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24 Feb 2026
New study reveals early healthy eating shapes lifelong brain health
Eating unhealthy foods early in life leave lasting brain and feeding changes but gut bacteria can help restore healthy eating, a new University College Cork (UCC) research study finds.
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23 Jan 2026
A tribute to Peer Bork
APC Microbiome Ireland was deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Peer Bork, interim Director of EMBL, and acknowledges his outstanding and transformative contributions to microbiome science.
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20 Jan 2026
Gut Microbes Play a Role in Early Brain Development
A new international research study has uncovered a previously unknown role that our gut plays in regulating early brain development.
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14 Nov 2025
APC’s Professor Paul Cotter Awarded Over €1.29 Million to Explore the Power of Fermented Foods.
APC is proud to announce that Professor Paul Cotter has been awarded €1,291,366 in research funding through Research Ireland’s Frontiers for the Future Programme.
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