START Fund Winners 2023

ALPACA Bio

Prof. Paul Cotter and Miguel Fernandez de Ullivarri

Location: Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy and University College Cork

The team have developed novel anti-infective therapies, including antimicrobial peptides as safe therapeutics to fight antimicrobial resistance and diverse infectious diseases.

SOLAS

Karen Daly

Location: Teagasc Environment Research Centre, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford

The SOLAS unique analysis methodologies have the potential to provide cost and time savings without loss of accuracy for soil analysis. This provides an effective mechanism for technology adoption at national scale in future soil monitoring as provided for in the draft EU Soil Monitoring Law (EC, 2023).

Milkybiotics

Rita Hickey

Location: Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy

The Milkybiotics technology has shown to significantly increase attachment of probiotic bacteria in the gut through use of IgG from milk sources to modulate the intestinal cell surface. further development of this technology could potentially revolutionise the gut health product sector.