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Paul Cotter

@pauldcotter.bsky.social

PhD Microbiology. Head of Food Bioscience at Teagasc. PI APC Microbiome Ireland, Food Health Ireland Co-founder & Head of Microbiology, SeqBiome. Field Chief Editor Frontiers in Microbiology. Runner (2.57 marathon, 1.19 half) Glanmire GAA Husband & dad

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www.ucc.ie/en/apc/news/...

14.11.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another strong showing for APC in the 2025 Clarivate Highly Cited rankings with 8 APC researchers included.
Congratulations to Fergus Shanahan, Colin Hill, Paul O’Toole, Jens Walter, Liam O'Mahony, Andrey Shkoporov ( @ucc.ie ), Paul Cotter @teagasc.bsky.social & Ines Thiele - University of Galway

12.11.2025 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @vistamilk.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

12.11.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Humbled & honoured to be on the @clarivateag.bsky.social #highlycited researcher list for 2025.
This recognition is shared with all of the fantastic current & past members of #VisionOne, our many collaborators & funders
@teagasc.bsky.social @seqbiome.bsky.social

12.11.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Paul Cotter & colleagues | Harnessing agri-food system microbiomes for sustainability & human health
YouTube video by Frontiers Paul Cotter & colleagues | Harnessing agri-food system microbiomes for sustainability & human health

Recent recording of the Frontiers Forum on Harnessing agri-food system microbiomes is now available through YouTube

youtu.be/ppiRtOXSviM?si…

23.10.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The gut microbiome plays a key role in human performance.
SportGenix uses advanced #metagenomics & #metabolomics to give #performanceNutritionists evidence-based insights for #eliteAthletes.
πŸ‘‰ Learn more: www.sportgenix.ie
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Bioinformatics #SportsScience

02.10.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fantastic new contract researcher position within our group. Focus on fermented foods, microbiology/microbiomes and animal studies
A panel will be formed from which other similar, upcoming roles may be filled. Applications by midday (Irish time) Oct 6th topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/Job...

02.10.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Hard to pick out one in particular as there are so many advances across different areas…though I do have a particular interest in applying fermented food related microbes to enhance health

15.09.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Webinar: Harnessing agri-food system microbiomes for sustainability and human health How can scientists, innovators, regulators, educators, and everyday consumers unite to protect vital microbial communities? Register for this #FrontiersForum webinar to find out more https://events.frontiersin.org/agrifood-system-microbiomes/splash-share

Our CTO, Prof. @pauldcotter.bsky.social joins the authors of the @frontiersin.bsky.social lead article to explore how omics-based mapping of microbial networks across agri-food systems could unlock solutions to some of our biggest global challenges. events.frontiersin.org/agrifood-sys...

10.09.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Webinar: Harnessing agri-food system microbiomes for sustainability and human health How can scientists, innovators, regulators, educators, and everyday consumers unite to protect vital microbial communities? Register for this #FrontiersForum webinar to find out more https://events.frontiersin.org/agrifood-system-microbiomes/splash-share

Food systems are teeming with complex microbial networks, carried from soil and water to crops, animals, and humans. Can we better track and steer these networks to enhance ecosystem health and food security? Find out more at this #FrontiersForum webinar ➑️ fro.ntiers.in/NfcCnmIEkWb

05.09.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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From soil to sea, microbes quietly power our food systems. Our CTO Prof. @pauldcotter.bsky.social & Dr Orla O'Sullivan were major contributors in a new Frontiers in Science study on harnessing microbiomes for sustainability & health 🌱🌊 seqbiome.com/harnessing-a...

13.08.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Truth About Fermented Foods & Microbes | Straight Talking Science Ep. 1 (ft. Prof. Paul Cotter) Straight Talking Science Β· Episode

It was a pleasure to be the first guest on Straight Talking Science with Barry Skillington-Atlantia Clinical Trials where we chatted about #microbes, #microbiomes, #fermented #foods and #health including our research at @teagasc.bsky.social @seqbiome.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2jVf...

12.08.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The SportGenix program measures samples at multiple time points.
βœ… Baseline
βœ… Post-intervention
βœ… Discretionary time point
This means better insights, smarter improvements, and real results.
πŸ‘‰Speak to our team today to find out more info@sportgenix.ie

06.08.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great outcome from the #MASTER-EU-Consortium with an awesome team involved! It was a pleasure to work with you all! @pauldcotter.bsky.social @cibiocm.bsky.social @csic.es @interibfg.bsky.social‬ #FFoQSI #UniLeon #UNINA and many others!

31.07.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Faecal microbiota equine metabolic syndrome Faecal microbiota and serum metabolome association with equine metabolic syndrome in connemara ponies. A study.

Exciting new research which our team including @pauldcotter.bsky.social, Dr Ciara O' Donovan & @ShriramHPatel contributed to on #gutmicrobiota & metabolism in Connemara ponies with Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS).
seqbiome.com/faecal-micro...

23.07.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A beautiful day for our wonderful students to celebrate their PhD journey pictured with
@cormacgahan.bsky.social
@pauldcotter.bsky.social
Prof Catherine Stanton & Prof @PaulRoss #Congratulations #uccgraduation

21.06.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
WMD 2024 - Feed your microbes - How diet shapes your gut microbiome
YouTube video by APC Microbiome Ireland WMD 2024 - Feed your microbes - How diet shapes your gut microbiome

🌍Friday is #WorldMicrobiomeDay "Microbiome 101: What You Need to Know."
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social experts share easy food tips to boost your #guthealth:
πŸ₯¬ Asparagus – @ClaessonLab
πŸ§‰ Kombucha – @pauldcotter.bsky.social

#microbiota #microbiomeanalysis #eliteathlete youtu.be/Dx17OhISk1k?...

25.06.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mental Health and the Brain-Gut-Microbiota Axis: Fundamental Importance of Diet - Microbiome Times Magazine The Mediterranean diet is regarded as the most beneficial diet from a mental health perspective. The benefits of such a diet are mediated significantly through the brain- gut-microbiota axis. Abnormal...

🧠 How does your gut affect your Brain?
Our partners at Atlantia Clinical Trials published a whitepaper by Timothy G. Dinan MD, PhD, exploring the #GutBrain-Microbiota Axis and its impact on #mentalhealth.
Read it here πŸ‘‰ www.microbiometimes.com/mental-healt...

04.06.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are recruiting a Research Officer for up to 44 months (!) on a very exciting @researchireland.ie funded project, β€œInFer: Investigating the specific impact of fermented foods, & associated components, on the gut microbiome & health”.

topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/Job...

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29.05.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ” Every solid analysis starts with the right question.
We help you craft testable, well-powered research hypothesesβ€”unlocking insights through the best methods and tech.
Explore Compositional & Functional #MicrobiomeAnalysis with us today! ttps://seqbiome.com/solutions/ #microbiomeSequencing #gut

28.05.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The #SportGenix Athlete Microbiome Report integrates patient history with advanced #MicrobiomeAnalysis providing #PerformanceNutritionists with evidence-based recommendations for their #EliteAthletes
πŸ‘‰Request a sample report sportgenix.ie/request-a-sa...
#MicrobiomeSequencing #GutHealth

21.05.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our CTO, Prof @pauldcotter.bsky.social will be speaking at this event next week! Paul will present on β€œUnleashing the Potential of Food System #Microbiomes” offering insights into how #microbiomeinnovation is shaping the future of food. hsph.harvard.edu/research/mic... #guthealth #microbiomeanalysis

14.05.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great opportunity to work on an exciting project, bioinformatic analysis of microbiome sequencing data of the PrePOP study. Details below....

12.05.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@teagasc.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @vistamilk.bsky.social

12.05.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PLEASE SHARE We’re hiring a contract #bioinformatician (research officer) to analyse #microbiome data from an ongoing, exciting project focusing on preterm birth prevention with oral probiotics

topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/Job...

12.05.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Optimization of the #gutMicrobiome, through a high quality #microbiomeAnalysis program, can enhance #athletic performance. #SportGenix is a program designed for #performanceNutritionists that want to provide their #eliteAthletes with the most up-to-date recommendations. info@sportgenix.ie

08.05.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#phd #microbiology #microbiome #fermentation #fermented #bioinformatics… | Paul Cotter PLEASE SHARE Excited to announce that we have several PhD fellowship positions to fill in our laboratory at Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Ireland over the coming months. These relate to: (...

PLEASE SHARE - Several new PhD positions to fill in our lab
@teagasc.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @vistamilk.bsky.social

#microbiome #fermentation #food #health

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07.05.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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www.cell.com/iscience/pdf...
@teagasc.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @vistamilk.bsky.social @codieteu.bsky.social @seqbiome.bsky.social

26.04.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Compared to the lactic acid bacteria, the acetic acid bacteria are a relatively under appreciated component of many #fermented #foods. Here, AAB are the focus of an in-depth metagenomics-based analysis by Erkang Zhang with NiccolΓ² Carlino, Nicola Segata, Samuel Breselge & Marcus Claesson

26.04.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Head of #Microbiology Prof @pauldcotter.bsky.social was a key contributor to a recent scientific publication exploring strain-level variation among #vaginal #Lactobacillus #crispatus & Lactobacillus iners using comparative #metagenomics seqbiome.com/strain-level... #womenshealth #vaginalhealth

16.04.2025 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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