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🆕 Anti-depressant drugs cause profound changes to the human gut microbiome, but these changes could be mitigated by prebiotics, according to a major new survey of how the microbial community in the gut responds to different therapeutic drugs 💊
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Prebiotics reverse effects of anti-depressants on the gut microbiome - Quadram Institute
Scientists from the University of Ottawa and Beijing Institute of Lifeomics found that SSRIs, SNRIs and Tricyclic Antidepressants, commonly prescribed anti-depressants that target the…
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November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🆕 Anti-depressant drugs cause profound changes to the human gut microbiome, but these changes could be mitigated by prebiotics, according to a major new survey of how the microbial community in the gut responds to different therapeutic drugs 💊
@dfigeys.bsky.social
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🚨New unit for gastrointestinal infections study comes to Norwich🚨
Read more here: shorturl.at/6rfBi
#GutHealth #Microbiology
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#GutHealth #Microbiology
New unit for gastrointestinal infections study comes to Norwich - Quadram Institute
Norwich will be the home of a new unit into the study of gastrointestinal infections thanks to fuinding from NIHR
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November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🚨New unit for gastrointestinal infections study comes to Norwich🚨
Read more here: shorturl.at/6rfBi
#GutHealth #Microbiology
Read more here: shorturl.at/6rfBi
#GutHealth #Microbiology
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Ever wondered what it's like to work in research support at TSL?
To find out, we asked Dr @adelineharant.bsky.social, Senior Research Assistant in the @kamounlab.bsky.social, who told us about her career and her passions in and outside the lab.
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To find out, we asked Dr @adelineharant.bsky.social, Senior Research Assistant in the @kamounlab.bsky.social, who told us about her career and her passions in and outside the lab.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ever wondered what it's like to work in research support at TSL?
To find out, we asked Dr @adelineharant.bsky.social, Senior Research Assistant in the @kamounlab.bsky.social, who told us about her career and her passions in and outside the lab.
Read the full interview here: buff.ly/e6gGB7j
To find out, we asked Dr @adelineharant.bsky.social, Senior Research Assistant in the @kamounlab.bsky.social, who told us about her career and her passions in and outside the lab.
Read the full interview here: buff.ly/e6gGB7j
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Dr Naiara Beraza will contribute expertise in the role of the microbiome as a regulatory mechanism of the gut-immune-liver axis during health and disease to the development of this immunocompetent gut-liver-adipose tissue model in healthy and MASLD conditions.
Quadram joins new initiative to develop liver disease models and reduce animal research - Quadram Institute
Quadram is part of an innovative new project developing a liver disease model that will reduce reliance on animal testing
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November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Dr Naiara Beraza will contribute expertise in the role of the microbiome as a regulatory mechanism of the gut-immune-liver axis during health and disease to the development of this immunocompetent gut-liver-adipose tissue model in healthy and MASLD conditions.
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Another PhD!!
Are you, or someone you know, looking for a PhD, starting in Oct 2026?
Do you like phages, genomes & public health impact?🦠🧬🧩
Wanna work in a cutting edge of science, with some awesome people @quadraminstitute.bsky.social?
Please apply or share by 6 Jan🗓️
#PhDposition #academicsky
Are you, or someone you know, looking for a PhD, starting in Oct 2026?
Do you like phages, genomes & public health impact?🦠🧬🧩
Wanna work in a cutting edge of science, with some awesome people @quadraminstitute.bsky.social?
Please apply or share by 6 Jan🗓️
#PhDposition #academicsky
PhD Carrying a toxic burden: the continuing spread of “Shiga toxin stx2a”-harbouring phage in E. coli (LANGRIDGE_Q26MMB) 2026/27 | UEA
PhD Carrying a toxic burden: the continuing spread of “Shiga toxin stx2a”-harbouring phage in E. coli (LANGRIDGE_Q26MMB) 2026/27 | UEA
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November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Another PhD!!
Are you, or someone you know, looking for a PhD, starting in Oct 2026?
Do you like phages, genomes & public health impact?🦠🧬🧩
Wanna work in a cutting edge of science, with some awesome people @quadraminstitute.bsky.social?
Please apply or share by 6 Jan🗓️
#PhDposition #academicsky
Are you, or someone you know, looking for a PhD, starting in Oct 2026?
Do you like phages, genomes & public health impact?🦠🧬🧩
Wanna work in a cutting edge of science, with some awesome people @quadraminstitute.bsky.social?
Please apply or share by 6 Jan🗓️
#PhDposition #academicsky
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We're recruiting a highly motivated Research Programme Manager to join our #CellularGenomics programme at Earlham Institute.
This is diverse role offers an excellent opportunity for someone looking to transition into #projectmanagement within a cutting-edge research environment.
This is diverse role offers an excellent opportunity for someone looking to transition into #projectmanagement within a cutting-edge research environment.
Research Programme Manager
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November 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
We're recruiting a highly motivated Research Programme Manager to join our #CellularGenomics programme at Earlham Institute.
This is diverse role offers an excellent opportunity for someone looking to transition into #projectmanagement within a cutting-edge research environment.
This is diverse role offers an excellent opportunity for someone looking to transition into #projectmanagement within a cutting-edge research environment.
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A little blog post about my research @quadraminstitute.bsky.social for the @elementalengbio.bsky.social chatting about my funky little bacteria
🆕 Blog! This #BiofilmsWeek we catch up with Dr Heather Felgate to discover how studying the biofilms of Shewanella oneidensis and Geobacter sulfurreducens bacteria could help clean up metals from wastewater 🦠
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Researching the biology of bacterial biofilms to boost bioremediation - Quadram Institute
Research into how the biofilms of Shewanella oneidensis and Geobacter sulfurreducens bacteria could help clean up metals from wastewater
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November 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A little blog post about my research @quadraminstitute.bsky.social for the @elementalengbio.bsky.social chatting about my funky little bacteria
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The role will use animal models, multiomics, immunoassays, imaging, & functional analyses to identify beneficial microbial agents which, in FMT studies, have been shown to delay or protect against age-related decline in the brain🧠
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 28 November 2025
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💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 28 November 2025
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November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The role will use animal models, multiomics, immunoassays, imaging, & functional analyses to identify beneficial microbial agents which, in FMT studies, have been shown to delay or protect against age-related decline in the brain🧠
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 28 November 2025
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💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 28 November 2025
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Professor Falk Hildebrand is particularly interested in developing specialised algorithms to help answer complex questions on large biological datasets, the metagenomic view of whole microbial ecosystems, and environmental metagenomics.
Quadram scientist Falk Hildebrand recognised in 2025 highly cited researchers list - Quadram Institute
He has been a research group leader at the Quadram Institute and the Earlham Institute on the Norwich Research Park since 2019. The annual list is based on the Web of Science citation index and…
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November 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Professor Falk Hildebrand is particularly interested in developing specialised algorithms to help answer complex questions on large biological datasets, the metagenomic view of whole microbial ecosystems, and environmental metagenomics.
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Once again, this year we celebrated all our 2025 achievements at the TSL Autumn symposium 🏆
Congratulations to all our prize winners, including our ASM poster prize winners and our pumpkin carver of the year 🎃
Find all TSL Prize Winners here: www.tsl.ac.uk/news/tsl-pri...
Congratulations to all our prize winners, including our ASM poster prize winners and our pumpkin carver of the year 🎃
Find all TSL Prize Winners here: www.tsl.ac.uk/news/tsl-pri...
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Once again, this year we celebrated all our 2025 achievements at the TSL Autumn symposium 🏆
Congratulations to all our prize winners, including our ASM poster prize winners and our pumpkin carver of the year 🎃
Find all TSL Prize Winners here: www.tsl.ac.uk/news/tsl-pri...
Congratulations to all our prize winners, including our ASM poster prize winners and our pumpkin carver of the year 🎃
Find all TSL Prize Winners here: www.tsl.ac.uk/news/tsl-pri...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Miguel is also currently advertising a three-year Postdoctoral Researcher position to join his project and investigate the local/fine-scale chromatin organisation involved in plant responses across daily and seasonal timescales.
Join his lab and exciting journey here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
Join his lab and exciting journey here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Miguel Montez) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Wellcome Trust project led by Dr Miguel Montez and hosted within the Dodd Group at the John Innes Centre.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Miguel is also currently advertising a three-year Postdoctoral Researcher position to join his project and investigate the local/fine-scale chromatin organisation involved in plant responses across daily and seasonal timescales.
Join his lab and exciting journey here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
Join his lab and exciting journey here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
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BLOG - “Wow” moments in the life and career of young scientist Miguel
Dr @miguelmontez.bsky.social has had a memorable few months. From dual academic research publications, to winning a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Fellowship - and even finding the time to get married!
www.jic.ac.uk/blog/wow-mom...
Dr @miguelmontez.bsky.social has had a memorable few months. From dual academic research publications, to winning a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Fellowship - and even finding the time to get married!
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“Wow” moments in the life and career of young scientist Miguel | John Innes Centre
The past few months have been a truly memorable time in the life and career of Dr Miguel Montez.
www.jic.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
BLOG - “Wow” moments in the life and career of young scientist Miguel
Dr @miguelmontez.bsky.social has had a memorable few months. From dual academic research publications, to winning a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Fellowship - and even finding the time to get married!
www.jic.ac.uk/blog/wow-mom...
Dr @miguelmontez.bsky.social has had a memorable few months. From dual academic research publications, to winning a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Fellowship - and even finding the time to get married!
www.jic.ac.uk/blog/wow-mom...
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📺 Last night ITV Anglia News featured social media creator and Quadram Institute microbiologist @gabastorga.bsky.social reflecting on his recent Tik Tok Award and using social media to showcase science and diverse voices
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November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📺 Last night ITV Anglia News featured social media creator and Quadram Institute microbiologist @gabastorga.bsky.social reflecting on his recent Tik Tok Award and using social media to showcase science and diverse voices
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📺 @gabastorga.bsky.social , a social media creator and Quadram Institute microbiologist was on BBC News last night talking about his recent TikTok Award in the Books and Learning category.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
📺 @gabastorga.bsky.social , a social media creator and Quadram Institute microbiologist was on BBC News last night talking about his recent TikTok Award in the Books and Learning category.
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Registration is open for our new one-day practical and theoretical workshop covering Biofoundries, high throughput applications, DoE (design of experiments) and #engineeringbiology pipelines in plant and microbial systems.
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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 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Registration is open for our new one-day practical and theoretical workshop covering Biofoundries, high throughput applications, DoE (design of experiments) and #engineeringbiology pipelines in plant and microbial systems.
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Last month, Champion Muhammad Yasir organised a functional multi-omics symposium at Quadram Institute, which was part funded by the Champions Scheme and Microbial Genomics. Find out more about what was involved in this blog. @yaasircheema.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.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:
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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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November 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Last month, Champion Muhammad Yasir organised a functional multi-omics symposium at Quadram Institute, which was part funded by the Champions Scheme and Microbial Genomics. Find out more about what was involved in this blog. @yaasircheema.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
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Are you an enthusiastic Research Scientist with a background in dietary fibre, gut health or gut microbiology?
Check out our current vacancy ⤵️
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2025
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Check out our current vacancy ⤵️
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2025
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November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Are you an enthusiastic Research Scientist with a background in dietary fibre, gut health or gut microbiology?
Check out our current vacancy ⤵️
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2025
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Check out our current vacancy ⤵️
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2025
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🚀 Driving innovation in biosciences!
The Oct 17 #MultiOmics Symposium at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social showcased cutting-edge data integration & AI-enabled approaches.
📖 Details here: quadram.ac.uk/blogs/bringi...
#AIinBiosciences #OmicsTech
The Oct 17 #MultiOmics Symposium at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social showcased cutting-edge data integration & AI-enabled approaches.
📖 Details here: quadram.ac.uk/blogs/bringi...
#AIinBiosciences #OmicsTech
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 br...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚀 Driving innovation in biosciences!
The Oct 17 #MultiOmics Symposium at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social showcased cutting-edge data integration & AI-enabled approaches.
📖 Details here: quadram.ac.uk/blogs/bringi...
#AIinBiosciences #OmicsTech
The Oct 17 #MultiOmics Symposium at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social showcased cutting-edge data integration & AI-enabled approaches.
📖 Details here: quadram.ac.uk/blogs/bringi...
#AIinBiosciences #OmicsTech
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🆕 @gabastorga.bsky.social , a social media creator and Quadram Institute microbiologist secured the top-spot in the Books and Learning category at the TikTok Awards UK & Ireland 2025 ✨
Science communicator Gabriel Astorga wins at the UK and Ireland TikTok Awards - Quadram Institute
Gab Astorga, a social media creator and Quadram Institute microbiologist secured the top-spot in the Books and Learning category at the TikTok Awards UK & Ireland 2025. Now in its second year, the…
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November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🆕 @gabastorga.bsky.social , a social media creator and Quadram Institute microbiologist secured the top-spot in the Books and Learning category at the TikTok Awards UK & Ireland 2025 ✨
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Super excited to be part of one of these projects - and looking forward to working with an amazing team!
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@jessicamablair.bsky.social @bugsinblood.bsky.social @overtonlab.bsky.social
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Powering team science to unlock life’s secrets
Four world-class teams awarded major BBSRC sLoLa grants to push the frontiers of discovery in microbiology, photosynthesis, gene regulation and quantum biology.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Super excited to be part of one of these projects - and looking forward to working with an amazing team!
www.ukri.org/news/powerin...
@quadraminstitute.bsky.social
@jessicamablair.bsky.social @bugsinblood.bsky.social @overtonlab.bsky.social
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@jessicamablair.bsky.social @bugsinblood.bsky.social @overtonlab.bsky.social
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Led by our Core #Bioinformatics team, this online workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of eukaryotic #genome #annotation approaches including the REAT toolkit developed at Earlham Institute. 💻🧬
Genome Annotation Workshop 2026
The Genome Annotation Workshop is designed to provide scientists with a comprehensive overview of eukaryotic genome annotation approaches.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Led by our Core #Bioinformatics team, this online workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of eukaryotic #genome #annotation approaches including the REAT toolkit developed at Earlham Institute. 💻🧬
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Are you a highly motivated scientist with an awarded, or soon to be awarded, PhD in Biology/Molecular Cell biology/Immunology/Neurobiology or a related discipline?
Check out our current vacancy ⤵️
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 28 November 2025
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Check out our current vacancy ⤵️
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 28 November 2025
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November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Are you a highly motivated scientist with an awarded, or soon to be awarded, PhD in Biology/Molecular Cell biology/Immunology/Neurobiology or a related discipline?
Check out our current vacancy ⤵️
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 28 November 2025
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Check out our current vacancy ⤵️
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 28 November 2025
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🆕 We're part of a major new project aiming to understand exactly what makes some bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
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Quadram joins world-class team to unlock secrets of antimicrobial resistance - Quadram Institute
The project is being led by the University of Birmingham, and funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, through its Strategic Longer and Larger (sLoLa) grants scheme.…
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November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🆕 We're part of a major new project aiming to understand exactly what makes some bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
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