- Quadram Institute microbiologist helps lead UN expert panel on Campylobacterby Andrew Chapple on April 16, 2024 at 11:00
Dr Janecko was rapporteur for the United Nations joint Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) Joint Expert Meeting on the control of Campylobacter at a meeting held in Rome, Italy, in February 2023. […]
- Scientists further our understanding of how a foodborne bacteria can survive in food preparation environmentsby Ruby O'Grady on April 3, 2024 at 08:52
In 2019, six people died from a listeria outbreak caused by contaminated ready-to-eat foods served in a number of hospitals across the UK. In light of this, scientists are now performing vital research which helps to understand how these […]
- Quadram Institute announces that Professor Ian Charles OBE will retire as Director and Chief Executive in Octoberby Ruby O'Grady on March 15, 2024 at 11:17
Professor Charles joined as founding Director of Quadram in 2015 and during his time with us he has successfully developed the Quadram and its scientific vision to be at the forefront of a new interface between food science, gut biology […]
- Scientists at the Quadram Institute help secure multi-million-pound grants to create groundbreaking new technologiesby Ruby O'Grady on February 9, 2024 at 12:22
The first of these Engineering Biology Mission Hub grants has been awarded to a group aiming to use biology to recover and recycle rare earth minerals, led by principal investigator Professor Martin Warren of the Quadram Institute and […]
- Genomics reveals potential underappreciated threat to food safetyby Andrew Chapple on January 22, 2024 at 12:00
Yersinia enterocolitica bacteria may be an underappreciated potential pathogen in the food chain The post Genomics reveals potential underappreciated threat to food safety appeared first on Quadram Institute.
- Quadram Institute and Invest in ME Research announce new Research Fellowship for Myalgic Encephalomyelitisby Andrew Stronach on December 19, 2023 at 11:14
This is part of a groundbreaking initiative funded by the charity and this particular fellowship covers a two-year period, undertaking vital fundamental research into ME/CFS that will underpin the development of new treatments for this […]
- The Invest in ME Research “Ian Gibson” Fellowshipby Andrew Chapple on December 14, 2023 at 12:12
In 2022, the Quadram Institute and UK charity Invest in ME Research announced its commitment to funding the first Postdoctoral Fellowship for research into myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME or ME/CFS). This new position was created to continue […]
- Carving out a niche on food: new project targets food spoilage biofilmsby Andrew Chapple on December 5, 2023 at 10:00
Dr Laura Nolan from the Quadram Institute is to lead a new project to help combat food spoilage, after receiving a Future Leader Fellowship from UK Research & Innovation. Dr Nolan will lead research into Pseudomonas bacteria, which are […]
- New tools for antimicrobial resistance surveillanceby Andrew Chapple on November 24, 2023 at 10:00
A new project will tackle antimicrobial resistance by harnessing the latest genomic sequencing techniques to develop a “one stop shop” surveillance tool The post New tools for antimicrobial resistance surveillance appeared first on […]
- How genomics is countering antimicrobial resistant typhoid in Zimbabweby Andrew Chapple on November 9, 2023 at 23:35
A genomic survey of typhoid fever in Zimbabwe has shown how the bacteria behind recent outbreaks evolved extra levels of antimicrobial resistance. Researchers from the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Quadram Institute and […]