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Photo (L-R): Professor John Cryan, Benjamín Valderrama, Professor Aonghus Lavelle, Professor Gerard Clarke

When it comes to brain health, is microbiome science missing much of the world?

For more than two decades, scientists have uncovered remarkable links between the trillions of microbes living in our gut and the health of our brains. This research has transformed our understanding of stress, depression, anxiety and neurodevelopment, opening new possibilities for preventing and treating mental illness. What if much of this science is based on studying only a narrow slice of global diversity?

Fiona Kearney, The Glucksman; Tadhg Crowley, The Glucksman; The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Damian Boylan; Frank Fitzgerald, David Joyce, Louise Tangney and Peter Medway, Cork City Council; Lorraine Maye and Susan Holland, Cork Midsummer Festival; Dearbhail Comerford, Cork City Council, and Camille Boland (front middle) pictured at the launch of Cultureways, a three-year €750,000 project, funded by the Creative Ireland Climate Action Fund and led by Cork City Council and partners, to create three community-led, artistically designed routes promoting more sustainable travel and community engagement. (Picture: Alison Miles / OSM PHOTO)

Cultureways project awarded €750,000 from the Creative Ireland Climate Action Fund

An ambitious three-year project designed to enable behaviour change in Cork City by encouraging people to rethink and reduce the number of short car journeys has been awarded €750,000 through the Creative Ireland Climate Action Fund III (2026–2029).

Photo: Main photo: Dr. Aideen McCabe, School of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at UCC, winner of the University College Cork and Irish University Association Three Minute Thesis competitions in 2024.

UCC Three Minute Thesis Competition 2026

Are you a doctoral researcher who wishes to develop as a confident research communicator by sharing your research with a diverse audience?

Photo: Main photo: Dr. Aideen McCabe, School of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at UCC, winner of the University College Cork and Irish University Association Three Minute Thesis competitions in 2024.

UCC Three Minute Thesis Competition 2026

Are you a doctoral researcher who wishes to develop as a confident research communicator by sharing your research with a diverse audience?

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