Congratulations to @ucc.ie researcher Dr Eugene Costello, awarded a €2m European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant to explore commercial cattle farming. @erc.europa.eu Read More 👇 www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

Researchers @ucc.ie have been awarded funding for five interdisciplinary projects in the @researchireland.ie COALESCE Programme 2025, making @ucc.ie the highest performing institute in the programme. Read More 👇 www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

Many and deep thanks to the leadership and members of University College Cork for the amazing privilege and hospitality! @jfcryan.bsky.social @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social

Professor @carmensandi10.bsky.social, one of the world’s leading stress neurobiologists, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Science by @ucc.ie Professor Sandi leads the Laboratory of Behavioural Genetics at EPFL in Switzerland. Read More 👇 www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

Looking forward to joining @uccresearch.bsky.social research and the @ucc.ie community for this Public Lecture & In Conversation with the brilliant @jfcryan.bsky.social & Deeply honored to be receiving an UCC Honorary Doctorate! See you very soon in Cork!

Public Lecture & In Conversation: Fueling Resilience - Energising the Brain in Stressful Times Featuring world-leading neuroscientist & @ucc.ie Honorary Doctorate awardee Professor Carmen Sandi Find out more about @carmensandi10.bsky.social & how to register to attend👇 www.ucc.ie/en/research/...

Researchers @ucc.ie will lead one and partner in five major European-wide projects to receive a combined €3m funding under the 2024 HORIZON Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks programme. Read More 👇 www.ucc.ie/en/research/...

International recognition awarded to leading UCC organic chemist 👏 Congratulations to Professor Anita Maguire, a synthetic organic chemist @ucc.ie, and the recipient of the prestigious @rsc.org 2025 Bader Prize for Organic Chemistry. #RSCPrizes

University College Cork has risen 27 places to 246th in one of the world’s leading education rankings, the QS World University Rankings, which are published today. This year marks the third successive increase in UCC's placing, and is our highest ranking in ten years. www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

Will Iran-Israel conflict mean a rise in Irish petrol prices? Two key factors will determine if oil prices - and the price you pay for petrol and diesel - increase, Dr Paul Deane writes.

A @ucc.ie doctoral student will represent Ireland at the international ‘Ma Thése en 180 secondes’ finals in Bucharest later this year. Congratulations to Mélanie Depret, a PhD student in the Departments of Anatomy & Neuroscience and Pharmacology & Therapeutics and APC Microbiome Ireland.

Researchers @ucc.ie have received funding to lead a major new €6 million European project that will revolutionise how adolescents and young adults across Europe understand and manage the long-term effects of testicular cancer. www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

Really pleased to be honoured last night with UCC Research Team of the Year(Atlas of the Irish Civil War Project): Mike Murphy, Helene O’Keeffe, John Crowley, Donal O’Drisceoil, John Dorney, & Andy Bielenberg (Charlie Roche not pictured). Thanks to President John O’Halloran and Prof John Cryan.

Really delighted to receive UCC's Researcher of the Year award at the Glucksman Gallery yesterday evening, surrounded by such talented people!

Thrilled to have been awarded the Prof. Adrian Dixon 180 UCC PostDoc of the Year Award! @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social @uccinnovation.bsky.social #research&innovation #palaeontology #womeninstem

@ucc.ie research team of the year goes to the group behind @corkup.bsky.social wonderful Atlas of the Irish Civil War! @uccresearch.bsky.social Well done all!!

And our CAPACITY project was awarded the President’s Award for Impacting the SDGs, for our work on energy systems modelling to support the Department of Climate, Energy and Environment. 🥇

Delighted to be awarded the joint @uccresearch.bsky.social image of the year for #zebrafish “Brain Pipelines”! Great Team Effort - @maburto.bsky.social, @drmoralesgarcia.bsky.social, Koushika and Alex. @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social, @researchireland.ie, @zebrafishrock.bsky.social

Congratulations to all researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs honoured for their contributions to research and innovation at the 2024 @ucc.ie Research and Innovation Awards, held The Glucksman Galler last night. www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

New major network to rethink the role of multilingualism in Europe The project seeks to address rising social and political divides by promoting multilingualism as a path toward greater inclusion and cultural understanding across Europe.

‘Lived experience’ is valued in activism – but is it doing more harm than good? Those without direct experience of an issue can find their place in activism questioned, @jodymooreponce.bsky.social writes @theconversation.com.

The annual @uccresearch.bsky.social & Innovation Awards take place later this week. We’re delighted to welcome PURDYLUCEY back as sponsor of the UCC Research & Innovation Awards, an intellectual property law firm with deep roots in Ireland’s innovation ecosystem.

This afternoon, 28 distinguished individuals were formally admitted as members of the RIA, following their recent election, in recognition of their outstanding achievements across the sciences, humanities, social sciences, and public service. www.ria.ie/2025/05/22/2... #RIAAdmittanceDay

Congrats to five fantastic @ucc.ie colleagues admitted to Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie today - Denis O'Mahony, Nuala Finnegan, @paulmcs.bsky.social & Holger Claussen A worthy reflection of their impactful research & scholarship @uccresearch.bsky.social

Flooding is rising across Ireland, putting homes, farms, and businesses at risk. At @ucc.ie Prof. Ger Kiely and his team are creating real-time flood prediction tools using rainfall data, river flows, and satellite imagery to help communities respond quickly. @uccresearch.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce the upcoming symposium @maynoothuniversity.ie reflecting on doctoral supervision. The symposium is open to both new and experienced doctoral supervisors. More details on: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/graduate-res...

Join us tomorrow for a session on "Demystifying IP: Identifying and Managing IP for Researchers" from 12-1pm. Learn how to identify/manage your IP, and find out more about how UCC Innovation can support you and boost your research impact. More: www.ucc.ie/en/innovatio...

I’m over the Moon 🌝 this #fossilfriday to see that one of my papers made it to the front cover of @jaas.rsc.org @sgn.one @tuda.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie The image shows a new specimen of an extinct species possible related to extant nightjars. ©️ Anika Vogel, Marco Colombo

I’m one of the Cork researchers mentioned here who was awarded funding from the Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) as PI for Ireland on the project CHRYSES: Mapping Environmental Health Crises – Public Understanding through Myths and Science. @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie

Only one week left to submit your nominations for the 2024 @uccresearch.bsky.social & Innovation Awards! This year, we will celebrate 180 years of research impact in @ucc.ie. 5 award categories are in the area of Innovation. Find out more: ucc.ie/en/researcha...

Fossil feathers can be mineralized in zeolite and preserva in the fossil record. This is possible in low temperature pyroclastic flows, as opposite to hot flows like those that buried Pompei (79DC) @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie m.independent.ie/regionals/co...

UCC & @tyndallinstitute.bsky.social spin-out shines a new light on augmented reality. Vivid Photonics is an innovative spin-out set to drive advancements in augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies. More: www.ucc.ie/en/innovatio...

APC PI & @ucc.ie Prof @jfcryan.bsky.social spoke to the @hindustan-times.bsky.social on how we humans outsource some of our jobs to microbes @uccresearch.bsky.social, @researchireland.bsky.social hindustantimes.com/cities/mumba...

Innovative approaches in cancer diagnosis and the treatment of advanced cancers are the two UCC projects to receive funding under the 2024 @researchireland.bsky.social Industry Research, Development, and Innovation Fellowships Programme. @uccresearch.bsky.social www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

A study conducted in three of Ireland’s acute hospitals found that targeted staffing interventions can improve work environments and job satisfaction for nurses and offers a potential solution to the ongoing challenges of nurse turnover and shortages. www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

Busy January output & grateful to be involved in so many different types of clinical research @pregnancylossie.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social More about PLRG 👉🏻 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy...

👏 Huge congratulations to INFANT, @ucc.bsky.social spinout, CergenX who secured @fda.gov support for their neonatal brain injury device. 📰 🔽 www.irishtimes.com/business/202... @irishtimes.com | @uccinnovation.bsky.social | @uccresearch.bsky.social |

A collaborative global study published today in @nature.com by Dr. Yensi Flores Buesco explores how universities and countries around the world determine who earns the title of full professor. Read the full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Researcher at Cancer Research @UCC Dr. Yensi Flores Bueso discusses how measuring excellence in research differs throughout the world. www.youtube.com/thewatch?v=v... @ucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

What happens on US inauguration day? The day underscores the legitimacy of the new administration and, in theory at least, provides a moment of national unity, Dr Clodagh Harrington and Dr Alex Waddan write @theconversation.com.

UCC early-career researchers recognised in the Researcher of the Year 2024 awards Congratulations to Early Career Researcher of the Year @draaronlim.bsky.social and to Dr Luiza Wasiewska, recipient of the Thomas Mitchell Medal of Excellence. www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025... @researchireland.bsky.social

💜 Very grateful to the HRB for funding the #ReCurrentStudy & for highlighting its impact (so far!) in the latest edition of Health Research in Action 🔗 www.hrb.ie/wp-content/u... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social

Media coverage of our recent study (with Ava McCoy) about how digital technologies have become part of mourning practices in Ireland. Piece in @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41... (cc @uccresearch.bsky.social)

Reminder to get your applications in for the NUI Travelling Doctoral Studentship ✍️ Closing date: 28 February 2025 Learn more: nui.ie/awards/Trave... @ucdresearch.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social @rcsi-research.bsky.social @maynoothuni.bsky.social

Ireland’s food industry could be part of the solution to the health and sustainability crisis in our food system, but are trailing international counterparts, according to a report published by researchers at The School of Public Health in @ucc.bsky.social www.ucc.ie/en/news/2024...

Anaerobic digestion must be integrated into systems with a function to provide #circularity & enhance #sustainability Listen: 3 minute video on #biomethane within #circulareconomy #Energysky @researchireland.bsky.social @iea.org @uccresearch.bsky.social netzerotube.com/videos/inter...

www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster... @uccresearch.bsky.social @jfcryan.bsky.social

We are hosting a symposium titled "Innovative Measurement Techniques for Trace Gases and Radicals" in Cork, January 2025. Full programme is here: radical-air.eu/events/ @ucc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

Co-hosting football tournaments is spiking emissions, confirms @ucc.bsky.social research study. t.co/tQkzr9nEEB

Major research to investigate legacy of the Vikings in Europe Dr Tom Birkett awarded €2m ERC Consolidator Grant to lead project investigating how ideas, misinformation and extremist narratives about the Vikings spread. Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2024...