Blogs

12th June 2026

Reflecting on work experience in the communications team as a Broadcast Journalism student

“I have just finished my second year of the Broadcast and Multimedia journalism degree at the University of East Anglia. I thought a placement at the Quadram Institute would be a fascinating opportunity. Coming from a more humanities subject background rather than a scientific...

5th June 2026

Understanding viral ecology and diversity to develop future phage therapy

“I’m interested in what viral communities look like in nature. The overwhelming majority of these are bacteriophages, which are viruses that infect bacteria. Bacteriophages are key drivers of microbial ecology and evolution. That’s what I’m most interested in. I see myself as a viral...

22nd May 2026

Five ways we’re researching women’s health

Despite affecting half the population, women’s health has historically been and continues to be understudied. A recent report found that there are 67% less clinical trials that were female-only compared to male-only. It’s important that everyone, including women, are represented in research so that...

15th May 2026

From precision medicine to networking; Reflections on the Festival of Genomics

I attended the Festival of Genomics and Biodata in London at ExCeL on 28th and 29th January 2026. Festival of Genomics brings together people from academia, research institutes, medicine, tech companies, and policy, together. As a PhD student, it was an amazing opportunity where...

8th May 2026

Being part of the future through a career in research nursing

    “I work in the NIHR Norfolk Clinical Research Facility hosted by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, here in the Quadram Institute. NIHR stands for the National Institute for Health and Care Research and they are the health and social care research...

1st May 2026

Why should we involve patients and the public in human studies?

Members of the public are the most important part of health research. Researchers may have the knowledge and experience to develop human studies on health-related questions, but researchers can’t, and shouldn’t, do this research alone. What is Patient and Public Involvement? Patient and Public...

17th April 2026

Fostering fermented food science collaborations in Nepal

“We are both researchers in Dr. Fred’s Warren group studying how food affects the gut microbiome. Our collaboration with researchers in Nepal began when Prajwal Rajbhandari, Co-founder and President of the Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology (RIBB) in Kathmandu, visited the Quadram Institute...

3rd April 2026

Becoming a researcher and science communicator; Inspiring inclusion and curiosity as a social media content creator

“Initially, I started making videos online during the pandemic in my second year of my bachelor’s degree. I was studying Biomedicine at the University of East Anglia and was trapped inside during the pandemic. Creating content online for me was a way to be...

27th March 2026

The nutrition and health benefits of cabbage

Cabbage is a humble vegetable which has been eaten for thousands of years. This year, the leafy green has been growing in popularity with the fashion magazine Vogue declaring 2026 “The Year of the Cabbage”. Here at the Quadram Institute, we study the nutrition...

27th February 2026

Is E. coli always bad for you? Meet the microbe with good and bad strains

The bad side of E. coli: urinary tract infections Escherichia coli, better known as E. coli, is a tube-shaped microbe that sometimes causes infection. E. coli is notoriously at the root of urinary tract infections (UTI) when it travels to the urinary tract. This...