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Paul Cotter
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PhD Microbiology. Head of Food Bioscience at Teagasc. PI APC Microbiome Ireland, Food Health Ireland
Co-founder & Head of Microbiology, SeqBiome.
Field Chief Editor Frontiers in Microbiology. Runner (2.57 marathon, 1.19 half)
Glanmire GAA
Husband & dad
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November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Another strong showing for APC in the 2025 Clarivate Highly Cited rankings with 8 APC researchers included.
Congratulations to Fergus Shanahan, Colin Hill, Paul O’Toole, Jens Walter, Liam O'Mahony, Andrey Shkoporov ( @ucc.ie ), Paul Cotter @teagasc.bsky.social & Ines Thiele - University of Galway
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Humbled & honoured to be on the @clarivateag.bsky.social #highlycited researcher list for 2025.
This recognition is shared with all of the fantastic current & past members of #VisionOne, our many collaborators & funders
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November 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Recent recording of the Frontiers Forum on Harnessing agri-food system microbiomes is now available through YouTube

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Paul Cotter & colleagues | Harnessing agri-food system microbiomes for sustainability & human health
YouTube video by Frontiers
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October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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The gut microbiome plays a key role in human performance.
SportGenix uses advanced #metagenomics & #metabolomics to give #performanceNutritionists evidence-based insights for #eliteAthletes.
👉 Learn more: www.sportgenix.ie
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Bioinformatics #SportsScience
October 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Fantastic new contract researcher position within our group. Focus on fermented foods, microbiology/microbiomes and animal studies
A panel will be formed from which other similar, upcoming roles may be filled. Applications by midday (Irish time) Oct 6th topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/Job...
October 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Our CTO, Prof. @pauldcotter.bsky.social joins the authors of the @frontiersin.bsky.social lead article to explore how omics-based mapping of microbial networks across agri-food systems could unlock solutions to some of our biggest global challenges. events.frontiersin.org/agrifood-sys...
Webinar: Harnessing agri-food system microbiomes for sustainability and human health
How can scientists, innovators, regulators, educators, and everyday consumers unite to protect vital microbial communities? Register for this #FrontiersForum webinar to find out more https://events.frontiersin.org/agrifood-system-microbiomes/splash-share
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September 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Food systems are teeming with complex microbial networks, carried from soil and water to crops, animals, and humans. Can we better track and steer these networks to enhance ecosystem health and food security? Find out more at this #FrontiersForum webinar ➡️ fro.ntiers.in/NfcCnmIEkWb
Webinar: Harnessing agri-food system microbiomes for sustainability and human health
How can scientists, innovators, regulators, educators, and everyday consumers unite to protect vital microbial communities? Register for this #FrontiersForum webinar to find out more https://events.frontiersin.org/agrifood-system-microbiomes/splash-share
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September 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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From soil to sea, microbes quietly power our food systems. Our CTO Prof. @pauldcotter.bsky.social & Dr Orla O'Sullivan were major contributors in a new Frontiers in Science study on harnessing microbiomes for sustainability & health 🌱🌊 seqbiome.com/harnessing-a...
August 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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It was a pleasure to be the first guest on Straight Talking Science with Barry Skillington-Atlantia Clinical Trials where we chatted about #microbes, #microbiomes, #fermented #foods and #health including our research at @teagasc.bsky.social @seqbiome.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2jVf...
The Truth About Fermented Foods & Microbes | Straight Talking Science Ep. 1 (ft. Prof. Paul Cotter)
Straight Talking Science · Episode
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August 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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The SportGenix program measures samples at multiple time points.
✅ Baseline
✅ Post-intervention
✅ Discretionary time point
This means better insights, smarter improvements, and real results.
👉Speak to our team today to find out more [email protected]
August 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Great outcome from the #MASTER-EU-Consortium with an awesome team involved! It was a pleasure to work with you all! @pauldcotter.bsky.social @cibiocm.bsky.social @csic.es @interibfg.bsky.social‬ #FFoQSI #UniLeon #UNINA and many others!
July 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Exciting new research which our team including @pauldcotter.bsky.social, Dr Ciara O' Donovan & @ShriramHPatel contributed to on #gutmicrobiota & metabolism in Connemara ponies with Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS).
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Faecal microbiota equine metabolic syndrome
Faecal microbiota and serum metabolome association with equine metabolic syndrome in connemara ponies. A study.
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July 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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A beautiful day for our wonderful students to celebrate their PhD journey pictured with
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Prof Catherine Stanton & Prof @PaulRoss #Congratulations #uccgraduation
June 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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🌍Friday is #WorldMicrobiomeDay "Microbiome 101: What You Need to Know."
@apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social experts share easy food tips to boost your #guthealth:
🥬 Asparagus – @ClaessonLab
🧉 Kombucha – @pauldcotter.bsky.social

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WMD 2024 - Feed your microbes - How diet shapes your gut microbiome
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June 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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🧠 How does your gut affect your Brain?
Our partners at Atlantia Clinical Trials published a whitepaper by Timothy G. Dinan MD, PhD, exploring the #GutBrain-Microbiota Axis and its impact on #mentalhealth.
Read it here 👉 www.microbiometimes.com/mental-healt...
Mental Health and the Brain-Gut-Microbiota Axis: Fundamental Importance of Diet - Microbiome Times Magazine
The Mediterranean diet is regarded as the most beneficial diet from a mental health perspective. The benefits of such a diet are mediated significantly through the brain- gut-microbiota axis. Abnormal...
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June 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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We are recruiting a Research Officer for up to 44 months (!) on a very exciting @researchireland.ie funded project, “InFer: Investigating the specific impact of fermented foods, & associated components, on the gut microbiome & health”.

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May 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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🔍 Every solid analysis starts with the right question.
We help you craft testable, well-powered research hypotheses—unlocking insights through the best methods and tech.
Explore Compositional & Functional #MicrobiomeAnalysis with us today! ttps://seqbiome.com/solutions/ #microbiomeSequencing #gut
May 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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The #SportGenix Athlete Microbiome Report integrates patient history with advanced #MicrobiomeAnalysis providing #PerformanceNutritionists with evidence-based recommendations for their #EliteAthletes
👉Request a sample report sportgenix.ie/request-a-sa...
#MicrobiomeSequencing #GutHealth
May 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Our CTO, Prof @pauldcotter.bsky.social will be speaking at this event next week! Paul will present on “Unleashing the Potential of Food System #Microbiomes” offering insights into how #microbiomeinnovation is shaping the future of food. hsph.harvard.edu/research/mic... #guthealth #microbiomeanalysis
May 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Great opportunity to work on an exciting project, bioinformatic analysis of microbiome sequencing data of the PrePOP study. Details below....
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PLEASE SHARE We’re hiring a contract #bioinformatician (research officer) to analyse #microbiome data from an ongoing, exciting project focusing on preterm birth prevention with oral probiotics

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May 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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PLEASE SHARE We’re hiring a contract #bioinformatician (research officer) to analyse #microbiome data from an ongoing, exciting project focusing on preterm birth prevention with oral probiotics

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May 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Optimization of the #gutMicrobiome, through a high quality #microbiomeAnalysis program, can enhance #athletic performance. #SportGenix is a program designed for #performanceNutritionists that want to provide their #eliteAthletes with the most up-to-date recommendations. [email protected]
May 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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PLEASE SHARE - Several new PhD positions to fill in our lab
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#microbiome #fermentation #food #health

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PLEASE SHARE Excited to announce that we have several PhD fellowship positions to fill in our laboratory at Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Ireland over the coming months. These relate to: (...
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May 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Compared to the lactic acid bacteria, the acetic acid bacteria are a relatively under appreciated component of many #fermented #foods. Here, AAB are the focus of an in-depth metagenomics-based analysis by Erkang Zhang with Niccolò Carlino, Nicola Segata, Samuel Breselge & Marcus Claesson
April 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM