Merry Christmas from all at APC @researchireland.ie @ucc.ie @teagasc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social #Christmas2025

Welcome to Bronwyn Hannafin who has joined @pauldcotter.bsky.social lab as a Walsh Scholar at @teagasc.bsky.social to work on InFer, a project funded by @researchireland.ie supporting the development of a new generation of fermented foods that are tailored to promote specific aspects of health.

Klaudia Krizsán has joined @pauldcotter.bsky.social lab at Teagasc Food Research Programme as a Walsh Scholar to work on the KefirGrain project funded by @teagasc.bsky.social investigating the benefits of Kefir consumption to human wellbeing. #kefir #nutrition #microbiome

Congratulations to APC's Emmanuel Kuffour Osei - @teagasc.bsky.social who has successfully defended his PhD thesis. Examiners: Andy Millard and Andrey Shkoporov Supervisors: Jennifer Mahony,Edgar Garcia Manzanilla and John Kenny #DAFMResearch #AgriFoodResearch #Phage

New APC paper out today in Food Nutrition "Increased intake of plant protein is associated with changes in composition and functionality of the gut microbiome during a period of intense training" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #nutrition @teagasc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

APC is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Researcher (Bioinformatician) to work with Prof Catherine Stanton at @teagasc.bsky.social, Moorepark, Co. Cork to join MiMIC a team working on the Infant gut microbiota. Full Details bit.ly/4owz3lV

❝In 2008, I sent a random email to a research centre in Papua New Guinea, asking if they could send me some poo samples. Amazingly, they said they would.❞ APC's @jenswalter1982.bsky.social - @researchireland.ie Prof @ucc.ie tells @irishexaminer.bsky.social the NiMe Diet story📰https://bit.ly/4ognb7f

APC conducts ongoing research on #longCOVID. The Farmers Journal talks to one of our PIs Prof Liam O'Mahony, @ucc.ie about the current state of play. 📰 bit.ly/4pBEG34

Happy Thanksgiving from all at APC #Thanksgiving2-25

APC is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Researcher to work with Prof Paul Ross at @ucc.ie to join a team working on an Industry-funded project on the early life microbiome. #jobfairy #researchjobs #irishjobs Full Details bit.ly/48goa1i

APC's @kittelschneider.bsky.social will speak about #ADHD and the microbiota-gut brain axis' at this years Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) Food & Health Forum event, “New Insights in Nutrition and Neurodivergence: Why Brain Health Matters." @nutritious_minds 📅 26 Nov 10am- 4.45pm 🔗 bit.ly/4ieeglk

Congratulations to APC's @pauldcotter.bsky.social - @teagasc.bsky.social who has been awarded over €1,29million in research funding through @researchireland.ie’s Frontiers for the Future Programme. ▶️ bit.ly/4pntA1u

APC's Killian Scanlon @ucc.ie shares insights in his Nature Microbiology perspective about the concept, mechanisms and evidence for memory in bacteria at individual and community levels. ➡️ Read paper: bit.ly/4oDqoyF Author List: Killian Scanlon,Fergus Shanahan, Paul Ross & Colin Hill.

❝ Conditions such as gut-related stress, pain and anxiety showed up more frequently in women, and I began to wonder if it was differences in the microbiome driving this.❞ APC's Prof Siobhain O'Mahony ( Femme Biome & @ucc.ie ) is interviewed in @irishtimes.com mes 📰https://bit.ly/4p0RqA2

Launching for #scienceweek The Gut Microbiome Special Edition 1000 Piece Jigsaw by graphic artist Laura Gowers and Fergus Shanahan Emeritus Professor of Medicine at @ucc.ie & Founder Director at APC. Available now at amzn.eu/d/09R5IBw

Another strong showing for APC in the 2025 Clarivate Highly Cited rankings with 8 APC researchers included. Congratulations to Fergus Shanahan, Colin Hill, Paul O’Toole, Jens Walter, Liam O'Mahony, Andrey Shkoporov ( @ucc.ie ), Paul Cotter @teagasc.bsky.social & Ines Thiele - University of Galway

APC's Arghya Mukherjee & @paulcotter.bsky.social - @teagasc.bsky.social are co-authors and contributors on new Frontiers in Nutrition paper: Health Benefits of ethnic fermented foods. This research was conducted as part of the COST Action PIMENTO. ➡️ Read paper: bit.ly/47ooeLY #fermentedfoods

APC is recruiting a Technical Research Manager to support the Biological Services Unit @UCC.ie . The role is integral to maintaining the functionality & compliance of preclinical research facilities, equipment maintenance, tech support, safety oversight & more bit.ly/4nhmBWj

New APC research from @ucc.ie published in Brain Medicine suggests Exercise helps Protect the Brain from the depressive effects of Junk Food. 🏃🏃🏃🍔🍟🥤 Authors: Minke Nota, Sarah Nicolas, Sebastian Allard Dohm-Hansen, Erin Harris, Tara Foley, Olivia O'Leary and Yvonne Nolan ▶️https://bit.ly/478rH2E

APC is recruiting a Post-Doc to work with Prof Yvonne Nolan at @ucc.ie Work with a team investigating the role of gut microbiota in the effects of diet, exercise or cognitive interventions on cognition and mood in older aged people with depression. Details: bit.ly/474Hf7w

APC is recruiting a Clinical Nurse Manger to work with Prof Marietta Iacucci @UCC.ie for project 'Precision Endo-Omics: a quantitative approach to intestinal luminal imaging' at Mercy University Hospital and Cork University Hospital #jobfairy Full Details: bit.ly/47AhHPF

APC is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Researcher to work with Prof Paul Ross at @ucc.ie investigating antimicrobial peptides as viable alternatives to current food preservation methods. #jobfairy #researchobs #irishjobs Full Details: bit.ly/4qg1beZ

Congratulations to APC's Melanie Depret , @ucc.ie who represented Ireland in at the international final of “Ma thèse en 180 secondes” (MT180) in Romania, organised by the AUF, and won the 3rd jury prize 🥉 Supervisors @jfcryan.bsky.social & Linda Katona

Join us on 28 Oct for a talk by Dr. Charlene Van Buiten on “Sourdough-Omics” and how fermentation can help reduce food waste and improve health. 🧪 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

एपीसी के सभी सदस्यों की ओर से दिवाली की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ Heartfelt wishes for Diwali from all at APC #Diwali2025

Honoured to have been awarded best poster at the @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social symposium !! A big thank you to everyone who stopped by for the fascinating conversations, and to the organizers for putting together a wonderful day of science❤️

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