Senior Editor

Dr. Susan Joyce graduated with a B.Sc (joint Hons) from Maynooth University in Biology and Mathematics and a research Ph.D. in host-microbe interactions. She was awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship to examine cis and trans-acting factors affecting mRNA synthesis and gene expression at the Ecole Normal Superieure, Paris which included a stint at the Max Planck Institute, Berlin. Before coming to UCC, Dr. Joyce was a postdoctoral scientist at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Bath, UK.  Susan Joyce (BSc, Ph.D., CM, PGCE) is Faculty at UCC and a PI in the UCC Food Institute, and an investigator in APC Microbiome Ireland. Her research interests revolve around metabolism and altered human, host, and microbial metabolic pathways, with food, that can influence health and disease. She leads a metabolomics-focused research group, with expertise in diverse areas of host response through small molecule analysis (MS applications), cellular systems, gene expression, signaling readout, clinical interphase, microbial associations in terms of strain isolation, functional and phenotypic characterization including their metabolites and genetics.  Areas currently under investigation include (1)  the metabolomic approach to identify novel biomarkers of microbial dietary ingredients in fermentation and (2) metabolomic signatures in deciphering health and aging (3) specific microbial enzyme inhibition and applications to alter metabolomic signatures towards healthy weight gain. Susan is a recipient of DAFM and SFI funding. She is a partner in the EU FP7 project SOPHIA, with a focus on obesity. She represents her School and APC Microbiome Ireland in the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) CABALA for health, where she is a partner. She has published over 90 publications. She regularly serves as a reviewer for international and national grant awards and international journals and she is serving as an associate editor of Frontiers in Nutrition and Editorial Board of Liver Research. She is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research and delivers a range of lectures in advanced metabolism at all BSc levels and to the college of medicine and health students. She is co-director of MRes in Biochemistry and Cell Biology AY21-22, Director of MRes in Biochemistry and Biosciences, modeled and commencing AY22. She is vice-chair of the Irish Mass Spectrometry Society (IMSS).

Metabolism, Host-microbe interactions, Bile, Lipid, Health disease