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Ken O’Riordan PhD
@kjdoriordan.bsky.social
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Research Manger and Fellow at APC Microbiome Ireland University College Cork
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Friederike Uhlig @fuhlig.bsky.social · May 21
First post on Bluesky :-)
Very excited to host Matthew Mullins from @3brainag.bsky.social at @ucc.ie in Cork today. If you're are around please come along
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Cristina Rosell Cardona @crosellcardona.bsky.social · Apr 5
First paper from my PD at @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social out! 🥳
Do you want to know how acute stress enhances synaptic plasticity?
Our latest study shows that the gut microbiota is essential.
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Acute stress enhances synaptic plasticity in male mice via a microbiota-dependent mechanism
Acute stress can enhance or impair synaptic plasticity depending on the nature, duration, and type of stress exposure as well as the brain region exam…
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Ken O’Riordan PhD @kjdoriordan.bsky.social · Mar 28
Well done to all the graduates. Well deserved!
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Cork Safety Alerts @corksafetyalerts.com · Mar 11
Officially opened to the public on April 4th, 1945, in the old ‘Shrubberies’ building in Fitzgerald Park, the museum will get a ‘birthday facelift’.
Cork Public Museum to Undergo 80th Birthday Facelift
The works are due to be carried out throughout Spring/Summer 2025.
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Ken O’Riordan PhD @kjdoriordan.bsky.social · Mar 8
It's a wonderful priviledge to work with these excellent ladies of science!
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John F. Cryan @jfcryan.bsky.social · Mar 8
It is #InternationalWomensDay & a timely reminder of what a privilege it is to work with such amazing, creative (and international) female scientists in the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis lab at APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social #IWD2025 #IWD25
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Ken O’Riordan PhD @kjdoriordan.bsky.social · Mar 7
Excited to share our latest review on the Gut Microbiota-Immune-Brain axis and its therapeutic implications, now published in @cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social cial. Kudos to the team: @jfcryan.bsky.social @moloneyger.bsky.social eyger.bsky.social, Prof Ger Clarke and @lilykeane.bsky.social
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John F. Cryan @jfcryan.bsky.social · Mar 7
Latest lab review-
The Gut microbiota-Immune-Brain axis: Therapeutic Implications. Just out in @cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social Well done @kjdoriordan.bsky.social @moloneyger.bsky.social & @lilykeane.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Ken O’Riordan PhD @kjdoriordan.bsky.social · Feb 14
Enjoyed a wonderfully inspiring talk on how Paternal Gut Microbiota can shape Sperm RNA & offspring health, by Bethany Masson a PhD candidate at
@theflorey.bsky.social with @anthonyjhannan.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social @apcpostdocassoc.bsky.social @jfcryan.bsky.social
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Ken O’Riordan PhD @kjdoriordan.bsky.social · Feb 10
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Kenneth J. O'Riordan, PhD on LinkedIn: #phd #microbiome #bioinformatics #neuroscience #gutbrainaxis…
🚨 PhD Opportunity in Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis & Bioinformatics! 🚨 Are you passionate about microbiome science, bioinformatics, and neuroscience? We’re…
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Ken O’Riordan PhD @kjdoriordan.bsky.social · Feb 10
📍 Location: University College Cork, Ireland
📅 Deadline: March 14th, 2025
📩 Apply by sending your CV & motivation letter to [email protected]

Join us in advancing the frontier of microbiome-neuroscience research! 🚀🔍
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Ken O’Riordan PhD @kjdoriordan.bsky.social · Feb 10
🔬 Project Focus:
You’ll develop cutting-edge bioinformatics pipelines to analyse multi-omics data (metagenomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics) and explore microbial influences on brain function.
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Ken O’Riordan PhD @kjdoriordan.bsky.social · Feb 10
🚨 PhD Opportunity in Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis & Bioinformatics! 🚨
Are you passionate about microbiome science, #Bioinformatics, and #Neuroscience? We’re looking for a highly motivated #PhD student to join the #Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis Research Group with @jfcryan.bsky.social and Ger Clarke
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Ken O’Riordan PhD @kjdoriordan.bsky.social · Dec 19
Congratulations Dr. Michael Collins. Very proud supervisor. Well earned!
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John F. Cryan @jfcryan.bsky.social · Dec 18
Huge congrats to Dr.Michael Collins who successfully defended his PhD today. Thanks to Examiners Aine Kelly & Olivia O’Leary for great discussions

Also great day for supervisors myself & @kjdoriordan.bsky.social -with his 1st PhD student
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Ken O’Riordan PhD @kjdoriordan.bsky.social · Dec 7
Well done Benja!
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Ben Valderrama @bvalderrama.bsky.social · Dec 6
This week I presented my work on the characterization of gut microbiomes across southamerican populations at the annual meeting of the Irish Society of Comp. Bio.

Our work won an award & loads of very good feedback 🥳.

Sadly, I had to crop the pic but (hopefully) we will drop a preprint soon
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Nicky O’Boyle @pathonick.bsky.social · Dec 2
We're looking for an Assitant Professor in Microbiology to join us @tcdgenmicro! Come and join our growing team.
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www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/ Job ID: 037876. Closes 31st January
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