We’re excited to share that our Head of Bioinformatics, Prof. Marcus Claesson will be speaking at the ILSI Europe Symposium 2026. He’ll present “Decoding the Microbiome: Established Evidence to Emerging Applications” on Tue 16th. @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

Microminute Ep. 5 — Sustainable Biofuels 🦠🌱 Our 3rd‑year Microbiology students at UCC explore how microbes could help power a cleaner future — all in one minute. Huge credit to the team for another inventive episode. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJww...

Episode 4 of our Microminute series is here; Brewing Yeasts 3rd Year Microbiology students at University College Cork turn their focus to the fascinating role of yeasts in brewing, highlighting the science behind a process that blends microbiology with everyday life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY4L...

Episode 3 of the #microminute has landed!! #Microminute #GutMicrobiome #IBD #ORALMICROBIOME #UCC www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwe...

Our 3rd Year Microbiology students at UCC are back with Episode 2 of Microminute 🦠 A fast, creative 60-second look into the microbial world — packed with curiosity and great teamwork. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLvr... #Microminute #GutMicrobiome #ParkinsonsDisease

Hosted in the lab space at @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social A big thank you to our fantastic demonstrators Killian Scanlon, Shona Uniacke-Lowe, Katie Bourke, Lorraine Draper, Ioanna Fountouli and session coordinators Natalia Rios Colombo (@rioscolombo.bsky.social)& Eva McArdle.

@uccmicrobiology.bsky.social is proud to present the #microminute starting the exceptional students of Microbiology UCC Sit back, relax and enjoy!! youtu.be/3OmT1Vu1bdM?...

It's always a special day when an old friend comes back to visit! Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira returns to us this week at the final seminar of semester 2. Don't miss this very special seminar!! @microscrum.bsky.social

Thanks to @siderophile.bsky.social for an excellent seminar today @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social showcasing how multiple stressors effect the ecology and evolution of soil microbes thanks to @microscrum.bsky.social for organising!

🧀 New from #UCCMicrobiology! “Raw Milk Cheese Microbiomes: A Paradigm for Interactions of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Food Ecosystems.” A compact look at how raw‑milk cheeses act as natural labs for microbial interactions that shape flavour, safety & fermentation. www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/15...

🔬 UCC Microbiology Seminar Thurs 2 Apr, 13:00 — Dr. Siobhan O’Brien (TCD) on “Ecological & evolutionary impacts of multiple stressors on soil microbial communities.” 📍 C_PHARM_LG51 (In‑person) #Microbiology #SoilEcology #MicrobialEcology #EvolutionaryBiology #UCC #ResearchSeminar #AcademicEvents

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Huge congratulations to Dr Lu Yao on her successful viva today! pictured here with supervisor Liam O'Mahony internal examiner Cormac Gahan and external examiner Cliona O'Farrelly

Massive congrats to all the Micro graduates at University College Cork today 🎓👏 After years of experiments, deadlines, and questioning your life choices… You actually did it 😄 What an achievement! Special shoutout to Technical Officer Dr David Woods on graduating today — legend status unlocked 🙌

Huge congrats to all the MEngSc Industrial Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing grads at UCC! 🎓🎉 What a journey it’s been — long hours, big challenges, and plenty of wins along the way. You’ve put in the work and it shows! Celebrate it, you’ve earned it 👏 #UCC #Graduation #Biotech #Biomanufacturing

🎓 Huge Congratulations to the MSc Bioinformatics Class of 2026 at University College Cork! 🎉 What an incredible achievement! Students pictured here with programme director Marcus Claesson

🚨 Double Seminar at UCC Microbiology 🚨 📅 Thurs 26 March 2026 | 📍 C_PHARM_LG51 🧬 12PM: Post-viral lung fibrosis – Prof. Harry Karmouty-Quintana 🌱 1PM: Food system microbiomes – Prof. Paul Cotter Two expert talks. One great afternoon of science 🔬 #Microbiology #Seminar #Microbiome #LungHealth

Join us for the next UCC School of Microbiology Seminar! 🧫 We’re delighted to host Prof. Jens Walter (UCC), who will speak on: “Optimising dietary fibre nutritional strategies considering the gut microbiome”

As part of Cystic Fibrosis Week, UCC Biology Society and UCC Genetics Society are hosting a Speaker Evening tonight (Tuesday 10th March at 6pm in the Boole Library Creative Zone) in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland.

🔬 Great to see Dr Jerry Reen judging at ESB Blas Éolaíochta at the RDS on March 5th. Primary pupils from Gaelscoileanna and Gaeltacht schools presented their science projects through Irish. Curious mindsand huge enthusiasm — the scientists of the future are already at work.

Congratulations to Dr Carlos Belloch Molina, who successfully defended his thesis yesterday. Pictured with Prof John Morrissey, Francisco Vitor Santos da Silva, Ph.D., Prof Maria Jose Sousa Gallagher and external examiner, Prof Petri-Jaan Lahtvee from Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Last Friday, the MENIBB programme took to the road and toured the Irish Bioeconomy Foundation located on the National Bioeconomy campus, Lisheen, County Tipperary.

📢 A Major Step Forward for Race Equality at University College Cork The UCC Race Equality Action Plan (REAP) 2026–2028 has officially launched — marking a powerful milestone in our collective commitment to building a more inclusive, equitable university community.

We were delighted to support #Stripe Young Scientist Caoimhlin Duggan (St Brogan’s College, Bandon) in her research on Listeria monocytogenes — with expert guidance from @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social T.O. Mary-Jane Lynch.

🔬 UCC School of Microbiology Seminar Series Zoe Kampff (Mahony Group) presents: Phage-host interactions of S. thermophilus bacteriophage P738 🗓 Thurs 26 Feb 2026 ⏰ 13:00 📍 C_PHARM_LG51, UCC (In-person only) Join us for insights into virus–bacteria dynamics. 🦠

New paper from Imperial College London and APC Microbiome Ireland journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #bacteriophage #microbiome #ucc #teagasc #phage @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @colinhillucc.bsky.social @asm.org @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

Check out the latest goings on from Sam Fenn of @masseylab.bsky.social

🚨REMINDER: Join us today at 1pm in the Cavanagh Pharmacy Building for our School Seminar Series.

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🔬✨ Celebrating the women and girls of the College of Science, Engineering & Food Science at UCC this International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We stand in solidarity with everyone who loves science — because science is for everyone. 💙 #WomenInScience #IDWGS #UCC #STEM

🧀🦠 Wood, microbes… and cheese! Join us for the UCC School of Microbiology Seminar with Silvia Ruta (Univ. of Catania): “Wood, microbes and cheese: the biofilms that shape fermentations” 📅 Thu 12 Feb 2026 | ⏰ 13:00 📍 C_PHARM_LG51, UCC (in-person) #Microbiology #Fermentation #Biofilms #UCC

APC is recruiting two PhD students to investigate the molecular mechanisms underpinning preferential carbohydrate metabolism or the study of viability states, as relevant to selected human-associated bifidobacteria. bit.ly/4bFYJK8 @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social #bifidobacteria #jobfairy #ucc #phd

📣We are delighted to share that Jill O’Sullivan’s paper, “Host-microbe multi-omics and succinotype profiling have prognostic value for future relapse in patients with inflammatory bowel disease” (Gut Microbes), has been awarded the 2025 Professor Gerald Fitzgerald Research Award. 🎆

Good things come in small packages…including microbes 🧫 Get the latest from the School of Microbiology Right here, Right now!!

Congratulations on a well-deserved retirement. Thank you Alan for the impact you’ve made and the example you’ve set—wishing you all the best ahead.

Today we celebrate the legend that is Professor Alan Dobson as he begins a well-earned retirement 🎓✨ Thank you for the years of kindness and guidance you’ve given to so many.. Your wisdom, generosity, and dedication have left a lasting mark.. Wishing you a joyful and fulfilling next chapter! 👏📚

Huge congratulations to Dr Lisa Friess on passing her Viva exam today and earning her well-deserved title! An incredible milestone—well done! 👏🎓

Kickstart your 2026 by exploring your postgrad options at UCC’s Postgrad Expo. Here, you will have the opportunity to meet our academic and professional services staff to discuss our range of courses, as well as speak with current postgrad students. Register now: www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucc-postgr...

A new research study has uncovered a previously unknown role that our gut plays in regulating early brain development. The study, led by researchers from @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @ucc.ie, is published in the prestigious international journal Advanced Science. www.ucc.ie/en/research/...

New year->New preprint showcasing mechanisms underpinning patterns of bacterial #resistance and #coexistence with #temperate #phages in the #human #gutmicrobiome www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Thanks to all involved and @researchireland.ie @royalsociety.org for funding @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

Delighted to share our latest publication as part of the MARBLES Project describing the metagenome, microbiome and secondary metabolic potential of the deep-sea sponge Inflatella pellicula. @cleverflick.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Fantastic work here from Sam Fenn from @masseylab.bsky.social

✨ Hello, New Year! From the School of Microbiology, we’re ready for another year of cool experiments, big discoveries, and tiny microbes doing amazing things 🔬🦠 Cheers to learning, growth, and lots of lab wins ahead! Happy New Year to our microbiology fam 💙🥼 #HappyNewYear #MicrobiologyLife

🎄 Season’s greetings from the School of Microbiology 🧬 Wishing our students, staff, alumni, and partners a joyful Christmas and a healthy, inspiring New Year. Thank you for being part of our science community. ✨ #SeasonGreetings #SchoolOfMicrobiology #ScienceCommunity #LookingAhead

It may be raining outside, but it’s all good news in the School of Microbiology at UCC ☔️🎉 Proud to announce two appointments to the @microbiologysociety.org : Jerry Reen as Chair-Elect of the Scientific Conferences Panel and @cleverflick.bsky.social as General Secretary. Congrats to both!

🎉 Celebrations across the School of Microbiology, UCC today as two of our staff receive their Long Service Awards this evening. Congratulations to Eithne Egan, Senior Executive Assistant (35-year award), and Prof. John Morrissey (25-year award) on these well-deserved milestones. 👏

Today in The Dora Allman Room, a fascinating Colloquium is taking place on the Development of a Microbial Biomanufacturing sector in Ireland. #sustainability

Good luck to all our students sitting Semester 1 exams! #yougotthis

We are immensely proud that University College Cork (UCC) is today ranked the second most sustainable university in the world, according to an assessment of 1,500 universities from almost 100 different countries around the world. @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

Congratulations to Biotechnology student Jamila Liani on winning the Johnson & Johnson Award for Excellence at the School of Microbiology UCC, recent prizegiving.