance to PVX in potato does not require new RNA synthesis and may involve a latent hypersensitive response' Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 11 :833-835. [Details]
	(1996)	'Harnessing plant genetic resources for sustainable agriculture' Cooper HD, Spillane C, Kermali I and Anishetty M (1996) 'Harnessing plant genetic resources for sustainable agriculture' Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter, 114 . [Details]
	(1995)	'Strategies for engineering virus resistance in transgenic plants' Kavanagh TA and Spillane C (1995) 'Strategies for engineering virus resistance in transgenic plants' Euphytica, 85 :149-158. [Details]
	(1992)	'Genes with your greens' Kavanagh TA and Spillane C (1992) 'Genes with your greens' Technology Ireland, 24 :24-26. [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2012)	International Conference on Polyploidy, Hybridisation, and Biodiversity, Peter C. McKeown, Dorota Duszynska, Thomas Juenger and Charles Spillane (2012) Reproductive effects in polyploid Arabidopsis. [Poster Presentation], International Conference on Polyploidy, Hybridisation, and Biodiversity, Prague , 07-MAY-12 - 10-MAY-12. [Details]
	(2011)	Irish Plant Scientists Annual Meeting, Peter C. McKeown, Sylvia Laouille-Duprat, Antoine Fort, Mark T.A. Donoghue, Pjotr Prins and Charles Spillane (2011) Identification of novel imprinted genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. [Oral Presentation], Irish Plant Scientists Annual Meeting, Queen's University Belfast , 02-MAY-11 - 03-MAY-11. [Details]
	(2009)	International Conference on Polyploidy, Hybridisation, and Biodiversity, Peter C. McKeown, Rachel Clifton and Charles Spillane (2009) Presentation of work relating to polyploid phenotypes and gene expression in Arabidopsis. [Oral Presentation], International Conference on Polyploidy, Hybridisation, and Biodiversity, St. Malo , 04-MAY-09 - 06-MAY-10. [Details]
	(2009)	Irish Plant Scientists Annual Meeting, Peter C. McKeown, Rachel Clifton, Dorota Duszynska and Charles Spillane (2009) Plant polyploid reproduction and phenotypes. [Chaired Session], Irish Plant Scientists Annual Meeting, Trinity College Dublin , 04-MAY-09 - 06-MAY-09. [Details]
	(2009)	Irish National Development Biology meeting, Peter McKeown, Sylvia Laouille-Duprat, Pjotr Prins and Charles Spillane (2009) Imprinting in Arabidopsis. [Oral Presentation], Irish National Development Biology meeting, NUI Galway , 04-DEC-09 - 04-DEC-09. [Details]
	(2008)	Agriculture and Biotechnology International Conference, Peter C. McKeown, Dorota Duszynska and Charles Spillane (2008) Apomixis and seed development for agriculture. [Poster Presentation], Agriculture and Biotechnology International Conference, University College Cork , 08-SEP-08 - 10-SEP-08. [Details]

Abstract

	Year	Publication
	(2009)	GENOMIC IMPRINTING IN MAMMALS & QUALITY TRAITS IN CATTLE. Sikora, KM,Magee, D,Berkowicz, E,MacHugh, D,Spillane, C (2009) GENOMIC IMPRINTING IN MAMMALS & QUALITY TRAITS IN CATTLE. Abstract [Details]

Conference Paper

	Year	Publication
	(2011)	Iodine emission from Laminaria digitata and potential effects on breast cancer. (poster).. 4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology. Nitschke, U., ,Dixneuf, S., ,Muniyappa, M.K., ,Ruth, A.A., ,Spillane, C. ,Stengel, D.B. (2011) Iodine emission from Laminaria digitata and potential effects on breast cancer. (poster).. 4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology. Halifax (Canada)Halifax (Canada): Conference Paper [Details]
	(2011)	Iodine emission from Laminaria digitata and potential effects on breast cancer. (poster).. 4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology. Nitschke, U., ,Dixneuf, S., ,Muniyappa, M.K., ,Ruth, A.A., ,Spillane, C. ,Stengel, D.B. (2011) Iodine emission from Laminaria digitata and potential effects on breast cancer. (poster).. 4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology. Halifax (Canada): Conference Paper [Details]

Editorial

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	Plant Epigenetics and Epigenomics Methods and Protocols Preface. McKeown, PC,Spillane, C,McKeown, PC (2014) Plant Epigenetics and Epigenomics Methods and Protocols Preface. Editorial [Details]
	(2008)	GM directive deficiencies in the European Union - The current framework for regulating GM crops in the EU weakens the precautionary principle as a policy tool. Morris, SH,Spillane, C (2008) GM directive deficiencies in the European Union - The current framework for regulating GM crops in the EU weakens the precautionary principle as a policy tool. Editorial [DOI] [Details]
	(2007)	Prediction and validation of microRNA targets in animal genomes. Martin, G,Schouest, K,Kovvuru, P,Spillane, C (2007) Prediction and validation of microRNA targets in animal genomes. Editorial [Details]

Letter

	Year	Publication
	(2013)	Computational Identification and Evolutionary Relationships of the MicroRNA Gene Cluster miR-71/2 in Protostomes. Gomes, MD,Donoghue, MTA,Muniyappa, M,Pereira, RV,Guerra-Sa, R,Spillane, C (2013) Computational Identification and Evolutionary Relationships of the MicroRNA Gene Cluster miR-71/2 in Protostomes. Letter [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	Emerging molecular mechanisms for biotechnological harnessing of heterosis in crops. McKeown, PC,Fort, A,Duszynska, D,Sulpice, R,Spillane, C (2013) Emerging molecular mechanisms for biotechnological harnessing of heterosis in crops. Letter [DOI] [Details]
	(2010)	1 out of 27-European politicians score poorly in agbiotech. Atanassov, A,Gheysen, G,Murphy, DJ,Sanvido, O,Schiemann, J,Spillane, C,Tuberosa, R (2010) 1 out of 27-European politicians score poorly in agbiotech. Letter [Details]

Reviews

	Year	Publication
	(2012)	Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying Genomic Imprinting in Plants. Kohler, C,Wolff, P,Spillane, C (2012) Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying Genomic Imprinting in Plants. Reviews [Details]
	(2008)	AN INSIGHT INTO THE IMPACT OF ARABLE FARMING ON IRISH BIODIVERSITY: A SCARCITY OF STUDIES HINDERS A RIGOROUS ASSESSMENT. O'Brien, M,Spillane, C,Meade, C,Mullins, E (2008) AN INSIGHT INTO THE IMPACT OF ARABLE FARMING ON IRISH BIODIVERSITY: A SCARCITY OF STUDIES HINDERS A RIGOROUS ASSESSMENT. Reviews [DOI] [Details]
	(2008)	Genomic imprinting in plants. Garnier, O,Laoueille-Duprat, S,Spillane, C (2008) Genomic imprinting in plants. Reviews [Details]

Working Paper

	Year	Publication
	(2006)	Plants for the Future in Ireland?”, Discussion document on EPSO/EUROPABIO national consultation on future of plant biotechnology in Ireland. Spillane C & O’Mahony C (2006) Plants for the Future in Ireland?”, Discussion document on EPSO/EUROPABIO national consultation on future of plant biotechnology in Ireland. Working Paper [Details]

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