Researchers from University College Cork have been presented with two of the four Medals of Excellence handed out at this year’s Irish Research Council ‘Researchers of the Year’ awards, announced today.

World-leading academics in science and engineering at University College Cork (UCC) have received prestigious European funding worth a combined total of €6.4m to support research into diverse topics such as animal evolution, how viruses impact gut bacteria, and ways to revolutionise surgery. 

The iconic tree lined campus at University College Cork (UCC) has joined some of the leading arboreta in the world after being accredited by a prestigious global accrediting programme.

The traditional BEES prizegiving ceremony made way for an online presentation of awards this year.

The deliberate introduction of captive-bred salmon into the wild is a common management response to natural or human-driven declines in salmon numbers.

The School of BEES has launched its new strategic plan.

Tiffany Slater was awarded the Joe Wong Outstanding Poster Award for her presentation, Fossil feathers: testing their biochemical fidelity using a spectroscopic approach, at the 2020 SSRL/LCLS Users’ Conference. Well done Tiffany.

BEES plant scientist, Dr Eoin Lettice, has contributed to a new report that takes a deep dive into the state of the world’s plant and fungal kingdoms globally.