A world leading research centre
Host Institutions University College Cork & Teagasc
@ki.se @cuanschutz.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social
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@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
A world leading research centre
Host Institutions University College Cork & Teagasc
@ki.se @cuanschutz.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social
Read more about APC: buff.ly/okMPBEP
Gut microbes turn peanuts into metabolites linked with immune signalling.
New APC-led research in 𝐆𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬 from Emer Shannon, @jenswalter15.bsky.social, Liam O'Mahony & colleagues.
Paper: buff.ly/f73NcmU
News: buff.ly/OqUaSM0
We got baking for #WorldMentalHealthDay! 🧁
Thanks to everyone who brought in cakes on Wednesday, and congratulations to Best Cake winner Fatma Koc, with Jade Lawless & Clara Colombo a close second! 🎂👏
A nice article about one of our recent publications in Scientific Reports on the "Functional maturation of the infant gut microbiome during dietary transition in the first year of life"
Congratulations to APC PI Prof. Catherine Stanton, ranked #1 in Ireland in research.com's 2026 Best Female Scientists ranking!
She also ranks #1 in Biology & Biochemistry and #6 in Medicine nationally.
🙍♀️ Her profile: buff.ly/PDogSxP
💻️ APC: buff.ly/okMPBEP
Hiring at APC and UCC:
PhD position in Bifidobacterial Survival and Viability with Prof. van Sinderen & Knol
Roles: buff.ly/W9UxBkC
Linktree: buff.ly/ximvsWt
#PhD #Microbiology #Bifidobacteria #Microbiome #Bioinformatics #ResearchOpportunity #Microsky
#GutMicrobiome #SportsNutrition #Metagenomics
@vistamilk.bsky.social @uniofleicester.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social
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Turmeric use was linked to modest, individual gut microbiome shifts in 11 professional footballers. A new paper in 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐍𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 includes APC’s @orlaos.bsky.social & @metagymomics.bsky.social.
@npbhavya.bsky.social
@harschellekens.bsky.social, @jatinnagpal.bsky.social, @lilykeane.bsky.social
Welcoming new APC recruits & visitng researchers: Bo Bi, Irene Olga Marañón Clemente, Robyn Sheehan, Sarah Wolfe, Bhavya Nalagampalli Papudeshi, Maria Anastasiou, Eliška Bauer, Anna Peare, Shauna Mulcahy. Working with Paul Ross, Harriet Schellekens, Andrey Shkoporov, Jatin Nagpal & Lily Keane.
Our new publication led by Nottingham Trent University.
link.springer.com/article/10.1... @teagasc.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
Does your microbiome stay the same throughout your life? 👶➡️👵
No! Our microbial communities develop and change throughout life, influenced by factors including food, environment, medicines and illness.
#MicrobiomeMatters #Microbiome #HealthyAgeing
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Congratulations to Dr Fiona Ross on the successful defense of her viva today. Pictured here with her proud supervisors Prof. Eugene Dempsey and Prof. Aonghus Lavelle. Our thanks as well to her examiners Prof. Liam O'Mahony and Prof. Cristina Campoy from the University of Granada.
September at APC: recent PhD viva successes, our symposium, Siobhain O’Mahony and ENDO1000, a welcome for new Group Leader Michael N. Sack, and new research papers.
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@unibirmingham.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social
Bifidobacteria use glycans in the gut. A new paper in @natrevmicro.nature.com reviews their ecology.
C Tarracchini, C Milani, CNL Jones, F Turroni, G Burgess, J Mahony, LJ Hall, M Ventura, D van Sinderen.
@uccmicrobiology.bsky.social
#Microbiome #Microsky #Bifidobacterium
Hiring at APC and UCC:
PhD position in Bifidobacterial Survival and Viability with Prof. van Sinderen & Knol
Roles: buff.ly/W9UxBkC
Linktree: buff.ly/ximvsWt
#PhD #Microbiology #Bifidobacteria #Microbiome #Bioinformatics #ResearchOpportunity #Microsky
@uniofgalway.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social @duke-university.bsky.social
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Models link gut microbes with Alzheimer’s-related metabolism. 34 AD, 51 MCI, 298 controls.
Hensen, Khatib, Patel, McDonald, González, MahmoudianDehkordi, Blach, Knight, Kaddurah-Daouk & @inesthiele.bsky.social.