- Food and Nutrition Infrastructure supports development of healthy baby food rangeby Andrew Chapple on November 25, 2024 at 16:00
Researchers from the Quadram Institute have supported the development of a healthy range of baby food by providing a comprehensive analysis of its nutritional composition, its bioactive contents and their bioavailability. The findings show […]
- Low-protein diets offer protective effect during bacterial infectionby Andrew Chapple on November 20, 2024 at 10:00
Reducing the amount of protein in your diet might benefit your immune system during an infection, according to a new study in human cells and mice. Research from the Quadram Institute, Earlham Institute and University of East Anglia […]
- Quadram scientist Falk Hildebrand recognised in 2024 highly cited researchers listby Ruby O'Grady on November 19, 2024 at 09:51
Dr Falk Hildebrand has been a research group leader, working across the two UKRI BBSRC institutes based on the Norwich Research Park, since early 2019. The annual list is based on the Web of Science citation index and compiled by the […]
- New insights link intestinal senescence to liver disease progressionby Andrew Chapple on November 18, 2024 at 15:35
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 […]
- Food and Nutrition experts welcome folic acid flour fortificationby Ruby O'Grady on November 14, 2024 at 16:49
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 […]
- Quadram Institute announces Professor Daniel Figeys as new Director and Chief Executiveby Ruby O'Grady on November 8, 2024 at 10:40
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 […]
- New unit for gastrointestinal infections study comes to Norwichby Andrew Chapple on November 6, 2024 at 14:55
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 […]
- Xampla and Quadram Institute to advance probiotic microencapsulation technologyby Andrew Chapple on November 1, 2024 at 09:11
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 […]
- Quadram Institute welcomes new House of Lords report on food, diet and obesityby Andrew Stronach on October 24, 2024 at 08:58
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 […]
- Centre for Microbial Interactions at Norwich Research Park launched to promote and support ground-breaking research by one of world’s largest communities of microbiologistsby Ruby O'Grady on September 30, 2024 at 13:30
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 […]