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Western diets pose a greater risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer, according to a milestone review of what people eat around the world.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) in collaboration with APC senior researcher Dr Mary O’Connell Motherway has published an important report regarding the safety assessment of probiotics in food supplements. The report, which addresses a significant gap of knowledge in the European Union, provides much-needed guidance for food supplement producers.

WMD 2024 highlights the foods that can ‘feed’ your gut microbiome

APC PI Prof Orla O’Sullivan has been awarded funding for ‘Fitbiota: Examining the Emergence of a Fit Gut Microbiome in Young Adults and The Potential Impacts on Gut Health’ as part of the SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme.

Join us for an enlightening evening at Hayfield Manor Hotel at 6pm Wednesday 29th May, where we delve into the latest advancements in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) research taking place at APC Microbiome Ireland, a world leading SFI Research Centre at ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã College Cork in our AUGMENT project. This event provides a unique opportunity for patients, carers, family members, and the medical community to engage directly with leading researchers and healthcare professionals.

APC Microbiome Ireland, a world leading SFI Research Centre, and ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã College Cork are proud to announce that Professor John Cryan will be featured in the upcoming Netflix documentary, Hack Your Health: Secrets of the Gut. The documentary, set to premiere globally on Netflix on April 26th, 2024,  illuminates the intricate science behind the gut microbiome, the community of bacteria, viruses and other microbes that reside within our intestines.

APC celebrated the launch of our Equality Diversity Inclusion and Wellbeing Action Plan with a celebration including the creation of a diversity tree, a dance performance by Manasi Nadkarni and a few words from APC Director Prof Paul Ross.

Feeling unwell and have respiratory symptoms?, check out the recently launched UniHealth study 

APC Director Prof Paul Ross travelled to Brussels to attend the launch of the The European Microbiome Centres Consortium (EMCC), a new initiative which APC was instrumental in establishing through the EU-funded Human Microbiome Action project. 

Lockdowns imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the gut microbiome development of babies born during these periods according to new research from APC Microbiome Ireland (APC), a world leading SFI Research Centre, based in ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã College Cork, RCSI ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Medicine and Health Sciences and Children’s Health Ireland.