Congratulations to Dr Olivia O’Leary, (Senior Lecturer in the Dept of Anatomy and Neuroscience & Funded Investigator in APC Microbiome Ireland) who received the ECNP 2020 Citation Award.
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News Archive 2020
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Dr Olivia O’Leary receives ECNP 2020 Citation Award.
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Prof John F. Cryan named amongst the world’s most influential researchers in Highly Cited list for FIFTH time!
23 Nov 2020Congratulations to Prof John F. Cryan who has again been named amongst the world’s most influential researchers in Highly Cited list (top 1% globally) for the FIFTH time!
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Prof Cryan Receives Major EU funding to assess the effects of Pesticides on Health
20 Nov 2020Professor John F. Cryan and colleagues at University College Cork’s APC Microbiome Ireland have been awarded over €730,000 in research funding as a part of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme, which aims to understand the fundamental impact of plant protection products such as pesticides on the gut microbiome of animals and humans with a particular focus on the gut-brain axis.
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Congratulations two new Professors Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience
19 Nov 2020Heartiest congratulaions to Professor Yvonne Nolan and Professor Gerard O'Keeffe who have both been promoted in the latest (Professor Scale 2) promotion round.
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Dr Gerard O’Keeffe awarded> €0.5 million from SFI to research the developmental of new therapeutic approaches for Parkinson’s disease
09 Nov 2020Dr Gerard O’Keeffe, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience and APC Microbiome Ireland Research Centre has been awarded over 0.5 million in research funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) on the developmental of new therapeutic approaches for Parkinson’s disease.
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Dr. Yvonne Nolan awarded > €1 million from SFI to research brain function during middle age
09 Nov 2020Dr. Yvonne Nolan, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, and APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Centre, has been awarded >€1 million in research funding from Science Foundation Ireland to explore the role of inflammation and exercise on brain function during middle age.
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Prof Cryan joins Editorial Advisory Board of Trends in Neuroscience
31 Aug 2020Congratulations to Prof John F. Cryan on his recent appointment to the Editorial Advisory Board of Trends in Neuroscience. Prof Cryan is "Delighted to join the Editorial Advisory Board of one of my favourite journals @TrendsNeuro -along with so many scientists whose work I admire".
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Big congrats to all the wonderful @BScNeuroUCC students who had their final year vivas & last day @UCC today.
18 May 2020Big congrats to all the wonderful @BScNeuroUCC students who had their final year vivas & last day @UCC today.
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Down Syndrome Cork create video to raise awareness of people with Down Syndrome amid COVID-19
29 Jul 2020Down Syndrome Cork has teamed up with University College Cork, Music4Children and singer songwriter Brian Kennedy to release a heart-warming video to coincide with International Friendship Day, which takes place this year on July 30th.
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Cell Press Webinar: With Prof Cryan 'The Gut Brain Axis'. August 6th 2020 at 15:00 CET
24 Jul 2020What is the role of the gut brain axis, especially over the life span of an individual? How does the microbiome affect behavior during the especially vulnerable periods of life, like infancy and old age? -
Prof Cryan and Dr Gerard Clarke Attract Key Funding on Irritable Bowel Syndrome
24 Jun 2020Professor John F. Cryan and Dr Gerard Clarke and have recently been awarded key research funding under the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme to explore the role of the microbiome and gut-brain axis in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
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Summer Conferrings 2020 Online!
24 Jun 2020Congratulations to Dr Francisco Pablo Donoso Vasquez and Dr Amnah Alshangiti who were both conferred with PhDs at the UCC College of Medicine and Health Summer Conferrings on June 18th 2020; a very special on line virtual conferring ceremony.
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Prof Cryan profiled in Science
19 May 2020'Meet the ‘psychobiome’: the gut bacteria that may alter how you think, feel, and act' in an article in 'Science' by Elizabeth Pennisi published
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Two awards for 'Outstanding Junior Scientist' Dr Erin Harris
05 Jun 2020Congratulations to Dr. Erin Harris, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience who has been awarded an IBANGS 'Outstanding Junior Scientist Travel Award' and a 'Neuroscience Ireland Travel Bursary' to attend FENS 2020. Dr. Harris, is a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr Olivia O'Leary in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience is delighted to receive both prestigious travel awards.
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John Cryan, Ted Dinan & team on 'Trust me I’m a Doctor'
19 May 2020Can your food change your mood? Can you eat yourself happy? Dr Michael Mosley travelled with the BBC 2 'Trust me I'm a Doctor' series, to meet the University College Cork APC Microbiome Ireland team researching the links between depression, anxiety, and what you eat – and whether certain foods can make you feel better. Led by Professors John Cryan and Ted Dinan, this team is focusing its research on the microbiome – the vast population of bacteria that live in our gut.
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MSc Human Anatomy course 2020 Now accepting applications
08 Apr 2020Applications are now being accepted to the UCC MSc Human Anatomy course, commencing September 2020.The MSc Human Anatomy is full time 12 month student centered course, with a large dissection component, lectures, practicals, tutorials, seminars and technology enhanced learning. Open to graduates of medicine, dentistry, clinical therapies, nursing, sciences, engineering and other fields interested in adding a postgraduate qualification in human anatomy to their skills base.
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Spring Conferring 2020 PhD Medicine and Health
10 Mar 2020Congratulations to Dr Sofia Cussotto, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience and Dr Karen O'Connor, Department of Physiology who were conferred with PhD Medicine and Health at the UCC Spring Conferring Ceremony on Friday 21st February 2020
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Spring Conferring 2020 MSc Medicine and Health
10 Mar 2020Congratulations to Ms Kelsey Neal, Mr Gareth Lomasney and Mr Adam O'Mahony, who were conferred with MSc in Medicine and Health at the UCC spring Conferring Ceremony on Friday 21st February 2020.
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Meghan Loftus MSc Human Anatomy student, Quercus Scholar and Blogger
11 Feb 2020The Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience are delighted to welcome Ms Meghan Loftus, UCC postgraduate Quercus Scholar to its MSc Human Anatomy course. Meghan is a graduate of the University of Oregon, Pacific north west coast of the United States, and is happily settling into student life in Cork on the Atlantic south coast of Ireland!
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MSc Human Anatomy at the UCC Postgraduate Open Day in the Devere Hall, Áras na Mac Léinn
30 Jan 2020Now in its third year, the MSc Human Anatomy has become a very popular MSc degree in UCC. Course director Dr Siobhain O'Mahony and course cordinator Dr Mutahira Lone met with prospective students at the recent UCC Postgraduate Open Day in the Devere Hall, Áras na Mac Léinn on January 28th 2020.
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