Living/ Loss: the Experience of Illness in Art

Exhibition at Glucksman Gallery, UCC
ALL WELCOME
in association with The Experience of Illness: Learning from the Arts
International Symposium. UCC
30 Nov & 1 Dec 2012

FALK FORUM CORK 2012

The sensitive gut and the inflamed gut: a clinicopathophysiological perspective on IBD and IBS
Hosted by Fergus Shanahan and Eamonn Quigley
Programme
To register please contact Cynthia Herzog Herzog@drfalkpharma.co.uk

Clinical Trials for Foods and Supplements: guidance for industry

UCC Symposium
Thomond Park Stadium, Limerick
Friday 28th September 2012

For ANYONE interested in learning more about the "how to" of making health claims PROGRAMME AND REGISTRATION

10th annual meeting of the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics.

River Lee Hotel CORK
REGISTRATION CLOSED
Further details: http://www.isapp.net/2012meetinginfo.asp

14th annual De Pazzi Lecture

"The Logic of Medicine in the 21st Century"
Dr Kevin Horgan, Chief Medical Officer, Soligenix Inc
Tuesday October 9th@6pm
Lecture theatre G10
Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, UCC, College Rd, Cork

Kevin Horgan received his medical degree from University College Cork in 1982 and completed training in internal medicine in Birmingham, UK (Queen Elizabeth Hospital) and Baltimore, MD (Johns Hopkins Hospital). He then did an immunology research fellowship at the National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, MD) followed by a fellowship in gastroenterology at UCLA. He was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCLA before joining Merck Research Laboratories. At Merck he led the development of the first neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist to be approved for clinical use: EMENDTM was approved in 2003 for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. He subsequently worked at Centocor and General Electric before joining Soligenix Inc. where he is currently the Chief Medical Officer.

Gerard O’Keeffe Lecturer and Principal Investigator, Neuroscience/Anatomy

‘Maternal-foetal interactions in regulating neuronal growth during development’
& Paul Kennedy
Core 6
Friday, June 29th 2012 at 1pm,
BSI Seminar Room
ALL WELCOME

Science Raps with APC and Stevie G

The Pavilion Cork
6-8pm 25 June 2012
Can you rap? Got the science bug?
Come along to the Pavilion at 6pm on Monday 25 June and be in with a chance to win a pair of Beats by Dre or some iTunes credit by expressing your thoughts about science through rap.
David "Genesis" Jackson and Rory O'Connor, previous winners of APC's Science Raps competitions will be perform.
If you need some inspiration, check out our 2011 Science Raps competition winners (17+ category) James Carr & friends from Colaiste on Spiorad Naoimh with the track entitled “The Chemistry of Life” on our Pharmabiotic YouTube channel
All welcome; admission free

Science Raps with APC and Stevie G is part of CuriousCity a series of city-wide events in Cork in association with Dublin City of Science 2012 to inspire creativity, spark innovation and seek answers to Life’s Great Questions. Check out the many other CuriousCity EVENTS!

APC Research Seminar

Eileen O’Shea
Core 1
"Bactofensin LS1, a novel bacteriocin produced by porcine intestinal isolates of Lactobacillus salivarius" & Catriona Lyons
Core 2
Friday, June 22nd 2012 at 1pm
BSI Seminar Room
ALL WELCOME

APC Public Forum for World Digestive Health Day 29 May 2012

Chair:Profesor Eamonn Quigley, Professor of Medicine & Human Physiology UCC, Consultant Gastroenterologist CUH, Prinicipal Investigator APC & past President World Gastroenterology Organisation
"Irritable Bowel Syndrome Research Update"
Speakers:
"Constipation; new ideas on a common problem"
Dr Anton Emmanuel,
Senior Lecturer in Neuro-Gastroenterology at University College London and Consultant Gastroenterologist at University College Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
"Diet and Gut Health; Practical Advice"
Ms Sarah Keogh
Dietician, Albany Health Clinic, Dublin.
Tuesday 29 May 2012 @7pm
Venue: Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, lecture theatre G01
ALL WELCOME; Admission Free
Click for Summary of presentations
Click on Speaker's name for pdf of their presentation Eamonn Quigley
Anton Emmanuel Sarah Keogh

52nd Royal Academy of Medicine Robert Graves Lecture

"Bugs on the braine; brain in the gut - seeking explanations for common gastrointestinal symptoms"
Professor Eamonn Quigley, Professor of Medicine & Human Physiology UCC, Consultant Gastroenterologist CUH, Prinicipal Investigator APC & past President World Gastroenterology
8pm Thursday 24th May
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland,
6 Kildare Street, Dublin

APC Research Seminar

Eamonn Culligan Core 3
‘Functional metagenomics reveals novel salt tolerance loci from the human gut microbiome’
&
David Russell Core 5
‘Human intestinal microbiota and metabolites they produce in relation to host health’
Friday, May 11th 2012 at 1pm, BSI Seminar Room
ALL WELCOME

13th Annual De Pazzi Lecture

Dr Carl Vaughan
Consultant Cardiologist Mercy University Hospital,
“Coronary Artery Disease: the biology and the journey”.
3rd April 2012 at 5pm
Lecture Theatre G10
Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, UCC, College Road
ALL WELCOME

Vising Research Seminar

Prof Steve Collins, Farncombe Institute, McMaster University, Canada
  Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Health Sciences Professor, Department of Medicine Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
  “The putative role of the intestinal microbiota in functional gastrointestinal disorders”
  Friday March 16th, 1pm
BSI Seminar Room 1.13

Dr. Collins obtained his medical training at London University. He trained in gastroenterology at McMaster University in Canada before completing 3 years of research training in cell biology at the Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland USA. He has been on staff at McMaster University since 1981 where he was the Director of the Intestinal Diseases Research Unit from 1983-1993, and Head of the Division of Gastroenterology since 1993-2006. He is past president of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. His areas of interest include: the impact of inflammation on gut function, neuron-immune interactions, and the role of commensal bacteria in health and disease. He has over 200 publications including papers in Nature Medicine, Lancet, JCI, Gastroenterology and Gut. He has received continuous CIHR funding for over 20 years, has been a member of the MRC Science & Research Committee, and chaired the CIHR Experimental Medicine grants review committee for 5 years. He has also been an advisor to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America and Chaired the Strategic Initiatives Committee for The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada. He is currently Associate Dean for Research at the Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University and holds the title of Distinguished University Professor - the highest rank awarded by the University.   ALL WELCOME