John Cryan contributes to the BBC - Made of Stronger Stuff episode "The Appendix"   Our bodies reflect change in the world around us. Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey around the human body - one body part at a time - asking, how much control do we have More

The microbial world at the touch of a button: Handheld DNA sequencers show promise for monitoring microbes during food production Handheld devices are well suited to environmental monitoring during food production, and have key advantages in ease of use and in identifying a broad variety of b More

Minister Harris announces 15 teams set to compete for SFI Future Innovator Prizes of €2 million Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, today announced the 15 teams that have been shortlisted as part of the SFI Future Innovator Prize. More

APC Microbiome Ireland and University of Jiangnan sign co-operation agreement   APC Microbiome Ireland (APC), SFI Research Centre at University College Cork and Teagasc and the National Engineering Research Center for Functional Food (NERCFF) at the University of Jiangnan in China have More

Researchers at APC Microbiome Ireland identify bacteria which promote metabolic and mental health   Worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980 and most of the world’s population now live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. Obesity represe More

  APC Microbiome Ireland is delighted to announce a new research collaboration with ImmuCell Corporation, a growing animal health company that develops, manufactures and markets scientifically-proven and practical products that improve the health and productivity of the dairy and beef ca More

APC researchers seed sustainable education in developing countries Contributed by Yensi Flores and Mark Tangney A team of academics from University College Cork braved riots and tear-gas to encourage sustainable education amid political unrest in Honduras. Their remarkable story has been More

November – a month-long Celebration of Research contributed by Aimee Stapleton November was a month-long celebration of research which began with the Cork Science Festival during Science Week and culminated with Cork Discovers on European Researchers’ Night. Events, workshops, competitio More

contributed by Orla O’Sullivan Previous studies from our group had demonstrated that elite athletes house a more diverse gut microbiome than non-athlete controls; with the athlete microbiome primed for muscle recovery, energy harvest and protein degradation. These differences in the microbi More

Congratulations to Dr Olivia O’Leary, Senior Lecturer in the Dept of Anatomy and Neuroscience, UCC & Funded Investigator in APC Microbiome Ireland, who received the ECNP 2020 Citation Award. This award is given by the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) to the lead au More