Earlham Institute
@earlhaminst.bsky.social
A hub of #lifescience research, training, and innovation focused on understanding the natural world through the lens of #genomics.
📍 Norwich, UK
🔗 earlham.ac.uk
📍 Norwich, UK
🔗 earlham.ac.uk
Really pleased to see PhD Graduate Ben Coombes awarded the John Innes Foundation award for excellence in scientific research for his PhD research exploring #genetic variation in #wheat with @ajwhall.bsky.social.
#genomics #bioinformatics
#genomics #bioinformatics
Earlham Institute PhD graduate recognised for excellence in scientific research
A PhD graduate from the Earlham Institute was awarded the John Innes Foundation prize for Excellence in Scientific Research at the John Innes Centre Annual Science Meeting in Norwich.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Really pleased to see PhD Graduate Ben Coombes awarded the John Innes Foundation award for excellence in scientific research for his PhD research exploring #genetic variation in #wheat with @ajwhall.bsky.social.
#genomics #bioinformatics
#genomics #bioinformatics
Fully-funded #PhDproject at Earlham Institute in collaboration with @ibers.bsky.social, understanding genome regulation in hybrid Miscanthus for #sustainable #biomass production.
Join our supportive PhD and postdoctoral community!
#Genomics #Bioenergy
Join our supportive PhD and postdoctoral community!
#Genomics #Bioenergy
4-year NRPDTP PhD at Earlham Institute
Application deadline: 02 December 2025
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November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Fully-funded #PhDproject at Earlham Institute in collaboration with @ibers.bsky.social, understanding genome regulation in hybrid Miscanthus for #sustainable #biomass production.
Join our supportive PhD and postdoctoral community!
#Genomics #Bioenergy
Join our supportive PhD and postdoctoral community!
#Genomics #Bioenergy
The partnership between Earlham Institute and Tozer Seeds is a great example of collaboration between academia and industry to benefit growers and #plantbreeders.
Thanks to researcher Jamie and the Team at Tozer for sharing these updates with us!
#PlantScience #Genomics
Thanks to researcher Jamie and the Team at Tozer for sharing these updates with us!
#PlantScience #Genomics
Collaborating to create resilient celery
Earlham Institute and Tozer seeds are working together to harness celery diversity and develop varieties that meet the needs of both producers and consumers.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The partnership between Earlham Institute and Tozer Seeds is a great example of collaboration between academia and industry to benefit growers and #plantbreeders.
Thanks to researcher Jamie and the Team at Tozer for sharing these updates with us!
#PlantScience #Genomics
Thanks to researcher Jamie and the Team at Tozer for sharing these updates with us!
#PlantScience #Genomics
MARTi is a new #opensource software tool developed by @richardmleggett.bsky.social and team to power rapid identification, analysis and visualisation of #metagenomic #data. 🧬💻
Read more below 👇
Read more below 👇
New software tool MARTi fast-tracks identification and response to microbial threats.
Scientists at the Earlham Institute introduce MARTi, a powerful new tool for the real-time analysis of nanopore metagenomics.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
MARTi is a new #opensource software tool developed by @richardmleggett.bsky.social and team to power rapid identification, analysis and visualisation of #metagenomic #data. 🧬💻
Read more below 👇
Read more below 👇
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A quick tutorial blog on a method I haven't seen before to plot gene gain/loss from e.g. CAFE5 across a phylogeny - and clearly shows I always have fungi on the mind 🤓🍄
#rstats #ggplot2
rowena-h.github.io/data-visuali...
#rstats #ggplot2
rowena-h.github.io/data-visuali...
Mushroom plots to visualise gain and loss on a phylogenetic tree
A tutorial on how to visualise gene gain and loss on a phylogenetic tree
rowena-h.github.io
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A quick tutorial blog on a method I haven't seen before to plot gene gain/loss from e.g. CAFE5 across a phylogeny - and clearly shows I always have fungi on the mind 🤓🍄
#rstats #ggplot2
rowena-h.github.io/data-visuali...
#rstats #ggplot2
rowena-h.github.io/data-visuali...
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🎉Thank you all for joining #BioHackEU25! A special thanks to our online and overseas participants 🙌 staying up late hacking through different projects with us. 👏It has been a great week!! And we look forward to seeing you next year for #BioHackEU26 in Barcelona, Spain!🥳
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🎉Thank you all for joining #BioHackEU25! A special thanks to our online and overseas participants 🙌 staying up late hacking through different projects with us. 👏It has been a great week!! And we look forward to seeing you next year for #BioHackEU26 in Barcelona, Spain!🥳
Applications are open for our 2026 #PhD programme at the Earlham Institute.
Discover the projects available across crop and fungi #genomics, cell biology, human health, and #engineeringbiology.
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Discover the projects available across crop and fungi #genomics, cell biology, human health, and #engineeringbiology.
👉 buff.ly/YdDXoSd
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Applications are open for our 2026 #PhD programme at the Earlham Institute.
Discover the projects available across crop and fungi #genomics, cell biology, human health, and #engineeringbiology.
👉 buff.ly/YdDXoSd
Discover the projects available across crop and fungi #genomics, cell biology, human health, and #engineeringbiology.
👉 buff.ly/YdDXoSd
We're organising a one-day workshop in #automation and #engineeringbiology methods for plant and microbial systems.
Led by our #Biofoundry team this is a great introduction to automated workflows and robotic platforms for high-throughput experimentation.
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#synbio #engbio
Led by our #Biofoundry team this is a great introduction to automated workflows and robotic platforms for high-throughput experimentation.
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#synbio #engbio
Automation and Engineering Biology for Plant & Microbial Systems
A one-day practical and theoretical workshop covering Biofoundries high throughput applications, DoE (design of experiments) and Engineering Biology pipelines.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We're organising a one-day workshop in #automation and #engineeringbiology methods for plant and microbial systems.
Led by our #Biofoundry team this is a great introduction to automated workflows and robotic platforms for high-throughput experimentation.
buff.ly/QkmEQK8
#synbio #engbio
Led by our #Biofoundry team this is a great introduction to automated workflows and robotic platforms for high-throughput experimentation.
buff.ly/QkmEQK8
#synbio #engbio
Want to hear about excellent #microbial research from leading scientists? 🦠
The Centre for Microbial Interactions Conference is back next year with an amazing line-up 👇
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
The Centre for Microbial Interactions Conference is back next year with an amazing line-up 👇
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
EVENT - Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference 2026
Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social
🗓️ 4-5 March 2026
📍John Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH
⏰ Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH
Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe
Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social
🗓️ 4-5 March 2026
📍John Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH
⏰ Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH
Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Want to hear about excellent #microbial research from leading scientists? 🦠
The Centre for Microbial Interactions Conference is back next year with an amazing line-up 👇
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
The Centre for Microbial Interactions Conference is back next year with an amazing line-up 👇
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
A diverse cohort of scientists are working with @biofair.bsky.social as part of a new fellowship designed to embed #FAIRdata practices across the UK #lifescience community.
💻🧬
#datascience #openscience
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#datascience #openscience
New fellowship launched to embed FAIR data across the UK life sciences
BioFAIR - a UKRI-funded federated digital research infrastructure for UK life science researchers - has announced its inaugural cohort of ten fellows.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A diverse cohort of scientists are working with @biofair.bsky.social as part of a new fellowship designed to embed #FAIRdata practices across the UK #lifescience community.
💻🧬
#datascience #openscience
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#datascience #openscience
It was great to join #NorwichResearchPark colleagues and the #agri community at a recent workshop on soil health within the agricultural system. Scientists from the Earlham Institute joined discussions on the applications of research and innovations for #soil #microbiome and root-soil interactions.
Norwich Research Park Agri-Tech Week Workshop
As part of Agri-Tech Week 2025, AIP LLP hosted a 1-day workshop with the aim of generating ideas that could improve the soil health of the nation’s farms.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It was great to join #NorwichResearchPark colleagues and the #agri community at a recent workshop on soil health within the agricultural system. Scientists from the Earlham Institute joined discussions on the applications of research and innovations for #soil #microbiome and root-soil interactions.
📄Feature in The Microbiologist via @amiposts.bsky.social discussing our new open-source #software tool for real-time #metagenomics analysis.
www.the-microbiologist.com/news/new-sof...
www.the-microbiologist.com/news/new-sof...
New software tool fast-tracks identification and response to microbial threats
MARTi is an open-source software tool that powers real-time analysis and visualisation of metagenomic data. The team have created an accessible interface which increases the usability and accessibility of metagenomic analysis.
www.the-microbiologist.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
📄Feature in The Microbiologist via @amiposts.bsky.social discussing our new open-source #software tool for real-time #metagenomics analysis.
www.the-microbiologist.com/news/new-sof...
www.the-microbiologist.com/news/new-sof...
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We have a 4 year fully-funded PhD opportunity to join our group @earlhaminst.bsky.social on an Eng Bio project: Engineering stable synthetic chromosomes. Jointly with the BioFoundry and @cgrandel.bsky.social. Read more about the project shorturl.at/GZMbB and about our research shorturl.at/HR6p5
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We have a 4 year fully-funded PhD opportunity to join our group @earlhaminst.bsky.social on an Eng Bio project: Engineering stable synthetic chromosomes. Jointly with the BioFoundry and @cgrandel.bsky.social. Read more about the project shorturl.at/GZMbB and about our research shorturl.at/HR6p5
Expressions of interest are open for our online course next year learning how to use @nanoporetech.com sequencing to detect DNA base modifications. 🧬
📅 13-14 May 2026
💻 Online
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📅 13-14 May 2026
💻 Online
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Detection of DNA base modification using nanopore sequencing 2026
In this comprehensive two-day course, participants will learn how to use nanopore sequencing to detect DNA base modifications.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Expressions of interest are open for our online course next year learning how to use @nanoporetech.com sequencing to detect DNA base modifications. 🧬
📅 13-14 May 2026
💻 Online
➡️
📅 13-14 May 2026
💻 Online
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Fully-funded #PhDproject with Dr Edyta Wojtowicz focusing on #immunology and megakaryocyte #biology and its implications for health and disease.
📅 Applications close: 02 December 2025
📅 Start date: 01 October 2026
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📅 Applications close: 02 December 2025
📅 Start date: 01 October 2026
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Exploring the influence of obesity on immune response
4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NRPDTP) PhD
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November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Fully-funded #PhDproject with Dr Edyta Wojtowicz focusing on #immunology and megakaryocyte #biology and its implications for health and disease.
📅 Applications close: 02 December 2025
📅 Start date: 01 October 2026
➡️
📅 Applications close: 02 December 2025
📅 Start date: 01 October 2026
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Call for PPATH 2026 Session/Workshop Proposals!
Norwich | 8–11 Sept 2026
We’re looking for exciting themed sessions, including techniques, pathogens, crops, AI, surveillance, and resistance - anything related to plant pathology!
www.bspp.org.uk/plant-pathol...
Norwich | 8–11 Sept 2026
We’re looking for exciting themed sessions, including techniques, pathogens, crops, AI, surveillance, and resistance - anything related to plant pathology!
www.bspp.org.uk/plant-pathol...
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Call for PPATH 2026 Session/Workshop Proposals!
Norwich | 8–11 Sept 2026
We’re looking for exciting themed sessions, including techniques, pathogens, crops, AI, surveillance, and resistance - anything related to plant pathology!
www.bspp.org.uk/plant-pathol...
Norwich | 8–11 Sept 2026
We’re looking for exciting themed sessions, including techniques, pathogens, crops, AI, surveillance, and resistance - anything related to plant pathology!
www.bspp.org.uk/plant-pathol...
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📆 Save the Date...
🌾 Monogram 2026 🌾
23rd – 26th March📍Cambridge, UK
🌱 Connect, collaborate and shape the future of sustainable crop innovation
Abstract submission now open!
👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo
#plantscience
🌾 Monogram 2026 🌾
23rd – 26th March📍Cambridge, UK
🌱 Connect, collaborate and shape the future of sustainable crop innovation
Abstract submission now open!
👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo
#plantscience
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
📆 Save the Date...
🌾 Monogram 2026 🌾
23rd – 26th March📍Cambridge, UK
🌱 Connect, collaborate and shape the future of sustainable crop innovation
Abstract submission now open!
👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo
#plantscience
🌾 Monogram 2026 🌾
23rd – 26th March📍Cambridge, UK
🌱 Connect, collaborate and shape the future of sustainable crop innovation
Abstract submission now open!
👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo
#plantscience
🥬 Supported by a Knowledge Transfer Partnership, researcher Jamie Pike is connecting Earlham Institute's expertise, pipelines, and software tools with Tozer Seeds cutting-edge R&D environment to inform and develop #crop breeding. 🧬
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#agriscience #genomics #plantbreeding
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#agriscience #genomics #plantbreeding
Collaborating to create resilient celery
Earlham Institute and Tozer seeds are working together to harness celery diversity and develop varieties that meet the needs of both producers and consumers.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🥬 Supported by a Knowledge Transfer Partnership, researcher Jamie Pike is connecting Earlham Institute's expertise, pipelines, and software tools with Tozer Seeds cutting-edge R&D environment to inform and develop #crop breeding. 🧬
buff.ly/sBG62Bi
#agriscience #genomics #plantbreeding
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#agriscience #genomics #plantbreeding
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🎓 #PhDPosition !
🍔 Evolutionary and Ecological Impact of the Western Lifestyle on the Gut Microbiome with Dr Falk Hildebrand @bioinf.bsky.social
📅Apply by 2 December
➡️ buff.ly/Pf6wmqO
🍔 Evolutionary and Ecological Impact of the Western Lifestyle on the Gut Microbiome with Dr Falk Hildebrand @bioinf.bsky.social
📅Apply by 2 December
➡️ buff.ly/Pf6wmqO
November 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🎓 #PhDPosition !
🍔 Evolutionary and Ecological Impact of the Western Lifestyle on the Gut Microbiome with Dr Falk Hildebrand @bioinf.bsky.social
📅Apply by 2 December
➡️ buff.ly/Pf6wmqO
🍔 Evolutionary and Ecological Impact of the Western Lifestyle on the Gut Microbiome with Dr Falk Hildebrand @bioinf.bsky.social
📅Apply by 2 December
➡️ buff.ly/Pf6wmqO
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The new issue of @genomeresearch.bsky.social h is now live. Follow the link to new research on wheat centromere adaptation, Quadrupia - a G-quadruplex database, and more! tinyurl.com/Genome-Res-3...
November 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The new issue of @genomeresearch.bsky.social h is now live. Follow the link to new research on wheat centromere adaptation, Quadrupia - a G-quadruplex database, and more! tinyurl.com/Genome-Res-3...
“MARTi has its origins in software we developed for really rapid identification of #pathogens in preterm infants, but we’ve since adapted it to use in a wide range of settings...including in agriculture, and biosurveillance..."
A powerful new tool for real-time analysis of #nanopore #metagenomics 👇
A powerful new tool for real-time analysis of #nanopore #metagenomics 👇
New software tool MARTi fast-tracks identification and response to microbial threats.
Scientists at the Earlham Institute introduce MARTi, a powerful new tool for the real-time analysis of nanopore metagenomics.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“MARTi has its origins in software we developed for really rapid identification of #pathogens in preterm infants, but we’ve since adapted it to use in a wide range of settings...including in agriculture, and biosurveillance..."
A powerful new tool for real-time analysis of #nanopore #metagenomics 👇
A powerful new tool for real-time analysis of #nanopore #metagenomics 👇
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And more #PlantSciJobs!
PHD: Based at the Earlham Institute with @neilhall.bsky.social and @rowenahill.bsky.social, and in collaboration with @rbgkew.bsky.social, we're seeking a #PhDstudent interested in #fungal #ecology and evolution to study functional diversity in root #symbiotic fungi.
@aries-dtp.bsky.social
@aries-dtp.bsky.social
Genomic signatures underlying functional diversity in root symbiotic fungi
www.earlham.ac.uk
November 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
And more #PlantSciJobs!
PHD: Based at the Earlham Institute with @neilhall.bsky.social and @rowenahill.bsky.social, and in collaboration with @rbgkew.bsky.social, we're seeking a #PhDstudent interested in #fungal #ecology and evolution to study functional diversity in root #symbiotic fungi.
@aries-dtp.bsky.social
@aries-dtp.bsky.social
Genomic signatures underlying functional diversity in root symbiotic fungi
www.earlham.ac.uk
November 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
PHD: Based at the Earlham Institute with @neilhall.bsky.social and @rowenahill.bsky.social, and in collaboration with @rbgkew.bsky.social, we're seeking a #PhDstudent interested in #fungal #ecology and evolution to study functional diversity in root #symbiotic fungi.
@aries-dtp.bsky.social
@aries-dtp.bsky.social
Scientists at Earlham Institute have developed MARTi - an open-source software tool that powers real-time analysis and visualisation of #metagenomic #data.
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@nanoporetech.com
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@nanoporetech.com
New software tool MARTi fast-tracks identification and response to microbial threats.
Scientists at the Earlham Institute introduce MARTi, a powerful new tool for the real-time analysis of nanopore metagenomics.
buff.ly
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Scientists at Earlham Institute have developed MARTi - an open-source software tool that powers real-time analysis and visualisation of #metagenomic #data.
buff.ly/iIPUpty
@nanoporetech.com
buff.ly/iIPUpty
@nanoporetech.com
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Strange things happened in the Opentrons Flex deck today in the biofoundry … 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Strange things happened in the Opentrons Flex deck today in the biofoundry … 🎃