This year we partnered with Automata to combine our #genomics expertise with state-of-the-art #labautomation. Check out Automata's latest article featuring our Head of Technical Genomics, @drkarimgharbi.bsky.social about implementing our new integrated platform.

Breaking Barriers in Genomics: Earlham Institute and Automata Redefine Lab Automation

Pioneering a New Era in Genomic Research with Scalable, Intelligent Automation. Read more now.

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💬 “This work demonstrates the power of technology to reveal novel biology, in this case hidden functional diversity which had not been documented before." - @drkarimgharbi.bsky.social Newly-discovered diversity in the #wheat #genome could improve one of the world’s most important staple #crops.

New wheat diversity discovery could provide an urgently-needed solution to global food security

Newly-discovered diversity in the wheat genome could offer vital new opportunities to improve and ‘climate-proof’ one of the world’s most important staple crops.

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Two of our students - Rosie and Archie - shared their experience working with our Technical Genomics and Earlham Biofoundry Groups, developing their skills and gaining practical training in #genomics and #laboratory #automation. 🧬 🔗 buff.ly/KF08OL9 @drkarimgharbi.bsky.social @cgrandel.bsky.social

Developing the next generation of technical specialists with T-Levels

The Earlham Institute T-Level industry placement programme inspires the next generation of young people pursuing careers in science.

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We're proud to support T Level Students at the Earlham Institute and a new report from @uk-itss.bsky.social today showcases the impact of industry placements for supporting young people to thrive in a range of scientific careers. 🥼 🔗 buff.ly/7JMmK1V? @tech-commit.bsky.social

T Level industry placements in higher education and research

Sector insights and practical guidance

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A great day with #Tecan bringing together those involved in lab #automation for #genomics to discuss the latest trends, considerations, and applications of this technology.

Join us in Norwich for a day of automation goodness, including talks, lab tours, and more.

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Next month we're co-hosting an 'Innovation in Laboratory Automation Day' with the team from Tecan, showcasing the latest in #labautomation, and insights into emerging trends. 🗓️ 26 June 2025 ℹ️ Free of charge, but spaces are limited @drkarimgharbi.bsky.social

Really nice work led by @conradn.bsky.social , and a prime example of how transformative technology can reveal new biology.

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A study from the Earlham Institute and @ox.ac.uk has generated ultra #longread @nanoporetech.com reads, to reveal the majority of the human #genome is replicated from dispersed initiation sites, with around 80% of the sites never reported before. 🖥️🧬 @conradn.bsky.social @drkarimgharbi.bsky.social

Great to see Group Leader Dr Wilfried Haerty (@whaerty.bsky.social) presenting his work at #PacBioPRISM this afternoon! Dr Haerty leads our #CellularGenomics research programme and is interested in the impact of variation on gene and transcript expression across scale. @pacbio.bsky.social

Haerty Group - Comparative Genomics and Population Genetics

Investigating the evolution of functional noncoding sequences

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TALK: We're looking forward to hearing from @katielong.bsky.social next month, presenting research from her collaboration with our #singlecell team using #spatialtranscriptomics on expression in developing wheat spikelets. Register to join: https://buff.ly/3QAK2w4 @johninnescentre.bsky.social

NBRI Transformative Genomics - Annual User Meeting

A one-day meeting of the bioscience community to hear the latest updates and applications from the BBSRC-funded National Bioscience Research Infrastructure in Transformative Genomics at the Earlham…

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TALK: Interested in #genomics for #bioscience? Caoimhe Morley from @ucl.ac.uk will be joining us next month at our User Group meeting, to share her research on targeted #longread sequencing for somatic structural variant discovery in Multiple System Atrophy brains. Register to join 👇

NBRI Transformative Genomics - Annual User Meeting

A one-day meeting of the bioscience community to hear the latest updates and applications from the BBSRC-funded National Bioscience Research Infrastructure in Transformative Genomics at the Earlham…

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🔬 Discover how #SpatialTranscriptomics is unlocking insights into the ageing brain with @parker-aim.bsky.social (@quadraminstitute.bsky.social) at the NBRI Transformative Genomics User Meeting. 📅 Register:

NBRI Transformative Genomics - Annual User Meeting

A one-day meeting of the bioscience community to hear the latest updates and applications from the BBSRC-funded National Bioscience Research Infrastructure in Transformative Genomics at the Earlham…

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🦠 Multidrug resistance in human fungal pathogens is a growing threat. Join Mat Fisher (@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social) at the NBRI Transformative Genomics User Meeting as he explores the drivers behind this challenge. 📅 Registration closes tomorrow: buff.ly/3EUgAyx #Genomics #Sequencing

Make sure you join our NBRI Transformative Genomics User Meeting to hear @conradn.bsky.social discuss how ultra-long read sequencing reveals patterns of replication site initiation across the human genome. Join us here 👉 https://buff.ly/4blYAJl #genomics #sequencing @drkarimgharbi.bsky.social

💬 “By using a much-expanded set of robust barcodes, we can pool more samples in the sequencing lane, making better use of our capacity and further lowering the cost per sample.” - @drkarimgharbi.bsky.social LITE2 takes affordable genome sequencing to a new level

LITE2: Reduced bias and increased throughput

The Earlham Institute's improved Low Input, Transposase Enabled (LITE) protocol is a low-cost method for high-throughput whole genome sequencing with reduced DNA input.

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Technological advances have transformed #sequencing, but costs and timescales can still be limiting, especially in library generation. Earlham Institute's updated Low Input, Transposase Enabled (LITE) protocol offers low-cost, high-throughput whole #genome sequencing with reduced DNA input. 💻🧬🧪

LITE2 takes affordable genome sequencing to a new level

The Earlham Institute's improved Low Input, Transposase Enabled (LITE) protocol is a low-cost method for high-throughput whole genome sequencing with reduced DNA input.

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A team from the Earlham Institute and the Czech Academy of Sciences have #sequenced and assembled the first near-complete annotated #genome of the wood-decaying bracket fungus, Somion occarium, as part of @ergabiodiv.bsky.social. 🧪 🖥️ 🧬 @rowenahill.bsky.social @drkarimgharbi.bsky.social

Nuclear and mitochondrial genome assemblies for the endangered wood-decaying fungus Somion occarium

Abstract. Somion occarium is a wood-decaying bracket fungus belonging to an order known to be rich in useful chemical compounds. Despite its widespread dis

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Catch our scientists at the #FestivalofGenomics later this month where they'll be discussing overcoming data challenges in #singlecell biology, and ultra #longread #sequencing in #DNAreplication.👇🧬🖥️ @flgenomics.bsky.social @drkarimgharbi.bsky.social @conradn.bsky.social @whatchamacaulay.bsky.social

A new study in Scientific Data from the Earlham Institute, @rothamsted.bsky.social, @rbgkew.bsky.social, and @ergabiodiv.bsky.social presents a high-quality annotated orange foxtail grass #genome, shedding light on what makes it such an exceptional survivor in modern #crop systems. 🧬🖥️🌿

New sequenced genome sheds light on weed resistance

Genomic advances reveal how similar weeds can dominate wheat fields that are geographically separated by over 5,000 miles.

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💬 “This development will deliver the computational performance we need to support our science into the future." - @neilhall.bsky.social, Director. New #DataCentre at #NorwichResearchPark set to bolster UK’s #bioscience capability. @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

New Data Centre at Norwich Research Park set to bolster UK’s bioscience capability

A new state-of-the-art Data Centre at Norwich Research Park has been given the green light for construction.

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Huge thanks to @elinork.bsky.social for her brilliant talk about #comparative #genomics and the #Zoomomia project at today's inaugural Dame Janet Thornton Lecture. We were pleased to be joined by Prof Thornton to introduce the lecture. @neilhall.bsky.social @broadinstitute.org

Great to see this important resource published. The reference #genome was supported by @pacbio.bsky.social HiFi data generated through the Transformative Genomics National Bioscience Research Infrastructure at the Earlham Institute, led by @drkarimgharbi.bsky.social. nisd.ac.uk/new-grasspea...

New grasspea genome unlocks rapid climate-smart breeding

New grasspea genome has been published online, providing researchers with a new tool to unlocks potential for rapid climate-smart breeding

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