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Hands holding pea shoots in the lab

26th September 2024

Best R&D award win for LettUs Grow Vitamin B12 biofortification

The winners of the Vertical Farming World Awards 2024 were announced on 25 September at a Gala Dinner during the 5th annual Vertical Farming World Congress in Frankfurt. The awards are organised by global food and drink experts Zenith Global. Celebrating excellence and innovation...

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Abstract green swirls

11th September 2024

Ground-breaking study will use AI to explore links between chronic inflammation, diet and long-term health conditions

Researchers in the Quadram Institute are part of a pioneering £4.8m, eight-year programme that will harness artificial intelligence (AI) to investigate the link between nutrition, health inequality and the development of multiple long-term conditions. Led by the University of East Anglia (UEA), and with...

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11th September 2024

A Lung on a Chip: new tool to combat coronavirus

Researchers from the Quadram Institute working together with UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have established a human “lung-on-chip” model that recreates how SARS-CoV-2 infects lung cells, in a contained laboratory environment. The model adapts current technology to allow cells that line the lungs in...

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6th September 2024

Quadram scientists inform new UK Innovate report on bacteriophages

Dr Evelien Adriaenssens, bacteriophage research group leader at the Quadram Institute, has helped inform a new UKRI Innovate UK report setting out how the UK could make much better use of bacteriophages or phage-based technologies to help tackle antimicrobial resistance and difficult to treat...

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A anatomical figure showing organs is on the right hand side of the image, behind is the inside of the Quadram Institute building

3rd September 2024

Quadram Institute’s Heritage Open Day will uncover hidden worlds of health, food and microbes

From 10am to 3pm, the free event will let you discover the hidden worlds of health, food and microbes. The event is part of the nationwide Heritage Open Days, and this year marks the sixtieth anniversary of food research in Norwich. It is also...

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Dr Lizbeth Sayavedra

23rd August 2024

BBSRC Discovery fellowship for Lizbeth Sayavedra

Dr Sayavedra is one of 15 promising researchers around the UK to be awarded BBSRC fellowships and she will be researching nitrogen fixation in the human gut by sulphate-reducing bacteria. “It’s a real honour to be awarded this BBSRC Discovery Fellowship and I’m looking...

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Pomegranate fruit growing on trees

13th August 2024

Study in Norwich recruiting volunteers to test health benefits of a pomegranate extract

The TESSA study aims to understand how a pomegranate extract can change the production of compounds associated with increased heart disease risk. The TESSA study team is looking for 40 people whose diets include meat to take part in the research study. The compound...

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AMAST logo - The letters AMAST form a sail and mast on a stylised rowed vessel

23rd July 2024

AMAST Network launches to battle AMR in the agrifood system

AMAST – the AMR in Agrifood Systems Transdisciplinary Network is to understand and tackle how antimicrobial resistance impacts UK food production from farm to fork.

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Mr Ashook Soota and Professor Ian Charles signing paperwork at at table. In the foreground are the flags of India and the UK,

13th June 2024

SKAN Research Trust and Quadram to Develop Novel Microbial Therapies

SKAN Research Trust, promoted by Indian entrepreneur Mr. Ashok Soota, and UK-based Quadram Institute Bioscience today announced that they will apply the cutting-edge TraDIS-Xpress platform to study the action of traditional medical compounds on bacteria, thereby aiding in the reformulation and development of novel...

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Abstract digital illustration of wave forms and data points across Europe

4th June 2024

Why we need a 21st Century approach to ensuring food safety

Foodborne illness affected 1 in 10 people globally in 2010, causing over 400,000 deaths. Bacteria have a substantial contribution to this burden.  We’ve known for decades what some of the most dangerous bacterial species are and the potentially devastating effects they can have on...

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