APC Microbiome Ireland together with BowelScreen, the National Colorectal Cancer Screening service, and Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in new international AI project - ‘Microb-AI-ome’ – to increase sensitivity and reduce ‘false-positive’ rates in colorectal cancer screening

APC Microbiome Ireland, a world-leading SFI research centre based at UCC (University College Cork), has joined forces with BowelScreen and the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, as part of 8 partner organisations from 5 European countries involved in the new Microb-AI-ome project launched in May of this year. Led by Prof. Dr. Jan Baumbach, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) expert from the University of Hamburg, the project aims to reduce the high false-positive rates associated with traditional CRC (colorectal cancer) screening and develop a more targeted and cost effective screening programme.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, has today announced 62 grants valued at €42 million to support research across 13 Higher Education Institutions. This programme was funded in collaboration with the Children’s Health Foundation (CHF) and Geological Survey Ireland (GSI).

APC and SeqBiome are proud to host the 2023 meeting, Next Generation Bioinformatics Tools for Microbiome Research on June 7th in the Aula Maxima in UCC

WMD 2023 shines a spotlight on microbiomes for sustainable & healthy diets

APC Microbiome Ireland is proud to welcome its newest research fellows as part of the INSPIRE Fellowship programme

World IBD Day takes place on 19 May each year and unites people worldwide in their fight against Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, known as inflammatory bowel diseases or IBD.

This opinion piece by Prof Fergus Shanahan was orginally published by RTÉ Brainstorm 3/5/2023

In its annual ranking of international scientists Research.com has scored seven APC and UCC scientists in the top ten list of Irish microbiologists.  APC Director Paul Ross who was ranked first in Ireland and 25th globally, was also the recipient of Research.com’s Microbiology Leader Award for 2023.

• Scientists have produced an atomic-level structure of a novel virus that attacks and kills bacteria in the human gut.
• This major breakthrough will facilitate research to investigate their role on human health.
• These highly abundant viruses can account for up to 95% of gut viruses in some individuals.

• Women researchers won all accolades at the 2023 GatewayUCC’s SPRINT Awards.
• The awards celebrate the commercialisation of research to address key health, social and environmental issues.
• GatewayUCC supports researcher-led start-up and spin-out companies.

• APC Microbiome Ireland (APC) researchers together with Spanish and United Kingdom institutions will explore links between nutrition, immunity and infectious disease.
• Research aims to support the development of new strategies to address the global burden of disease.
• Improved understanding of nutrition will enable society to be better prepared for future pandemics. 

APC Microbiome Ireland is delighted to be a recipient of a 2023 Traveller Ally Award.

To mark Traveller Ethnicity Day, Cork Traveller Women’s Network (CTWN) & Cork Traveller Visibility Group (TVG) have announced the winners of the 2023 Traveller Ally Awards. The awards recognise Cork based organisations and services who have created welcoming spaces for Travellers and supported Traveller rights and culture.

Congratulations to our 2023 Engaged Research bursary recipients, Dr Siobhain O’Mahony, Michelle O’Riordan and Cyrille Thinnes.

Wednesday 8th March marks International Women’s Day and events across the world are commemorating this year’s chosen theme: Embrace Equity. APC is celebrating the occasion with a video showcasing APC researchers working in the microbiome and women’s health space.

Researchers discover that youth binge drinking is linked to gut microbiome changes

• Study finds that young adult binge drinks show alterations in the gut microbiome.
• The alternations are linked with poor ability to recognise emotions and cravings to consume alcohol.
• Youth binge drinking can have short and long-term impacts on health and wellbeing.

Leading experts from several scientific disciplines find flaws in studies that suggest the existence of a “foetal microbiome.”

Digital Microbe database unlocks patient response to treatment for diseases such as parkinson's and colorectal cancer. 

APC Microbiome Ireland, a world-leading SFI Research Centre based at University College Cork (UCC), has launched the INSPIRE Fellowship programme which seeks to tackle challenges facing global food systems and health.

Ministers McConalogue and Heydon announce over €3.6 million for climate-related research in a joint collaboration with New Zealand.

Professor Paul Ross awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grant to tackle antimicrobial resistance.

UCC Futures programme announces multiple academic positions in Microbiome and Health Sciences

14 APC scientists listed in Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list from Clarivate

Celebrate Science Week with APC Microbiome Ireland

Nearly 90% of those living with Long COVID have not returned to their pre-Covid level of health, a new study finds today (Monday 07/11/22)

New Cross-Disciplinary PhD Project starting at UCC involving the APC, Dental Hospital and School and the Centre for Research into Atmospheric Chemistry (CRAC) and the HSE Dental Service

Dealing with stress through your dinner plate maybe an effective approach according to new research from APC Microbiome Ireland at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. The concept that “we are what we eat” goes back millennia but now the Cork researchers led by Prof. John Cryan have shown that by changing diet for just four weeks this adage can be extended to influencing perceived stress levels.

Prof Yasmine Belkaid awarded the prestigious 2022 Charles Donovan Microbiome Prize

Neuroscientists at APC Microbiome Ireland, a world-leading SFI research centre based at University College Cork (UCC), have discovered a new therapy to enhance resilience to stress. The findings will help researchers to better understand and treat stress to reduce its long-term effects on mental health. 

Prof. Paul Ross receives prestigious 2021 Danisco Foundation Microbiome Science Award in recognition for his work on the human microbiome

APC Strategic Vision 2021-2026

APC awarded over €1 million in funding for emerging research talent.

Tate & Lyle and APC Microbiome Ireland announce publication of joint intellectual property on new synbiotic fibre product

Why the microbiome of Irish Travellers is important for everyone

The Health Research Board announced this week that it was funding nine new projects under Emerging Investigator Awards for Health (EIA) 2022, one of which is led by APC researcher, Dr Linda Katona.

APC Microbiome Ireland is delighted to welcome Dr Kseniya Simbirtseva to our team

EU-funded research project led by UCC will use breakthrough RNA technology for patient friendly oral medicines

New SALI Appointed APC PI Prof Ruth Massey’s Research Innovates With Genome Sequencing To Establish Antibiotic Alternatives

New APC Research Helps Us To Better Understand Long COVID

Coffee Drinkers & Non-Coffee Drinkers – We Are Looking For Healthy Volunteers

APC Deputy Director Prof Subrata Ghosh Awarded €5.6 Million SFI Professorship Award

Science Week Events At APC Microbiome Ireland

Dr. Harriët Schellekens Awarded Funding To Research The Behavioural Neuroscience And Endocrinology / Infant Nutrition And Health Sciences.

Two APC Researchers Awarded Prestigious ERC Starting Grant

Tate & Lyle Extends Collaboration With APC

Profs Yvonne Nolan And John Cryan To Commence €1.2 Million Irish UK Research Study To Examine Middle Age Health 

Microbiota, metabolism and immune system communication are key to overcoming COVID-19 suggests new APC study

The role of the gut microbiome in pain sensation

APC Researchers Awarded Funding Under The SFI Frontiers For The Future Programme

A Selection Of Photos Of The APC Community Striking The 2022 IWD Pose To Help Forge Women’s Equality And #BreakTheBias

APC Microbiome Ireland Creates A Fellowship For A Ukrainian Scientist

13 APC Principal Investigators Rank On The Clarivate Annual Highly Cited Researchers List 2021

APC Researchers Seed Sustainable Education In Developing Countries

APC Microbiome Ireland Announces New Collaboration With International Animal Health Company ImmuCell

Researchers At APC Microbiome Ireland Identify Bacteria Which Promote Metabolic And Mental Health

Prof Jens Walter Awarded Prestigious SFI Professorship

13 APC Microbiome Ireland Based Researchers Named Among Highly Cited Global Scientific Pioneers

Frontier Gut Virus Research Receives Prestigious Funding

Female Researchers Awarded Second Prestigious Royal Society SFI Research Fellowship

Stressing The Small Stuff

Dr Andrey Shkoporov Awarded Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant

Commercialisation Impact Award

Exploring The Microbiomes Of Fermented Foods

ECNP 2020 Citation Award For Dr Olivia O’Leary

Understanding The Role Of The Microbiome In Fitness And Performance

November – A Month-Long Celebration Of Research

The microbial world at the touch of a button

BBC - Made of Stronger Stuff

APC and University of Jiangnan sign co-operation agreement

APC Shortlisted for SFI Food Challenge

APC webinar for World IBD Day 2021

Long COVID linked with Immune Response Signature

The Invisible Made Visible: COVID testing explained in unique STEM-Art collaboration

Prof John Cryan appointed as UCC’s Vice President for Research and Innovation

YouTube Premiere: UCC Stomping Out Loud

International Women's Day

RIP Todd Klaenhammer (1951-2021)

Pioneer of Microbiome Science Dr. Jeff Gordon will deliver keynote at APC Autumn Symposium

APC hosts Public Webinar on Long COVID and launches Long COVID Survey

World Microbiome Day 2021

Microbes turn back the clock as APC researches discover their potential to reverse aging in the brain.

FameLab Success for APC researchers

FOODS4ME Focus Group

Recent Funding Successes

Catherine Stanton Receives The American Dairy Science Association® Distinguished Service Award

UCC Microbiome Spinout Acquired By Novozymes

Lifestyle Changes Of Irish Travellers Shape Their Gut Microbiomes

Launch Of New Spinout Company SeqBiome

Corona Virus Funding Success

Prestigious Awards For Outstanding Young Microbiome Researchers

Discover The Diverse World Of Microbes 

Food Is Funky

Don’t Cry Over Fermented Milk

Gut Relations

Training Funding Success

SOPHIA Launched

Virtual Metabolic Humans

Prediction Of Relapse In IBD

DISCOVeRIE

On The Cover

Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Selection

Young Social Innovators

Engaging With Teachers

APC Awards In SFI Frontiers For The Future Programme

Recent Funding Successes

Enduring Behavioural Effects Induced By Birth By C-Section In The Mouse

Fibre – A One-Size-Fits All Approach Might Not Be The Best Solution

APC Microbiome Ireland Partners With Kraft Heinz In Developing Natural Cultures For Food Use

SPRINT

Cheese Microbiomes-New Insights Into An Age-Old Food

Impact

Prof Colin Hill Receives UCC Career Achievement Research Award

SFI Public Service Fellowship With The Food Safety Authority Of Ireland

Celebrating Science With Cork Science Festival And Cork Discovers 2020

The Language Of Illness, Book Launch

Further COVID-19 Research Funded

Tracking  Microorganisms  Through  The  Dairy  Production  Process

National Final Of FameLab Ireland  

MSCA Individual Fellowship Call 2020 Now Open

Congratulations To Our Famelab Cork Winners

Bacteria Have Virus Problems Too!

Ireland’s Cricket Team Not Immune To Delhi Belly

Science For Ireland

Actifensin And Nisin J

Mediterranean Diet Linked To Gut Bacteria For ‘Healthy Ageing’

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MCSA) Successes

Major Infant Health Collaboration Announced With DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences

Covid-19 Update

Test, Test, Test

Could Fibre Be The Ferrari For Your Brain?

McMaster Honours Fergus Shanahan

RIA Honours Catherine Stanton And Ivan Perry

World Microbiome Day 2019

New Director For APC Microbiome Ireland

Game Of Microbes Winter Is Coming!

Tick Tock Goes The Microbiome Clock

Gut Feeling About Psychiatric Medications

National Workplace Wellbeing Day

Funding For SFI Research Centres Announced

Raising Awareness Of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Feed Your Brain Well

Russell Foster To Give Public Lecture

Bacteria Can Be Used To Heal Aspirin-Induced Ulcers

Taking The Stress Out Of Pregnancy

SFI Early Career Researcher Of The Year Award

Celebrating Science Week 2019

Nine “Highly Cited” APC Microbiome Ireland Researchers

Spilling The Guts On Performance

Microbe Mom

Ten APC Microbiome Ireland Researchers Are Ranked In The Top 1% Of Their Fields

Women Of APC

World Microbiome Day

Microbes Mediate Benefits Of Oily Fish

Fulbright Award Scholarships Announced

Social Microbes

Congratulations

Mind Our Microbes

Serotonin On The Wild Atlantic Way

Eat High Fibre Foods To Reduce Effects Of Stress On Gut And Behaviour

Spinning The Microbiome?  

A Stamp Of Approval

Female Entrepreneur Of The Year Award 2018

Excellence Of APC Staff Recognised

France En Irelande

Triple Success For APC

Microbiome Baking For Cancer Support  

Biologen Op Stap

Recent Funding Announcement

In The Media

RCSI Recognises Fergus Shanahan

Using Viruses To Stop Superbugs

University Of Antwerp Honours John Cryan

Engaging With Policy Makers

Summertime And APC Labs Are Where You Should Be!

SFI St Patrick’s Day Medals Awarded

APC Microbiome Ireland Announces Dietary Fibre Research Collaboration With Tate & Lyle

Japanese Bathing Tradition Contributes To Sharing Of Gut Microbes Amongst Family Members

New APC Collaboration Announced

Microbiome Memory

NEAR Award For Ted Dinan

MASTER Project Receives €11 Million In Funding

High Fat Diet May Increase Risk Of Food Poisoning From Listeria Monocytogenes

Stress And How To Reduce During Pregnancy  

15 Years Of Exploring Our Gut

Unravelling The Secrets Of Bifidobacteria Across Three Generations

It’s What’s Inside That Counts

Making Science Accessible

Anti-Microbial Resistance

Reach Your Research APEX In APC Microbiome Ireland

Let Food Be Thy Medicine