Copper changed how three wound-associated microbes competed in a lab model. A new study in 𝐧𝐩𝐣 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 found Candida released copper, making S. aureus more vulnerable to P. aeruginosa. @sj-fenn.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social 📰 buff.ly/S6SyjXK #Biofilms #Microbiology

Join APC as a Research Assistant on NourishMind with @harschellekens.bsky.social. Use cell culture, molecular biology and biochemical methods to support gut-brain research. 16 months | €34,129 to €44,311 | Apply by 12:00, 21 Aug 2026: buff.ly/63KPDcM #ResearchJobs #AcademicJobs #ResearchAssistant

Join APC as a Postdoctoral Researcher on NourishMind with @harschellekens.bsky.social. Help lead a clinical study and analyse behavioural, biological and microbiome data. 16 months | €47,273 to €53,925 | Apply by 12:00, 21 Aug 2026: buff.ly/BUBUqP5 #Postdoc #AcademicJobs #Microbiome

Your microbiome reflects the life you have lived. In part 2 of Seoul to Soul’s APC series, @colinhillucc.bsky.social explores what shapes it & how a bacteriocin can target C. difficile. 💻️ buff.ly/AwVpPWS #Microbiome #Microbiology #Bacteriocins #ScienceCommunication @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

July at APC: two viva voce exams, new staff and students, new research articles, and congratulations to Prof John Cryan ( @jfcryan.bsky.social), named a Founding Member of the FEBS Research Academy. Microbiome #Research #FEBS

We’re hiring! #PhD position @teagasc.bsky.social & @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social, working on manipulating the genomes of the early-life #gutmicrobiome & assessing changes. 🧫 Nilaweera/van Sinderen/Melgar labs 📅 Deadline: 28 August 2026 📰 Apply here: buff.ly/5ZkW0bo #AcademicJobs #UCC #Teagasc

APC researchers contributed to new collaborative papers on multisite microbiota and brain health, IBD barrier assessment, CCFM1269 and early-life gut-skin signalling. 📰 Read the papers: buff.ly/lbwvhxj buff.ly/7WTwybf buff.ly/GIVjq3S #Microbiome #GutBrainAxis #IBD #Probiotics

Clove oil produced the clearest gut microbial shifts in a 24-hour artificial colon model using older-adult microbiota. New study by María Ruiz-Rico, Huimin Ye & Paul O’Toole 📰 buff.ly/fMwQHVc @elsevierlsj.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social #Microbiome #HealthyAgeing

Forever chemicals may affect brain health partly through gut microbes. A new paper in @cp-trendspharma.bsky.social proposes tracking microbial diversity, gut-microbe shifts and metabolism to study PFAS effects on gut–brain signalling. 📰 buff.ly/ATEzP5g #PFAS #Microbiome @jfcryan.bsky.social

Deadline to submit an abstract for the @microbiologysociety.org's Irish Division Annual Meeting is 𝟎𝟒/𝟎𝟖/𝟐𝟔. 📍Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone November 3–4. This is a great opportunity at an enjoyable meeting to network & for early career researchers looking to build contacts. 💻️ buff.ly/h1egU1h

Your gut contains trillions of microbes. Prof Paul Ross Director of @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social explains how diet shapes this community and how it connects with the brain and immune system. 💻️ Read and watch: buff.ly/TBMb0lk #Microbiome #GutHealth #Microbiology #ScienceCommunication

Check out the interview between Prof @jfcryan.bsky.social and @alexbeadlesci.bsky.social for Technology Networks. www.technologynetworks.com/applied-scie...

Regular Coffee Drinking Can Shape the Gut Microbiome—And Your Mood

Discover how both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee might affect the gut–brain axis through changes in the microbiome, influencing mood, cognition, stress, and overall wellbeing.

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Resistance functions distributed across more microbial taxa may reflect changes in endometriosis. 𝐧𝐩𝐣 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 studied swabs from 40 women, linking resistome redundancy to diversity and glycomic features. buff.ly/psRUW4Z #Microbiome #Endometriosis @natureportfolio.nature.com

Congratulations to Dr Aisling Noone on the successful defense of her viva yesterday. Pictured here with her proud supervisors Siobhain O'Mahony & Jane English & examiners María Rodríguez Aburto, Katja Kanninen, Lorna Lopez. With thanks to chair Margaret Murphy @anatneuroucc.bsky.social

World Microbiome Day has passed, but there is still more to learn about why #MicrobiomesMatters. Gut microbes turn some fibres into short-chain fatty acids, including acetate, propionate and butyrate. Explore the science: buff.ly/PD53Ohh #Microbiome #SCFAs

#Throwback 🧪 REVIEW | Feeding gut microbes to nourish the brain: unravelling the diet–microbiota–gut–brain axis @elizschneider.bsky.social‬, ‪@jfcryan.bsky.social et al

Feeding gut microbes to nourish the brain: unravelling the diet–microbiota–gut–brain axis - Nature Metabolism

This Review provides an overview of the interplay between host diet and the gut microbiota, and how this affects brain function.

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Reliable predictions from #infant #microbiome data depend on reliable methods. A new APC review in 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 examines 32 profile-based and 22 maturation-based predictive studies. 📰 buff.ly/8arzb8v #MachineLearning @mrreditorialoffice.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social

When it comes to brain health, is microbiome science missing much of the world? www.the-microbiologist.com/news/when-it...

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. What if much of this science is based on studyi...

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Congratulations to Prof. John Cryan ( @jfcryan.bsky.social ) and the other members of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS). @uccresearch.bsky.social #FEBS #UCC #APCMicrobiomeIreland

APC researchers contributed to new collaborative papers on dairy microbial genomics, S. aureus nasal colonisation, a nutrition-microbiome trial & exercise in first-episode psychosis. Read: buff.ly/3GjDYPk buff.ly/y7a4pFW buff.ly/cGeQ3SS buff.ly/FZs7iwr #Microbiome #Microbiology #NutritionResearch

Where gut–brain research happens shapes what we know. A new paper in 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 warns that relying mainly on high-income countries can distort mental health science and miss how environments shape the gut–brain axis. buff.ly/Obpj1Gm #Microbiome #MentalHealth

Had a blast attending #AAIC26 and presenting my @ucc.ie postdoctoral work on how the gut microbiome and sex differences may be intertwined in Alzheimer’s disease progression. Also great seeing familiar faces and connecting with new ones. 10/10 experience ✨ @alzassociation.bsky.social

Brain, blood and gut microbial lipid metabolism changed together as rat hippocampal function declined in middle age. A new study in 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠, with @zapwilliams.bsky.social and @oliviafoleary.bsky.social & @sarah-nicolas.bsky.social. buff.ly/nJ3xra3 #Microbiome #BrainHealth

Welcoming Pranjal Pranjal, Fiona Murphy, Lara Pleging, Antonie Krystofova and visiting Prof. Antonio Suarez to APC Microbiome Ireland! They will be working with @pauldcotter.bsky.social, Cormac Gahan, Douwe van Sinderen, @harschellekens.bsky.social, @jfcryan.bsky.social and Ger Clarke.

Microbes produce compounds that can help preserve food. A review in 𝐈𝐧𝐭 𝐉 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥 covers QPS/GRAS microbes, bacteriocins and combined methods across dairy, meat, fish and plant foods. Kamilari, Stanton, @colinhillucc.bsky.social & Ross buff.ly/FH9i9jD #FoodMicrobiology

B. longum strains differ in how they use XOS. A new paper in 𝐆𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬 identifies the enzymes and uptake system required by strain NCIMB 8809. By Lisa Friess, @pauldcotter.bsky.social and Douwe van Sinderen. buff.ly/khHVCt1 #Microbiome #Prebiotics @tandfresearch.bsky.social

👏 A huge congratulations to @morgane-ledrean.bsky.social, who received an award at the ISG Summer Meeting 2026 for her research exploring the potential role of microbiota-derived p-cresol in GI symptoms. A fantastic achievement, well done, Morgane! 🎉 #Microbiome #UCC

ISG Summer Meeting 2026 Abstract Winners - Medical Independent

ISG Summer Meeting 2026 Abstract Winners...

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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘁? A new study published in 𝗚𝘂𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗲𝘀 explores how #Bifidobacterium longum breaks down plant-derived sugars such as arabinose and xylose, common components of dietary fibre. This research was led by Lisa Freiss and APC Group Leaders

Early-life nutrition is about more than calories. New EAACI review in 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 maps evidence linking complementary feeding with immune health, allergy, infection, growth and the microbiome in children up to age 3. #Microbiome #Nutrition @jenswalter15.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social

APC researchers contributed to new collaborative papers on rumen microbiomes and methane, yeast β-glucan and immune cell training, and B. infantis in early-life gut-brain signalling. Read: buff.ly/It4EkEG buff.ly/MJFnPgL buff.ly/uMAr2zY #Microbiome #RumenMicrobiome #GutBrainAxis