🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist to investigate relationships between diet, the human gut microbiome and mental health across more than 20 European cohorts within the NUTRIMIND consortium 💷 £39,000 to £46,500 🗓️ Apply by 17 November 2026 ➡️ buff.ly/lh4ZBr0

Next Pan Prostate Cancer Group (panprostate.org) paper out! This one looking at bacteria in prostate cancer . Please read the post below by lead author Abraham Gihawi @abrahamgihawi.bsky.social and check it out. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Recovering anaerobic bacterial genomes in saliva, tumour and blood whole genome sequencing data from patients with prostate cancer - npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes - Recovering anaerobic bacterial genomes in saliva, tumour and blood whole genome sequencing data from patients with prostate cancer

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Abraham Gihawi@abrahamgihawi.bsky.social · 4d ago

By digging into existing whole-genome sequencing data, we recovered 249 highly complete bacterial genomes from saliva, blood and tumour samples from men with prostate cancer rdcu.be/w1fzo5yefuja Here’s what we found 🧵👇

"We’re delighted to welcome Jette to QIB Extra at an exciting time for the business. Her extensive commercial experience and understanding of the life sciences sector will be invaluable as we look to build new partnerships going forward." 💬 Dr Alan Brailsford buff.ly/ohuNGkz

QIB Extra appoints Jette Cowan as commercial development lead - Quadram Institute

Jette Cowan, who holds a BSc in Microbiology, is a former Head of Commercial Life Science at RSSL Ltd and led RSSL to their largest annual growth of 23% in 2023. Jette has 30+ years in various…

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Environmental sequencing of grassland soil fungi PhD opportunity here at @earlhaminst.bsky.social in collab with @rothamsted.ac.uk 🍄 @mcmullan0.bsky.social @neilhall.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social www.earlham.ac.uk/studentship/...

How long do grassland fungi take to recover after disturbance

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2027 #PhD programme now open! Begin your academic career with the expert scientists, technology, and facilities at the Earlham Institute in #Norwich. 🧬 We have several interdisciplinary projects to apply for across computational biology, #genomics, #AI and engineering biology.

PhD Opportunities at Earlham Institute

Begin your academic career with the expert scientists, technology and facilities at the Earlham Institute in Norwich.

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Biological Timing in Photosynthetic Organisms - register here to join us in Norwich at @johninnescentre.bsky.social in May 2027. You can also submit an abstract for a talk or poster #choronobiology #circadian #plantsci @newphyt.bsky.social

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📢 Registration and abstract submission now open! 49th New Phytologist Symposium: Biological timing in photosynthetic organisms 📅 24–27 May 2027 📍 @johninnescentre.bsky.social, Norwich, UK www.newphytologist.org/news/biologi... #49NPS #PlantScience

VACANCY: Postdoctoral Researcher in the Berasategui Lab at TSL, Norwich, UK This is an exciting opportunity to work at the interface of evolutionary genomics, plant pathology and insect symbiosis, within a world-class research environment. Application review starts 16 Nov 2026 buff.ly/WZtMcGs

Postdoctoral Researcher

Berasategui Lab, The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL), Norwich, United Kingdom

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Fully funded #PhD Studentship available in collaboration with the PI Christos Velanis (OU, UK). The Polycomb Gatekeeper: PRC2-Mediated Genome Defence and Allele-Specific Expression in the #diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus. @ueaenv.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social centa.ac.uk/studentship/...

🆕 The Food Safety Research Network's funding call is now open to address the rise in foodborne disease 🦠 ✅ Apply by Friday 27 November buff.ly/Mwv9Laf

Funding to address the rise in foodborne disease - Food Safety Research Network

Funding now open We are looking to fund collaborative projects and activities that reflect a focus on Campylobacter and Salmonella, alongside other strategically important foodborne pathogens…

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Calling all aspiring PhD students 🎓 Applications onto the BBSRC-funded Norwich Research Park Doctoral Training Programme @nrpdtp.bsky.social are now open! We have a range of projects here at the Quadram Institute: 🧵 🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2026 ➡️ buff.ly/Ulv0kVg

What do we know about how Salmonella forms a biofilm to evade human-made interventions such as antibiotics and sanitisers, and how do we eliminate it?⁠ 🦠 ⁠ @jcihorton.bsky.social explores this on the Ri Science Podcast: shows.acast.com/ri-science-p...

Are you, or someone you know, looking for a #PhD, starting Oct 2027? Like the idea of uncovering the mystery of how bacteria persist?🦠 Wanna work in a cutting edge of science, with some awesome people @quadraminstitute.bsky.social? Please apply or share by 30 Nov🗓️ #PhDposition Find out more⬇️

Where does Salmonella hide? Using Organ-on-Chip technology to uncover the secrets of persistent infection (LANGRIDGE_Q27DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership

Persistent asymptomatic infections remain an important but poorly understood public health challenge. Salmonella infections can become persistent, contributing to ongoing transmission…

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⏰ Closing soon! Do you have strong organisational skills, experience coordinating projects or events involving multiple stakeholders and a degree in a relevant biological, food or agricultural science discipline? 💷 £38,000 to £46,500 pro rata 🗓️ Apply by 18 October 2026 ➡️ buff.ly/J29ignC

Congratulations to our Early Career Microbiologists of the Year award winner, Katie Noble. To second place, Elizabeth Ledger. And third place, Claire Davison. Huge thank you to everyone who joined us at our London head office to mark their achievements. 👏

Two PhD opportunities in our lab: 1. What do bacterial NLR proteins do beyond phage defence? Join us to explore how these proteins regulate viability, multicellular development and antibiotic production in Streptomyces. Apply 👉 shorturl.at/N8Abx #PhD #Microsky #Bioinformatics #Streptomyces

From Defence to Antibiotic production: Uncovering New Roles for NLR Signalling in Multicellular Bacteria (SCHLIMPERT_J27DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership

Nucleotide-binding and oligomerisation domain-like receptors (NLRs) are famous for driving immune responses in plants and animals. However, their extensive presence in multicellular…

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Fully funded PhD in collaboration with @matthutchings.bsky.social starting in October 2027. Help us translate recent findings on the global and pathway specific regulation of their biosynthesis into the discovery of new antibiotics. biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/dis...

Discovering the next generation of antibiotics (WILKINSON_J27DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership

The continued evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria presents a significant threat to global health and new compounds with novel mechanisms of action are urgently needed.

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The Festival of Genomics & Biodata, taking place on 27th-28th January at ExCeL London Registration is free for over 90% of attendees — sign up now to join me in January! hubs.la/Q04z76nC0

Sophien Kamoun@kamounlab.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’m looking forward to be speaking at The Festival of Genomics & Biodata, taking place on 27th-28th January at ExCeL London Registration is free for over 90% of attendees — sign up now to join me in January! #FOG2027 #genomics #biodata hubs.la/Q04z76nC0

Later this month, Group Leader Dr @Sarah Guiziou will be at @European Synthetic Biology Society presenting her group's research using recombinase and integrase genetic tools to record gene expression with single-cell resolution and engineer plant development. 🌱🧬 🗓️ Tuesday 20 October

Biocomputing and Logic Circuits for Sustainable Agriculture with Sarah Guiziou · Luma

Can we program how plants grow? In this talk, Dr. Sarah Guiziou will explore how advanced recombinase and integrase genetic tools let researchers record gene...

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Our new paper co-led with the Liang group (Xiamen University) just out in "Research". What if there is a transcription factor regulating the biochemical composition (silicon/chitin) of the #diatom cell wall? @norwichmicro.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social spj.science.org/doi/abs/10.3...

VACANCY - We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the @Barrie Wilkinson Group, in collab with the @Matt Hutchings lab, on a project: Global activation of silent and cryptic biosynthetic pathways in Streptomyces species. Deadline - 26 October 2026 Contract - 36 months, full-time

Postdoctoral Researcher | John Innes Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Wilkinson Group at the John Innes Centre, working in collaboration with the Hutchings lab, on a project titled: Global...

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New MRC funding will see the next generation of medical researchers trained in Norwich 🔬 The funding will support a new MRC Doctoral Landscape Award at UEA in partnership with the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Quadram Institute, John Innes Centre and Earlham Institute.

New MRC funding will see the next generation of medical researchers trained in Norwich - Quadram Institute

The funding will support a new MRC Doctoral Landscape Award at UEA in partnership with the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Quadram Institute, John Innes Centre and Earlham Institute. It will…

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We study interactions between plant-based foods, the gut and our health both in our state-of-the-art laboratories and through clinical studies 🥗 Discover more this #VegetarianWeek⤵️ buff.ly/RsSmYIn

Food, Microbiome and Health - Quadram Institute

Our research programme investigating how food and the gut microbiome interact to promote health

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⏰ Closing soon! We're looking for a Trustee Director who has director level or equivalent expertise and is interested in supporting our research and role in improving human health. 🗓️ Apply by 5 October 2026 ➡️ buff.ly/zmfgJLL

Researchers from UEA and across Norwich Research Park will help train the next generation of health researchers through new Medical Research Council funding. Read more: https://bit.ly/4yVb6dE #ResearchMatters #ResearchFunding

Really exciting news that we'll be able to keep training biomedical scientists in microbiome research! Watch this space for future projects.

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🆕 We are joining a UK-wide effort to train 600 future medical researchers, with the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social securing a share of £90million of funding from the @ukri.org Medical Research Council (MRC) 🔬 buff.ly/sHTG6pH

Today is #InternationalMicroorganismDay! 🦠 Did you know that Norwich is one of the world's largest clusters of microbiologists? 🌍 Find out more about microbiology research in Norwich through the Centre for Microbial Interactions @norwichmicro.bsky.social ➡️ buff.ly/r5EjmK5

TSL Executive Director, Prof Nick Talbot, gave the #BSPP26 RKS Wood Prize Lecture at the #PPATH2026 conference Nick was awarded the RKS Wood Prize earlier this year by the British Society of Plant Pathology for his exceptional contributions to the field Read about the award: buff.ly/lxKok0u

🆕 BBSRC case study on how modelling the gut can bring us healthier food and drinks ⤵️ buff.ly/r9K9Jyv

How modelling the gut can bring us healthier food and drinks

The Quadram Institute’s specialist gut models are being used to develop new food and drink products to boost our gut health.

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🆕 Prestigious fellowship to uncover how our gut microbiome tackles dietary xenobiotics 🔍️ buff.ly/wmjeHGF

Prestigious fellowship to uncover how our gut microbiome tackles dietary xenobiotics - Quadram Institute

A new project on how bacteria process dietary xenobiotic compounds aims to decode the role of carbohydrate active enzymes

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