The world leading research lab will investigate precision medicine in relation to gut inflammation and the microbiome and will be established at APC Microbiome Ireland, SFI Research Centre in University College Cork.
It aims to help fight IBD, Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis which affects 40,000 people in Ireland and ten million people globally every year.
€5.6 million in funding has been awarded to Prof Subrata Ghosh, through the prestigious Science Foundation Ireland Research Professorship Award, Prof Ghosh Deputy Director of APC and Chair and Head of Medicine at UCC.
