50 jobs at new national institute in UCC

Fifty jobs will be created at a hi-tech future foods and smart medicine research centre in University College Cork which will today be designated a national institute.

The APC centre will be formally launched as the APC Microbiome Institute, recognising its national contribution to this area of cutting-edge research.

Founded in 2003 as the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre — a partnership between UCC, Teagasc, and CIT — the APC’s team of 90 scientists and researchers are exploring the links between the microbes (bacteria and viruses) living in and on the body, and the increased incidences of obesity, diabetes, allergies, and chronic inflammatory diseases.