Six talented researchers at APC Microbiome Ireland (APC) SFI Research Centre in University College Cork have been awarded  prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MCSA)  and Irish Research Council (IRC) postdoctoral fellowships this year. IRC Dr Kirsten Berding-Harold will contin More

Review: The Gut Microbiome & Brain Function The Gut-Brain axis research group recently published a piece in The Lancet, Neurology, reviewing the current research landscape associating the microbiome as a possible key susceptibility factor for neurological disorders. Here they lay out the evid More

A new study by Aoife McHugh in Prof Paul Cotter’s group shows that  tracking microorganisms within dairy food processing can be greatly enhanced by the use of high-throughput DNA sequencing (HTS). Microorganisms from the environment can enter the dairy supply chain at multiple stages, incl More

The Marie Curie Individual fellowship (MSCA-IF) call is open for application. APC offer some digital supports to help those interested in applying and you can sign up here. The main links are: EU website for grant: https://bit.ly/2020MSCA APC applicant supports: https://bit.ly/ More

New JCT STEAM workshop on AMR APC joined forces with the School of Pharmacy at UCC to facilitate a series of teacher-training workshops, which kicked off in January. The workshops are in partnership with JCT-STEAM who support training for teachers of Junior Cycle (12-16 years) across all subjec More

Fuel Your Gut Week at Mount Mercy A group of Transition Year Students at Mount Mercy College chose Gut Health as the topic for their Young Social Innovators (YSI) project this year. YSI is an initiative that puts young people in the driving seat. It challenges them to not only to become awar More

Congratulations to María Ángeles Núñez Sánchez Many congratulations to María Ángeles Núñez Sánchez on being selected out of over 20,000 applicants to attend the 2020 Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting this summer. This interdisciplinary event brings together the three natural scienc More

 APC Speakers compete in first Virtual FameLab Ireland National Final   Among the 10 finalists in the Famelab National Final are APC’s Joe Pennycook and Simon Spichak who were awarded 1st and 2nd prizes for their talks at the recent Cork heat of Famelab.  Given the current situatio More

Irish scientists team up to address COVID-19 testing shortage   A team of Irish scientists, including Prof Paul Cotter, Dr John MacSharry and Paula O'Connor from APC Microbiome Ireland, have joined forces to formulate lysis buffer needed to test for COVID-19. The initiative was spearhea More

COVID-19 Update Following Irish Government COVID-19 directives that higher education institutions in Ireland should close, University College Cork’s campus is closed. APC Microbiome Ireland is committed to the health and wellbeing of all of our staff and students. Our researchers and staff More