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18th November 2024
New insights link intestinal senescence to liver disease progression
Researchers have shown that certain drugs that target senescent liver cells may aggravate the progression of cholestatic liver disease by also affecting cells in the gut lining. Research from the Quadram Institute, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and University of East Anglia suggests that...
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14th November 2024
Food and Nutrition experts welcome folic acid flour fortification
The Department of Health and Social Care and Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs today announced folic acid will be added to non-wholemeal flour from 2026 to protect newborn babies from serious brain and spine problems. The Food and Nutrition National Bioscience Research...
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8th November 2024
Quadram Institute announces Professor Daniel Figeys as new Director and Chief Executive
Professor Figeys is the founding Director of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and of the Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Ottawa in Canada. His research focuses on developing precision microbiome-based nutrition, with an emphasis on modulating specific...
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6th November 2024
New unit for gastrointestinal infections study comes to Norwich
Norwich will be the home of a new state-of-the-art health unit into the study of gastrointestinal infections, thanks to a £1.8m funding boost for the University of East Anglia (UEA) and a further £1m for the Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB). The award is part...
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1st November 2024
Xampla and Quadram Institute to advance probiotic microencapsulation technology
The Quadram Institute and materials innovation company Xampla and have been awarded Innovate UK and BBSRC grant funding to advance probiotic microencapsulation technology. The grant will see Xampla and the Quadram Institute collaborate on developing cutting-edge probiotic microcapsules, aimed at improving gut health. Probiotics...
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24th October 2024
Quadram Institute welcomes new House of Lords report on food, diet and obesity
Quadram Institute Interim Director Professor Martin Warren today welcomed a new House of Lords select committee report on the societal challenges around food, diet and obesity. The House of Lords select committee issued a call for evidence on food diet and obesity earlier this...
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30th September 2024
It represents one of the world’s largest concentrations of microbiologists on a single site, with over 100 microbiology research groups based at the Park’s Partner institutions and businesses. In recognition of microbiology’s critical role in addressing the major global challenges in human and environmental...
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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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11th September 2024
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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