- Norwich gets new research training programme focused on major health challengesby Andrew Stronach on July 8, 2021 at 09:00
The UK’s Medical Research Council (MRC) is investing in a new programme in Norwich to train researchers of the future to address major societal health challenges such as infection, antimicrobial resistance and studying the microbiome. […]
- Slower energy release points the way to healthier foodsby Andrew Chapple on July 5, 2021 at 13:27
A project developing healthier foods based on the slower release of energy is set to expand its range of products. Using the latest scientific knowledge of how different types of starch are digested, the project hopes to introduce […]
- Microbiome research best practice website launchedby Andrew Chapple on June 27, 2021 at 07:00
The website contains freely accessible protocols developed and optimised for microbiome studies, and these will be updated to keep pace with the rapidly evolving field of microbiome research. […]
- A cooperative community: defining how the microbiome shares vitamin B12 for mutual benefitby Andrew Chapple on June 24, 2021 at 13:24
Researchers from the Quadram Institute are launching a new project to uncover how bacteria in the gut microbiome make and use vitamin B12 The post A cooperative community: defining how the microbiome shares vitamin B12 for mutual benefit […]
- New project to combat antimicrobial resistance in the skin microbiomeby Bethany Hartley on June 21, 2021 at 08:00
Dr Mark Webber from the Quadram Institute is to lead a new project on the risk to humans and animals of antiseptic tolerance in the skin microbiome. This will help combat the rise of antimicrobial resistance and help protect the most […]
- Persistence pays off in the human gut microbiomeby Andrew Chapple on June 14, 2021 at 08:13
The human gut microbiome is a complex community of trillions of microbes that are constantly interacting with each other and our bodies. It supports our wellbeing, immune system and mental health – but how is it sustained? Researchers in […]
- New microbiome and breast cancer study in Norwichby Andrew Chapple on May 17, 2021 at 11:00
The research team from the Quadram Institute, University of East Anglia and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital are recruiting participants who have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer to donate their tissue for research. […]
- Quadram researchers join study into whether the microbiome predicts response to immunotherapyby Andrew Chapple on May 14, 2021 at 11:18
Quadram Institute researchers have joined a collaboration to investigate whether the microbiome can be used to predict how breast cancer patients will respond to immunotherapy. It’s hoped that this will help tailor future treatments, […]
- New website launched for Norwich’s health research biobankby Bethany Hartley on May 11, 2021 at 09:15
A biobank for health research based on the Norwich Research Park has launched a new website designed to help the public learn more about donating tissue samples to help advance medical research. The Norwich Research Park (NRP) […]
- New species discovered in the human gut microbiome could improve nitrogen availabilityby Andrew Chapple on May 10, 2021 at 09:00
This new species, Desulfovibrio diazotrophicus, is from a family of bacteria that survive and grow on sulphur-containing compounds. They are known as sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) and a by-product of their activity is the release of the […]