Research
One of the main aims of the Microbiology department at UCC is to foster RESEARCH of the highest international quality while promoting collegiality and collaboration. The department places a high priority on the promotion of high quality research, a function that overlaps with our teaching ethos. The microbiology department has a vibrant research programme, generally centered around the research interests of individual staff members. Microbiology department staff have been consistently successful over the last decade in competing for research funding from a range of sources (e.g. Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Enterprise Ireland (EI), Department of Agriculture & Food (DAF), The Health Research Board (HRB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EU, and Industry). Research income has averaged approximately €8 million per annum over the past six years. A key driver for the success of the department is the network of collaborations within the department, within the University, within Ireland, and with other labs throughout the EU and the US. These have played a very important part in making the department’s research programmes internationally competitive. The collaborations are either formal (e.g. such as through research centres like the ERI, APC, CCRC, Tyndall Institute, National Functional Foods Research Centre and BIOMERIT, or through EU transnational programmes) or informal. They provide opportunities for a more dynamic approach to research; they fuel innovation; and they provide the opportunity for graduate students and research scientists to work in an environment with new and different stimuli.Main Collaborating Research Institutes, Centres and Projects
Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC)
BIOMERIT
BioSciences Institute (BSI)
Bio Transfer Unit (BTU)
Cork Cancer Research Centre (CCRC)
Eldermet
Environmental Research Centre (ERI)
Moorepark Food Research Centre
Tyndall National Institute
