Dr Sinéad Corr qualified with a BSc Microbiology in 2002 and in 2007 with a PhD in Molecular Microbiology from the Dept. of Microbiology and Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC), University College Cork (UCC). This was followed by postdoctorate work as part of a collaboration between GlaxoSmithKline and APC (2006-2008), and subsequently with Prof. Luke O'Neill's Inflammation Research Group, at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) (2008-2015). In 2015, Sinéad obtained an academic position in the Dept. of Microbiology, TCD, where she established the Microbiome & Mucosal Immunity research group.