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The Department of Microbiology strives to enhance the vision of its benefactor Grania Guinness of an academic institute committed to exploration of the interactions between microbial pathogens and their hosts.
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Fermentation innovation through complex hybridization of wild and domesticated yeastsAn analysis of yeast hybrids shows complex hybridization in strains used in beer fermentation and genetic changes associated with adaptation to cold temperature and the crisp flavour of lager beer. -
2019 Undergraduate Prize in MicrobiologyCongratulations to Laura Mahon who achieved the highest overall Junior Sophister mark in Microbiology in 2018-19. -
Evolutionary Journey and Characterisation of a Novel Pan-Gene Associated with Beer Strains of S. cerevisiae - Vakirlis - - Yeast - Wiley Online LibraryThe sequencing of over a thousand Saccharomyces cerevisiae genomes revealed a complex pangenome. -
Scientists speed up the evolution of yeast to create tastier and healthier alcoholResearchers across Europe have started to speed up the evolutionary process of yeast to develop new or better flavours for wine and beer. -
Genetic code of WWI soldiers cholera mappedThe bacterium was isolated from a British soldier and stored for over 100 years before being revived and sequenced. -
Festival of Research in Microbiology, 2019Fantastic student posters at the TCD Microbiology Festival of Research 2019. -
Congratulations to Mohamed Alhussain, a final year PhD student, Fleming LabAwarded a certificate from the Saudi Cultural Bureau in Ireland in recognition for the best postgraduate student presentation and outstanding scientific achievement.
