Teagasc Food Research Programme

𝟯𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗸ł𝗼𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗮-𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 This year marks 30 years of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), celebrating three decades of supporting outstanding researchers, international collaboration and scientific excellence. To mark this milestone, the Teagasc Food Research Programme is launching Letters to Marie Curie, a series featuring our Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellows reflecting on the challenges, inspiration and values that continue to shape research today. Every letter in this series reminds us that behind every scientist is a story. This week's letter is a powerful reflection on resilience, determination and finding the courage to keep moving forward despite adversity. It is met with an equally thoughtful response from Dr Raphaela A. Mantovani, who reflects on how growth is rarely immediate or linear, and how Marie Curie's legacy continues to flourish through new generations of researchers. We hope you will enjoy following the series as we celebrate the people behind the science and the lasting impact of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions on researchers, science and society. Every letter tells a different story. Explore the full collection of letters and learn more about the campaign on our Kudoboard: https://lnkd.in/dzwKbGaj #MSCA30 #MarieSkłodowskaCurieActions #MSCA #Teagasc #FoodResearch #Research #ScienceCommunication #HorizonEurope #WomenInScience #Ireland

What you eat leaves a signature in your gut microbiome. In the third Seoul to Soul feature and video from Victoria Lee’s visit to APC in Cork, Prof Paul Cotter explores the microbes in fermented foods and what they can reveal about human health and performance. The conversation examines why fermented products differ, how researchers study traditional microbial communities, and what makes a food genuinely fermented. Paul also discusses research with Prof Orla O'Sullivan on athletes, including Irish rugby players with highly diverse gut microbiomes and 21 cricketers tracked across international tours. The feature shows how microbiome data can help researchers understand the links between food, travel, habits and gut microbial communities. 💻️ Read the feature and watch the conversation: https://buff.ly/7OfD1RI #Microbiome #FermentedFoods #GutHealth #ScienceCommunication Teagasc Food Research Programme

It was a pleasure to chat with Victoria Lee as part of her Seoul to Soul series focused on the activities of APC Microbiome Ireland We managed to cover a wide range of topics from feeding your #gut microbes to #fermented #foods and work with Orla O'Sullivan and SeqBiome in the #athlete #microbiome space https://lnkd.in/ewe_uC_E Teagasc Teagasc Food Research Programme Research Ireland CoDiet VistaMilk Research Ireland Centre MicrobiomeSupport Association

Teagasc 2025 Research Impact Highlights reaffirm that sustained investment in high quality research and innovation is essential to the future of Irelands food sector. In a global market defined by rapid change, Irish food companies must continue to innovate through cutting edge scientific research, ensuring they have the capability to evolve, compete and lead on a global scale. This is clearly demonstrated through our collaboration with NutriStock, a pioneering food tech startup based in Co. Wexford. Their mission: to craft nutritious, high performance culinary ingredients that support healthier, more sustainable dining experiences. This work shows how science driven innovation can elevate Irish food expertise onto the global stage. The National Prepared Consumer Food Centre’s work across human nutritionand functional food innovation provides the evidence base that allows companies to build better products, adopt new technologies and respond confidently to emerging consumer demands. Research is what transforms ambition into capability, and capability into competitiveness. NutriStock Limited Simon Maddrell Enterprise Ireland Research & Innovation Enterprise Ireland Teagasc Sasa Novakovic #npcfc #foodinnovation #foodresearch #irishfood #nutristock https://lnkd.in/d2Biikzg

Expanding the IJDT Editorial Team: Welcoming Dr. Norah O’Shea as Deputy Editor 🥛 We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Norah O’Shea as Deputy Editor of the International Journal of Dairy Technology (IJDT). Dr. O’Shea is a Senior Research Officer in the Food Chemistry & Technology Department at Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, and a Funded Investigator at the Research Ireland VistaMilk Centre. Her research focuses on process analytical technologies (PAT), low-cost sensing, and digital solutions for dairy manufacturing, combining structural food chemistry with rheology and process optimization. Her technical perspective in modern sensing and digital food processing will strengthen our editorial team as we continue to broaden the journal's support for high-quality submissions. Please join us in welcoming Dr. O’Shea to the team! #DairyScience #FoodTechnology #IJDT #Teagasc #VistaMilk #ProcessAnalyticalTechnology

New Food Health Ireland publication #postbiotic #fermented #milk Teagasc Teagasc Food Research Programme

I’ve never been one for LinkedIn (or *most* social media in general😅) and have been sitting on this post for a while, but wanted to share that I placed first in the Pavel Jelen Award (Fédération Internationale du Lait - International Dairy Federation) for my PhD research on calcium soap formation in heated Cheddar cheese during digestion. This award recognises early-career researchers for their PhD contributions towards furthering dairy research. My research looks at why cheese doesn’t raise cholesterol as much as you’d expect despite being high in saturated fat content. I found evidence that during digestion, calcium in cheese binds to certain fatty acids and forms insoluble complexes that suggest they largely pass through the body without being absorbed, and that heat does not seem to impact this soap formation. This has been a difficult year, and putting this submission together (particularly the video) became a creative outlet for me and something to lean on. I taught myself how to use DaVinci Resolve, analysed my results, wrote the abstract/submission, and scripted and produced the whole thing, all inside three days. It gave me a place to focus when a lot else felt hard to hold onto. So much of research happens in ways no one sees - the failed attempts, the setbacks, the long stretches with nothing to show for it, all while trying to push through the things life throws at you. It can make you numb to the victories, big or small, that you should otherwise be celebrating. It’s rare that any of that gets seen before the outcome does, so it means more than I expected to have this work recognised. It took me a few days to sit with all the feelings I had but now I’m finally starting to feel a sense of pride, even if only small amounts, and it’s a really nice feeling. Thanks to my supervisors Diarmuid (JJ) Sheehan and Alan Kelly for their patience and encouragement, and to the wider team at Teagasc Food Research Programme in Moorepark, particularly André Brodkorb, David Mannion, Kieran Kilcawley, and Sheila Cogan, University College Cork, and Food for Health Ireland (FHI), without whom none of this would have been possible. I’m looking forward to presenting this work at the IDF World Dairy Summit in Auckland, New Zealand later this year. If you read this far, thank you for coming to my Ted Talk! 🙌 International Dairy Federation | Fédération Internationale du Lait School of Food and Nutritional Sciences Teagasc Walsh Scholars

𝟯𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗸ł𝗼𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗮-𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 This year marks 30 years of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), celebrating three decades of supporting outstanding researchers, international collaboration and scientific excellence. To mark this milestone, the Teagasc Food Research Programme is launching Letters to Marie Curie, a series featuring our Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellows reflecting on the challenges, inspiration and values that continue to shape research today. In the first video of the series, Dr Daniela Freitas, a former Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, responds to a letter from a fellow scientist reflecting on what it means to be a woman in science. Drawing on her own experiences and Marie Curie's legacy, Daniela shares a thoughtful reflection on resilience, perseverance and building a stronger foundation for the next generation of researchers. We hope you will enjoy following the series as we celebrate the people behind the science and the lasting impact of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions on researchers, science and society. Every letter tells a different story. Explore the full collection of letters and learn more about the campaign on our Kudoboard: https://lnkd.in/dzwKbGaj #MSCA30 #MarieSkłodowskaCurieActions #MSCA #Teagasc #FoodResearch #Research #ScienceCommunication #WomenInScience #HorizonEurope #Ireland