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National Finalist Oct 30th 2013.

Fiona Fouhy is a postgraduate student in the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre based in the Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark Fermoy, Co. Cork. Having graduated with an Honours degree in Nutritional Sciences from University College Cork in 2010, Fiona was awarded an Irish Research Council EMBARK scholarship to study the effects of antibiotics on gut microbiota in infants. Fiona has entered her final year of her PhD which aims to use high-throughput sequencing technologies, including using the 454-pyrosequencer, Illumina MiSeq and Ion PGM sequencers to investigate the effects of antibiotics on infant gut microbiota composition. Additionally, her research investigates the antibiotic resistance genes present in the infant gut. Such research will enable scientists to develop targeted probiotics to counteract or minimise the devastating effects antibiotics have on beneficial gut bacteria.