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APC's Dr Jatin Nagpal, Dr María Rodríguez Aburto, Koushika Chandrasekaran, Lorena Morales García (INSPIRE MSCA Fellowship programme) and Alexandre Cergneux who have won the Joint University College Cork Research Image of the Year for ‘Brain Pipelines’!

Adult Continuing Education’s Annual Myrtle Allen Memorial Lecture will take place on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 6.00 to 7.15 p.m. in University College Cork. This annual lecture is a free event open to the public and it celebrates the legacy of Mrs Allen and her contribution to Irish Food Culture.

A groundbreaking study on the gut health of newborn babies delivered by Caesarean section has been extended by four years, following promising developments.

APC Microbiome Ireland, a world-leading Research Ireland Centre based at University College Cork, has been awarded over €900,000 for a multinational research project entitled ‘MAEVE: Microbiota mediated flavonoid metabolites for cognitive health’. 

Harnessing AI for Better Health an in-person event to learn about the future of personalised nutrition takes place on 19th February 2025, 6.15-7.15pm at the UCC Centre for Executive Education.

Researchers have found that a newly developed diet inspired by the eating habits of non-industrialised societies can significantly reduce the risk of a number of chronic diseases – and are to share recipes with the public.

A recent perspective published in the prestigious journal PNAS takes a new look at why some microbes evolve to harm their human hosts.