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15th May 2026

Ben Goldsborough MP visits to learn about pioneering Vitamin D tomatoes study

Over the past winter our team enrolled local participants with low vitamin D levels to the ViTaL-D Study, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Participants consumed a portion of tomato soup daily for three weeks and the results are being...

14th May 2026

Three new Trustees join Board of Quadram Institute Bioscience

The new trustees are Tim Edwards, Ian Puddephat and Paul Quinlan. Tim Edwards has extensive experience in biopharmaceuticals and is Chair of three VC-backed private companies. Previously Tim was a Governing Board member of Innovate UK, the UK’s Innovation agency, Non-Executive Director of the...

12th May 2026

New study to seek out microbial triggers of ME/CFS

ME/CFS is a complex, long-term illness characterised by severe fatigue, along with other symptoms like sleep disturbances, brain fog, flu-like feelings and sensory sensitivities. It affects around 250,000 people in the UK alone, particularly women, but despite being widespread there is no definitive treatment,...

28th April 2026

Quadram Institute communications team shortlisted for two top awards

The team at the Quadram Institute on the Norwich Research Park has been shortlisted in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Excellence Awards 2026. The awards final takes place in a ceremony in London on 1 July. The Quadram Institute team is shortlisted for:...

22nd April 2026

Metagenomic software advance boosts research into microbial diversity

Metagenomics relies on the use of software programmes called assemblers, which can reconstruct tens of thousands of individual microbial genomes from DNA sequencing of samples such as soil, bodily fluids, or clinical swabs from hospitals. This can allow researchers to track and analyse how...

20th April 2026

How genomics clarifies a complex Campylobacter picture

Genome sequencing at the Quadram Institute has helped uncover information about the UK population of Campylobacter, the most common bacterial cause of gastroenteritis. The new study from the Food Standards Agency’s PATH-SAFE programme was led by the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research (IOI) with...

13th April 2026

New Fellows to tackle how food environments shape microbial adaptations

Dr Samuel O’Donnell and Dr Alessia Lepore bring expertise on how food environment and processing shape how fungi and bacteria survive and persist along the food chain. Dr Samuel O’Donnell will investigate how changes in their genomes allow fungi to survive preservation techniques. His...

8th April 2026

How gut bacteria could inspire novel colon cancer therapy through glycochemistry

Scientists have drawn inspiration from gut bacteria to suggest a novel way of limiting colon cancer progression

20th March 2026

Professor Lindsay Hall elected Fellow of the European Academy of Microbiology

Professor Lindsay Hall has been elected as a new fellow of the European Academy of Microbiology (EAM), which recognises scientific excellence and long-standing contributions to microbiology

13th March 2026

Quadram Institute appoints Dr Matthew Gilmour as Chief Scientific Officer

The CSO role is pivotal to the development of the institute’s scientific strategy and the scientific leadership of the institute. Matthew will now take up the role of CSO and will also continue to lead his research group, focused on understanding foodborne pathogens such...