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1st April 2021
Four scientific innovations that sound like a hoax, but are surprisingly real
Today’s global health challenges require new, innovative ways of thinking. ‘Sci-fi’-esque technology is increasingly being developed and deployed to improve public health. While some of these scientific innovations may sound like a hoax and cause initial scepticism, they are real and enabling Quadram scientists...
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27th July 2021
Four Reasons Why Norfolk is a Centre for Plant and Food Science Excellence
In the fields of food and plant science, Norfolk is a centre for excellence. Ripe in agricultural diversity, the region benefits tremendously from the leading farming and agriculture hubs in East Anglia. It is also home to Norwich Research Park, one of Europe’s largest...
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15th July 2021
The National Food Strategy: a wake up call and catalyst to change to a healthier food system
Today saw the publication of the National Food Strategy, which calls on the government to reform the UK’s food system to address the immense burden of diet-related illness whilst protecting the environment. Poor diet currently contributes to 64,000 deaths every year in England alone,...
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11th July 2021
Quadram goes global on COVID-19
“A global pandemic requires a world effort to end it – none of us will be safe until everyone is safe.” Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization Scientists at the Quadram Institute on the Norwich Research Park are used to working with...
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24th June 2021
COG-UK research portfolio expands to increase impact from genome data
COG-UK consortium members have made major contributions to the pandemic response through the generation of SARS-CoV-2 genomes, the development of sequencing methods and tools that interpret the genomes, and data linkage and analysis. But there is a wealth of research and development still to...
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15th June 2021
COVID-19: How are new variants named?
Quadram Institute researcher Professor Mark Pallen was part of a WHO working group on creating neutral variant names of SARS-CoV-2, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, he describes how he came to be involved in the team and the pitfalls they encountered along...
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1st June 2021
Digesting the facts about milk and health
Food scientist and researcher Dr Anabel Mulet-Cabero is an expert on the impact of dairy structures on gastric behaviour and nutrient digestion. For World Milk Day, Dr Mulet-Cabero digests the facts about milk and health, revealing exactly how milk is digested in the human...
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20th May 2021
Rising to the challenge: managing clinical trials during a pandemic
Clinical trials are vital in making research breakthroughs possible. At the Quadram Institute, hundreds of people each year participate in our trials to be part of scientific research. But what happens when a pandemic causes a worldwide disruption? International Clinical Trials Day is a...
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4th May 2021
Meet the new Quadram Student Forum (QSF) committee
The Quadram Institute is home to a vibrant student community. At the heart of our student community is the Quadram Student Forum (QSF). We asked the new committee for 2021-22 about the QSF, joining amidst a pandemic, upcoming events, and what life is like...
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21st April 2021
Variants of concern dominate evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in Zimbabwe
The worldwide spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern has highlighted the urgent need for truly global vigilance in a world where less than 5% of the SARS-CoV-2 genomes sequenced to date are from countries with 80% of the world’s population. In our recent correspondence...
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