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

Contributed by John Leech Our new study investigated 58 fermented foods from 8 countries and identified factors driving the microbial composition of these foods and the potential functional benefits associated with these populations. Using the latest in DNA sequencing technology, we uncovered More

UCC and PrecisionBiotics Win at Knowledge Transfer Ireland Impact Awards University College Cork (UCC), APC Microbiome Ireland  and healthcare product developer PrecisionBiotics were named winners of the Commercialisation Impact Award. PrecisionBiotics – a UCC spin-out – was founded almost More

[video_lightbox_youtube video_id="RcDsPCeSx9o" width="640" height="480" anchor="https://apc.ucc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CMK30112020_APC_Andrey-Shkoporov_036-2-1.jpg"] Many congratulations to APC’s Dr Andrey Shkoporov, one of three leading academics at University College Cork to have recei More

APC Microbiome Ireland is recruiting an enthusiastic and dynamic communications specialist to join our Management team in the role of Communications and Public Relations Manager   More