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12th February 2025
Quadram Institute and University of Edinburgh to undertake research into Salmonella Dublin
The grant will fund research to explore the genetic and phenotypic variations within Salmonella Dublin (S.Dublin). The aim is to understand more about how the bacteria moves from cattle to humans and what that means for food safety and public health. The study will...
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22nd January 2025
Entrepreneur in Residence appointed at Quadram Institute
Dr Linda Bradley has been appointed as the first-ever Entrepreneur in Residence at the Quadram Institute on the Norwich Research Park. The newly created role is designed to help Quadram Institute Bioscience researchers develop and accelerate commercialisation opportunities emerging from the institute’s research. The...
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12th December 2024
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visits the Quadram Institute
The Quadram Institute opened in 2019 and combines a regional endoscopy centre, a clinical research facility and state-of-the-art bioscience laboratories, with a mission to deliver healthier lives through innovation in gut health, microbiology and food. The Quadram Institute is a partnership between Quadram Institute...
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10th December 2024
Organ-on-chip system to study the gut-brain axis
The model system simulated how a neurotoxin in the gut can trigger the brain cell death seen in Parkinson’s disease, in a proof-of-concept study from the Quadram Institute, University of Hull, University of Essex and at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). Published in...
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9th December 2024
New Data Centre at Norwich Research Park set to bolster UK’s bioscience capability
Backed by a £20 million investment from the UKRI Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Norwich Bioscience Institutes (NBI) Data Centre will harness cutting-edge, high-density computing technologies designed to accommodate the future advancements and scaling needs of the Earlham Institute, John Innes...
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6th December 2024
MRI could be key to understanding the impact a gluten free diet has on people with coeliac disease
The MARCO study – MAgnetic Resonance Imaging in COliac disease – which is published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (CGH), was led by experts from the School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham, alongside colleagues at the Quadram Institute. Coeliac disease is a...
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5th December 2024
New project targets persistent infections
The Phage Therapy Antipersister strategy (PHAGES-AntiPERS) consortium is a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, microbiologists, and bioinformaticians who will develop new innovative therapies to combat chronic infections caused by bacterial persister cells. PHAGES-AntiPERS is supported by funding from the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance...
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25th November 2024
Food and Nutrition Infrastructure supports development of healthy baby food range
Researchers from the Quadram Institute have supported the development of a healthy range of baby food by providing a comprehensive analysis of its nutritional composition, its bioactive contents and their bioavailability. The findings show that the ‘Little Inca’ baby food range provides a well-balanced...
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20th November 2024
Low-protein diets offer protective effect during bacterial infection
Reducing the amount of protein in your diet might benefit your immune system during an infection, according to a new study in human cells and mice. Research from the Quadram Institute, Earlham Institute and University of East Anglia suggests low protein diets disrupt or shield...
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19th November 2024
Quadram scientist Falk Hildebrand recognised in 2024 highly cited researchers list
Dr Falk Hildebrand has been a research group leader, working across the two UKRI BBSRC institutes based on the Norwich Research Park, since early 2019. The annual list is based on the Web of Science citation index and compiled by the Institute for Scientific...
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