Congratulations to Professor Siobhain O'Mahony, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, founder and CEO of FemmeBiome^TM  and her research team as they publish a first review article and receive UCC invitation to pitch for investor funding. 

The Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience held its sixth Thanksgiving Service on Tuesday 10th March 2026.  A very special event in the calendar of the College of Medicine & Health at UCC, the multi denominational Thanksgiving Service once again brought together families of donors, staff and students of Anatomy, in a musical and reading celebration.

BSc Neuroscience Class 2026: Back row: Aine Watson, Scott  Mc Elroy, Louis Tobin Monaghan, Adam Fay, Anna Peare, Robyn Palmer, Ellen Turvey. Middle Row: Laura Cichon, Kate Ross, Cliodhna Prendergast, Zoe Daniels Howard, Shauna Mulcahy, Hannah Hurley.

BSc Neuroscience Staff: Front Row: Professor Gerard O'Keeffe, Head of Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Professor Jeffrey Davies, Swansea University, External Examiner, Dr Cian Mc Cafferty, Dr Harriët Schellekens, front and centre Professor Olivia O’Leary, Director BSc Neuroscience, Dr Jane English, Dr María Rodriguez Aburto, Dr Gerry Moloney, Dr Stefanie Grabrucker.

The Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience welcomed students to the Anatomy and Neuroscience for Transition Year three-day course, which took place from Tuesday 6th to Friday 8th May 2026.

University College Cork is celebrating the success of the Anatomy and Neuroscience teaching team. Led by Dr Mutahira Lone, the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience have been awarded the Higher Education Authority's prestigious Disciplinary Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment DELTA Award. This award marks a significant milestone for the Department and reaffirms its ongoing commitment to excellence in teaching and learning at UCC.

Congratulations to Dr Elisa Cintado Reyes and Dr Federico Granziera postdoctoral researchers in the Aburto Laboratory who have recently been awarded a prestigious IRC Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship. 

The Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, was delighted to recently host Iain Keenan Professor of Anatomical Education, School of Medicine, Newcastle University as guest speaker in the Department of Anatomy's popular Seminar Series to deliver a seminar titled Exploring 3D Anatomy and Embryology in Medical Sciences Education.

Dr. Harriët Schellekens, APC Microbiome Ireland, Senior Lecturer in Anatomy and Neuroscience at UCC and leading expert on the hunger hormone ghrelin, joins Barry Skillington of Atlantia Clinical Trials to unpack the complex biology of appetite and the science behind GLP-1 medications. They explore how these drugs affect appetite and food reward pathways, why they represent a major step forward in obesity treatment, and why they are not designed as a shortcut for weight loss in people without obesity.

Unhealthy foods early in life leave lasting brain and feeding changes, but gut bacteria can help restore healthy eating, a new University College Cork (UCC) research study has found.