Team

Rupa Ranjani Palanisamy

Local Volunteer

I am Rupa, pursuing my final year of PhD in the school of Chemistry, UCC.

Emer Shannon

Local Volunteer

I work at APC Microbiome Ireland investigating the gut microbiota immune axis. Previously, I completed a Marie Skłodowska–Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship in Australia and Teagasc in seaweed bioactives

Sena Güçer

Local Volunteer

I am a first-year PhD student at University College Cork and my current project explores how our gut microbiome can influence neuronal activity and brain circuits in health and Parkinson's disease.

Morgane Le Drean

Local Volunteer

Dr. Morgane Eileen Le Dréan earned her BSc from Rennes 1 University (France) and Aston University (UK) and a Master’s in Cellular and Integrated Neurosciences from Strasbourg University (France). Awarded a competitive doctoral fellowship in 2020, she conducted PhD research at Nantes University (INSE…

Ruth O’Connell

Local Volunteer

A recent graduate of Chemistry at UCC, and currently a first year PhD researcher with the School of Chemistry, UCC, in partnership with Research Ireland.

Jennifer Morael

Local Volunteer

I am a third-year PhD student working in UCC on the interaction between gestational microbiota alterations and neurodevelopment. My research focuses mainly on gut microbiota alterations during pregnancy and their effects on blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier permeability.

Michelle Dorgan

Local Volunteer

Michelle is the Communications and Public Engagement Manager at the INFANT Research Centre in UCC. INFANT specialises in maternal and child health research and she looks after all the communications, marketing and outreach activities for the centre.

Rory Fox

Local Volunteer

PhD Physics Student from Cork working on distributed acoustic sensors in Tyndall National Institute

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