The passionate and exuberant Professor John Cryan, Professor & Chair at the Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience, University College Cork joins me on the podcast this week. He chats to me about his exciting microbiome research on the neurobiological basis of stress-related disorders and on understanding the interaction between brain, gut & microbiome. John explains that we are living in a 'microbial world' and why he is interested in examining how the microbiome is shaping aspects of brain physiology and ageing.
He also chats to me about growing up in Roscommon, being the first in his family to go to University and his PhD experiences both at home and in Australia. He discusses his experiences in the US, his move to Industry and importantly why he took a pay cut to return to academia.
Such fascinating research on how the state of your gut can inform your state of mind, but John also gives excellent insights into how we can 'fuel the fire in the bellies' of young researchers to sustain this career.
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This season is kindly sponsored by Bio-Sciences Ltd, now part of Thermo-Fisher Scientific.
Episode 48: Provost Linda Doyle: Wireless Communications, Creativity & Making History
Episode 47: Dr Barry Moran: Flow Cytometry, Part Time PhD & Work/Life Balance
Episode 46: Prof Ellen Roche: Medical Devices, Soft Robotics & Collaboration
Episode 45: Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell: Pulsars, Astrophysics and Sexism in STEM
Episode 44: Dr Garret FitzGerald: Cardiology, Pharmacology and A Series of Accidents
Episode 43: Prof Margaret Murnane: Lasers, Microscopes and Accidental Discoveries
Episode 41: Prof Maria McNamara: Paleontology, Fossils and The Natural World
Episode 40: Dr Ciaran Murphy-Royal: Stress, Astrocyte Metabolism and Language Barriers
Episode 39: Prof Muireann Irish: Dementia, Memory and Imagination
Episode 38: Prof Douglas Veale: Inflammatory Arthritis, Early Diagnosis and Determination
Episode 37: Dr Darragh Ennis: Ecology, Neuroscience and The Chase
Episode 36: Prof Rose Anne Kenny: Healthy Ageing, Vitamin D and Teamwork
Episode 35: Prof Kate Fitzgerald: Innate Immunity, Signalling and Academic Freedom
Episode 34: Dr Kieran Meade: Cows, Animal Science and Engagement
Episode 33: Dr Fred Sheedy: Macrophages, Infection and Visibility in STEM
Episode 32: Dr Katriona O'Sullivan: Education, Women in STEM and Imposter Syndrome
Episode 31: Prof Mark Cunningham: Epilepsy, Brain Rhythms and Discovery
Episode 30: Dr Ellen Gravallese: Arthritis, Osteoclasts and Serendipity
Episode 29: Prof Peter Gallagher: The Sun, Astrophysics and Curiosity
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