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PRESS RELEASES 2004-2013
12 February 2013 A Killer Punch to Infection - Cork Scientists find new role for Natural Killer (NK) Cells in Gastrointestinal Infections
07 February 2013 Clonakilty Winners of Munster Final of Debating Science Issues
02 January 2013 Antibiotics Affect Babies' long-term Health
20 November 2012 UCC Research Awards for APC Scientists
28 October 2012 International Symposium on "The Experience of Illness: Learning from the Arts" to take place at UCC
10 September 2012 Guide to food and supplement clinical trials on the menu at UCC Symposium
13 July 2012 Irish Researchers Establish a link between diet, gut bacteria and health status in older Irish people
1 July 2012 Droppin' Science @ The Culture Box
19 June 2012 Science Raps with APC & Stevie G
12 June 2012 Gut Bacteria Regulate Happiness....
5 June 2012 Cork Doctors Offer Good News for Crohn 's Patients
23 May 2012 APC Public Forum for World Digestive Health Day
11 May 2012 Paul Ross Appointed Research Professor at UCC
3 May 2012 Budding Biologists Transition Year Experience 2012
19 April 2012 Clonakilty School Wins National Final of Debating Science Issues
11 April 2012 Probiotic Bacteria May Influence Brain Fatty Acid Composition
4 April 2012 IBS May Increase Risk of Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy
3 April 2012 Developing New Therapies for Cystic Fibrosis-associated Lung Infections
28 March 2012 Bruno Wins UCC Science for All 2012
23 January 2012 Probiotics: Sugar-coating promotes survival and reduces infection
13 Dec 2011 Microbe Magic @ School Week 2011
02 Nov 2011 International Gastroenterology Award for Eamonn Quigley
10 Oct 2011 International Collaboration on Probiotic Research
20 Sept 2011 2011 Science Raps Competition Launched
30 August 2011 Probiotic bacteria may lessen anxiety and depression related disorders
25 August 2011 Toxin-producing Bacteria - the importance of knowing your enemy
22 August 2011 UREKA 2011 Students Site Visit to Novartis
13th August 2011 Study discovers bug behind most food poisoning
12 July 2011 APC Neuroscientist Wins Prestigious International Award
20 June 2011 UCC Scientists Advance Probiotic Research
26 May 2011 Microbes for Mankind - from Science to Society
25 May 2011 Irritable Bowel Syndrome- Infections, Food and Stress
21st April 2011 Cork Scientists Ranked as World Leaders in Probiotic Research
28th March 2011 Munster Debating Science Winners
25th March 2011 Students Communicate Science
23rd Dec 2010 Designer probiotics could reduce obesity
2nd Nov 2010 TB: A re-emerging problem?
13th Sept 2010 “Preventing Colon Cancer – is screening the way forward”
6th Sept 2010

Talented bacteria make food poisoning unpredictable

28th June 2010 New treatment for hospital-acquired superbug C. difficile
11th June 2010 International Award for APC Scientists
10th June 2010 Living with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
3rd June 2010 A Gut Feeling about Pain and Childhood Stress
5th Nov 2009 Understanding Microbes
3rd Nov 2009 Fergus Shanahan awarded "David Sun" Lecture
17th Sept 2009

Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre licenses Thuricin CD, a novel antibiotic effective against C. difficile, to Biotechnology company, Alimentary Health

11th Sept 2009 Minister Lenihan identifies Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre as playing key role in the Smart Economy
13th July 2009 Students research infectious diseases
4th June 2009 Creating a successful start-up company -UCC conference
20th May 2009 UCC Marks World Digestive Health Day with Public Forum on Irritable Bowel Syndrome
28 April 2009 UCC Wins Premier Science Prize
9th April 2009 Abbott Bursary 2008
3rd April 2009 St Mary's Secondary School Macroom win National Debating Competition
2nd April 2009 Well Done
27th March 2009 Mystery of Science unravelled by UCC Students
20th March 2009 St Mary's Secondary School Macroom victorious in Debating Competition
16 Jan 2009 Science for All 2009 Launched
Dec 2008 APC researchers are part of the 2008 Innovations in Gastroenterology Bursary Award winning team.
23 Dec 08

Can bad bugs be beneficial?

Dr Roy Sleator and Professor Colin Hill, APC Princial Investigators launch new book.

18 Dec 08

Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC) at UCC to benefit from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funding

25 Dec 08 Professor Paul Ross has won the Enterprise Ireland Lifescience and Food commercialisation Award for 2008.
11 Nov 08

ELDERMET / APC Public Forum

Health in the Older Adult - diet, the digestive system & quality of life.

Nov 2008
Dr John McSharry, APC, has been awarded a Short-term Travel Fellowship from Science Foundation Ireland . John will visit the laboratory of Professor James Martin, Director of the Meakins-Christie Laboratory at McGill University, Montreal, Canada , for three months.
23.Oct.08

Public lecture - 10th Annual De Pazzi Lecture  Dr. John Sotos MD: "Abraham Lincoln: A Unifying Diagnosis"

22 Sept 08

UCC Microbiologists - Dr Paul Cotter and Professor Colin Hill - discovery important clues as to how the food-poisoning bacteria Listeria monocytogenes causes disease.
09 June 08 IBS Open Day - Public Forum, 2008
12 May 08 Debating Science Issues - Competition winners!
03. April 08 UCC Science for All competition winner announced
28 Jan 08 Microbe Magic goes live! 
21 Jan 08 UCC Public Forum to address health issues
21 Jan 08 Dr John Cryan - Public Lecture Series - Getting on your nerves: stress and the brain - from disease to drugs"
29 Nov 07

Future trends in Gastrointestinal Health

07 Nov 07

Budding Biologists Careers Night at UCC

26 July 07

Cork scientists research new treatment to combat bowel infection among the elderly

13June 07 Combating infectious disease with probiotics
25 May 07 Focus on Health- straight from the gut
17 Apr 07 Gastroenterologists gather in Killarney for Bi-annual Conference
27 March 07

Science for All Competition, 4 April

27 March 07 William C. Haines Dairy Science Award for Professor Paul Ross
12 Febr 07

Minister Martin Launches R&D Roadshows at UCC

25 Jan 07 What Food Can Teach Us
8 Dec 06 To eat is a necessity but to eat intelligently is an art
22 Aug 06 GlaxoSmithKline to establish a major drug discovery collaborative research project with the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Ireland

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UCC Microbiologist awarded Oxoid W. H. Pierce Prize

TREO - Setting the direction for science education and outreach in Ireland

12 May 06 Learning and Living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
16 Jan 06 Natural Solutions to Today's Medical Problems
16 Nov 05

From Patients to Classrooms - Cork scientists bring science to society

20 Oct 05

Head of UCC's School of Medicine elected President of the World Gastroenterology Organisation

17 Oct 05

Thinking Yourself Better - Last Lecture Series, 19 October

14 Oct 05

Prestigious Award for Dr Catherine Molloy

3 Oct 05

Innovation in Medical Science - APC Conference, 7 October

Fundraising for Gastrointestinal Research

Science for All - A Winner
24 May 05 Live the Good Life at UCC - World Digestive Day, 27 May
13 Apr 05

Science for All Competition   -   UCC Postgrads to Make Everything Clear

7 Dec 04 Talking Heads - Stimulating Dialogue between Industry and the Scientific Community for the Benefit of Consumers
8 Nov 04 Scientists in Cork bring science to society - taking the laboratory to the schoolroom
27 Sept 04 GOOD GUYS, BAD GUYS - LAUNCH OF NEW CHILDREN'S COMPUTER GAME
Belgian Scientists@work Winners visit APC
World Digestive Health Day
16 Feb 04 Coping with the Blues for a Healthy Heart
13 Jan 04 Searching for Words....
Functional Foods - Hottest Ticket in the Food Industry
Smoking and Crohn's Disease
From Bugs to Drugs - developing new therapies for gastroenteritis, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease

 

 

 

 

 

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