28th February 2025
Collaborative research exploring the role of sulphate reducing bacteria in Parkinson’s disease
“I am currently engaged in research on the gut microbiome of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, focusing on understanding microbial alterations associated with the disease and exploring strategies for microbiome modulation. I am scientist at the Indian organisation Scientific Knowledge for Ageing and Neurological Ailment...
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21st February 2025
Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference 2025 poster preview
The Centre for Microbial Interactions (CMI) is an initiative that has been launched to support and promote the ground-breaking discovery research conducted by the extensive microbiology community at Norwich Research Park. On 26 and 27 February 2025 researchers from across Norwich Research Park will...
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14th February 2025
Introducing Quadram Institute’s first apprentice; My apprenticeship in science communication
Apprenticeships provide opportunities to gain knowledge and skills in different industries. They involve both on and off-the-job training and help build and progress careers. Clemence Blanchard joined the Communications team a month ago and reflects on her role and learnings so far. What is...
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7th February 2025
Analysing aquafaba to improve plant-based foods and reduce food waste
Aquafaba is the cooking water of chickpeas that can be whisked to a foam. The plant-based viscous liquid is a common egg alternative and the size of the global aquafaba market is expected to reach £ 4.3 billion in three years time. Here at...
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31st January 2025
How infant gut microbes could treat cancer; Introducing Bioscopic
“I joined the Quadram Institute as a PhD student to work on how we can use bacteria to treat cancer. My PhD built on ten years of clinical research from Professor Lindsay Hall’s group showing that infant gut microbes are important in programming the...
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24th January 2025
How do gut bacteria use sialic acid sugars?
“My fellowship aims to undertake fundamental research to understand how gut bacteria use specific sugars known as sialic acids. Sialic acid sugars Sialic acids and the closely related sugars play a key role in many bacterial cell processes and are essential to the survival...
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17th January 2025
Is there a “brain microbiome”? No
In recent months, sensational headlines have appeared in respected outlets such as New Scientist and The Guardian, suggesting the presence of a so-called “brain microbiome”—that is, a community of microbes living in the human brain. We and other experts in medical microbiology and microbial...
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10th January 2025
Nine reasons to take part in research; BETA participants experience
1. Help others “I wanted to take part in a study that might benefit people in the future,” says one participant. Mukesh explains, “Even if it’s a micro step we take, if everyone does it, it helps towards a solution or understanding.” “I would...
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3rd January 2025
Eating broccoli soup for science; BETA participants experience
Over 13 million people in the UK are thought to have pre-diabetes. People with pre-diabetes have a higher-than-normal level of sugar in their blood but haven’t been diagnosed with full diabetes. Lots of people don’t know that they are prediabetic. Jan explains, “It was...
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27th December 2024
Our regular Quadram Institute blog covers topics ranging from the history of Listeria research in Norwich to our nutrition experts’ tips for healthy snacks. Overall, we’ve published over 30 blogs this year from our staff and students talking about their roles, research and careers....
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