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APC Microbiome Ireland is a world leading research centre investigating the microbiome and its effect on human, animal and planetary health.
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The Centre/project is funded by Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland, formerly Science Foundation Ireland. The APC Microbiome Institute, (http://apc.ucc.ie ) is a research centre funded by Science Foundation Ireland and industry partners. The APC Microbiome Institute, a partnership between University College Cork, Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, and the Cork Institute of Technology, focuses on research in gastrointestinal health. Pharmabiotic is a neologism devised by the APC Microbiome Institute to represent any material (including molecules and microbes) originating from the gut ecosystem that can be exploited for a health benefit, and includes probiotics, prebiotics, metabolites, and potential new anti-microbials and anti-inflammatories. The independent international ratings agency Thomson Reuters Science Watch global analysis, recently ranked University College Cork at number 2 in the world for probiotics research, due primarily to publications from researchers in the APC Microbiome Institute (http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/probiotics/institution/).

09/01/2026

As we welcome 2026, we would like to wish our stakeholders a very happy New Year. Thank you for your continued support of APC Microbiome Ireland. This year marks an exciting new chapter for the APC following the completion of our Research Ireland Centre grant phase. We will continue to thrive as a globally-renowned research centre, with a unique critical mass of inter-disiplinary researchers producing high-quality research outputs. Over many years we have developed a diverse funding portfolio, strong industry and philanthropic partnerships, and impactful international collaborations. We are ambitious for the next phase of APC and keen to build on our success and impact over the last 22 years.

We’re really excited by the opportunities in the Horizon Europe 2026–2027 work programmes in Health and Food, which draw significantly on microbiome science and innovation. We are energised by the opportunities ahead and are very much open for business - keen to forge new partnerships and collaborate on ground-breaking research that delivers real impact for people’s health and wellbeing.

We look forward to continued engagement and shared success with our stakeholders in the year ahead!

19/12/2025

Merry Christmas from all at APC
Research Ireland, University College Cork, Teagasc

11/12/2025

🎄🎄Christmas has properly kicked off at APC with our Annual Christmas Gathering. Congratulations Michelle O’Riordan on winning the Best Christmas Jumper prize. 🎄🎄

28/11/2025

APC conducts ongoing research on .

The Irish Farmers Journal talks to one of our P*s Prof Liam O'Mahony about the current state of play.

📰 https://bit.ly/4pBEG34

24/11/2025

APC's Sarah Kittel-Schneider (University College Cork) will speak about 'ADHD and the microbiota-gut brain axis' at this years Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) Food & Health Forum event, “New Insights in Nutrition and Neurodivergence: Why Brain Health Matters."

📅 Event Date: Wednesday 26 November 2025, 10.00 AM to 4.45 PM
🔗 Event Link: https://lnkd.in/ersFSGxD

15/11/2025

Come visit the marina market today for a fun filled family event for Science Week

13/11/2025

For Science Week Ireland join APC researchers this Saturday 14 November at Cork's Marina Market for a day packed with science and family fun including workshops from the NiMe Diet team.

🌈 What’s on your plate? - Kids Workshop Announcement

Join us this Saturday at Science at the Marina, part of Science Week 2025, for a fun, hands-on workshop from the NiMe Diet team.

Through games, food-sorting challenges, and storytelling, kids will explore the amazing world inside their gut - the microbiome! They’ll discover how everyday foods help keep their bodies strong, energetic, and happy.

🕐 Workshops: 1:15 pm & 2 pm
📍 The Marina Market, Cork City
👧🧒 Perfect for ages 4–10
🎟️ Free entry - sign up on arrival!

Come celebrate the science behind your food with Teagasc , University College Cork , APC Microbiome Ireland , and the NiMe Diet team.

✨ Let’s make science fun, colourful, and gut-friendly!
🔗 https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/science-at-the-marina-tickets-1846906399759?aff=oddtdtcreator

12/11/2025

Launching for The Gut Microbiome Special Edition 1000 Piece Jigsaw by graphic artist Laura Gowers and Fergus Shanahan Emeritus Professor of Medicine at University College Cork & Founder Director at APC.
Available now at https://amzn.eu/d/09R5IBw

10/11/2025

A great start to Science Week Ireland yesterday in Cork City's Marina Market. APC reserchers are looking forward to our big Science Week event there all day next Saturday 15th November.

07/11/2025

📣 Announcing the launch of NiMe Diet X GourmetFuel®
Rob Buckley - MD GourmetFuel® personally delivers some of the delicious new NiMe™ Diet range to NiMe™ founder Prof Jens Walter, a Research Ireland Prof University College Cork & PI at APC
🍽️ Order NiMe Meals in Ireland: gourmetfuel.com/NiMe

06/11/2025

📣 Announcing the launch of X ®
Rob Buckley, MD GourmetFuel® personally delivers some of the delicious new NiMe™ Diet range to NiMe™ founder Prof , a Prof & PI at APC
🍽️ Order NiMe Meals in Ireland: gourmetfuel.com/NiMe

03/11/2025

A big APC welcome to our new recruits. We are looking forward to working with you!

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BioSciences Building, University College Cork, Western Road
Cork

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+353214901430

Website

http://apc.ucc.ie/, http://microbemagic.ucc.ie/

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APC Microbiome Ireland, (http://apc.ucc.ie ) is a flagship Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centre funded by SFI and industry partners. APC Microbiome Ireland, a partnership between University College Cork, Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, and the Cork Institute of Technology, explores the role of the microbiome in health and disease. Over the last 15 years, the APC has established itself as a global leader global in microbiome research, with several landmark discoveries and over 2000 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, generating many journal covers and associated editorials. In an independent bibliometric review of APC peer-reviewed publications, APC ranked #4 for microbiome research globally, and was ranked #1 for probiotic research and bacteriocin research and #5 for gut related diseases. In the last 5 years competitive research funding won from both national and international funding agencies has totalled over €70 million, with an additional €25 million from industry collaborations, and the APC has spun out 3 companies that now employ 40 researchers.