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The Kerry Group comes together with APC Microbiome Ireland (APC), a world-leading SFI Research Centre based at University College Cork for a two-year joint exploration into how diet can support cognitive health.

APC Researcher Dr Jatin Nagpal has won an SFI-IRC Pathway Award for his project "The role of early-life microbiome in sculpting stress-social neural circuits in zebrafish"

Western diets pose a greater risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer, according to a milestone review of what people eat around the world.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) in collaboration with APC senior researcher Dr Mary O’Connell Motherway has published an important report regarding the safety assessment of probiotics in food supplements. The report, which addresses a significant gap of knowledge in the European Union, provides much-needed guidance for food supplement producers.

WMD 2024 highlights the foods that can ‘feed’ your gut microbiome

APC PI Prof Orla O’Sullivan has been awarded funding for ‘Fitbiota: Examining the Emergence of a Fit Gut Microbiome in Young Adults and The Potential Impacts on Gut Health’ as part of the SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme.

Join us for an enlightening evening at Hayfield Manor Hotel at 6pm Wednesday 29th May, where we delve into the latest advancements in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) research taking place at APC Microbiome Ireland, a world leading SFI Research Centre at University College Cork in our AUGMENT project. This event provides a unique opportunity for patients, carers, family members, and the medical community to engage directly with leading researchers and healthcare professionals.

APC Microbiome Ireland, a world leading SFI Research Centre, and University College Cork are proud to announce that Professor John Cryan will be featured in the upcoming Netflix documentary, Hack Your Health: Secrets of the Gut. The documentary, set to premiere globally on Netflix on April 26th, 2024,  illuminates the intricate science behind the gut microbiome, the community of bacteria, viruses and other microbes that reside within our intestines.

APC celebrated the launch of our Equality Diversity Inclusion and Wellbeing Action Plan with a celebration including the creation of a diversity tree, a dance performance by Manasi Nadkarni and a few words from APC Director Prof Paul Ross.

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