Spring is back, and so is Cheers with Peers! 🌸🍕🍹 Join us on May 7th at Tom Barry's for drinks, pizza, and good company. See you there 🌞 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social #CheersWithPeers

✨ APC Forum – Internal Speaker Series 📅 Tue 28 April | 🕒 12:30–14:00 Join us with Dr Hilary Browne, Parul Sharma & Devat Kandoriya Topic: Exploring spore-forming gut bacteria & microbiota–circadian rhythms 🥪 Lunch from 12:00 Looking forward to seeing you there! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

Next Tuesday, we are pleased to welcome Dr Sinéad Corr for our “Coffee with a PI” series. Please join us Tuesday 14th April, from 11am to 12 am, BSI 1.13, for a casual chat about her journey and some career advice around tea or coffee and some tasty treats!☕ 🥐 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

Next week (Tue 31 March, 9:30–11am): our External Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Feargal J. Ryan @feargalr.bsky.social “Systems Biology of Host–Microbiome Interactions” Senior Research Fellow & NHMRC Investigator, Head of the Computational Multi-Omics Group at Flinders University

Yesterday’s Cheers With Peers was a success! ☘️ Thank you to everyone who came along. 👏🙏 It’s a real pleasure for us to organise this kind of social event, where we can all come together for a lovely evening full of laughs and great discussions. @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social #CheersWithPeers #Cork

This is tomorrow ! 💚☘️ See you there and don't forget to wear something green 😉

Happy March, Cheers With Peers is back! 🔥 Join us Thursday 12th March from 6:15 pm at Mr. Bradley's Pub in Cork city, for a pint and a chat in an early St-Patrick's day celebration 🍀💚 A great opportunity to unwind and chat with APC colleagues 🍻 See you all there (wear something green 😉)!

Next APC Forum External Speaker - Tuesday 10th March, 12:30–2:00 pm (Pharmacy Building, LG52). We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Jolene Ramsey (@jrrmicrolab.bsky.social) for her talk: “Escape at the Right Time: Lysis Control in Bacteriophages” 🧫🧬 In person + on Teams. Light lunch provided 🥪☕

Next week, Tuesday 24th February, 1-2pm Our next APC Forum Internal Speaker: Joseph Ancla - Diet and Microbes: “From Grains to Strains: Regional Inheritance and Functional Specialization in Caucasus Kefir Microbiomes.” In-person event, Pharmacy Building, room G52 ☕ 🥪

Next Thursday - ☕ Coffee with (not a) PI – new edition! Join us on Thu. 5 Feb, 11:00, BSI seminar room 1.13 with Emer O’Shea, Commercialisation Case Manager in UCC Innovation. Join us! Start-ups, academia, tech transfer & career insights, plus coffee, pastries & vegan options 🥐

This Tuesday 27th January | 2:30–4:00 pm 🎤 Dr. Paula Pérez Pardo Assistant Professor, Utrecht University “Microbiome-Driven Modulation of Behaviour and Pathology in Preclinical Models of ASD and Parkinson’s Disease” Don’t miss it! #Microbiome #GutBrainAxis #ASD #Parkinson

NEXT WEEK : Join us for the winter edition of our Quiz night! 📝❓ When: Thursday 22nd of January 2026, 6.30pm 📆 Where : Flannery's bar (Glasheen road, Cork city)🍻 Prizes: To be won.. 😁 Bring your team (max 5 people per team) or find one at the night 😇👍 Entry: €2 per person

UPCOMING ! Coffee with (not a) PI – Thurs, Nov 20, 11am in BSI 1.13 ☕ Join us for a chat with Dr. Lorraine Draper, Operations Manager at @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social, as she shares her journey from the lab bench to research management. Naturally, coffee, tea & pastries included ! 😄🍵🥐✨

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

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

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

Warning: laughter, clinking glasses, and epic chats ahead - Cheers with Peers is back! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

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

A little friendly competition never hurts - join our Quiz Night! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

A little friendly competition never hurts - join our Quiz Night! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

Cheers to an amazing Cheers with the Peers! 🥂 Great turnout! So good to catch up, laugh, and enjoy a great evening together. @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

📬 Just reposting so no one misses it!

🤝Meet our new committee members! Morgane Le Dréan – Communication rep Léa Roussin – Social event manager Check out their bios in the ALT text. @people

🤝Meet our new committee members! Cristina Rosell Cardona – Treasurer (former Chair) @crosellcardona.bsky.social Munawar Abbas – Social media rep Check out their bios in the ALT text. @people

📢 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.

📣 #CheersWithPeers is on! Join us at Tom Barry's, Thurs July 3rd from 6:15PM 🍻 Catch up with APC Microbiome Ireland colleagues over drinks & good vibes. All welcome -especially #EarlyCareerResearchers! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

📢Join the APC forum Tuesday, 1st July 2025 (Online) to hear from Professor Jonathan R. Swann 💊 🧬 A 30-minute Q&A session will follow, dedicated to #earlycareer scientists (2-2:30pm)🥼 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

This is tomorrow, don't miss it! 👀

📢Join the APC forum online next week to listen to Shauni Fitzgerald on her journey towards and now in Atlantia Clinical Trials 💊 🦠 Light lunch and coffee provided from 12:30! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social #earlycareer

🚀 #Pint25 Cork: 9 Incredible Topics, 5 Fantastic Venues! 🌟 Join us 19-21 May for Pint of Science Cork! Experience fascinating talks on topics like microbes, baby brain development, & sustainable futures from 19:00 to 21:00 each evening! Don't miss out on this mind-blowing science celebration! 🧪🍻

This Wednesday come join us online for an insightful scientific discussion 🙌

📢Join the APC forum online next week to listen to Prof. Gregor Reid for his career reflections and future directions as a microbiome scientist 🦠 🥼 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

📣 SOCIAL EVENT 📣 After the success of our 1st edition, join us next week for the return of #cheerswithpeers 🍻 It's a nice opportunity to chat with coworkers within @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social who you run into everyday! All are welcome and of course our #earlycareerresearchers !

This is tomorrow, don't miss it! 🥳

📣 Join us next Thursday for a #CoffeeWithNotAPI with Dr. Gerry Moloney to have a chat over pastries and coffee 🥐☕️ @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social #earlycareer

This is today, this is not an April Fools 🐟 please take the time to pass by to express yourself on our association, all career stages are welcome! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

📣 We want to hear your voice! We're organizing an open meeting🫂🤗 You're thinking of joining our committee? You have event ideas to gather APC members? You have some feedback on our recent events? Join us for this open conversation on the future of the association 💪

Don't forget this talk today 🥳

This is tomorrow! 😃

📢Join the APC forum next Tuesday IN PERSON to listen to @julientap.bsky.social 🦠🍔🥦 This will be followed by a 30min Q&A session for #earlycareer scientists (2-2:30pm)🥼 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

This is tomorrow!

This is Thursday! 🥐☕

📣 Join us next Thursday for a #CoffeeWithPI with @hilarybrowne.bsky.social to have a chat over pastries and coffee 🥐☕️ @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social #earlycareer

This is today at 1pm! 🐟

This is tomorrow, don't miss it! 🥳

Enjoyed a wonderfully inspiring talk on how Paternal Gut Microbiota can shape Sperm RNA & offspring health, by Bethany Masson a PhD candidate at @theflorey.bsky.social with @anthonyjhannan.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @apcpostdocassoc.bsky.social @jfcryan.bsky.social

📢Join the online APC forum next Tuesday to listen to Dr @drgillesv.bsky.social 🐟🧠🦠 This will be followed by a 30min Q&A session for #earlycareer scientists (2-2:30pm)🥼 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

Today at 1pm!

This is tomorrow online, don't miss it!

📢Join the online APC forum next Tuesday to listen to Prof. José Manuel Fernández-Real 🦠💊 This will be followed by a 30min Q&A session for #earlycareer scientists (2-2:30pm)🥼 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social