Ultan O’Raghallaigh of Tyndall National Institute gave the speech at the Asia Ireland Food and Agritech Forum in Cork, 14 July as part of Asia Business Week Ireland 2015

1. Asia Matters
Asia Ireland Food and Agritech Forum
14 July 2015
Cork Institute of Technology, Cork
@asiamatters_biz #AsiaIrlFood @asiabizweek
In Food We Trust

2. 14 July 2015
Cork Institute of Technology, Cork
Where Agri Meets Tech,
Driving Research to Market
Ultan O’Raghallaigh
Commercial Director, Tyndall National Institute

3. Where Agri. Meets Tech.
Ultan O’Raghallaigh,
Commercial Director,
Tyndall National Institute

4. Vision:
To be the Premier
Information and
Communications Technology
research institute worldwide….
in generating Economic Impact
through Excellence in Research
National Institute for ICT Research and Development

5. Tyndall in numbers
460
researchers,
engineers and
support staff
200+
peer-reviewed
publications each
year
€32M
income
each year
24
industry
researchers-in-
residence
10
spin-outs
200
90
38
EU FP7 Projects
industry partners
worldwide
nationalities
120+
graduate
students
85%
income from
competitively
won contracts
€200m
infrastructural
investment

6. Industry-friendly IP
agreement rewarding
project participants
Micro & nanoelectronics

7. Photonics

8. ICT Impacting Multiple Sectors
in the Economy
HEALTHCARE:
Longer, healthy lives
COMMUNICATIONS:
Efficient reliable
FOOD, AGRI, MARINE &
ENVIRONMENT
Sustainable
ENERGY:
Protected, safe, secure
ICT for a Smarter Future

9. Nano Sensors
On-Farm Diagnostics

10. Application Areas
Animal Welfare
Food Analysis
Microfluidic
Component
Sensors & cell
separation
Caartridge
housing Sensor
cartridge
Hand
held
device
Blood
sample
Toxins detection –
e.g., melamine in
infant formula
Detection of
residues, e.g.,
antibiotics
Sample 2 font 20
Water Quality
Water quality
analysis, heavy
metal detection
Priority pollutants ,
e.g., nitroaromatics
Environment
Nutrients,
e.g. nitrates
Pesticides,
e.g.,Neonicotinoide
insecticide detection
(Imidacloprid & Clothianidin)
Disease Diagnostics:
IBR, BvD, PI-3
BRSV, liverfluke
Virus, antibody and
vaccine
simultaneously
Nanosensors
for On-farm
Diagnostics

11. Requirements for on-Farm Diagnostics
Current Lab Approaches On-Farm Sensing
Hours to days Rapid Response (< 15 mins)
Typical limits of detection 10 nM Accurate results: comparable to laboratory
based tests (10 nM)
Typically single species measurement Multiple sensors: simultaneous detection of
multiple species
Lab based assays Portable in the field sensors and
instrumentation, Robust &reliable
Highly trained personnel Simple, maintenance free
€5 for each test Low-cost and disposable <€5 for simultaneous
assays

12. US-Ireland funded R&D Partnership Program
Agri-sense : 2013
• Partners:
• Dr. Eric Vogel – Georgia Institute of
Technology
• Dr. Mark Mooney - Queen's University
Belfast
• Dr Alan O’Riordan - Tyndall National
Institute
Scope: to develop a novel low-cost and
label-free, integrated bimodal electronic
biosensor for Bovine Respiratory Disease
(BRD)
Impact:
• Developments of an inexpensive, rapid, and “on-
farm" field-deployable platform technology
based sensor system for BRD disease detection is
proposed.

13. Liverfluke
Flukeless: 2013
• Partners:
• Dr. Riona Sayers- Teagasc
• Dr. Prof. Grace Mulcahy – University College Dublin
• Dr. Andrew Cromie - Irish Cattle Breeding
Federation
• Dr Alan O’Riordan - Tyndall National Institute
• Scope: To develop tools (diagnostics, GIS,
immunologicals, genomics) for use by multiple end-
users including veterinarians and farmers.
Impact:
• Provide a blueprint for novel on-farm
parasite control methodologies
thereby allowing farmers to rapidly
intervene and correct parasite-
related animal health issues.

14. Biosensors
Detection of Bacteria
in-line production

15. Dairy Processing Industry
Development of SPORE ANALYSIS CRITICAL CONTROL POINT (SACCP) charts for application in dairy
manufacturing processes
Process assessed by Tyndall sensors
Contamination avoided
No proper assessment
leads to contamination

16. Ireland’s Harvest 2020 Strategy
Agri, Food and & Environment Challenges
maximize food
production
reduce cost ensure quality

17. Food Harvest 2020 vision –
the research challenges
• An Irish food and drink industry that is innovative,
efficient, and a global leader in environmentally
sustainable production
• Areas of action:
– sustainable pasture-based farming and soil management
– sustainable energy requirements
– new green technologies that improve water quality
– reducing carbon intensity of agricultural activities and
enhancing carbon sinks
– protecting biodiversity, achieving biodiversity targets
– environmentally sustainable production practices
for seafood and aquaculture

18. Strategic Research Alliances
SFI Centre for
Future Networks
&
Communications

19. SFI CONNECT
Research Strands
Theme A: Future Applications & Services
Cormac Sreenan, UCC
UCC, TCD, TSSG, NUIM, CIT
Theme B: Open Communications
Willie Donnelly, TSSG
TCD, UCC, NUIM, TSSG, CIT
Theme C: Responsive Things
Cian O Mathuna, Tyndall
Tyndall, UCD, DIT, NUIM, UL, TSSG,

20. Platform ResearchTheme C
Responsive Things
C.1. Smart Sensors
Peter Kennedy,
Tyndall/UCC
C.2. Network Aware
Intelligent Radio Access
Nodes
Tom Brazil, UCD
C.3. Cooperative Wireless
Communications – from
Smart Sensors to Complex
Nodes
Max Ammann, DIT
C. Responsive
Things
Cian O Mathuna
Tyndall

21. Services &
Applications
Network
Communications
Internet of Things - Supply/Value Chain
Sensor
Systems
Precision
Agriculture
Precision
Agriculture
Food and
Beverage
Quality
Water Quality

22. Thank you
Questions