We are happy to invite you to the next edition of the APC Forum Internal speaker series 📅 Tuesday 23rd June 12:30-2pm With Anna Sheehy (Diet and Microbes -Ines Thiele Lab) and Maria Kulecka (Host Microbe Dialogue-Marcus Claesson Lab) We hope to see you there! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
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Spring is back, and so is Cheers with Peers! 🌸🍕🍹 Join us on May 7th at Tom Barry's for drinks, pizza, and good company. See you there 🌞 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social #CheersWithPeers
✨ APC Forum – Internal Speaker Series 📅 Tue 28 April | 🕒 12:30–14:00 Join us with Dr Hilary Browne, Parul Sharma & Devat Kandoriya Topic: Exploring spore-forming gut bacteria & microbiota–circadian rhythms 🥪 Lunch from 12:00 Looking forward to seeing you there! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
Next Tuesday, we are pleased to welcome Dr Sinéad Corr for our “Coffee with a PI” series. Please join us Tuesday 14th April, from 11am to 12 am, BSI 1.13, for a casual chat about her journey and some career advice around tea or coffee and some tasty treats!☕ 🥐 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
Next week (Tue 31 March, 9:30–11am): our External Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Feargal J. Ryan @feargalr.bsky.social “Systems Biology of Host–Microbiome Interactions” Senior Research Fellow & NHMRC Investigator, Head of the Computational Multi-Omics Group at Flinders University
Yesterday’s Cheers With Peers was a success! ☘️ Thank you to everyone who came along. 👏🙏 It’s a real pleasure for us to organise this kind of social event, where we can all come together for a lovely evening full of laughs and great discussions. @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social #CheersWithPeers #Cork
This is tomorrow ! 💚☘️ See you there and don't forget to wear something green 😉
Happy March, Cheers With Peers is back! 🔥 Join us Thursday 12th March from 6:15 pm at Mr. Bradley's Pub in Cork city, for a pint and a chat in an early St-Patrick's day celebration 🍀💚 A great opportunity to unwind and chat with APC colleagues 🍻 See you all there (wear something green 😉)!
Happy March, Cheers With Peers is back! 🔥 Join us Thursday 12th March from 6:15 pm at Mr. Bradley's Pub in Cork city, for a pint and a chat in an early St-Patrick's day celebration 🍀💚 A great opportunity to unwind and chat with APC colleagues 🍻 See you all there (wear something green 😉)!
Next APC Forum External Speaker - Tuesday 10th March, 12:30–2:00 pm (Pharmacy Building, LG52). We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Jolene Ramsey (@jrrmicrolab.bsky.social) for her talk: “Escape at the Right Time: Lysis Control in Bacteriophages” 🧫🧬 In person + on Teams. Light lunch provided 🥪☕
Next week, Tuesday 24th February, 1-2pm Our next APC Forum Internal Speaker: Joseph Ancla - Diet and Microbes: “From Grains to Strains: Regional Inheritance and Functional Specialization in Caucasus Kefir Microbiomes.” In-person event, Pharmacy Building, room G52 ☕ 🥪
Next Thursday - ☕ Coffee with (not a) PI – new edition! Join us on Thu. 5 Feb, 11:00, BSI seminar room 1.13 with Emer O’Shea, Commercialisation Case Manager in UCC Innovation. Join us! Start-ups, academia, tech transfer & career insights, plus coffee, pastries & vegan options 🥐
This Tuesday 27th January | 2:30–4:00 pm 🎤 Dr. Paula Pérez Pardo Assistant Professor, Utrecht University “Microbiome-Driven Modulation of Behaviour and Pathology in Preclinical Models of ASD and Parkinson’s Disease” Don’t miss it! #Microbiome #GutBrainAxis #ASD #Parkinson
NEXT WEEK : Join us for the winter edition of our Quiz night! 📝❓ When: Thursday 22nd of January 2026, 6.30pm 📆 Where : Flannery's bar (Glasheen road, Cork city)🍻 Prizes: To be won.. 😁 Bring your team (max 5 people per team) or find one at the night 😇👍 Entry: €2 per person
UPCOMING ! Coffee with (not a) PI – Thurs, Nov 20, 11am in BSI 1.13 ☕ Join us for a chat with Dr. Lorraine Draper, Operations Manager at @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social, as she shares her journey from the lab bench to research management. Naturally, coffee, tea & pastries included ! 😄🍵🥐✨
Join us on 28 Oct for a talk by Dr. Charlene Van Buiten on “Sourdough-Omics” and how fermentation can help reduce food waste and improve health. 🧪 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
Just wrapped up the APC Postdoc Symposium 🎉 A day of science, skills & coffee-powered networking ☕🦠 Huge thanks to the organising committee, the real chefs behind this recipe for success 👩🍳👏 New ideas, new collabs & maybe one too many “final_FINAL.pptx” files! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
Great company, good laughs, and a really nice evening catching up together. Cheers to a lovely Cheers with the Peers! 🥂 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
Warning: laughter, clinking glasses, and epic chats ahead - Cheers with Peers is back! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
A big thank you to everyone who participated in our quiz! Great turnout, great energy - our quiz event was a hit! Congrats to all the winners! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
Cheers to an amazing Cheers with the Peers! 🥂 Great turnout! So good to catch up, laugh, and enjoy a great evening together. @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
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📢Join the APC forum Tuesday, 1st July 2025 (Online) to hear from Professor Jonathan R. Swann 💊 🧬 A 30-minute Q&A session will follow, dedicated to #earlycareer scientists (2-2:30pm)🥼 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
🤝Meet our new committee members! Morgane Le Dréan – Communication rep Léa Roussin – Social event manager Check out their bios in the ALT text. @people
🤝Meet our new committee members! Cristina Rosell Cardona – Treasurer (former Chair) @crosellcardona.bsky.social Munawar Abbas – Social media rep Check out their bios in the ALT text. @people
📢 We are delighted to introduce our new committee! Valentine Turpin – Chair (formerly Social Media Rep) Elisabeth O'Flaherty – Vice Chair (formerly Secretary) Check out their bios in the ALT text.
📣 #CheersWithPeers is on! Join us at Tom Barry's, Thurs July 3rd from 6:15PM 🍻 Catch up with APC Microbiome Ireland colleagues over drinks & good vibes. All welcome -especially #EarlyCareerResearchers! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
📢Join the APC forum Tuesday, 1st July 2025 (Online) to hear from Professor Jonathan R. Swann 💊 🧬 A 30-minute Q&A session will follow, dedicated to #earlycareer scientists (2-2:30pm)🥼 @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social
This is tomorrow, don't miss it! 👀
📢Join the APC forum online next week to listen to Shauni Fitzgerald on her journey towards and now in Atlantia Clinical Trials 💊 🦠 Light lunch and coffee provided from 12:30! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social #earlycareer
📢Join the APC forum online next week to listen to Shauni Fitzgerald on her journey towards and now in Atlantia Clinical Trials 💊 🦠 Light lunch and coffee provided from 12:30! @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social #earlycareer