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🚨REMINDER: Join us today at 1pm in the Cavanagh Pharmacy Building for our School Seminar Series.

Note the new venue for this semester, Cavanagh Pharmacy Building.

Our Seminar Series reboots this Thursday with an exciting schedule ahead.

This week PhD candidate Silvia Ruta from University of Catania, Italy, co-supervised by Prof. Jennifer Mahony will talk about biofilms in cheese production.

Congratulations on a well-deserved retirement. Thank you Alan for the impact you’ve made and the example you’ve set—wishing you all the best ahead.

Today we celebrate the retirement of Prof. Alan Dobson. A distinguished member of our School who leaves behind an indelible legacy. An incredible scientist and an equally venerable man. Happy retirement Alan. @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie

New insights into the microbiome of the deep-sea sponge Inflatella pellicula and the secondary metabolic potential of metagenome-assembled genomes and the wider microbiome Marine sponges are found in all of the world’s oceans, from the surface waters to the deepest abyssal zones. The marine sponge holobiont is a rich source of microbial and chemical diversity. Up to 63 ...

Marine #sponges are generally considered biosynthetic "hotspots" (e.g. Theonella) - but does this always hold true? In our newest study led by @stephenjackson.bsky.social we are looking at Inflatella pellicula's biosynthetic capacity - and our results are surprising doi.org/10.1099/mgen...

We are immensely proud that University College Cork (UCC) is today ranked the second most sustainable university in the world, according to an assessment of 1,500 universities from almost 100 different countries around the world. @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

Congratulations to School of Microbiology UCC student Caoimhe Sexton on joining the Winning in STEM²D community this year, after receiving a STEM²D Scholarship from Johnson & Johnson at STEMFest 2025 in Thomond Park.

🎉 Great energy at yesterday’s 3rd Year Antibiotics Unearthed Poster Day hosted by the School of Microbiology, UCC! Incredible student research, creative posters, and big enthusiasm for tackling antimicrobial resistance. 🔬💡 #UCC #Microbiology #AntibioticsUnearthed #AMR

Huge congratulations to Caitriona Condon, this year's recipient of the Tadhg O'Mullane award for Academic Excellence.

Thanks to Louise Browne for the photographs!

Great game, friendly but competitive.
3-3 draw, penalties to decide. S

Staff win back the perpetual cup.

Well done to all players, supporters, Referee Niall O'Leary. Special thanks to Katie Bourke for organizing. And thanks for supporting the Charity.

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A big, big day in the School of Microbiology calendar!!

The Annual Staff V Students Charity Football Match.

This year we are raising funds for Cork Penny Dinners.

Come along and support the STAFF team 😂 and the worthy charity. @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

Join us on Thursday as our School Seminar Series continues. Hugh Harris will talk about E. coli phages in the human gut microbiome. @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

World class research from a world class School! Congratulations to the School of Microbiology members awarded the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025; Colin Hill, Liam O'Mahony, Paul O'Toole, Andrey Shkoporov and Jens Walter. @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

Big congratulations to Leonie Kiely, Jill O’Sullivan, Meghana Srinivas, Ciara Tobin, and Clodagh Walsh on officially graduating with their PhDs in Microbiology from UCC! @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

Packed house for a great talk by Prof. John Morrissey on the origin of lager yeast! @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

🚨REMINDER: Join us today for Prof. Morrissey's talk on "A story of sex and alcohol" @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

Our School Seminar Series continues this Thursday with Prof. John Morrissey who will talk about the origins of modern lager yeast. @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie

Great talk today by Lisa Friess describing genomic and functional characteristics of Bifidobacteria strains. @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie

🚨REMINDER: Join us today for our seminar, with Lisa Friess!

Our seminar series continues this week with Lisa Friess speaking about carbohydrate metabolism in Bifidobacteria. @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie

Congratulations to Carmel Shortiss on receiving an Outstanding Colleague Award from UCC. A thoroughly deserving recipient.

Come and work with me and @ariannebabina.bsky.social on #Streptomyces evolution and antibiotic production

Origins of a tangled bank: Adaptation and evolution in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces

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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

🚨Reminder:

Our Seminar Series for the 25/26 academic year kicks off today, 2pm, with Dr Pauline Scanlan.

@uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @apcpostdocassoc.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc.ie

We kick off our Seminar Series for the new Semester, next Thursday, with @paulinedscanlan.bsky.social
Looking forward to hearing all about how 'Ecology Meets Evolution'.

@uccmicrobiology.bsky.social; @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social; @apcpostdocassoc.bsky.social; @uccresearch.bsky.social; @ucc.ie

Our School Seminar Series resumes on Thursday 25th January when Dr Stephen Jackson from Alan Dobson's group will talk about the metabolic potential of a deep sea sponge microbiome with a view to novel drug discovery. Note the new venue! (C_ELECT_L2)

The big day has arrived!!

The annual Staff V Students soccer match.

Raising funds for Shine, who support people affected by mental ill health.

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Fascinating work from Franzi Huff, presented at our School Seminar Series, developing a genetic toolbox to interrogate quantitative traits in K. marxianus strains.