Órla O’Sullivan

Orla O’Sullivan is a Senior Computational Biologist in Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark and a Principal Investigator with SFI research centres VistaMilk and APC Microbiome Ireland. Orla graduated from UCC with a BSc in Biochemistry and subsequently a PhD in Bioinformatics. In 2019 Orla was the recipient of the SFI early career research of the year. She was awarded an SFI Starting Investigator Research Grant and the APC junior scientist of the year in 2014. Her research focuses on elucidating the microbiome from various environments including human gut and lung, rumen and food. Of particular interest to her is the role of exercise and diet, specifically whey protein, on the human gut microbiome both in healthy and diseased cohorts. Orla also has a keen interest in Science communication.