School of Medicine Prize-Giving awards Ceremony took place in Brookfield Complex on Friday 21st November 2014

Alan Hoban (Prof Cryan’s Lab) awarded joint first place for his Poster focusing on the role of the microbiota in regulating amygdala microRNAs.

Dr. Eric Downer, Deptartment of Anatomy and Neuroscience has been awarded a research grant from The Physiological Society UKaimed at providing seed-funding to start new research projects.

Nature News, Gut–brain link grabs neuroscientists.  Idea that intestinal bacteria affect mental health gains ground.

Dr Harriet Schellekens interviewed at ECNP congress Berlin.

"Bacteria & The Brain: Friends With Social Benefits" Professor John Cryan will speak at APC Public Forum Superbugs: Friends & Foes

An educational and fun day took place in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience’s FLAME lab on Sunday 9^th of November, as part of Science week Family Open Day, which was held in the Western Gateway building.

Ed Yong award-winning science writer visited the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience on his trip to UCC

Dr. Gerard O’Keeffe, and  Prof. Louise Kenny have recently be awarded a Translational Research Access Programme (TRAP) grant from the School of Medicine

Congratulations to Dr. Shane Hegarty Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience on the award of an IRC funded post-doctoral research fellowship.

Dr. Eric Downer, Dept. Anatomy and Neuroscience, has published a new article with colleagues in Cork University Dental School and Hospital in the International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

There is a whole load of fun, and lots of interesting things happening in Cork to Celebrate Science week.

 ‘1514 - 2014 The Legacy of Andreas Vesalius Symposium & Art Exhibition'  took place on Tuesday 21^st October 2014 at Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, UCC.

Last week  UCC scientists published their finding about why some people suffer from stress more than others in  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. Here's how the media reacted on Storify

Dr Olivia O'Leary in the News

Why do some people manage stress better than others?

Symposium guest speaker wins Nobel Prize

Why on the rollercoaster of life are some people more resilient to the negative effects of stress than others?

Congratulations to Dr. Rachel Moloney- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, UCC, winner of Irish Pain Society Scientific Pain Research Medal 2014

Congratulations to 4th Year Neuroscience Student Anna Connolly who has received commendation in National Undergraduate Awards.

A recent TEDMED talk by Professor John Cryan has featured in the Atlantic magazine.

Congratulations to Fionn O’Brien who recently represented UCC at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.

Congratulations to Professor Cryan on the publication of his recent book Microbial Endocrinology: The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Health and Disease

A leading multiple sclerosis researcher Dr Eric Downer believes the humble cannabis plant could be key in the fight against the debilitating disease.

Dr. Downer’s research featured in MS Ireland’s national newletter.

Dr Aideen Sullivan, Director, BSc Neuroscience, UCC challenges the Fourth Year Neuroscience class to the Ice Bucket Challenge.

"Soon, we will take medicinal compounds from bacteria to treat depression, instead of Prozac," says physician and neuroscientist John Cryan, who studies the relationship between the human microbiome and the brain at University College Cork, Ireland.

Departments of Anatomy & Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology take the Ice Water Challenge in aid of Motor Neuron Disease.

In a recent atticle in The New York Times, Professor John Cryan, discusses how 'Our Microbiome May Be Looking Out for Itself'.

Researchers have been studying the links between the microbiome and human health and disease. Could the bacteria in your gut influence your brain and behavior?

GILLIGAN (Cork and late of Freshford, Co Kilkenny). On Aug. 22, 2014, (peacefully) in the exceptional care of the staff at St Luke's Nursing Home, surrounded by her family, Dr. Pamela (née Moore) (late of U.C.C.).

IRISH TIMES Science

Eleven researchers in Irish universities named among world’s top 3,000

Professor Cryan has been invited to  be one of the speakers on the TEDMED stage this September in Washington DC.

Congratulations to Dr. Paul Kennedy (Cryan Lab) who recently graduated with his PhD. Paul was jointly supervised by Prof. Cryan, Prof Ted Dinan (Psychiatry)  & Dr. Gerard Clarke (Psychiatry). 

Congratulations to Dr. Rachel Moloney (Cryan Lab) who recently graduated with her PhD.

Congratulations to Dr. Valeria Felice (O’Mahony & Cryan Labs) who recently graduated with her PhD.

Dr. Eric Downer has been invited to contribute to a new website designed to empower and support those living with and impacted by multiple sclerosis.

Congratulations to Dr. Shane Hegarty,who graduated with a PhD (Medicine) on the 12th of June 2014.

Congratulations to Professor John Cryan who has been named a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher, and is also included in the 2014 The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds report.

Congratulations to Maria Donovan (PhD student in Prof Cryan’s Lab) who won a Michael C. Berndt Gold Medal at the College of Medicine and Health research day on June 18th.

‘1514-2014 The Legacy of Andreas Vesalius - Challenging Medical Education' is the title of the forthcoming Symposium and Art Exhibition to be held in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex.

Dispatches from the IPA World Congress Athens Greece;

Congratulations to Dr Kevin Murphy, lecturer in Anatomy & Radiology, who was nominated by this year's final medical students to received a Special Recognition Award. 

Congratulations to the BSc Neuroscience Class 2014.

Dr. Eric Downer, Dept. Anatomy and Neuroscience, delivered a research talk at the “Living with MS” one day conference to mark World MS Day.

The Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience staff gathered on Friday 23rd May to say goodbye to a close colleague Dr Kieran McDermott, who is leaving the department to take up an exciting new challenge as Chair of Anatomy in University of Limerick.

Dr. Eric Downer, Dept. Anatomy and Neuroscience, participated in Cork leg of the Pint of Ireland Festival. Pint of Science is a festival that aims to make science accessible and fun by bringing current scientific research to the welcoming atmosphere of the pub.

This week a new article in The Journal of Neuroscience showed that recreational cannabis smoking may affect the shape and size of certain regions of the brain.

Congrats to Cryan Lab Members Maria Donovan & Matteo Pusceddu who were finalists in the Science for all competition which took place April 9th 2014

Dr. Eric Downer, Lecturer and Principal Investigator Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience, has been invited to speak at the Neurosoc Society seminar series in Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience.

Business and Leadership and Business World, two of  Ireland's leading resources for breaking business and management news, feature articles on UCC developed, 'Radiology-Head' a radiology app for iPad and iPhone, in their current publications.

Congratulations to Killian McCarthy 2012/2013 MacConaill Prize in Clinical Anatomy winner

A Thanksgiving Ceremony hosted by the Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience in association with the School of Medicine, took place on Wednesday 12th March 2014.

Dr. Harriet Schellekens (Researcher in Professor Cryan’s Lab) has been awarded a James A. Bain Young Scientist Travel Award to attend the 17th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (WCP 2014) in Cape Town, South Africa.

Irish Examiner Lifestyle journalist questions the benefits of 'Brain training apps and games'  with Professor John Cryan Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience UCC

Dr Eric Downer Lecturer and Principal Investigator Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience has been invited to speak at UCC Biochemistry Seminar Series

The Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience is hosting its second Thanksgiving Service in memory of the people who have donated their bodies for medical and dental research.

Recent Graduation Dr Louise Collins

Prof. Cryan was recently honoured by delivering the prestigious Wingate Lecture at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

'It’s a Beautiful World’ exhibition opened on Thursday 20^th February 2014 in the Jennings Gallery, College of Medicine and Health, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, UCC.

Neuroscience 2013: Karen Scott, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of John Cryan described her work tracking molecular changes following a stressful event.

During a press conference at Neuroscience 2013, held recently in San Diago a team of scientists described recent studies pointing to differences in the brains and bodies of individuals with depression, and possible interventions to treat the disease and related mood disorders. Karen Scott, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of John Cryan at University College Cork in Ireland, who is interested in stress sensitivity and stress resistance, described her work tracking molecular changes following a stressful event.

A light on psychobiotics. The mind-altering effects of gut bacteria are finally being understood. This knowledge offers a new way to improve our mental health, say John Cryan and Timothy Dinan in this week's NewScientist. 

TRAP-ing cellular changes in Multiple Sclerosis

UCC’s Dr Eric Downer (Dept. Anatomy and Neuroscience) and Neurologist Dr. Orna O’Toole (Mercy University Hospital) have successfully been awarded funding under UCC’s School of Medicine Translational Research Access Programme (TRAP). The study entitled “Interferon-β signalling as a Cannabinoid target in Multiple Sclerosis” was one of seven projects awarded funding under the 2013 call.