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12th March 2026
Salad packs a healthy punch to meet a growing Vitamin B12 need
The partnership between the John Innes Centre and the Quadram Institute, based at the Norwich Research Park, the University of Bristol, and indoor farm specialists LettUs Grow, harnessed the latest aeroponic techniques to successfully deliver the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of Vitamin B12 within...
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18th February 2026
Understanding the microbiome in severe malnutrition
Children undergoing treatment for severe acute malnutrition lack an effective gut microbiome, which impairs their ability to use dietary fibre, hindering their recovery, according to a new study led by the Quadram Institute. By studying the microbiomes of children hospitalised with severe acute malnutrition,...
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16th February 2026
Clinical innovation fund backs new research projects to benefit Norfolk patients
The Quadram Institute Clinical Seedcorn Fund was first established in 2021/2022 to help clinicians develop research ideas with scientists at the Quadram Institute. The fund supports secondments of NHS staff to Quadram Institute laboratories and associated research costs. Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB) in partnership...
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5th February 2026
Quadram Institute spinoff Quadlytics shortlisted for innovation award
Quadlytics, led by Dr Hannah Morelli, is developing technology that identifies combinations of bacteriophages, commonly called phages, which are helpful viruses that can be used as alternatives to antibiotics to kill bacteria in humans, animals and in the environment as well as contributing to...
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19th January 2026
Oral bacteria play a role in chronic liver disease
Dr Naiara Beraza contributed to a new study led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and King’s College London that has found strong evidence that bacteria from the mouth migrate to the gut in chronic liver disease and exacerbate the disease. Each year,...
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16th January 2026
Collapse of viral diversity in the lungs of COPD patients
This establishes bacteriophages, which are viruses that infect bacteria, as an unrecognised but potentially important component of the condition, according to a new study from the Quadram Institute, Becky Mayer Centre for Phage Research and Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
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18th December 2025
New book shares Quadram’s Best Practice in Microbiome Research
Researchers from the Quadram Institute have come together to develop a new open access book filled with cutting-edge methods and protocols to ensure best practice in microbiome research.
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17th December 2025
END2AMR launches to accelerate innovation against drug-resistant bacterial infections
The Quadram Institute is part of END2AMR, a major new public-private research initiative designed to tackle some of the most difficult-to-treat bacterial infections
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10th December 2025
Making research matter: UK’s leading research organisations unite
The UK’s foremost research agencies and institutes have come together to launch the National Research Organisations (NRO) Group, a new alliance of 35 organisations dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of people, communities, the economy and national priorities. The NRO Group is a...
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10th December 2025
What causes Candida infections?
Professor Alessia Buscaino from the Quadram Institute will lead a new study investigating how fungi adapt to life in the human gut, to address the growing global health challenge of fungal infections.
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