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1st March 2022
How the body fights back against cancer
New research from the Quadram Institute and the University of East Anglia reveals how our immune system can be triggered to attack cancer cells. The research, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, could help develop new approaches to treating people with leukaemia. The...
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Quadram researchers play a vital role in UK’s pandemic response to COVID-19
The Quadram Institute’s key role providing world-leading pathogen genomics expertise as part of the COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium has been cited in a new report. An independent evaluation by the not-for-profit institute RAND Europe concludes that COG-UK made a significant and valuable contribution...
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Prof Martin Warren appointed Chief Scientific Officer
Professor Martin Warren has been appointed as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) for the Quadram Institute following an internal competition. The CSO role is pivotal to the development of the Institute’s scientific strategy and the scientific leadership of QIB. Martin will now take up the...
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Blood and guts: new link uncovered between the gut microbiome and blood groups
Researchers have discovered that a common member of the human gut microbiome has a specific preference for blood group A antigens. This specificity may give it an advantage when foraging for sugars, allowing it to colonise the gut more easily. The presence of the...
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2017 has been a year of change for the Quadram Institute. On 28th April, the Institute Of Food Research transitioned into Quadram Institute Bioscience in preparation for the opening of the Quadram Institute in 2018. This is bringing together our research teams, with those from the...
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New insights into how our bodies maintain a beneficial relationship with our gut microbes
Our gut hosts a community of trillions of microbes, called the gut microbiota, and we are becoming increasingly aware that this has significant effects on many aspects of our health. However, the molecular mechanisms underpinning this interaction remain elusive. New research led by Dr...
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Quadram Institute a Collaboration Partner in the New £26 million National Biofilms Innovation Centre
The UK’s world-class expertise in the research of biofilms has been recognised through the launch of a new National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC). Supported by a commitment of £26 million over the next 5 years, including £12.5M funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences...
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The MRC CLIMB Project Receives Honours in 2017 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards
The MRC-funded Cloud Infrastructure for Microbial Bioinformatics (CLIMB) has been recognized in the annual HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards, presented at the 2017 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, in Denver, Colorado. CLIMB was awarded the following honours: “Best...
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Network science unravels the secrets of the evolution of Salmonella’s disease adaptations
A new resource created by scientists at the Norwich Research Park is helping to uncover what makes certain strains of bacteria more dangerous than others. There are many different types of Salmonella bacteria, most of which have adapted to live in the guts of...
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QI welcomes new Research Leader in genomics and antimicrobial resistance of bacteria
The Quadram Institute is pleased to welcome Dr Alison Mather as a new Research Leader, working in the area of microbes in the food chain. Alison’s background is in genomic epidemiology, using whole genome sequencing to understand the evolution and ecology of bacteria and...
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