APC Microbiome Ireland

Discover the Link Between Depression, Exercise, and Gut Bacteria!🧠
🚴‍♂️Join our study to see how physical activity and gut health influence mental well-being. Follow the link tinyurl.com/Move4Mood or email Move4Mood@ucc.ie to register your interest! #Move4Mood

Congratulations to APC's Prof Catherine Stanton, @teagasc.bsky.social who has been ranked as the #1 female scientist in Ireland by Research.com on their 2025 Edition: Ranking of Top 1000 Female Scientists in the World.

@researchireland.ie
#womeninSTEM #microbiomeresearch

“J&J Winning in STEM2D” scholarships are open for applications currently. Each successful winning student gets €1000 plus leadership development training and mentorship.

👉 Deadline is the 25th October 2025 | Interviews 31st October
➡️ Apply here: lnkd.in/eZrv8FMF

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

Wonderful start to our 25/26 Seminar Series with @paulinedscanlan.bsky.social.

An intriguing topic with a packed and engage audience. @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @apcpostdocassoc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie

APC's Harriet Schellekens @ucc.ie shares insights in her latest Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition paper about the Interplay between (poly)phenols, gut microbiota, and biological rhythms: outlook for a new paradigm in brain health
👉 Read Review: bit.ly/48BE9ZD
#brainhealth #microbiome

Congratulations to APC's Kristoff Nieves, @ucc.ie who has won Best Short Talk at the 'Having Impactt 5: Advancing Microbiome Research Symposium'.

Supervisor: @researchireland.ie Professor @jenswalter1982.bsky.social - UCC & Nime Diet

Congratulations to APC's Miguel Fernandez de Ullivarri and Mariana Perez Ibarreche, both researchers at University College Cork, who have been conferred with Irish citizenship.

@ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social

Donald Trump's comments about paracetamol 'pose a real threat to public health' Department of Health said guidelines for use of paracetamol are not being changed

APC's Sarah @kittelschneider.bsky.social - @ucc.ie, has countered Trump’s Tylenol comments in this @irishexaminer.bsky.social article: "There is no evidence to say there is a negative impact on brain development from paracetamol"
#tylenol #autism #disinformation
📰 bit.ly/3Ie52bx

APC & @ucc.ie's @tsbschm.bsky.social & @jenswalter1982.bsky.social are co-authors and contributors on new @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social paper: FMT (with live microbes) prevents recurrent C. diff far better than fecal filtrates. Live microbes matter to restore #microbiome.
Read paper: bit.ly/3VxGRI0

New paper out in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social from APC's @tsbschm.bsky.social & @jenswalter1982.bsky.social from @ucc.ie
@uccresearch.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

Fecal filtrate is less effective than donor stool (FMT) for the treatment of C. difficile recurrence. Now shown in a multicentre trial, out today in @lancetgastrohep.bsky.social .

Congratulations to Dina Kao @ualberta.bsky.social & team!

Gift link:

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APC is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Researcher to work with Prof Jens Walter at @ucc.ie to join the project Microbe Restore developing nutritional- and microbiome-based therapeutic strategies to improve human health and prevent chronic disease.
#researchjobs #jobfairy
Full details: bit.ly/4mrfx99

A great opportunity to learn about the research of APC's Dr Pauline Scanlan

‘Help us untangle the relationship between stress and your gut!’

To find out more, please email the study team at thedietstudy_volunteers@ucc.ie

Today we celebrate our EPE manager Caoimhe Byrne who takes up a new role in @ucc.ie
We pride ourselves in Education and Public Engagement (EPE) at APC, and in the last three years Caoimhe has done a stellar job leading the charge on our activities which is key to our success.

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Congratulations to APC's Aman Saifi, @ucc.ie who won best Student Poster at the UCC Medicine and Health 2025 Research conference.

Supervisor - Silvia Melgar

Funder GENEGUT

📸 Kenneth J. O'Riordan, PhD

Congratulations to APC's José Ángel Salas-Millán, @ucc.ie who won best Staff Poster at the UCC Medicine and Health 2025 Research conference.

Supervisor - Silvia Melgar

Funder HDHL & Health Research Board (HRB).

Welcome to all the new APC recruits, great to have you onboard.
@ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

APC's Paul Cotter - @teagasc.bsky.social is leading todays #FrontiersForum at the @frontiersin.bsky.social n webinar 'Harnessing agri-food system microbiomes for sustainability and human health'

APC's Jens Walter - @ucc.ie talks to @claireoconnell for todays @irishtimes.com about his #microbiome research and developing the Nime Diet
@uccresearch.bsky.social / @researchireland.ie hirel
📰 bit.ly/4nqyDNI

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Congratulations to APC's Zoë Williams @ucc.ie who won 'Student Oral Presentation' for her talk 'Biological Sex Influences Exercise-Induced Changes in Memory, Mood & Neuropathology in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease' at the UCC College of Medicine & Health Research Conference
@researchireland.ie

Congratulations to APC's Morgane LeDrean - @ucc.ie
& INSPIRE MSCA who won the EU translational TANDEM competition at ESNM.
TAMDEM is an initiative supported by the ESNM pairing scientists & clinicians to develop collaborations

#neurogastro2025

🌿 Gut Bacteria & Mood: Explore the fascinating world of gut bacteria and its potential influence on mood. Discover the role your microbiome may play in shaping your mental health.
🤝 How to Join: Signing up is simple! Click the link here tinyurl.com/Move4Mood to complete a brief eligibility survey.

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

#BSNBradford2025 Had a great time in Bradford presenting data from my fabulous PhD student Carla at the annual meeting of @bsneuroendo.bsky.social. @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

Really enjoyed talking about #Barriers at #Neurogastro2025 in London and meeting excellent colleagues!
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social

Help us investigate how the food we eat influences the composition of the gut microbiota and how these microbes communicate with the brain.

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