🆕 We're delighted to announce that Dr Rahuman Sheriff will be joining Earlham Institute as a new Research Group Leader, developing #AI modelling for #digitaltwins.

🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a well-rounded Postdoctoral Research Scientist to join a collaborative team working on the study of microbiome-host interactions using New Approach Methodologies with living microbiomes. 💷 £39,000 to £46,500 🗓️ Apply by 17 August 2026 ➡️https://buff.ly/ulMNG5O

What impact does publishing with the Society have on your community? We are not-for-profit: everything that we offer our community is supported by revenue from publishing. Submit to invest in microbiologists, not profits for shareholders: https://microb.io/4gP70Ov

Previous studies have suggested that infections by certain microbes can trigger or worsen Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) 🦠 ✅ If you’re a woman aged 18-45, take part in our new study to better understand the role of microbes in the disease ➡️ buff.ly/WUzegml

Our new MSCA-Doctoral Network project ML4Plankton will kick off soon. 14 PhD students will start in March 2027 to work on plankton big data, i.e., machine learning. Get in touch if you are interested. Coordinator: Sakina-Dorothée Ayata @norwichmicro.bsky.social www.normalesup.org/~ayata/DN_ML...

Final preparations for the Microbe Zoo at Latitude Festival 2026! @latitudefestival.bsky.social We can't wait to explore the marvellous world of microbes with families and festival goers. Come find us in the Kids Area. @norwichmicro.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social

🆕 New funding available for collaborations using AI for food safety and sustainability We're looking for short-term projects and collaborations focused on using AI for safe and sustainable agri-food supply chains. 💵 £2,000 to £10,000. ⏲️ Applications close on 30 October 2026

New funding available for collaborations on using AI for food safety and sustainability - Food Safety Research Network

Short-term Seeding Award for cross-sector and cross-disciplinary projects centered around current food safety challenges and opportunities.

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More community spirit and support from partners and sponsors--Microbial Genomics ECR SYMPSIOUM 2026 with @norwichmicro.bsky.social @novogene-europe.bsky.social More here about our other sponsored activities kamounlab.medium.com/community-sp...

🧬 Just one day until the #MicrobialGenomics ECR Symposium! Missed in-person registration? You can still join us virtually. We're looking forward to welcoming everyone for a day of sequencing, bioinformatics and scientific discussion. 💻 Register here: 🔗 https://ow.ly/Vrio50Znb6w #Genomics #NGS

Prof. Diane Saunders - “Safeguarding wheat yields from cereal fungal invaders” biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/saf... 2/4

Safeguarding wheat yields from cereal fungal invaders (SAUNDERS_J26DTP3) | Doctoral Training Partnership

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Dr. @hassansalem.bsky.social - “Microbial determinants of behaviour in herbivorous beetles” biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/mic... 3/4

Microbial determinants of behaviour in herbivorous beetles (SALEM_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership

Many animals rely on beneficial microbes for nutrition, defence, or reproduction. In this project, the student will explore an exciting new dimension of these relationships:

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NUTRIMIND brings together 16 organisations, coordinated by the European Food Information Council (EUFIC), with expertise spanning nutrition science, mental health, microbiome research, artificial intelligence, citizen science, public health, food data and behavioural sciences 🧠

Quadram Institute joins major new project to understand gut microbiome, diet and mental health connections - Quadram Institute

The Quadram Institute joins project exploring how nutrition, diet, the gut microbiome, and lifestyle factors might interact with mental health

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Our research in a nutshell 🧬🌱🦠🔬 Visit our lab website to learn more: noborilab.org

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What happens when plants are attacked by microbes, and how do they defend themselves without specialised or mobile immune cells? Watch the video to learn more about how the @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social group is decoding plant immunity, cell by cell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1wT...

A brief summary of our recent paper in @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com In our deep oceans, evolution is supercharged – this diversity of life could help unlock humanity’s greatest challenges theconversation.com/in-our-deep-...

In our deep oceans, evolution is supercharged – this diversity of life could help unlock humanity’s greatest challenges

Deep oceans contain microbes with yet-to-be-discovered properties that could drive future innovations in biotechnology.

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Earlier today at #VoM2026 @revathykri.bsky.social presented her work on the virus population sharing between mothers and infants. She did a amazing job! Find her during breaks to talk methods, findings and everything virome!

🆕 Identifying modern day ‘Typhoid Marys’ is a complex process that requires multi-team collaborations Read more on this collaborative study combining expertise from the Quadram Institute, @ukhsa.bsky.social and Public Health Wales ⤵️ buff.ly/DdjqPeM

Identifying modern day ‘Typhoid Marys’ is a complex process that requires multi-team collaborations - Quadram Institute

Researchers reveal that the risk of unknowingly spreading enteric fever appears to depend on the individuals themselves rather than the pathogen in a first-of-its-kind study in England and Wales.

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PhD position in my group for entry in October 2026. Round 3 of the @nrpdtp.bsky.social BBSRC competition. Please RT👇 biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/van...

Vanishing Virulence: Investigating pathogenicity loss in a plant pathogenic fungus (TALBOT_S26DTP3) | Doctoral Training Partnership

What makes a plant killer lose its edge? This project will investigate why fungal pathogens lose virulence when they are grown in laboratory culture away from their host plant. Use cutting-edge…

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If you’re at the Viruses of Microbes conference, interested in Pseudomonas or phage therapy, check out @hannahvpye.bsky.social ‘s poster no84. #VoM2026

🔬 South Norfolk is helping shape the future. It was brilliant to visit the Royal Society and see the incredible work of the Norwich Research Park's @quadraminstitute.bsky.social, @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social on show. We should all be proud. #SouthNorfolk #Science

Safe to say that we are having a fantastic time at the @royalsociety.org Summer Science show. You can find the Microbe Zoo in the council room (exhibit 5). @johninnescentre.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social

What an immense pleasure it was to welcome her Royal Highness Princess Anne to the Microbe Zoo at the Royal Norfolk Show today. It is hot hot HOT out here, so if you are planning on visiting us please stay hydrated and remember your suncream! @johninnescentre.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social

BLOG - Harnessing the soil microbiome for crop health Ahead of #MicrobeZoo exhibiting at the @royalsociety.org #SummerScience Exhibition in London from tomorrow, we’ve published a blog about microbes and their impact: www.jic.ac.uk/blog/blog-ha... @norwichmicro.bsky.social @sawtrust.bsky.social

Just arrived in London and heading to Westminster for Parliamentary Links Day at the House of Commons, representing @amiposts.bsky.social to meet the members of the parliament. #ParliamentaryLinksDay #science

“The ways in which bacteria acquire and process metals to support life can provide inspiration for new technologies to recover critical minerals more sustainably,” 💬 Professor Martin Warren

Quadram scientist shows research at Washington DC sustainability summit - Quadram Institute

Researchers from the Quadram Institute and the University of East Anglia went to Washington DC to show their expertise in engineering biology

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How does a phage cocktail affect the healthy human microbiota? We tested the Intestiphage cocktail from the Eliava Institute in a human colon model system and observed an E. coli phage bloom and minimal disruption of the microbiota. www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... Led by Teagan Brown

The effects of bacteriophage cocktail treatment on healthy gut microbiota: an in vitro human colon model study

The human gut microbiome is a complex community that plays an important role in health, where perturbations can result in dysbiosis and disease. Bacteriophages (phages) can provide treatment for bacte...

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We are looking for 30 women with a confirmed ME/CFS diagnosis aged between 18-45 to take part in a new study. We’ll be comparing swabs samples to healthy participants, to identify any microbes potentially linked to ME/CFS 📊 If you’d like to help us, register to take part 📋 ➡️ buff.ly/WUzegml

Delighted to see our Next Generation Infrastructure project with @johninnescentre.bsky.social featured on BBC. The vision "Healthy Plants. Healthy People. Healthy Planet." is being realised at Norwich Research Park through facilities set to transform UK plant & microbial research 🌱

Could £400m research park plan make Norwich a global science hub?

Experts hope a revamp at the Norwich Research Park could lead to more scientific breakthroughs.

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Our new paper co-led with BGI and IOCAS (Qingdao) just out @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social The genetic repertoire of deep-sea #microbiome: from sequence to structure and function. @norwichmicro.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New Publication: A plant pathogen effector blocks stepwise assembly of a helper NLR resistosome (2026) www.tsl.ac.uk/publications...

A plant pathogen effector blocks stepwise assembly of a helper NLR…

Helper NLRs function as central nodes in plant immune networks. Upon activation, they oligomerize into inflammasome-like resistosomes to initiate immune signaling, yet the dynamics of resistosome…

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Job advert! There is microbiology lectureship at @biouea.bsky.social with a focus on non-academic impact: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/20...

Impact Lecturer in Microbiology (ATR1737) in University of East Anglia | UEA

View details and apply for this Impact Lecturer in Microbiology (ATR1737) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science School of Biological Sciences Impact Lecturer in Microbiology...

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