New study shows repetitive head impacts trigger lasting brain cell changes before CTE tau buildup. Microglia, endothelial cells & neurons are affected, offering new paths for early diagnosis & treatment. #CTE #BrainHealth rdcu.be/eHVcy

Do yourself a favour and listen to a Beach Boys or Brian Wilson album. Your life will become infinitely better. #ripbrianwilson #loveandmercy www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Carrying Hope, Facing a Crisis — Pregnancy and Migration in Chicago | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... If you read one thing on the internet today. Make it this.

Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

APC is recruiting a Industry project Research Support Officer to work with Profs @jfcryan.bsky.social and Gerard Clarke at @ucc.ie overseeing a number of industry-funded research projects in the Microbiota-Brain-Gut Axis Theme. #irishjobs #researchjobs Full Details: bit.ly/4iWiIUQ

www.theplayerstribune.com/alisson-beck... An amazing piece. @lfcr.bsky.social

Another step for microbiome research!🔬 New study introduces saMBA, a gut microbiome archive from South America. Understanding the full picture of gut microbiome biodiversity is crucial & saMBA is helping us get there! @bvalderrama.bsky.social @jfcryan.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hundreds of Thousands Will Die www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...

Latest lab review- The Gut microbiota-Immune-Brain axis: Therapeutic Implications. Just out in @cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social Well done @kjdoriordan.bsky.social @moloneyger.bsky.social & @lilykeane.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

How Stephen King Foretold the Rise of Trump in a 1979 Novel www.openculture.com/2025/03/how-...

F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

Moving to Ireland for my postdoc was the best decision I ever made! It happened to be during the 45th presidency, which was an excellent fringe benefit. 10/10 highly recommend. (Plus I got to hang out with John in Cork!)

Let's gooo! Viva done, edits done & final submission done: I'm officially #PhDone 🥳🔥 I want to thank my wonderful examiners and send the biggest gratitude to @jfcryan.bsky.social for guiding me through my PhD journey 😊 Just need to wait for my conferring now 🎓 A perfect bluesky debut post I'd say 🎉

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...

Good point here by @fotoole.bsky.social “Ireland should offer itself as a refuge for American scientists. Use some of that corporation tax bonanza to attract world-class researchers and up-and-coming geniuses to our universities and institutions to work with the excellent scientists we already have”

The next in our Future Aging and Brain science seminar series sees Nathan Nuzum giving a deep dive into the benefits of exercise in neurological conditions such as alzheimers, parkinsons as well as his ongoing study looking at depression

Lucy Letby: No medical evidence to suggest murder, experts conclude www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Ella Lily Hyland in #blackdoves is one of the best characters I've seen in a tv show in 20 years.

The Early Career Researcher of the Year (IRC legacy) Award goes to Dr Aaron Lim of @ucc.bsky.social. Dr Lim’s current research focuses on seabed habitat mapping, development of novel seabed mapping and monitoring methods and contemporary seabed processes.

Our paper on nurturing a #PositiveResearchCulture within your #research #team published by @wellcometrust.bsky.social gives useful tips for your lab. As well as making you a good team leader, nurturing culture pays off in building your science: 1/11 wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-3...

Huge congrats to Dr.Michael Collins who successfully defended his PhD today. Thanks to Examiners Aine Kelly & Olivia O’Leary for great discussions Also great day for supervisors myself & @kjdoriordan.bsky.social -with his 1st PhD student @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social