Congratulations to Professor John Cryan who was selected as UCC’s Researcher of the Year, and was presented with an award at the the inaugural 2012 UCC Research Awards, which celebrate UCC researchers who have made exceptional and influential research contributions.

Picture Dr Aoife O'Mahony and Dr Harriët Schellekens with their supervisor Professor John Cryan.

Picture: Professor Caitríona O'Driscoll, Professor John F Cryan and PhD student Bruno Godinho

Congratulations to Holly Green who graduated with her PhD on October 24th 2012.

Congratulations to Mr Ian O’Brien and Mr Niall Savage who received their MSc on October 24th 2012.

Congratulations to Grace Collins who graduated with her PhD on October 24th 2012.

Find out in this year's Boolean where Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience doctoral researchers Shane Hegarty and Laura McKelvey showcase their research. 

Prof. Cryan publishes review article in Nature Reviews Neuroscience entitled Mind-altering microorganisms: the impact of the gut microbiota on brain and behavior

How much of our behaviour is influenced by our genes? UCC Neuroscientist publishes book on Behavioural Neurogenetics

Congratulations to Rachel D. Moloney and Valeria Felice who have recently been awarded Neuroscience Ireland Travel Bursaries. Congratulations to Dr Aideen Sullivan,  who has been awarded the first Neuroscience Ireland funded symposium grant.

Photo Richard M. O'Connor receiving his award from Professor Ken O’Halloran, RAMI Biomedical Sciences Section Secretary.

Photo: John Cryan, Ger Clarke, Fergus Shanahan and Ted Dinan

Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience and Cork NeuroScience Group present  Prof. William Gray Professor of Functional Neurosurgery Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences Cardiff University.

Bruno Godinho,  School of Pharmacy and Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, UCC, was the winner of the ‘Science for All’ competition on March 28th 2012

Professor John F. Cryan was a receipient of one of UCC’s Awards in recognition of Research Commercialisation 2011 in a ceremony organised by Technology Transfer Office on 27th March.

Congratulations to Tara Foley, technical officer in the Department of Anatomy on receiving her MSc at the Spring Conferring Ceremony held 29th March.

Congratulations to members of the Cryan Lab Richard O’Connor and Caroline Browne both who received  PhD degrees and Riccardo Pizzo who was awarded an MSc.

It would be wonderful to attribute our penchant for addictive damaging activities, such as overeating, smoking cigarettes or binge drinking, wholly on our genetic make up. Then we could really blame our parents for everything. All current research suggests, however, that a variety of factors influence an individual’s propensity for compulsive behaviour.

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Picture: Prof. John Cryan (third row, far right) and collaborators at the kick-off meeting for the TACTICS grant held recently in Arnhem, The Netherlands

UCC is holding a Thanksgiving Service in memory of the people who have donated their bodies for medical and dental research.

The Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience has launched their new logo. The logo was designed by Dr. Janelle Pakan from Dr. McDermott's Lab, and was chosen from a number of logos submitted by department staff and students. 

Guest Lectures Clinical Neurosciences programme CUH Present:

The purpose of this "NeuroFocus UCC" is simple. It should stand to influence, and hopefully inspire those with a Mind for Neuroscience.