Congratulations to Prof Catherine Stanton, Prof Paul Ross and Prof Gerard Clarke, each ranked #𝟏 nationally in their Research.com fields. Well done also to APC group leaders recognised with strong rankings across their categories. #Microbiome #Research #Science #UCC #Teagasc #neuroskyence #microsky

More details to follow later, but this has been in the works for almost 6 years, so it is great to finally see it in preprint form: "The elusive resistome: a global comparison reveals large discrepancies among detection pipelines" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Weapons as building blocks: a dual-function microcin in Acinetobacter

Honoured to have had the opportunity to present some work at the Genetics and Genomics forum at the @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference in Belfast last week! A big thank you to the Society for the opportunity and all the new people I met. I am already looking forward to next year! 😊

New in Nature Protocols buff.ly/DUCGVAf A standardised method for reproducible tracking of gut bacteria via the SIHUMI microbial community. Congrats to APC researchers Natalia Ríos Colombo, Mariana Perez-Ibarreche, P.Ross & C.Hill, in collab with Pranav Lanka at @tyndallinstitute.bsky.social

New APC paper in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. First author Felipe Miceli de Farias & colleagues identifed a new circular bacteriocin from Streptococcus. The study is part of the research of Prof. Paul Ross's group at APC. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Bacteriocins #UCC #Teagasc

New paper from the CEB- @uminho.bsky.social & APC 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐑-𝐂𝐚𝐬𝟗 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝑺𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒚𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒊 Appl Microbiol Biotechnol buff.ly/pDDfR3f #CRISPRCas9 @ellen-murr.bsky.social @rioscolombo.bsky.social @colinhillucc.bsky.social

The new ARC Hub for HealthTech was officially launched today at @uniofgalway.bsky.social. The Hub will drive the development of solutions to improve chronic disease management. Read more: www.researchireland.ie/news/arc-hub... #EUInMyRegion @atu-ie.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social

Very cool paper www.nature.com/articles/s43... The authors found that FMTs from *older* mice into adult females improved ovarian function and lowered inflammation. FMTs from younger mice into adult mice led to higher inflammation and *reduced* ovarian function in older mice.

SFA Talks from @Kristinacampbell, Sean Gibbons, and Howard Bauchner offered invaluable wisdom on science communication, career development, and strategies for publishing in high-impact journals! 🙌 #ISAPP2025

This year marked my first @isappscience.bsky.social annual meeting as part of the @isappsfa.bsky.social executive committee (Communications) Brilliant science, thoughtful discussion, and great company throughout. A huge thank you to my fellow committee members, I’m already excited for next year! 🫶🏼

#ISAPP2025 Afternoon sessions underway with talks from Haruki Kitazawa, Guy Vergeres and Maria Marco! 🎤 @isappscience.bsky.social

Day 3 of #ISAPP2025 begins with IAC selected talks from Maria Rodriguez-Palmero Seuma(Effects of a probiotic formula on symptoms and quality of life in peri- and postmenopausal women) & Elaine Vaughan(Towards EU health claims for prebiotics: A focus on scientific evidence and regulatory pathways)🙌

SFA highlight talks from Valentina Cattero (Prebiotic-like activity of cranberry extract: Modulating gut microbiota composition and enhancing intestinal barrier function in ex vivo and in vivo models) & Kait Al (Acetate and the gut-brain axis: A pilot study on mental health and metabolic outcomes)👏

A huge congratulations to our ISAPP SFA Poster Winners for 2025! We are delighted to present Benjamin Levine and Caroline Dricot with their awards 🏆👏 #ISAPP2025 @isappscience.bsky.social

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This month's ISAPP-SFA blog by Brendan Daisley presents the R package, isolateR, designed to meet the high-throughput demands of modern microbial isolation workflows! 🔬 📖 www.isapp-sfa.com/new-blog/202... 📥 Never want to miss a blog post? Register at www.isapp-sfa.com/member-regis...

Mobile genetic elements: the hidden puppet masters underlying infant gut microbiome assembly? -in Microbiome Research Reports by @kkreuze.bsky.social @frimanscience.bsky.social and Tommi Vatanen www.oaepublish.com/articles/mrr...

Discovery and synthesis of leaderless bacteriocins from the Actinomycetota journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...