Paul D. Cotter

Research Interests

• Microbiology of foods (especially fermented foods) and the role of microbes in health, spoilage and disease.
• Microbiology of the gut and its modulation by diet and exercise.
• Food grade antimicrobials to control spoilage and pathogenic bacteria.
• Next generation DNA sequencing technologies.

Current Projects

• DOMINO
• CoDiet
• APC Microbiome Ireland
• VistaMilk

Recent Projects

• Food for Health Ireland (FHI)
• DSBiome
• MASTER
• Irish Coronavirus Sequencing Consortium

Education

1996 B.Sc. (Hons) 1st class Microbiology, University College Cork, Ireland (Graduated in 1^st in class)
2001 Ph.D. Molecular Biology, University College Cork, Ireland

Employment History

2019: Co-founder and Head of Microbiology (part-time), SeqBiome Ltd
2018: Senior Principal Research Officer, Teagasc Food Research Centre
2016: Head of Food Biosciences Department, Teagasc Food Research Centre
2009: Principal Research Officer, Teagasc Food Research Centre
2009: Manager of Teagasc Next Generation DNA Sequencing Platform
2009: Principal Investigator (PI), APC Microbiome Ireland
2007–2009: Lecturer, School of Microbiology, UCC
2002–2006: Post-Doctoral Researcher/Senior Research Fellow, University College Cork (UCC)

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