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17th April 2025
New Fellowship explores harnessing gut microbes for healthy ageing
Dr Aimee Parker from the Quadram Institute has been awarded a BBSRC Fellowship to explore how to reverse age-related decline through modifying the gut microbiota
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7th April 2025
New survey finds lower levels of micronutrients in UK milk
A new survey of cows’ milk on sale in UK supermarkets has found that it contains lower levels of vitamin B12, riboflavin and iodine now compared to 1996
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3rd April 2025
How Norfolk helped answer question of COVID-19 persistence
A new study carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown how long the virus persists in the saliva and faeces of infected people
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28th March 2025
Clinical innovation fund backs seven new research projects to benefit Norfolk patients
The Quadram Institute Clinical Seedcorn Fund was first established in 2021/2022 to help clinicians develop research ideas with scientists at the Quadram Institute. The fund supports secondments of NHS staff to Quadram Institute laboratories and associated research costs. Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB) in partnership...
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27th February 2025
Vitamin B12 levels linked to hidden increase in brain ageing
A new study has found evidence that the current recommended vitamin B12 levels may not be high enough to counter cognitive decline as we age
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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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