In the #TownAir project, we are currently investigating air pollution in Ennis, Co. Clare.
Our low cost sensor network has identified pollution hotspots and provides the local authority with actionable information to drive improvements in air quality and public health.
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Three @ucc.ie researchers have been selected as new members of the Young Academy of Ireland (YAI), an all-island multidisciplinary network of researchers and innovators that aims to empower talented early-career researchers and future leaders.
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📣 New on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
⁉️How to support workers who experience pregnancy loss
✍️ @maritahennessy.bsky.social, Tara Woulfe, @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social
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UCC innovations drive impact for Irish industry in 2025
@ucc.ie has published its 2025 Innovation Impact Report, highlighting a year of strong engagement with Irish industry and significant impact for Irish-owned and Irish-based companies.
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University College Cork receive prestigious EU award for inclusive gender equality achievements in Research and Innovation.
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Article on the Sonification of Synthetic Virology data with colleagues from the School of Medicine at @ucc.ie is out today in Leonardo. It spans music, media engineering and the biosciences doi.org/10.1162/LEON...
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Call for abstracts now open, World conference on virtual rehabilitation, UCC, June 2026 @ucc.ie @uccinnovation.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social
Have you been inspired by @ucc.ie researchers, innovators or entrepreneurs whose work makes a real and lasting impact through tackling global challenges through research, innovation and creativity?
Nominations are now open for 2025 UCC Research and Innovation Awards
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A new research study has uncovered a previously unknown role that our gut plays in regulating early brain development.
The study, led by researchers from @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @ucc.ie, is published in the prestigious international journal Advanced Science.
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PAT research led by John Twomey on addressing engagement with deepfake tools is featured in the media today! @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucc-apppsych.bsky.social @lerocentre.bsky.social www.rte.ie/news/munster...
UCC: 180 years fuelling research & innovation.
UCC Futures continues to empower thinkers, makers, and leaders to shape tomorrow. At UCC, the future isn’t just imagined, it’s created.
@jfcryan.bsky.social | @uccinnovation.bsky.social | @ucc.ie
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Congratulations to @ucc.ie researcher Dr Eugene Costello, awarded a €2m European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant to explore commercial cattle farming.
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Researchers @ucc.ie have been awarded funding for five interdisciplinary projects in the @researchireland.ie COALESCE Programme 2025, making @ucc.ie the highest performing institute in the programme.
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Many and deep thanks to the leadership and members of University College Cork for the amazing privilege and hospitality! @jfcryan.bsky.social @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social
Honorary conferring at UCC of Professor Carmen Sandi
Professor @carmensandi10.bsky.social, one of the world’s leading stress neurobiologists, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Science by @ucc.ie
Professor Sandi leads the Laboratory of Behavioural Genetics at EPFL in Switzerland.
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Looking forward to joining @uccresearch.bsky.social research and the @ucc.ie community for this Public Lecture & In Conversation with the brilliant @jfcryan.bsky.social
& Deeply honored to be receiving an UCC Honorary Doctorate!
See you very soon in Cork!
Public Lecture & In Conversation: Fueling Resilience - Energising the Brain in Stressful Times
Featuring world-leading neuroscientist & @ucc.ie Honorary Doctorate awardee Professor Carmen Sandi
Find out more about @carmensandi10.bsky.social & how to register to attend👇
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Researchers @ucc.ie will lead one and partner in five major European-wide projects to receive a combined €3m funding under the 2024 HORIZON Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks programme.
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International recognition awarded to leading UCC organic chemist 👏
Congratulations to Professor Anita Maguire, a synthetic organic chemist @ucc.ie, and the recipient of the prestigious @rsc.org 2025 Bader Prize for Organic Chemistry. #RSCPrizes
University College Cork has risen 27 places to 246th in one of the world’s leading education rankings, the QS World University Rankings, which are published today.
This year marks the third successive increase in UCC's placing, and is our highest ranking in ten years.
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Will Iran-Israel conflict mean a rise in Irish petrol prices?
Two key factors will determine if oil prices - and the price you pay for petrol and diesel - increase, Dr Paul Deane writes.
A @ucc.ie doctoral student will represent Ireland at the international ‘Ma Thése en 180 secondes’ finals in Bucharest later this year.
Congratulations to Mélanie Depret, a PhD student in the Departments of Anatomy & Neuroscience and Pharmacology & Therapeutics and APC Microbiome Ireland.
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Researchers @ucc.ie have received funding to lead a major new €6 million European project that will revolutionise how adolescents and young adults across Europe understand and manage the long-term effects of testicular cancer.
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Really pleased to be honoured last night with UCC Research Team of the Year(Atlas of the Irish Civil War Project): Mike Murphy, Helene O’Keeffe, John Crowley, Donal O’Drisceoil, John Dorney, & Andy Bielenberg (Charlie Roche not pictured). Thanks to President John O’Halloran and Prof John Cryan.
Really delighted to receive UCC's Researcher of the Year award at the Glucksman Gallery yesterday evening, surrounded by such talented people!
Thrilled to have been awarded the Prof. Adrian Dixon 180 UCC PostDoc of the Year Award!
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@ucc.ie research team of the year goes to the group behind @corkup.bsky.social wonderful Atlas of the Irish Civil War! @uccresearch.bsky.social Well done all!!
And our CAPACITY project was awarded the President’s Award for Impacting the SDGs, for our work on energy systems modelling to support the Department of Climate, Energy and Environment.
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