Congratulations to Dr Shane Hegarty Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience who was awarded Best Poster Prize (1st Place) at UCC College of Medicine & Health 'New Horizons Conference 2015'.

Professor Cryan's recent lecture in Masur Auditorium, Maryland as part of NCCIH’s Integrative Research Lecture Series features in an article by Ellen O'Donnell in this week's NIH Record.

John Cryan, Ph.D., talks to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) about research exploring mechanisms of how gut bacteria could influence your brain and behavior.

The New Scientist article describes how John Cryan and his team found that rodents fed a broth containing Lactobacillus rhamnosus showed reduced signs of stress and anxiety.

John Cryan, Ted Dinan and Catherine Stanton all feature in tonight’s “Guts” episode of the TV series “10 Things to Know About” on RTE 1  tonight Monday 16th November 2015 at 8.30pm

Congratulations to Dr Matteo Pusceddu, Dr Sean Crampton, Dr Megan Straley and the late Dr. Wesley van Oeffelen who were conferred with PhDs at the College of Medicine Autumn Conferring Ceremony on Friday 30th October 2015.

In an article for Science Week in 'The Journal.ie', Professor Cryan describes how the presence of certain microbes in the gut can actually reduce stress in healthy human subjects.

The probiotic  Bifidobacterium longum 1714 may help reduce stress and improve memory according to a small study of healthy men presented at Neuroscience 2015, in Chicago.

'It’s long been known that the brain communicates with the gut—think of “gut-wrenching” moments or “following your gut”—but recent research suggests the brain-gut connection actually goes both ways' Prof John Cryan discusses his research in a distinguished lecture at NIH.

“If you look at the hard neuroscience that has emerged in the last year alone, all the fundamental processes that neuroscientists spend their lives working on are now all shown to be regulated by microbes,”

As Chair of the Expert Session John Cryan's discussed the importance of the microbiome at key neurodevelopmental windows and in old age in maintaining brain function. The Microbiome: A Key Regulator of Brain and Behavior.

Congratulations to Dr. Shane Hegarty, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, on the award of the National University of Ireland ‘Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Sciences’.

'At the ninth Neuroscience Ireland conference, chaired by Prof Oliver Dolly at DCU, researchers spoke about their research into brain basics. Some even went beyond the brain, as in the case of Prof John Cryan, of University College Cork, who studies how the bacteria living in our guts (our gut microbiome) could influence brain function'.

Professor John Cryan and Dr Olivia O'Leary feature in a new two part radio series 'The Brain Box: Inside our minds, the secret world of the human brain with Dr. Richard Roche which will be broadcast on Newstalk 7.00 am & 10.00 pm on Saturday 17th & 24th October 2015

Dr Shane Hegarty, a Parkinson’s researcher in the Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience, University College Cork, will run his first marathon in Dublin on Monday 26th of October in aid of Move4Parkinson’s, a charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for People with Parkinson’s.

Science and music merged in front of a full Aula Maxima on Friday 18th September as some of the world's most celebrated musicians and composers came face-to-face with the finest minds in neuroscience and physiology at ‘Playing Your Heart Out’ as part of the Sounds from a Safe Harbour festival. 

Science and music embrace one another as some of the world's most celebrated musicians and composers come face-to-face with the finest minds in neuroscience and physiology at ‘Playing Your Heart Out’.

On Monday, 7^th September, the ‘Parkinson’s Community’ meeting took place at the Glucksman Gallery.This event was organised by Dr Shane Hegarty and Professor Aideen Sullivan of the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, UCC, as part of the BRAINTALK project (www.ucc.ie/en/braintalk).

A €4.8 million 4-year project led by Prof. John Cryan and Prof Ted Dinan (Psychiatry) and in which Dr. Harriet Schellekens is also playing a key role, has recently been announced with 4D pharma plc, a UK-based pharmaceutical company focusing on the development of live biotherapeutics,  for Autism Spectrum Disorder and associated CNS Disorders ('ASD'). 

Prof. Cryan & Prof Ted Dinan (Psychiatry) and their research team are profiled in August 6th Magazine section of the Sunday Business Post.

On Tuesday, 28^th July, 22 People with Parkinson’s and some of their family members participated in an “Exploring Parkinson’s with Art” workshop in the Glucksman gallery.

Professor Cryan & colleagues’ research is profiled by science writer Helen H. Shen in a News Feature 'Microbes on the mind'  in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Die Welt a german national daily newspaper features an interviewed with Professor John Cryan in which his research work on the effect of gut bacteria on mood is described, and his contribution to the study of gut microbes is recognised.

At the recent annual meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society (NBTS) in Montreal, Canada Prof Cryan was awarded the Elsevier Distinguished Lecturer Prize. 

Research led by Dr. Olivia O’Leary is featured on the cover page of a leading international journal in psychiatry.

The Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience staff gathered recently to say goodbye to a close colleague Dr Eric Downer , who is leaving the department to take up an exciting new challenge as Assistant Professor in Human Health and Disease at TCD.

The New York Times Sunday Magazine is covering Professor Cryan and colleagues’ research on microbe to brain interactions in a special issue on mental health next Sunday.

Congratulations to Dr. Olivia O’Leary who was honoured with the 2015 Outstanding Junior Faculty Award from the International and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS). 

Dr Roman Stilling, a Postdoctoral Fellow (Prof. Cryan’s Laboratory) in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience and APC, has been recognised as exceptional early stage career researcher by Irish Research Council and has been selected to participate in the prestigious Lindau Nobel Lauerate meeting in Linday Germany.

PARKINSON'S COMMUNITY meeting and art exhibition, to be held in the Glucksman Gallery, UCC on Monday 7th September.

Feeling stressed? The answer could be in your poo! The bacteria in your gut could be having a big impact on your brain. The evidence is increasingly compelling according to John F Cryan, professor of anatomy and neuroscience at University College Cork.

On Thursday 14th May, the BSc Neuroscience fourth year class held a Tea Party in Western Gateway Building to raise funds for The Alzheimer's Society of Ireland. They chose this worthwhile charity for their fundraising efforts, to mark their farewell to the Department and to UCC .

Dr. Siobhain O’ Mahony gave a high level training session on “The Microbiota and Neurodevelopmental time windows” at the Inserm workshop “Intestinal microbiota: from bench to bedside” which took place in Bordeaux from the 13^th to 15^th April.

Professor John F Cryan will speak at WIRED Health 2015 on today Friday 24th April as part of the Decoding the Brain session. WIRED 2015 will bring together the innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs defining the future with powerful ideas

A Roman Stilling a UCC Researcher (Prof. Cryan’s Laboratory)has been chosen to participate in the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.

Professor Cryan gives plenary lecture at the 4th International Symposium development of the enteric nervous system : cells, signals, genes and therapy which took place in Rotterdam from 19^th - 22^nd April 2015.

Professor John Cryan contributes to Economist article which explores Biologists’ knowledge of the human microbiome.

In association with Brain Awareness Week (16 – 22 March 2015), Dr. Aideen Sullivan, Dr. Yvonne Nolan, Dr. Cara Hueston and Dr. Caitriona Long-Smith visited local primary schools to engage children in fun lessons and activities in order to learn about the brain.

"Your state of mind might be dependent on your state of gut," says Professor John Cryan in a new TEDMED video, ahead of a Twitter Q&A later this evening (19 March 2015).

Tune in this evening at 6:30pm to TEDMED. Professor John Cryan’s recent TEDMED talk, 'Food for thought: How gut microbes change your mind' will be available for viewing.

Professor John F Cryan will speak at WIRED Health 2015 on Friday 24th April as part of the Decoding the Brain session. WIRED 2015 will bring together the innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs defining the future with powerful ideas

An article by David Derbyshire a freelance science journalist based in Winchester, UK  published in The Guardian newspaper today, explores why people leave their bodies to medical research – and what happens.

Congratulations to Liam McAllan & Kevin Lomasney both from Prof Cryan’s lab who recently graduated with their PhD’s at the Spring Conferrings.

'The microbiome may yield a new class of psychobiotics for the treatment of anxiety, depression and other mood disorders', Charles Schmidt, science writer, discusses Professor John Cryan's work in this recent Nature Innovations article.

Cork is a long way from the island city of Florianopolis in Brazil, but it has been an incredibly fruitful journey so far for three Brazilian neuroscience PhD students at UCC. 

On February 27th-28th a team of UCC Neuroscientists, led by Dr Aideen Sullivan, took to the track on the Mardyke Arena for 24 hours, in the annual Relay for Life.

Making the front cover and inside this month's BBC Focus, John Cryan and his team reveal the surprising link between microbes and the mind.

Another successful Prep-for-Med took place in UCC College of Medicine last week - Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience FLAME lab senior demonstrators Joy Balta and Ahmad Hassan Sheikh take time out to chat with Irish Examiner reporter.

Under Science Foundation Ireland’s new initiative to promote female researchers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Dr. Caitríona Long-Smith has recently received an Advance Award. 

Professor Turlough FitzGerald, a leading Irish anatomist and former anatomy lecturer in the Department of Anatomy University College Cork, died in September 2014.

Congratulations to Professor John F. Cryan who was honoured as APC scientist of the year

Congratulations to Dr Maria Twomey who recently received a certificate of Meirt at RSNA conference in Chicago

Dr. Eric Downer, in collaboration with Dr. Yvonne Nolan, Dept. Anatomy and Neuroscience, have been awarded a British Neuropathological Society (BNS) Grant to characterize the demyelinating activity associated with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in human post-mortem brain tissue.

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