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Ten Cork-based researchers working on topics as varied as intestinal health, stress, obesity and depression were ranked among the top 1% in the world.
Researchers working for APC Microbiome Ireland, a collaboration between UCC and Teagasc, the Irish authority for the development of agriculture and food, have been named in the world's highly cited list of researchers of 2018.
The list includes 17 Nobel laureates and is compiled by the American company Clarivate Analytics, which identifies influential researchers who show the way forward to solve the world's biggest challenges.
The researchers work in the fields of food, microbiome and health.
Professor Mark Ferguson, chief executive of Science Foundation Ireland and chief scientific adviser to the government, congratulated the team, saying "to have 10 researchers working to solve some of the biggest global challenges in the fields of 39, food, microbiome and health, ranked in the top 1% of their fields alongside the Nobel Laureates, is a fantastic achievement. "
Professor Fergus Shanahan, director of APC Microbiome Ireland, welcomed his colleagues.
"It's great to see APC scientists in the top category of science, again, and it's a testament to what talented people can do together," he said.
The ten named APC researchers are:
* Teacher. Elke Arendt of the School of Food & Nutritional Sciences, UCC
* Dr. Paul Cotter, Head, Department of Food Biosciences, Teagasc Food Research Center
* Teacher. John Cryan, Head of Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, UCC
* Pr Ted Dinan, Professor of Psychiatry, UCC
* Professor Ger Fitzgerald, Professor of Food Microbiology, Director of the School of Microbiology, UCC
* Professor Colin Hill, Professor of Microbial Food Safety, School of Microbiology, UCC
* Dr. Orla O'Sullivan, Research Fellow, Teagasc Research Center for Foods and
* Professor Paul O'Toole, Professor of Microbial Genomics, School of Microbiology, UCC
* Prof. Paul Ross, Director of the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science, UCC
* Teacher. Catherine Stanton, Senior Research Fellow, Teagasc, Department of Psychiatry, UCC.
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