Annual awards recognise and celebrate excellence in research and innovation.
APC Microbiome Ireland researchers were among the key winners at the 2025 UCC Research awards collecting 4 separate awards for contributions to research and innovation.
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Prof. Jens Walter has been awarded €740,879 to support the project ‘Next Generation Functional Foods to Restore Gut Microbiomes for Immune and Metabolic Health’.
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New research from APC Microbiome Ireland, a world leading research centre at University College Cork, has comprehensively explored the mechanisms behind coffee’s positive effects on the gut-brain axis for the first time.
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APC Microbiome Ireland has published its new 2024 to 2025 report, Impact Through Excellence, highlighting the scale and reach of activity across the centre over the past two years.
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University College Cork (UCC) researchers, and Principal Investigators at APC Microbiome Ireland, are amongst the newly elected fellows to the prestigious European Academy of Microbiology (EAM).
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Eating 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 finds.
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APC Microbiome Ireland was deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Peer Bork, interim Director of EMBL, and acknowledges his outstanding and transformative contributions to microbiome science.
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A new international research study has uncovered a previously unknown role that our gut plays in regulating early brain development.
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APC is proud to announce that Professor Paul Cotter has been awarded €1,291,366 in research funding through Research Ireland’s Frontiers for the Future Programme.
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APC is proud to announce that Dr. Hilary Browne, a Funded Investigator at APC Microbiome Ireland, a world leading Research Ireland Centre and a Senior Lecturer at the School of Microbiology University College Cork, is a key partner in a major new international research collaboration focused on tackling the growing threat of drug-resistant fungal infections
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