• ARTE documentary on Food and Brain featuring Prof John Cryan, live on German/French TV and online yesterday

  16 Sep 2019
  

  ARTE, the European culture TV network, visited University College Cork last year, to film Prof John Cryan and his research team at work for inclusion in its documentary 'Our brain is what we eat'.  The ground breaking documentary by Raphaël Hitier, which examines the relationship between food and the brain was broadcast Europe-wide on the ARTE network last night.

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• Prof Cryan profiled in Der Spiegel

  10 Sep 2019
  

  Der Spiegel, the largest weekly news magazine in Germany, has profiled Prof John Cryan and his research work in its August 10^th 2019 edition. Der Spiegel, (The Mirror) is one of the most widely circulated news magazines in Europe, and according to The Economist, is one of continental Europe's most influential¹. Wissen, (Knowledge), Der Spiegel's bimonthly monothematic magazine also prominently features a profile of Prof Cryan's work in its 2019/3 edition.

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• DuPont & Elaine Patterson search for Mood Microbes

  01 Jul 2019
  

  Neuroscience graduate Elaine Patterson, now a senior scientist with DuPont at its Health & Nutrition Sciences Lab in Kantvik, Finland, is profiled in 'Webwire' in an article entitled 'The Search for Mood Microbes -A look inside the next frontier in probiotics: the connection between gut bacteria and the brain'.

   

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• Summer 2019 Graduations

  21 Jun 2019
  

  Congratulations to Dr Kenneth Howick, Dr Danka Kozareva, Dr Veronica Peterson, Dr Marcel van de Wouw and Dr Shauna Wallace Fitzsimons who were conferred with PhDs in Medicine and Health at the UCC summer conferrings on Thursday 20th June 2019

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• Prof Cryan Delivers Cambridge Neuroscience Public Lecture at Cambridge University

  29 May 2019
  
  Speaking to a capacity audience Professor Cryan delivered The Cambridge Neuroscience Public Lecture;  'A gut feeling about the brain: microbiome as a key regulator of neurodevelopment and behaviour'. In his lecture Prof Cryan explored the interaction between the brain, gut and microbiome, and how this relationship applies to stress- and immune-related disorders such as depression, anxiety, irritable bowel syndrome, obesity, and neurodevelopmental disorders including autism.
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• Music and science brought together to develop music programme for children with Down Syndrome

  20 Mar 2019
  

  The power of music to aid in the development of children with Down Syndrome is being studied in a remarkable research project at University College Cork (UCC).

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• Neuroscientists featured in 'Celebrating Inspiring Women of UCC' campaign for International Women’s Day 2019

  07 Mar 2019
  

  University College Cork has developed a new campaign for International Women’s Day (March 8th), in which women put forward other women to highlight their achievements.

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• Examiner article profiles Dr Siobhain O'Mahony's research and forthcoming seminar

  04 Mar 2019
  

  Irish Examiner journalist Áilin Quinlan profiles the research work of Dr Siobhain O'Mahony in an article in today's Irish Examiner. 

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• Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience Spring Conferrings 2019

  22 Feb 2019
  
  Congratulations to Dr Jahangir Sajjad who was conferred with a PhD in Neuroscience at the recent Spring Conferrings.
   
   
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• Prof Cryan profiled in The New York Times

  06 Feb 2019
  

  The New York Times has profiled the work of Professor John Cryan in an article entitled, 'Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They’re Saying'.

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• Andrew McGovern Ultimate Frisbee Ireland team

  18 Jan 2019
  

  Andrew McGovern, a postgraduate student in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience has been selected as a member of the Ireland Senior Mixed Ultimate Frisbee team 2019.

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• Cryan profiled in The Psychologist

  10 Jan 2019
  

   John F. Cryan addressed the annual conference of the British Psychological Society’s Psychobiology Section, and is featured on the cover and profiled in the January 2019 edition of The Psychologist.  

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• Dr. Yvonne Nolan leads European project on Alzheimer's disease, Neuroinflammation and Gut Microbes

  12 Dec 2018
  

  Congratulations to Dr. Yvonne Nolan who was awarded >€600K to lead a European consortium project on Alzheimer's disease, Neuroinflammation and Gut Microbes under the Centres of Excellence in Neurodegeneration (CoEN) programme.

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• UCC School of Medicine Annual Prizegiving Ceremony 2018

  23 Nov 2018
  

  The School of Medicine Annual Prizegiving Ceremony took place in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex on Friday 16th Novenber 2018. Prof John Cryan and Dr Kathy Quane presented prizes to recipients in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience.

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• Exciting New BSc Degree in Medical and Health Sciences

  12 Nov 2018
  

  The Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience is delighted to welcome the first class of Medical and Health Science students to UCC. This innovative and exciting new degree programme was conceived and developed by a team led by Professor Aideen Sullivan, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience.

  At an event held recently in the Western Gateway building, Professor Aideen Sullivan (Programme Director) and Professor Ken O' Halloran (Head of Department of Physiology), welcomed the first BSc Medical and Health Sciences class to meet with staff from the School of Medicine, School of Public Health, School of Biochemistry & Cell Biology and School of Microbiology at a lunchtime buffet 'Meet and Greet'.

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• Sofia Cussotto – Psychotropics and the Chamber of Secrets … our gut!

  08 Nov 2018
  

  Congratulations to Ms Sofia Cussotto, finalist in 'Research Fest 2018', the annual PhD researcher pitch competition which is part of 'Inspirefest', Silicon Republic’s two day international festival of technology, science, design and the arts, which was held this year in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin on the 21st and 22nd June 2018. Sofia’s pitch looked at how psychotropic medication is used to manage mental disorders.

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• Dr Yvonne Nolan and Dr Eithne Hunt present 'Older and Wiser'

  07 Nov 2018
  

  Dr. Yvonne Nolan, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, and Dr. Eithne Hunt, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, have developed and recently presented 'Older and Wiser' a programme of Science based information and strategies to help our children develop healthy brains and daily habbits as they grow.

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• First Five MSc Graduates in Human Anatomy are Conferred

  14 Nov 2018
  

  Congratulations to the first graduates of the new MSc in Human Anatomy who were conferred with their Master Degrees in UCC last friday. This first taught MSc in Human Anatomy in the Republic of Ireland was developed by Dr Siobhain O'Mahony and Dr Joy Balta, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, UCC.

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News Archive 2018