Project Newsletters
Dr Raghunath Pariyani presents work from the MetaBó-Bainnne project at the Metabolomics 2025,
Agriculture & Animal Metabolomics, session and the molecular
microbiome at the Metabolomics Society 21st conference in Prague
PhD Student Paula Rojas-Gomez present a poster from her recent publication at ADSA 2025 Dairy Foods
Section, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Dr Tom O'Callaghan presented research from the Group at ADSA 2025 Dairy Chemistry symposium 24th
June 2025, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Dr Tom O'Callaghan presented research from the Group at the IDF symposium in Cork
Dr Raghunath Pariyani is a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Food and Nutritional
Sciences, University College Cork, Ireland. As a key member of the multidisciplinary MetaBó-Bainne project,
he is specifically interested in the application of NMR spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry for metabolite
measurements in dairy. Raghunath is a registered pharmacist with a postgraduate degree in Pharmacuetical
Chemistry and obtained a PhD for his research in NMR-based metabolomics. Dr Pariyani has worked on
interdisciplinary projects at the University of Turku (Finland) and University Putra Malaysia (Malaysia),
applying advanced analytical techniques like NMR and LC-MS to investigate metabolic pathways and
biomarkers. Bridging pharmacology, food and nutrition, and metabolomics, Dr Pariyani brings an
interdisciplinary perspective to the study of metabolism and its transational applications.
Presentation of MetaBo-Bainne Research data collected to date and School of Food & Nutritional
Sciences Feburary Research Seminar
Presentation of MetaBo-Bainne Research at IMGC 2024 Symposium
Dr Tom O'Callaghan Presenting work from the group at UC Davis campus 23rd October, 2024
Bruker Irish Users Meeting May 2024
Dr Tom O'Callaghan Presenting work from the group on using NMR for metabolomics of milk, rumen and other
biological samples as part of DAFM funded projects MetaBó-Bainnne and PastureNue
Project Updates
PhD student Paula Rojas gave a poster and flash presentation at the Society of Dairy Technology Conference
held in UCC 23rd and 24th of November 2023, on her results to date from the MetaBoBainne project,
characterising the Irish milk metabolome and its affect on important milk functional indicators
31st Oct 2023, PhD student Paula Rojas gave an overview and update presentation of the MetaBó-Bainne
project to date at the UCC Food and Nutritional Sciences Research Seminar.
2nd of October, 2023: Dr Tom O'Callaghan during visit to UTEC, the Technological University of
Uruguay, met with researchers, students and local dairy processors and presented research from the group
including an overview of the DAFM funded MetaBó-Bainne and PastureNue projects.
27th of September 2023: Dr Tom O'Callaghan gave an invited presentation at Innova 2023 in Montevideo,
Uruguay, titled - Dairy products from pasture-based systems: an Irish perspective on benefits and challenges
within this he outlined exciting research ongoing and provided and overview of the DAFM funded MetaBó-Bainne
project.
PhD Student Paula Rojas presenting a project outline of MetaBó-Bainne at the UCC School of Food &
Nutritional Sciences Research Day 8th of June, 2023
April 2023 project update
Dr Tom O'Callaghan presented aspects of the MetaBó-Bainne project and its objectives at the CEM Irish Food
Research Conference during his talk on "Application of metabolomics to assess milk quality and
traceability"
March 2023 project update
Our Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine funded research project #MetaBoBainne is now in full
swing, currently completing week 4 of milk samples collection from a series of farms for NMR analysis and
testing milk for functional properties like heat stability and rennet gelation here in School of Food and
Nutritional Sciences and School of Chemistry, University College Cork in collaboration with Teagasc.
Pictured below is PhD student on the project Paula Rojas Gómez preparing this weeks samples for analysis.
Milk samples will continue to be collected weekly for 2023.
Project Kickoff meeting in University College Cork 11th of October 2022
Members of the MetaBó-Bainne team who met in University College Cork this week for the first kick off
project consortium meeting. Pictured L-R Dr Raghunath Pariyani, Paula Rojas, Dr Tom O’Callaghan, Prof. Anita
Maguire, Dr Lorraine Bateman and Dr Michael Dineen (Teagasc). Missing from photo is Prof. Seamus O’Mahony,
Dr Denis Lynch, Prof. Frank Buckley and Dr Noel McCarthy
Project Launch at Department of Agriculture 1st of June, 2022
Project Launched on the 1st of June 2022 Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue,
and Minister of State with special responsibility for research and innovation, Martin Heydon
Minister McConalogue and Minister of State Heydon announce €9.6 million in research grants for
projects across agri-food and bioeconomy
https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/daf26-minister-mcconalogue-and-minister-of-state-heydon-announce-96-million-in-research-grants-for-projects-across-agri-food-and-bioeconomy/
www.gov.ie/en/press-release/daf26-minister-mcconalogue-and-minister-of-state-heydon-announce-96-million-in-research-grants-for-projects-across-agri-food-and-bioeconomy/