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APC Microbiome Ireland

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Host Institutions University College Cork & Teagasc

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@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 10:33 AM

#GutHealth #Bifidobacterium

@ki.se @cuanschutz.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

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@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 10:33 AM

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

#Microbiome #FoodAllergy #Immunosky

@tandfresearch.bsky.social

Research announcement: Gut microbes convert peanut components into immunoregulatory metabolites — infographic shows stepwise flow (peanut components → gut microbes → immunoregulatory metabolites → immune signalling), UCC logo, Shannon et al., 2026.Graphic summarizing a study that analyzed fecal samples from 343 twelve‑month‑old children, compared gut microbiome features linked to peanut consumption, and used human gut fermentation models to test microbial breakdown of peanuts.Peanut fermentation altered microbial metabolism: 188 metabolites significantly changed, short-chain fatty acid production increased, and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum strain 160 produced indole-3-lactic acid.Infographic summarizing a study linking early diet (peanuts) → gut microbes → microbial metabolites → immune signalling, with three takeaways: clearer peanut microbial metabolism, metabolites tied to immune regulation, and a stronger basis for studying early life diet–microbiome interactions.
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 10:00 AM

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! 🎂👏

buff.ly/okMPBEP

#APCMicrobiomeIreland #EDIW #WorkplaceWellbeing

Workplace World Mental Health Day collage: colleagues sharing cakes at a bake sale, a gratitude tree covered in sticky-note messages, and two smiling staff holding an award with "World Mental Health Day" signage to celebrate wellbeing.
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:54 AM

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"

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:22 AM

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

#WomenInScience #Microbiome #Biochemistry

Celebratory banner for Prof. Catherine Stanton with her portrait and institutional logos, highlighting Research.com 2026 rankings: #1 in Ireland — Best Female Scientists (#267 worldwide); #1 in Ireland — Biology & Biochemistry (#259 worldwide); and #6 in Ireland — Medicine.
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 12:02 PM

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

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:56 AM

#GutMicrobiome #SportsNutrition #Metagenomics

@vistamilk.bsky.social @uniofleicester.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

💻️ More about APC: buff.ly/okMPBEP

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:56 AM

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.

@bmc.springernature.com @teagasc.bsky.social

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#Microbiome #Microsky

Poster announcing a new open-access pilot study finding turmeric beverage consumption linked to modest, individual gut microbiome changes across a professional football season, showing the journal article snapshot, two contributor headshots, and UCC and Teagasc logos.
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 4:11 PM

@npbhavya.bsky.social

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 4:05 PM

@harschellekens.bsky.social, @jatinnagpal.bsky.social, @lilykeane.bsky.social

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 4:05 PM

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.

@orlaos.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 12:35 PMReposted by @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

Our new publication led by Nottingham Trent University.
link.springer.com/article/10.1... @teagasc.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 9:01 AM

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

More on APC: buff.ly/uOUaq85

Infographic explaining that the human gut microbiome develops after birth and shifts across life stages—baby, child, adult, elderly—and is influenced over time by food, environment, medicines (antibiotics) and infections.
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 3:55 PM

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.

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 8:55 AM

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.

More on APC: buff.ly/uOUaq85

#Microbiome #Research

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 7:59 AM

#GutMicrobiome #Microbiology

@unibirmingham.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social

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@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 7:59 AM

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.

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@uccmicrobiology.bsky.social
#Microbiome #Microsky #Bifidobacterium

New publication announcement for a Nature Reviews Microbiology review titled "Bifidobacteria: biogeography, host adaptation and ecological functions," featuring an infographic of bifidobacterial metabolic roles in the gut and two author headshots.
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 12:03 PM

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

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 8:54 AM

@uniofgalway.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social @duke-university.bsky.social

#GutBrainAxis #Metabolism

More about APC Microbiome Ireland: buff.ly/uOUaq85

@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 8:54 AM

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.

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#Microbiome #Alzheimers

@tandfresearch.bsky.social

Announcement of a new study showing gut microbes may drive specific metabolic changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease, featuring the paper header, a schematic workflow of personalized whole-body microbiome metabolic modeling, and a university logo with a small author portrait.
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