Discover the Link Between Depression, Exercise, and Gut Bacteria!🧠 🚴‍♂️Join our study to see how physical activity and gut health influence mental well-being. Follow the link tinyurl.com/Move4Mood or email [email protected] to register your interest! #Move4Mood

Congratulations to APC's Prof Catherine Stanton, @teagasc.bsky.social who has been ranked as the #1 female scientist in Ireland by Research.com on their 2025 Edition: Ranking of Top 1000 Female Scientists in the World. @researchireland.ie #womeninSTEM #microbiomeresearch

“J&J Winning in STEM2D” scholarships are open for applications currently. Each successful winning student gets €1000 plus leadership development training and mentorship. 👉 Deadline is the 25th October 2025 | Interviews 31st October ➡️ Apply here: lnkd.in/eZrv8FMF

Just wrapped up the APC Postdoc Symposium 🎉 A day of science, skills & coffee-powered networking ☕🦠 Huge thanks to the organising committee, the real chefs behind this recipe for success 👩‍🍳👏 New ideas, new collabs & maybe one too many “final_FINAL.pptx” files! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

Wonderful start to our 25/26 Seminar Series with @paulinedscanlan.bsky.social. An intriguing topic with a packed and engage audience. @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @apcpostdocassoc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie

APC's Harriet Schellekens @ucc.ie shares insights in her latest Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition paper about the Interplay between (poly)phenols, gut microbiota, and biological rhythms: outlook for a new paradigm in brain health 👉 Read Review: bit.ly/48BE9ZD #brainhealth #microbiome

Congratulations to APC's Kristoff Nieves, @ucc.ie who has won Best Short Talk at the 'Having Impactt 5: Advancing Microbiome Research Symposium'. Supervisor: @researchireland.ie Professor @jenswalter1982.bsky.social - UCC & Nime Diet

Congratulations to APC's Miguel Fernandez de Ullivarri and Mariana Perez Ibarreche, both researchers at University College Cork, who have been conferred with Irish citizenship. @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social

APC's Sarah @kittelschneider.bsky.social - @ucc.ie, has countered Trump’s Tylenol comments in this @irishexaminer.bsky.social article: "There is no evidence to say there is a negative impact on brain development from paracetamol" #tylenol #autism #disinformation 📰 bit.ly/3Ie52bx

APC & @ucc.ie's @tsbschm.bsky.social & @jenswalter1982.bsky.social are co-authors and contributors on new @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social paper: FMT (with live microbes) prevents recurrent C. diff far better than fecal filtrates. Live microbes matter to restore #microbiome. Read paper: bit.ly/3VxGRI0

New paper out in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social from APC's @tsbschm.bsky.social & @jenswalter1982.bsky.social from @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

Fecal filtrate is less effective than donor stool (FMT) for the treatment of C. difficile recurrence. Now shown in a multicentre trial, out today in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social . Congratulations to Dina Kao @ualberta.bsky.social & team! Gift link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lphg8nByr...

APC is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Researcher to work with Prof Jens Walter at @ucc.ie to join the project Microbe Restore developing nutritional- and microbiome-based therapeutic strategies to improve human health and prevent chronic disease. #researchjobs #jobfairy Full details: bit.ly/4mrfx99

A great opportunity to learn about the research of APC's Dr Pauline Scanlan

‘Help us untangle the relationship between stress and your gut!’ To find out more, please email the study team at [email protected]

Today we celebrate our EPE manager Caoimhe Byrne who takes up a new role in @ucc.ie We pride ourselves in Education and Public Engagement (EPE) at APC, and in the last three years Caoimhe has done a stellar job leading the charge on our activities which is key to our success.

Congratulations to APC's Aman Saifi, @ucc.ie who won best Student Poster at the UCC Medicine and Health 2025 Research conference. Supervisor - Silvia Melgar Funder GENEGUT 📸 Kenneth J. O'Riordan, PhD

Congratulations to APC's José Ángel Salas-Millán, @ucc.ie who won best Staff Poster at the UCC Medicine and Health 2025 Research conference. Supervisor - Silvia Melgar Funder HDHL & Health Research Board (HRB).

Welcome to all the new APC recruits, great to have you onboard. @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

APC's Paul Cotter - @teagasc.bsky.social is leading todays #FrontiersForum at the @frontiersin.bsky.social n webinar 'Harnessing agri-food system microbiomes for sustainability and human health'

APC's Jens Walter - @ucc.ie talks to @claireoconnell for todays @irishtimes.com about his #microbiome research and developing the Nime Diet @uccresearch.bsky.social / @researchireland.ie hirel 📰 bit.ly/4nqyDNI

Congratulations to APC's Zoë Williams @ucc.ie who won 'Student Oral Presentation' for her talk 'Biological Sex Influences Exercise-Induced Changes in Memory, Mood & Neuropathology in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease' at the UCC College of Medicine & Health Research Conference @researchireland.ie

Congratulations to APC's Morgane LeDrean - @ucc.ie & INSPIRE MSCA who won the EU translational TANDEM competition at ESNM. TAMDEM is an initiative supported by the ESNM pairing scientists & clinicians to develop collaborations #neurogastro2025

🌿 Gut Bacteria & Mood: Explore the fascinating world of gut bacteria and its potential influence on mood. Discover the role your microbiome may play in shaping your mental health. 🤝 How to Join: Signing up is simple! Click the link here tinyurl.com/Move4Mood to complete a brief eligibility survey.

Great company, good laughs, and a really nice evening catching up together. Cheers to a lovely Cheers with the Peers! 🥂 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

#BSNBradford2025 Had a great time in Bradford presenting data from my fabulous PhD student Carla at the annual meeting of @bsneuroendo.bsky.social. @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

Really enjoyed talking about #Barriers at #Neurogastro2025 in London and meeting excellent colleagues! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

Help us investigate how the food we eat influences the composition of the gut microbiota and how these microbes communicate with the brain. • ‘Check your eligibility here: forms.office.com/r/BD70RMuuH2

Coverage of recent APC saMBA @nature.com Communications paper by Ben valderrama ( @ucc.ie ) et al in major Chilean newspaper El Mercurio . @jfcryan.bsky.social More details on the research: bit.ly/46SWHny

APC's Paula Fernández-Gómez @teagasc.bsky.social & INSPIRE MSCA talks to Ingredients Network about her latest reserach exploring how the globe can harness agri-food system microbiomes for sustainability and human health. bit.ly/3HNPP0z

Congratulations to APC's Dr Elena Kamilari @ucc.ie who has successfully defended her viva. Pictured with supervisors Catherine Stanton, Paul Ross & John Morrissey, internal examiner Katy Burk & external examiner (online) Paula Teiceira Porto

APC is recruiting a Research Assistant to work with Prof Paul O'Toole @ucc.ie to join the project APC Genomics of Probiotic Bacteria, investigating the mechanisms whereby gut microbes interact with diet and modulate aging-related health loss. #jobfairy #reserachjobs Full Details: bit.ly/4fNEE4k

APC's Cormac Gahan - @ucc.ie spoke to the @irishtimes.com about the outbreak of listeriosis and the importance of keeping listeria out of the foodchain. @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @fsaiinfo.bsky.social @researchireland.ie 📰 bit.ly/4moeGah

🏊‍♂️🚴⛳️🏸 Great new APC paper on moderate #exercise boosting memory & neurogenesis in mice via gut #microbiome from @jfcryan.bsky.social , @maburto.bsky.social , Klara Vlckovab & Benjamín Valderrama @ucc.ie in collaboration with @institutocajal.bsky.social 📕https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2025.105876

A big thank you to everyone who participated in our quiz! Great turnout, great energy - our quiz event was a hit! Congrats to all the winners! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

Thanks to Karla Solis Salazar and Camilo Alejandro Garcia for spending the summer with us @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social and @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social Both received @gatesfoundation.bsky.social funding to visit other microbiome labs and build their collaborative networks.

Learn more about #GutHealth this Saturday 16th August with APC's Prof @pauldcotter.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social who is taking part in #CorkOnAFork. Hosted by Kate Ryan - flavor.ie Tickets FREE - no booking required. Full details: www.corkcity.ie/en/cork-on-a...

APC Researchers from @ucc.ie developed a new microbiome archive for South America - one of the least studied but most microbiome-diverse regions. @researchireland.ie @anatneuroucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social More info about the paper published in @nature.com Comms ➡️ bit.ly/46SWHny

Ivan Sugrue @ucc.ie shares insights in new APC @nature.com - NJP Antimicrobials and Resistance paper: Trans-kingdom conservation of mechanism between bacterial actifensin and eukaryotic defensins. This is an output of the @erc.europa.eu project BACtheWINNER. #ERC #AMR #microbiome ➡️ bit.ly/3H34mox

If you have dreamed of working at the cutting edge of Microbiome Brain-gut-axis research check out this brilliant opportunity at APC's @jfcryan.bsky.social an Lab at @ucc.ie Deadline 5th Aug Full details: bit.ly/468Hxdm #jobfairy #irishjobs

🌍Friday is #WorldMicrobiomeDay "Microbiome 101: What You Need to Know." @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social experts share easy food tips to boost your #guthealth: 🥬 Asparagus – @ClaessonLab 🧉 Kombucha – @pauldcotter.bsky.social #microbiota #microbiomeanalysis #eliteathlete youtu.be/Dx17OhISk1k?...

Incredibly honoured to receive prestigious @researchireland.ie funding to study developmental vulnerabilities in diffuse midline glioma (DIPG/DMG). Huge thanks to my amazing mentor @jfcryan.bsky.social Excited for what’s ahead! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @anatneuroucc.bsky.social

Honoured and delighted to join the board of directors at ALBA Network. I look forward to contributing to the ALBA mission to promote equity and inclusion in neuroscience. @ucc.ie @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

Now available to watch on demand! Our #WorldMicrobiomeDay webinar MICROBIOME 101: The Brain-Gut-Axis with Prof @jfcryan.bsky.social - @ucc.ie and Prof Felice Jacka - Deakin Thanks to our own Director Prof Pau Ross who moderated. @uccresearch.bsky.social @researchireland.ie 📺 bit.ly/3I0FXjP

📢 We are delighted to introduce our new committee! Valentine Turpin – Chair (formerly Social Media Rep) Elisabeth O'Flaherty – Vice Chair (formerly Secretary) Check out their bios in the ALT text.

For any book lovers in #Cork this Friday call into @ucclibrary.bsky.social Library Cork City Library or Cork County Library to pick up a copy of 'Listen to your MIcrobes' by Fergus Shanahan & Laura Gowers to celebrate World Microbiome Day @researchireland.ie @ucc.ie @teagasc.bsky.social

Join us for our World Microbiome Day webinar shortly at 1pm today where we hear from reserach leaders @jfcryan.bsky.social - @ucc.ie and @proffelicejacka.bsky.social - Deakin University about the #braingutaxis MC: APC Director Prof Paul Ross. @researchireland.ie ➡️📷Register bit.ly/3HHonBh

Speaker details for our #WorldMicrobiomeDay webinar 1pm tomorrow 24th June - Microbiome 101: The Gut Brain Axis. Prof @jfcryan.bsky.social - @ucc.ie Talk: Hacking Your Gut Microbes To Nourish The Brain: Unravelling The Diet-Microbiota-Gut-Brain-Axis ➡️ Register bit.ly/3HHonBh