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At the forefront of research into food, the gut microbiome, and human health.

Partnership between Quadram Institute Bioscience, @nnuh.bsky.social , @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Sep 23
🆕 Our scientists and those @johninnescentre.bsky.social are launching one of the first human trials of gene edited food, to understand whether biofortifying tomatoes in this way leads to higher levels of vitamin D in the blood after people have eaten them 🍅
Need a winter warmer? Groundbreaking gene-edited tomato soup trial with higher levels of 'Sunshine' vitamin recruiting now - Quadram Institute
Human trial of gene edited food, to understand whether biofortifying tomatoes in this way leads to higher levels of vitamin D in the blood
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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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A social card with an image of the gut and brain and the text "Research Scientist to undertake research projects on understanding the microbiome-gut-brain axis and its role in ageing. Salary: £37,500 to £45,350, Contract length: 4.5 years, Apply by 28 November 2025."
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Congratulations to Hlanai Gumbo on completing his probation!

Hlanai is a JIDCuk-funded PhD researcher in Zimbabwe, investigating genomic characterisation of quorum sensing in local isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii.

Follow the link to read more: www.jidcuk.org/post/jidcuk-...
JIDCuk-funded student Hlanai Gumbo reflects on the first year of his PhD project, at the University of Zimbabwe and Sally Mugabe and Parirenyatwa Hospitals in Zimbabwe
Hlanai Gumbo is a dedicated Medical Laboratory Scientist based at the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory (NMRL) in Harare, Zimbabwe. Hlanai shares his background and explains more about his Ph...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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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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Gab Astorga on ITV Anglia news
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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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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Gab Astorga speaking on BBC news
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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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
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Are you an enthusiastic researcher interested in culturing fungi and using amplicon sequencing to characterise microbiomes? Check out our current vacancy ⤵️

💷 £28,890 to £32,100
🗓️ Apply by 25 November 2025
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A social card with a digital illustration of the gut microbiome with the text "Microbiome Project Scientist, to characterise microbiomes, working with human samples, DNA extractions and sequencing library preparations. Salary: £28,890 to £32,100, Contract length: 7 months, Apply by 25 November"
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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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
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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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A photo of organ on chip technology with the text "Research Scientist, to establish gut-brain/gut-CNS microfluidic chip systems. Salary: 27 months, Apply by 28 November 2025"
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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🆕 Every Person Counts in a Fair Transition to Net Zero: A UK Food Lens Towards Safeguarding Against Nutritional Vulnerability🔎

Last year with the @nutritionorguk.bsky.social our Food and Nutrition NBRI team hosted a multidisciplinary roundtable on the topic🌎

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November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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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
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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
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
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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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A microscopy photo of starch granules with the text "To explore the impact of novel carbohydrate containing foods on the gut microbiome and on health, Salary: £37,500 to £45,350, Contract length: 2.5 years, Apply by 30 November 2025"
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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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
yaasircheema.bsky.social Yasir @yaasircheema.bsky.social · 5d
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!
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🆕 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
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"This project will deliver a technology platform using organ on chip models that will contribute to the replacement of animal use as well as a more rapid translation of research outputs in the clinical practice."

💬 Dr Naiara Beraza
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 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Do you have (or are close to completing) a PhD in Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, or a related discipline?

Check out our current vacancy ⤵️

💷 £37,500 to £40,240
🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2025
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A social card with images of plant based sausages on a lentil based dish and the text "Research Scientist, to work on novel platforms for sustainable myco-food production and precision fermentation. Salary: £37,500 to £40,240, Contract length: 18 months, Apply by 30 November 2025"
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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📽️ Check out @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social 's video that captures the spirit of our fine city of Norwich.

We currently have lots of student opportunities based at the Quadram Institute🎓
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Welcome to Norwich
Some cities you’ve heard of, others you have to discover... Norwich is the independent city with a big heart and every year we welcome thousands of students to be a part of our city. Find your…
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November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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✅ Are you aged over 18?
✅ Live within 40 miles of Norwich?
✅Think you might be low in vitamin D?

Join the ViTaL-D study and help us understand if John Innes Centre tomatoes biofortified through gene editing could help boost vitamin D levels 🍅

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Hands holding vitamin D enriched tomatoes
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for a Research Scientist to join the Laboratory of Dr Chris Quince based at the Quadram Institute and @earlhaminst.bsky.social in the Food, Microbiome and Health programme 🔬

💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2025
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A social card with an illustration of DNA and the text "Research Scientist, to develop new experimental methods to better understand horizontal gene transfer in the gut microbiome, salary: £37,500 to £43,350, Contract length: 2 years, Apply by 30 November 2025."
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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📰 A paper our Group Leader Dr Maria Traka contributed to "Rethinking Omega-3s for Health and Sustainability" is the @nutritionsociety.bsky.social 's paper of the month ⤵️
Rethinking Omega-3s for Health and Sustainability « Nutrition# « Cambridge Core Blog
The paper “Sustainable and available sources of omega-3 fatty acids for health: are the current dietary recommendations, food sources and legislation fit for purpose?“, published in Nutrition…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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This #WorldDiabetesDay we look back on the BETA study which investigated how eating broccoli can help normalise blood sugar levels in people with pre-diabetes 🥦 ⤵️
Eating broccoli soup for science; people's experience taking part in the BETA study 🥦
Over 13 million people in the UK are thought to have pre-diabetes. People with pre-diabetes have a higher-than-normal level of sugar in their blood but haven’t been diagnosed with full diabetes. In…
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November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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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!
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Interested in how microbes, the gut, and the immune system interact to influence brain and eye health as we age? Come and work with me at the Quadram!
quadraminstitute.bsky.social Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 5d
🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a Research Scientist to undertake research projects which advance our understanding of the microbiome-gut-brain axis and its role in ageing 🧠

💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 28 November 2025
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A social card with an image of the gut and brain and the text "Research Scientist to undertake research projects on understanding the microbiome-gut-brain axis and its role in ageing. Salary: £37,500 to £45,350, Contract length: 4.5 years, Apply by 28 November 2025."
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for a Research Scientist to establish gut-brain/gut-CNS microfluidic chip systems to enable the study of the role of microbial products in regulating gut-immune-CNS communication 🔬

💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 28 November 2025
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A photo of organ on chip technology with the text "Research Scientist, to establish gut-brain/gut-CNS microfluidic chip systems. Salary: 27 months, Apply by 28 November 2025"
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a Research Scientist to undertake research projects which advance our understanding of the microbiome-gut-brain axis and its role in ageing 🧠

💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 28 November 2025
➡️ buff.ly/UuJciHZ
A social card with an image of the gut and brain and the text "Research Scientist to undertake research projects on understanding the microbiome-gut-brain axis and its role in ageing. Salary: £37,500 to £45,350, Contract length: 4.5 years, Apply by 28 November 2025."
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🆕 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…
quadram.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM