A century of food innovation! This week Taoiseach Micheál Martin hosted an event marking the 100-year anniversary of the 1926 University Education Act which established UCC’s Faculty of Dairy Science, the foundation of our modern School of Food & Nutritional Sciences! Here's to the next 100 years!

Twelve colleagues from the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences have secured significant backing across seven pioneering projects under a new €37.5 million national research investment. Read more about these collaborative initiatives driving a sustainable food system - www.ucc.ie/en/fns/news/...

We are delighted to see FNS Research Professor Emanuele Zannini featured in the latest @ucc.ie OVPRI report, "Celebrating Horizon Europe Success."

Are you aged 18 or over and living in Ireland? Help us to understand how food and attitudes towards food impact wellbeing in adults living in Ireland. To take part: ucc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... For questions, contact: [email protected] OR [email protected]

Huge congratulations to Ursula Leonard on being awarded FNS Postgraduate Research Publication of the Year for 2025! Ursula pictured here with PI Mairead Kiely and Head of School Alan Kelly.

Celebrate 100 years of excellence in Food and Nutrition at UCC! Join us for a series of talks highlighting a century of groundbreaking research and teaching. Date: Thursday, April 23  Time: 5:00 PM-6:00 PM  Location: West Wing 7 Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/100-years-...

New APC paper in Food Res Int. First author Caner Caliskan and colleagues examine how hydrogen-oxidising bacterial protein enables dairy-like yoghurt alternatives with moderate digestibility . buff.ly/AgaUptp #SingleCellProtein #AlternativeProteins @teagasc.bsky.social @vtt.fi @uccfns.bsky.social

UCC wins the 10th Great Agri‑Food Debate! Congrats to the team, crowned overall winners of this year’s Debate organised by Dawn Meats and sponsored by McDonalds. The champs are final‑year Nutritional Sciences students, Aoife Lynch, Anna Ryan, Apoorva Unde & Claudine Lynch, & researcher Yuelin Zhan.

Congratulations to PhD candidate Doireann Ní Chonaill RD on winning two prestigious prizes this week! A Young Investigator Gold Prize for her research on taste & smell changes during chemotherapy (Rome) and runner-up (€500) at the Future Pharmaceuticals Conference in UCC.

We are currently recruiting a Senior Lecturer in Human Nutrition & Dietetics. This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative academic environment and contribute to excellence in teaching and research in nutrition and dietetics. www.ucc.ie/en/futures/f...

Interested in a career in Dietetics? Join the @ucc.ie MSc Human Nutrition & Dietetics Online Open Day 2025 on Wed 17 Dec, 10:00–13:00. Learn about the programme, application tips, and hear from guest speakers. Registration required: tinyurl.com/DieteticsOpe...

Great to mark last week’s Athena Swan awards ceremony in SETU Carlow, where FNS was formally recognised with the Athena Swan Silver Award for our ongoing work in advancing equality, diversity and inclusion. @ucc.ie

Huge congrats to UCC MSc Food Science grad Maeve Cusack, winner of the 2025 SDT/ICDA Dairy Technology Student of the Year Award! Her MSc research in Dairy Process Technology stood out for its innovation & impact on the dairy sector. #UCC #DairyScience #FoodInnovation

@ucc.ie School of Food and Nutritional Sciences graduate Kevin Deegan (VP for Innovation at Valio, Finland) featured on Newstalk's Down to Business talking dairy innovation, plant-based foods, and life in Finland. Listen here: www.goloudplayer.com/podcasts/dow...

We’re hiring a Research Assistant in Nutrition at @ucc.ie! Work on an exciting vitamin D fortified foods dietary intervention project. Apply by 29 Aug 2025. Job details & application - universityvacancies.com/university-c...

Postgrad opportunity! Are you passionate about food & nutritional sciences? Thinking about higher education & pursuing a Master by Research? As part of the TransForm project, we are looking for a suitable candidate to investigate the in vitro digestion behaviour of protein gels.

Delighted to see Seamus O'Mahony representing UCC at the Bord Bia Bloom Festival! Invited by the National Dairy Council he joined a panel on processed foods & dairy with Mary Harrington, Sarah Keogh & Dee Laffan, discussing how gentle processing supports safety, cuts waste & aids global nutrition.

Congratulations to PhD student Clodagh Scannell, one of the winners of the @nutritionsociety.bsky.social Irish Section Postgraduate Symposium Competition! Clodagh presented her winning review paper this morning at the Nutrition Society conference in TU Dublin. Fantastic achievement!

One of our MSc Dietetics students is exploring supplement use in men diagnosed with prostate cancer. If this applies to you, we’d love your input! 🕐 The short, confidential survey takes less than 10 minutes. 🔗 Take part here: ucc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We had an amazing week hosting the FNS TY Programme 2025 last week. Packed with fun and learning, the programme opened students’ eyes to the endless possibilities in Food and Nutritional Sciences.

Join us for an exciting event as part of the Cork Lifelong Learning Festival! Tue 8th Apr @ 6 PM Room A1 FSB, UCC Food & Innovation: A guided tour through UCC's Expertise with @Conor__Carey and Dr Aylin Sahin. Register your interest: forms.office.com/e/0FGq0bXyBv @ucc.ie

We’re delighted to share that the School of Food & Nutritional Sciences @ucc.ie has achieved a silver Athena SWAN award, recognising our efforts in promoting gender equality and inclusion within STEM. #AthenaSWAN @uccequality.bsky.social www.ucc.ie/en/fns/news/...

FNS are delighted to attend the Coláiste Eamon Rís Science Fair today with hugely impressive student projects on display!

The School of Food & Nutritional Sciences is a major contributor to @ucc.ie’s QS rankings! Our research in food science, nutrition & dietetics has helped UCC achieve top rankings in Nursing (#27) and Agriculture & Forestry (#84). Congrats to the School’s staff & collaborators!

Congrats to PhD student Conor Fitzpatrick on winning the 2024 School of Food & Nutritional Sciences Publication of the Year Award! The winning publication title "'Monitoring the effect of consumption temperature of full-fat milk on in vitro gastric digestion using Magnetic Resonance Imaging'"...

Great to see Maeve, Eve, Ronan, and Chiara representing FNS at the 34th Nutrition Society Postgraduate Conference in Belfast, networking and engaging with the latest in nutrition research! @nutritionsociety.bsky.social