The Musgrave Award for Excellence in Food Microbiology was presented to Ruben O’Hea by Lucy O’Connor in UCC recently. Launched in 2015, the annual Award is presented to the highest performing student in the Masters in Food Microbiology Programme which is delivered through the School of Microbiology UCC.  

Congratulations to Conor O'Callaghan on receiving the inaugural Professor Tadhg O'Mullane Award for Academic Excellence 2020/21.

ELEVATE DELTA Team: A Collaboration built on Disciplinary, Technical, and Pedagogical Expertise

A new initiative at the School of Microbiology is exploring new worlds of virology, cell culture and molecular & cellular biology through virtual/augmented reality and 3D modelling.

World-leading academic Professor Jens Walter, School of Microbiology UCC, will lead a €3.7 million research programme at APC Microbiome Ireland (APC) through a prestigious Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Professorship award announced today.

The School of Microbiology is delighted and proud to announce that six of our academic staff have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2020 list from Clarivate (Web of Science Group) released today.

The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, announced today an investment of €5.5 million in 41 projects under the SFI led COVID-19 Rapid Response Research and Innovation Programme. Funding is focused on supporting projects which respond to the immediate and pressing needs of society arising from the pandemic.

MSc Food Microbiology student Meghana Srinivas recently won the SuperValu Award for Excellence in Food Microbiology for her work in isolating bacteria from food that may have useful roles in food and health.

A new study has been published in Nature Communications on increasing stress tolerance in yeast via evolutionary young genes.

A team of Irish scientists have joined forces to formulate the chemical reagent needed to test for COVID-19. As billions of people are forced into lockdown with the global spread of the COVID-19 virus, the WHO mantra has been to “Test, Test, Test” for COVID-19.

Five School of Microbiology students were conferred at the Spring Conferring Ceremonies, University College Cork, on 18 February 2020

Eating a Mediterranean diet for a year boosts the types of gut bacteria linked to ‘healthy’ ageing, while reducing those associated with harmful inflammation in older people, according to a five-country study by APC Microbiome Ireland, a Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre at University College Cork.

Nine School of Microbiology students were conferred at the Autumn Conferring Ceremonies, University College Cork, on 15 October 2019.

The Marie Curie funded Initial Training Network (ITN)- Marpipe http://www.marpipe.eu/ is a multi-disciplinary alliance of 11 European academic and industrial partners based in 8 European countries working in collaboration to train young researchers in the field of marine drug-discovery.

The SuperValu Award for Excellence in Food Microbiology was presented to Nora Cash at a ceremony in UCC recently.

Two School of Microbiology students were conferred at the Summer Conferring Ceremonies, University College Cork, on 20 June 2019.

Emma was presented with her prize for the best Postgraduate Research Publication in the school of Microbiology by Professor Dave Kelly, during his recent visit to the School of Microbiology as the new external examiner for the BSc Microbiology programme. Professor Kelly is Chair of Microbial Physiology at the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, UK.

Four School of Microbiology students, were conferred at the Spring Conferring Ceremonies, University College Cork, on 21 February 2019.

Dr John Morrissey was one of 5 researchers in UCC to be awarded project development funding from the prestigious Science Foundation Ireland’s Technology Innovation Development Award (TIDA) funding programme.

APC Microbiome Ireland, School of Microbiology and School of Pharmacy scientists based at University College Cork have shown for the first time that a high fat “western” diet reduces the efficiency of the immune system to fight infectious disease particularly in the gut, and to infection with the foodborne pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes.

Six School of Microbiology postgraduate students, were conferred at the Autumn Conferring Ceremonies, University College Cork, on 17 October 2018.

Following the UCC Autumn conferring ceremony on Tuesday 16 October 2018, Rebecca Weldon was presented with the Johnson and Johnson BSc Biotechnology prize.

The first graduates of the new BSc (Hons) Biotechnology programme were conferred on Tuesday 16 October 2018, at the UCC Autumn conferring ceremony. 

The School of Microbiology and the APC Microbiome Institute hosted Sir Richard Roberts Nobel Laureate on 19 September 2018.

The SuperValu Award for Excellence in Food Microbiology was presented to Irene O'Donovan at a ceremony in UCC recently. The award, which is now in its fifth year, is an acknowledgement by SuperValu of the vital contribution UCC makes to primary food research. 

Congratulations to the Summer 2018 PhD and MSc Graduates from the School of Microbiology.

Eduardo Leao de Almeida a PhD Student in the School of Microbiology with Prof Alan Dobson, was invited to a meeting with Brazil's Ambassador to Ireland, Mrs Eliana Zugaib during her recent visit to UCC. 

The official naming ceremony of the Michael Grimes Laboratory, Saotharlann Michael Grimes, was held in the School of Microbiology on 13 April 2018.

Congratulations to Julie Callanan who was presented with the Professor Michael Grimes Student Prize.

Well done to the third year BSc Microbiology undergraduate students who presented their research from the Antibiotics Unearthed project at the Microbiology Society conference, which was held in Birmingham from 10 - 13 April 2018.

Adam Clooney PhD was conferred at the spring 2018 Conferring ceremony on 23 February.

Congratulations to the Spring 2018 PhD Graduates from the School of Microbiology.

Five School of Microbiology students, including two Joint PhD's with CIT and University of Milan Bicocca, Italy, were conferred at the Spring Conferring Ceremonies, University College Cork, on 23 February 2018.

The School of Microbiology is delighted to announce the launch of a new industry-led Microbiology module, called Biopharmaceutical and Medical Devices Microbiology (BT4005).

Science for Sustainability is organised by Yeast Research UCC and runs at St Peter’s Cork, from November 11th to 19th as part of Science Week.

At the invitation of the European Commission organisers, Dr Niall O’Leary delivered a presentation on the European State of the Art in the field of microbial degradation of plastics.

University College Cork hosted the 33rd International Specialised Symposium on Yeasts (ISSY33) on the 26th – 29th June 2017. The conference was a fascinating selection of scientific research, and a great mix of nearly 300 industry and academic researchers from 40 different countries at all stages of their careers.

UCC is leading an EU project to develop techniques and platforms to replace oil and contribute to greener industry while bridging the gap between academic and commercial research. 

UCC undergraduate students from the School of Microbiology presented their research at the 2017 Microbiology Society annual conference in Edinburgh (https://www.microbiologysociety.org/event/annual-conference/annual-conference-2017.html).

Scientists at the APC Microbiome Institute, a Science Foundation Ireland research institute in Cork, have identified an arsenal of new antimicrobials which can kill many harmful bacteria.  

REP-EAT is a new and innovative research and training Doctoral Programme co-funded by Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND Action, the Abruzzo Region, and the University of Teramo (UniTE) in the interdisciplinary domain of food and healthy diet to deepen the impact of food quality on reproductive health (REP) and eating disorders (EAT).

The first Marine Microbiome conference took place in Berlin, Germany from June 27-30^th. Under the title of ‘Discovery and Innovation’, the industry and open science meetings brought together stakeholders from academia and industry to discuss emerging needs and avenues for future commercialisation in Marine BioDiscovery.

A research team from BIOMERIT Research Centre, School of Microbiology, UCC have characterised a link between bile acids and potential in vitro cancer progression in prostate and breast cancer cells.

IndieBio EU, the world’s first and only synthetic biology accelerator, has attracted some of the best startups from across the globe to UCC’s School of Microbiology for its 2016 programme. 

The SuperValu Award for Excellence in Food Microbiology was presented to Jayne Mullally at a ceremony in UCC recently. The award, which is now in its third year, is an acknowledgement by SuperValu of the vital contribution UCC makes to primary food research.

The Irish Division of the Microbiology Society organises 1-2 international conferences each year, providing young researchers with excellent opportunities to meet microbiologists from Ireland and abroad. The September conference is being organised by the Irish Division of the Microbiology Society in conjunction with the Irish Society of Immunology.   

Congratulations to the Spring 2016 PhD Graduates from the School of Microbiology.

Four School of Microbiology students were conferred at the Spring Conferring Ceremonies, University College Cork, on 25 February 2016.

Professor Alan Dobson was recently appointed to the Board of the Marine Institute by the Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Mr Simon Coveney TD.

A new programme for Researcher Leaders from Epigeum, Professional Skills for Research Leaders (PSRL), was launched in UCC in 2015. 

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