3rd October 2025
The good gut bacterium and its probiotic potential; Meet Bifidobacterium
Bifidobacterium are a key group of ‘y’-shaped bacteria that make up a healthy gut microbiome. There are many different strains, or types, of Bifidobacterium, including Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis (B. infantis), which is well known for its role in breaking down breastmilk sugars. Bifidobacterium...
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19th September 2025
How to make the most of your PhD in Norwich
The Quadram Student Forum (QSF) is a committee of students which promotes and improves the student experience at the Quadram Institute in Norwich. Joining the QSF enables students to build community and gain new skills. Students attend socials, workshops and training – equipping them...
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12th September 2025
“My road to science was nothing short of a roller coaster. I completed my PhD at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in India. My scientific pursuit to understand the most abundant entity on earth called bacteriophages – a virus that kills bacteria –...
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29th August 2025
Gathering data on the gut microbiome in childhood obesity
“I look after young people living with obesity. Obesity affects 30% of children by Year 6. Obesity has a lot of nutritional drivers and much of the management therefore centres on nutrition,” says Dr Emma Webb, a Consultant Pediatrician at the Norfolk and Norwich...
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22nd August 2025
Beans are a type of pulse. Pulses are nutritious seeds from legume plants including lentils, chickpeas and beans. We begin digesting beans in our mouth and they pass through to our digestive system, to our gut microbes, which are key to their digestion. The...
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8th August 2025
Here at the Quadram Institute, funded by BBSRC and the Food Standards Agency, we host the Food Safety Research Network (FSRN), an innovation hub which connects food industry, food and health policymakers and academia pursuing shared research priorities on current and upcoming food safety challenges....
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1st August 2025
Broadcast journalism students bring bioscience to new audiences
At the Quadram Institute, our communications team work to build the reputation of the institute by communicating our research and impact across the globe. The team were recently joined by students from the University of East Anglia’s BA Broadcast and Multimedia Journalism course for...
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25th July 2025
Typhoid Mary, genetic tricks and disease detectives; meet Salmonella Typhi
What is typhoid fever? Typhoid fever is a disease caused by a microbe called Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi, or Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi). This bacterium is different from the Salmonella bacteria that can cause food poisoning if you eat undercooked chicken. That...
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18th July 2025
How SARS-CoV-2 impacted Norfolk: What a three year study taught us
“In the five years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, we’ve learnt a lot – not just about the virus that causes COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) but also how to track the spread and evolution of microbes that cause disease on a large scale. Genomic surveillance...
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11th July 2025
How can pulses prevent diabetes?
Scientists at the Quadram Institute are planning to begin a new human study into how a pulse-based ingredient could lead to increased health benefits like preventing Type 2 diabetes. The new diet consists of food products made with PulseONTM, an ingredient made entirely from...
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