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Quadram Institute
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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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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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📺 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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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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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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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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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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✅ 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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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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🆕 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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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
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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 10:00 AM
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🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for a Microbiome Project Scientist to join the Laboratory of @bioinf.bsky.social to characterise microbiomes, working with human samples, DNA extractions and sequencing library preparations 🧬

💷 £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 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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⏰ Closing soon! We're looking for a Project Scientist to work on a project designing combinations of phages against Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) in swine.

💷 £29,890
🗓️ Apply by 16 November 2025
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A photo of pigs in a field with the text "Project Scientist, to work on a project designing combinations of phages against Enterotoxigenic E.coli (ETEC) in swine, Salary: £29,890, Contract length: 1 year, Apply by 16 November 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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📣The second Biofortification Hub Community Meeting "Biofortification: From Science to Society" organised by by the University of Aberdeen @rowettinstitute.bsky.social is happening next March

Submit abstractsfor talks and abstracts now
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November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Would you like to have your own kitchen garden? 🌿

If you’re a vegan or vegetarian, with regular periods, living within 70 miles of #Norwich you can take part in our HARVEST study growing biofortified greens in kitchen garden🌱

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A HARVEST hydroponic unit growing mizuna and pak choi being harvested by hand
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Do you have a BSc in microbiology, or a related life sciences discipline?

Check out our current vacancy ⤵️

💷 £29,890
🗓️ Apply by 16 November 2025
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A photo of pigs in a field with the text "Project Scientist, to work on a project designing combinations of phages against Enterotoxigenic E.coli (ETEC) in swine, Salary: £29,890, Contract length: 1 year, Apply by 16 November 2025
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a Research Scientist to work on novel platforms for sustainable myco-food production and precision fermentation.

💷 £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 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Celebrating our Annual Science Meeting organised by the Quadram Science Voice🧪

Staff came together to discuss recent advances, what’s next and reflect on their career paths 👣

Plus, @gmeric.bsky.social spoke about his research using large datasets to decipher links between gut microbes and health.
Dr Guillaume Méric presents his keynote talk at the Annual Science Meeting. A staff member asking a question to a speaker at the Annual Science Meeting. A staff member talks about their career path at the Annual Science Meeting. A panel of staff discuss together at the Annual Science Meeting.
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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🍂 Autumn days at the Quadram Institute

The Norwich Research Park had a beautiful autumnal glow yesterday that lit up the building which takes artistic inspiration from the pattern of DNA barcodes.

Find out more about our state-of-the-art building ➡️
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The Quadram Institute building is lit up by the glow of an autumnal orange-pink sky. A view of the orange-pink sky across the Norwich Research Park in autumn.
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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🎓 PhD Position!

🧪 Role of non-canonical autophagy in the liver response to unhealthy Western diets with Dr Naiara Beraza

📅Apply by 2 December

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November 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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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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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 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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🆕Vacancy! We're looking for a Project Scientist to work on a project designing combinations of phages against Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) in swine.

💷 £29,890
🗓️ Apply by 16 November 2025
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A photo of pigs in a field with the text "Project Scientist, to work on a project designing combinations of phages against Enterotoxigenic E.coli (ETEC) in swine, Salary: £29,890, Contract length: 1 year, Apply by 16 November 2025
November 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Our researchers are in Parliament today for @senseaboutsci.bsky.social's #EvidenceWeek talking to policymakers about hidden hunger in the UK 🗣️

Read more about hidden hunger and our work to tackle it
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Ben Goldsborough MP talks to NNUH Consultant Dr Emma Webb Dr Laura Bardon, Andrew Stronach, Dr Emma Webb, Dr Maria Traka and Professor Martin Warren in Parliament Professor Martin Warren talks to Adrian Ramsey MP Dr Laura Bardon and Dr Emma Webb talk to Melissa Haynes Agoro
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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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

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November 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM