Yasir
@yaasircheema.bsky.social
Scientist @quadraminstitute.bsky.social, Host of Science Soundbites, Founder of @resaypodcast.bsky.social
We gathered brilliant minds across disciplines to tackle a challenge: how do we integrate omics data to advance biology?
Huge thanks to our supporters:
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
@microbiologysociety.org
@aibio-uk.bsky.social
Microbial Genomics
The blog captures the highlights of the journey!
Huge thanks to our supporters:
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
@microbiologysociety.org
@aibio-uk.bsky.social
Microbial Genomics
The blog captures the highlights of the journey!
🆕 Blog! Organisers of a functional multi-omics symposium reflect on the process of planning the day, highlights from the event and the future directions for omics research
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Bringing together Omics experts from across Norwich Research Park and beyond - Quadram Institute
Omics is a term that describes the study of large data sets of biological molecules such as DNA, RNA, proteins and metabolites. In October 2025, we hosted the Functional Multi-omics Symposium which…
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November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We gathered brilliant minds across disciplines to tackle a challenge: how do we integrate omics data to advance biology?
Huge thanks to our supporters:
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
@microbiologysociety.org
@aibio-uk.bsky.social
Microbial Genomics
The blog captures the highlights of the journey!
Huge thanks to our supporters:
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
@microbiologysociety.org
@aibio-uk.bsky.social
Microbial Genomics
The blog captures the highlights of the journey!
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🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a Research Scientist to explore the impact of novel carbohydrate containing foods on the gut microbiome and on health.
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2025
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💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2025
➡️ buff.ly/CKyGwgD
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a Research Scientist to explore the impact of novel carbohydrate containing foods on the gut microbiome and on health.
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2025
➡️ buff.ly/CKyGwgD
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2025
➡️ buff.ly/CKyGwgD
Congratulations to @hannahvpye.bsky.social @lizzicoy.bsky.social and Claire Hill for winning poster prizes. The symposium was organised at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
Congratulations to the winners of the Microbial Genomics prizes at the Functional Multi-Omics Symposium organised by @yaasircheema.bsky.social.
Best Poster Prize: Claire Hill
Runner-up Best Poster Prize: Lizzi Coy
Communication Prize Winner: Hannah Pye
Best Poster Prize: Claire Hill
Runner-up Best Poster Prize: Lizzi Coy
Communication Prize Winner: Hannah Pye
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Congratulations to @hannahvpye.bsky.social @lizzicoy.bsky.social and Claire Hill for winning poster prizes. The symposium was organised at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
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Congratulations to the winners of the Microbial Genomics prizes at the Functional Multi-Omics Symposium organised by @yaasircheema.bsky.social.
Best Poster Prize: Claire Hill
Runner-up Best Poster Prize: Lizzi Coy
Communication Prize Winner: Hannah Pye
Best Poster Prize: Claire Hill
Runner-up Best Poster Prize: Lizzi Coy
Communication Prize Winner: Hannah Pye
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Congratulations to the winners of the Microbial Genomics prizes at the Functional Multi-Omics Symposium organised by @yaasircheema.bsky.social.
Best Poster Prize: Claire Hill
Runner-up Best Poster Prize: Lizzi Coy
Communication Prize Winner: Hannah Pye
Best Poster Prize: Claire Hill
Runner-up Best Poster Prize: Lizzi Coy
Communication Prize Winner: Hannah Pye
All set for @microbiologysociety.org Champion event at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
All set for @microbiologysociety.org Champion event at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
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Did you know E. coli has 525 adhesin genes across 102 systems?
That “sticky” secret is what makes it so dangerous, from UTIs to foodborne outbreaks.
A really nice work by scientists from @quadraminstitute.bsky.social and collaborators @Uwr Poland @BTU Germany
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That “sticky” secret is what makes it so dangerous, from UTIs to foodborne outbreaks.
A really nice work by scientists from @quadraminstitute.bsky.social and collaborators @Uwr Poland @BTU Germany
open.spotify.com/episode/78Am...
adhesiomeR: a tool for Escherichia coli adhesin classification and analysis
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September 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Did you know E. coli has 525 adhesin genes across 102 systems?
That “sticky” secret is what makes it so dangerous, from UTIs to foodborne outbreaks.
A really nice work by scientists from @quadraminstitute.bsky.social and collaborators @Uwr Poland @BTU Germany
open.spotify.com/episode/78Am...
That “sticky” secret is what makes it so dangerous, from UTIs to foodborne outbreaks.
A really nice work by scientists from @quadraminstitute.bsky.social and collaborators @Uwr Poland @BTU Germany
open.spotify.com/episode/78Am...
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Interested in compound- microbiome interactions, and how they affect health? Join my lab at the Quadram Institute.
🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a Research Scientist (Xenobiotics) to investigate xenobiotic–microbiome interactions and understand the variation in responses across different individual microbiomes.
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025
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💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025
➡️ buff.ly/8abEye5
September 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Interested in compound- microbiome interactions, and how they affect health? Join my lab at the Quadram Institute.
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Prefer to hear about the latest, awesome science in podcast summary instead of reading the entire paper?
Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social's @microbiologysociety.org paper has already been turned into a podcast episode!
Listen here or read the paper here www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social's @microbiologysociety.org paper has already been turned into a podcast episode!
Listen here or read the paper here www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Norfolk, UK, March 2020–December 2022
ReSay · Episode
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July 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Prefer to hear about the latest, awesome science in podcast summary instead of reading the entire paper?
Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social's @microbiologysociety.org paper has already been turned into a podcast episode!
Listen here or read the paper here www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social's @microbiologysociety.org paper has already been turned into a podcast episode!
Listen here or read the paper here www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Very interesting paper, how viral mutants might have strategically spread and survived. Thanks you Eleanor for very important insight about this massive data.
Massive thank you to @yaasircheema.bsky.social for this great podcast about the paper!
Prefer to hear about the latest, awesome science in podcast summary instead of reading the entire paper?
Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social's @microbiologysociety.org paper has already been turned into a podcast episode!
Listen here or read the paper here www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social's @microbiologysociety.org paper has already been turned into a podcast episode!
Listen here or read the paper here www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
July 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Very interesting paper, how viral mutants might have strategically spread and survived. Thanks you Eleanor for very important insight about this massive data.
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happy Transposon Day @yaasircheema.bsky.social and co :)
🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬
Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
June 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
happy Transposon Day @yaasircheema.bsky.social and co :)
Are you feeding your “Friend or Foe” present in your gut?
Very interesting study how high fat diet favours one type of bacteria. A just 5 min podcast of the paper on Spotify and Apple podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/7vNf...
Very interesting study how high fat diet favours one type of bacteria. A just 5 min podcast of the paper on Spotify and Apple podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/7vNf...
June 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Are you feeding your “Friend or Foe” present in your gut?
Very interesting study how high fat diet favours one type of bacteria. A just 5 min podcast of the paper on Spotify and Apple podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/7vNf...
Very interesting study how high fat diet favours one type of bacteria. A just 5 min podcast of the paper on Spotify and Apple podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/7vNf...
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Excited to share our new paper! We show how Bilophila wadsworthia uses clever metabolic tricks to thrive in the gut — with links to high-fat diet🦠🔬
📖 rdcu.be/eoI4o
Published at @natcomms.nature.com with @springernature.com
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Bilophila
📖 rdcu.be/eoI4o
Published at @natcomms.nature.com with @springernature.com
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Bilophila
Bacterial microcompartments and energy metabolism drive gut colonization by Bilophila wadsworthia
Nature Communications - Here, the authors show that Bilophila wadsworthia uses bacterial microcompartments and anaerobic respiration of host-derived compounds to thrive in the inflamed gut,...
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May 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Excited to share our new paper! We show how Bilophila wadsworthia uses clever metabolic tricks to thrive in the gut — with links to high-fat diet🦠🔬
📖 rdcu.be/eoI4o
Published at @natcomms.nature.com with @springernature.com
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Bilophila
📖 rdcu.be/eoI4o
Published at @natcomms.nature.com with @springernature.com
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Bilophila
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"Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has been an inspiring and active champion for science over many years, and we are deeply honoured that The Princess Royal will support our institute with her Patronage.”
💬 Our Director and Chief Executive Officer Professor Daniel Figeys
💬 Our Director and Chief Executive Officer Professor Daniel Figeys
Quadram Institute honoured to announce The Princess Royal as Patron - Quadram Institute
The announcement of The Princess Royal’s patronage of the Quadram Institute follows a recent visit to the institute to meet scientists, PhD students, patients, clinical trial volunteers and NHS staff…
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May 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has been an inspiring and active champion for science over many years, and we are deeply honoured that The Princess Royal will support our institute with her Patronage.”
💬 Our Director and Chief Executive Officer Professor Daniel Figeys
💬 Our Director and Chief Executive Officer Professor Daniel Figeys
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🍺 @pintofscience.uk 2025 starts tomorrow !
Here's where you can find our researchers talking about our food, health and gut microbiome research in pubs and venues across our fine city of #Norwich
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Here's where you can find our researchers talking about our food, health and gut microbiome research in pubs and venues across our fine city of #Norwich
➡️ buff.ly/YAcEOAu
May 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🍺 @pintofscience.uk 2025 starts tomorrow !
Here's where you can find our researchers talking about our food, health and gut microbiome research in pubs and venues across our fine city of #Norwich
➡️ buff.ly/YAcEOAu
Here's where you can find our researchers talking about our food, health and gut microbiome research in pubs and venues across our fine city of #Norwich
➡️ buff.ly/YAcEOAu
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Interested in #Salmonella #genetics and / or #phage ? - check out our newly published manuscript that implicates the reversible deletion of the wzy gene in S. Typhimurium (and likely other important Salmonella serovars) in evasion of phage predation journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
Reversible excision of the wzy locus in Salmonella Typhimurium may aid recovery following phage predation
Author summary Salmonella Typhimurium is a major pathogen of livestock that adversely affects productivity and animal welfare and poses a risk of foodborne disease in the human population. Antibiotics...
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May 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Interested in #Salmonella #genetics and / or #phage ? - check out our newly published manuscript that implicates the reversible deletion of the wzy gene in S. Typhimurium (and likely other important Salmonella serovars) in evasion of phage predation journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
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...or if you are a glutton for punishment...or just have a long commute...you might prefer this extended version with all the details (17 minutes) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Reversible excision of the wzy locus in Salmonella Typhimurium may aid recovery following phage predation
Podcast Episode · ReSay · 14/05/2025 · 17m
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May 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
...or if you are a glutton for punishment...or just have a long commute...you might prefer this extended version with all the details (17 minutes) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
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Prefer a more accessible form of our newly published manuscript? The inimitable @yaasircheema.bsky.social has made this 5 minute podcast...with some AI magic podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Reversible excision of the wzy locus in Salmonella Typhimurium may aid recovery following phage predation
Podcast Episode · ReSay · 14/05/2025 · 6m
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May 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Prefer a more accessible form of our newly published manuscript? The inimitable @yaasircheema.bsky.social has made this 5 minute podcast...with some AI magic podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
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🆕 Vacancy! We are looking for a Group Leader in Functional Microbiome Research to join the laboratory of Professor @dfigeys.bsky.social
💷 Competitive
🗓️ Apply by 28 May 2025
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💷 Competitive
🗓️ Apply by 28 May 2025
➡️ buff.ly/Kef1N76
May 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🆕 Vacancy! We are looking for a Group Leader in Functional Microbiome Research to join the laboratory of Professor @dfigeys.bsky.social
💷 Competitive
🗓️ Apply by 28 May 2025
➡️ buff.ly/Kef1N76
💷 Competitive
🗓️ Apply by 28 May 2025
➡️ buff.ly/Kef1N76
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We have an open PhD position (deadline 14th March) in my group at QIB, Norwich, UK: buff.ly/1zRakR6
This might be of interest for researchers who want to understand gut microbial evolution, and how this changes when the human host is sick. Please RT.
This might be of interest for researchers who want to understand gut microbial evolution, and how this changes when the human host is sick. Please RT.
PhD Gut bacterial adaptation to disease and inflammation (HILDEBRAND_Q25MMB) 2025/26 | UEA
PhD Gut bacterial adaptation to disease and inflammation (HILDEBRAND_Q25MMB) 2025/26 | UEA
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April 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
We have an open PhD position (deadline 14th March) in my group at QIB, Norwich, UK: buff.ly/1zRakR6
This might be of interest for researchers who want to understand gut microbial evolution, and how this changes when the human host is sick. Please RT.
This might be of interest for researchers who want to understand gut microbial evolution, and how this changes when the human host is sick. Please RT.
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Very proud of postdocs Josie and Zongting for presenting their algae-bacteria engineering work @microbiologysociety.org annual conference. Papers soon to follow! 🧪🧫
April 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Very proud of postdocs Josie and Zongting for presenting their algae-bacteria engineering work @microbiologysociety.org annual conference. Papers soon to follow! 🧪🧫
Superb end of the day with Fleming Prize Lecture by @delafuentelab.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org #Microbio25
April 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Superb end of the day with Fleming Prize Lecture by @delafuentelab.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org #Microbio25
Apparently it can be predicted from your microbiome with 96% accuracy if one is a coffee drinker or not using machine learning. #Microbio25 #coffee #Liverpool
April 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Apparently it can be predicted from your microbiome with 96% accuracy if one is a coffee drinker or not using machine learning. #Microbio25 #coffee #Liverpool
Fab talk about effect of location and supercoiling on gene expression by Caroline from @quadraminstitute.bsky.social #Microbio25
April 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Fab talk about effect of location and supercoiling on gene expression by Caroline from @quadraminstitute.bsky.social #Microbio25
Nice presentation by @lucydillon.bsky.social on use of ML in AMR #Microbio25
April 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Nice presentation by @lucydillon.bsky.social on use of ML in AMR #Microbio25
All set for Prize Medal lecture @microbiologysociety.org #Microbio25
March 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
All set for Prize Medal lecture @microbiologysociety.org #Microbio25