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It's five years since we moved into the Quadram Institute building 🎉
🧵 To celebrate our first five years, we're taking a look back at some of our top news stories over the years ⤵️
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👏 Congratulations to the Quadram Institute's
@ae_mather
,
@ma_webber
, and Lindsay Hall
@hall_lab
who have been awarded professorships from the
@uniofeastanglia
!
28
22
213
Congratulations to Prof. Nathalie Juge & Prof. Cynthia Whitchurch
@JugeLab
@Cwhitch
who have both been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of Biology.
@RoyalSocBio
Fellowhip recognises prominent contribution to the advancement of the biological sciences 👏👏👏👏
9
20
143
Congratulations to Quadram Institute scientist Dr Falk Hildebrand who has won a €1.5 million grant from
@ERC_Research
👏
Working with
@EarlhamInst
,
@Falk_tw
's group will study the role elusive
#microbes
may play in the
#gut
microbiome and human
#health
:
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Today’s the day we start moving around 300 scientists and support staff into our stunning new building.
3
25
123
In celebration of a historic ⚽️ match tonight, we made something extra special in the Quadram labs
🏴 🧫 🇮🇹
#ScienceTwitter
#Euro2020
#ENGITA
1
12
103
Congratulations to Dr Lindsay Hall
@hall_lab
who has been awarded the prestigious WH Pierce Prize by the Society for Applied Microbiology. We're delighted that Lindsay's contribution has been recognised in this way
SfAM is proud to announce that the winner of the 2019 WH Pierce Prize is Dr. Lindsay Hall, Microbiome Research Leader , Quadram Institute. Congratulations!
#WomenInSTEM
🍾🦠🔬
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3
13
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It's 2 years since
@hall_lab
showed
@ProfBrianCox
& 1000s of people around the
#GuardiansoftheGut
at the
@royalsociety
#Summerscience
Exhibition. On Tuesday Lindsay Hall will talk about the
#microbiome
research her group have been doing since then
3
14
91
Quadram Institute scientist Professor Simon Carding is swapping a lab coat for walking boots to raise money for research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).
@CardingLab
@Invest_in_ME
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37
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Myalgic encephalomyelitis is a long-term debilitating condition.
@Katharine_seton
has recently completed her PhD focused on studying the autoimmune aspects of the condition 🔬
4
16
82
Today Dr
@Katharine_seton
and Dr
@ETrampari
are attending Parliament to present their biosciences research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of
@STEM4Brit
🗣️
2
15
83
🆕 Our Director Ian Charles awarded OBE in the King’s birthday honours 🎉
7
20
73
Out of 144 countries with public genome data available only four have sequenced more SARS-CoV-2 than the
@CovidGenomicsUK
team at the Quadram Institute 🧬🌏
@NorwichResearch
2
29
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FREE RESOURCE - To celebrate
#WorldMicrobiomeDay
🦠 we've launched a brand new public resource to learn all about the gut microbiome!
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We're delighted to be launching the
#GuardiansoftheGut
website & classroom activities. Enrol your school & access activities & videos from
@hall_lab
for children to learn about the importance of
#microbiome
- for free!
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🎓
@Katharine_seton
has recently completed her PhD with us funded by
@Invest_in_ME
studying Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). We spoke to Katharine to find out more.
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18
73
Prof
@Justin_OGrady
has been appointed as one of the new deputy directors of
@CovidGenomicsUK
👏
Find out more in the
@EDP24
:
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14
72
Congratulations to
@DrRobKingsley
@Justin_OGrady
@andrewjpage
@ae_mather
and the whole Quadram team for this recognition of their tireless work and impact sequencing SARS-CoV-2 around the globe. 👏 🌍
The award for Outstanding Impact in Policy and Practice goes to Prof Robert Kingsley for Sequencing COVID-19 genomes to inform public health policy. A fantastic effort and rightfully recognised, very well done!
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13
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Since COVID-19 hit the UK in March, we've been at the forefront of genomic sequencing – sequencing over 18,000 samples.
Our new photo essay explores the collective effort of the Quadram,
@NorwichResearch
,
@NNUH
,
@NHSuk
,
@CovidGenomicsUK
, and
@PHE_uk
:
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31
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Our
#DecadeChallenge
? There've been a few changes. Norwich's newest research institute brings together
@NNUH
clinicians and patients,
@uniofeastanglia
scientists, and our food, gut, health and microbiome researchers all under one roof. A Happy New Year to all
#NewYearsEve
1
23
70
Dr Justin O'Grady (
@Justin_OGrady
) will be on
@BBCLookEast
this evening with
@BBCwestcott
to discuss the incredible work taking place at Quadram and in
#Norfolk
to sequence the
#COVID19
genome and help manage outbreaks. 📺Tune in from 6.30pm!
1
25
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🆕 Early Day Motion on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis research and treatment
Thank you to
@labourlewis
for tabling the motion commending current
@Invest_in_ME
research here at the Quadram Institute on the
@NorwichResearch
Park and to other MPs for signing
➡️
6
24
67
Meet the scientist cracking the coronavirus code -
@Justin_OGrady
interviewed in
@EDP24
about his role in the efforts to counter
#COVID__19
on the
@NorwichResearch
Park
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Over 1500
#COVID19
genomes have been sequenced in
#Norfolk
– only five countries, out of 103, have sequenced more than the entire region.
Incredible work from Quadram,
@NNUH
, and
@uniofeastanglia
researchers in helping identify and manage outbreaks 👏
3
30
65
The new NICE guideline has removed graded exercise (GET) as a recommended management option for ME/CFS. Professor Simon Carding (
@CardingLab
) from the Quadram Institute leads a programme of research into the causes of
#ME
:
#NICEdraftguideline
4
30
62
There’s a powerful tool for controlling the coronavirus: its own genetic code.
Quadram scientists are mapping thousands of coronavirus cases through large-scale SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing, helping to stop its spread.
5
27
62
Fantastic news! The Quadram Institute will receive extra Government funding for the fight against COVID-19 🙌
Part of
@CovidGenomicsUK
, £12.2 million has been awarded by
@DHSCgovuk
Testing Innovation Fund to expand the consortium's
#SARSCoV2
genome sequencing capacity 🧬
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We are all deeply saddened to hear of the death of our colleague and friend Oliver Charity.
Oliver was a kind and gentle man and he will be much missed by all.
If you knew Oli, you can leave your condolences here
➡️
5
11
62
Dr Justin O'Grady (
@Justin_OGrady
) will be on
@BBCLookEast
this evening with
@BBCwestcott
to discuss the new variants of
#coronavirus
and how scientists at the Quadram are mapping the spread of the virus in
#EastAnglia
through genome sequencing. 📺 Tune in from 6.30pm!
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🔊 If you'd like to listen back to
@cardinglab
talking this morning on
@bbcr4today
about the gut microbiome, faecal microbiota transplants and diseseas like ME, Long Covid, dementias and cancers you can find the interview here (52 minutes 23 seconds in) 📻
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#Onthisday
in 1920 Rosalind Franklin was born. Rosalind was a chemist whose work was crucial in the discovery of DNA 🧬
Our building is on a road named in her honour here in
#Norwich
📍
1
14
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Report on
@itvnews
of
@Justin_OGrady
work with
@GSTTnhs
to develop new rapid portable
#covid19
test
@uniofeastanglia
@NorwichResearch
1
26
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🆕£163.9m funding boost from
@BBSRC
to research institutes at
@NorwichResearch
Park.
At the Quadram Institute we've received £55.9 million for research focused on delivering healthier lives through innovation in gut health, microbiology & food🦠 🥦🥗
2
21
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We're delighted to welcome Alison Mather to
@TheQuadram
. Her group will use genomics & epidemiology to study
#AMR
2
17
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Congratulations to
@Justin_OGrady
who has been shortlisted in the
@CambridgeIndy
's
#21toWatch
for 2021! 👏
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Researchers at Quadram Institute Bioscience are joining a new national alliance sequencing the spread of Coronavirus, the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser announced today.
1
31
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Scientists
@NorwichResearch
Park join hospital in the fight against
#COVID19
- QI researchers volunteer to join partnership helping
@NNUH
process thousands more COVID-19 tests
0
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We were delighted to welcome Sir Patrick Vallance
@uksciencechief
today to the Quadram Institute and
@NorwichResearch
Park. Sir Patrick unveiled a commemorative plaque to formally open our building, which first opened its doors in 2018 ✨
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Congratulations to Dr
@Katharine_seton
who has been awarded a
@PlzSolveCFS
Ramsay Research Grant to better understand premature ageing of the immune system in people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) 👏
Read more ➡️
1
10
54
It's Day 2 of
@royalsociety
#Summerscience
Online with loads of free science at home for you. At 11:30 catch Lindsay Hall
@hall_lab
to hear what she's been up to since
#GuardiansoftheGut
brought the
#microbiome
to life
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Congratulations to
@Justin_OGrady
who's been named as one of the 50
#NorfolkDayHeroes
in
@edp24
for his work
@NorwichResearch
Park combating the coronavirus
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The Quadram Institute in
#Norwich
is one of 19 UK labs sequencing
#coronavirus
genomes. As the
#RuleOfSix
comes into force on Monday, the world-leading work taking place here could help us out of lockdown.
-- Open this thread to find out how 🧵
(1/10)
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Congratulations to Dr Alison Mather (
@ae_mather
) who has been granted two prestigious
@BBSRC
international partnership awards with
@ohaotearoa
and
@UtrechtUni
👏
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7
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The Quadram Institute is home to scientists from QIB,
#NHS
staff from
@NNUH
, researchers from
@uniofeastanglia
. People from 44 nations working to improve human health & discover how food and the gut
#microbiome
can help us be healthier
#weareinternational
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Did you know that the panels on the exterior of the Quadram building have been designed to represent a
#GenomeSequence
? Not only that, but our balconies look like the
#gut
lining!
#WorldArchitectureDay
🏗️:
@NBBJDesign
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🌟Congratulations to PhD student
@Bushyb94
for receiving a well-deserved
@uniofeastanglia
Engagement Award in recognition of her outreach projects 👏
#EngageAwardUEA
Read more about Bushra's work and the other 2022 award winners
➡️
1
9
49
Our work on the genomic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 has just reached a major landmark as we successfully sequenced our 10,000th positive sample at the Quadram 🧬
1
18
47
Our scientists are working to map and trace thousands of coronavirus cases through genome sequencing. Take a look inside the Institute and the incredible work by
@Justin_OGrady
,
@andrewjpage
, and the
@CovidGenomicsUK
team 🧬 (via
@TheNationalNews
)
1
21
47
We’re all ready for
@NorwichResearch
Park day at
@NorwichSciFest
. Come meet our scientists working on food, health & the microbiome
1
16
46
“This will be the first ever study to explore premature ageing of the immune system in ME/CFS patients”
@PlzSolveCFS
💬 Dr
@Katharine_seton
1
10
46
Do you have a PhD in Computational Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, Bioinformatics or Epidemiology ahd interested in anaylsing microbial sequencing data?🧬
Check out our current vacancy ⬇️
💷 £33,050 to £40,750
🗓️ Apply by 13 June 2023
➡️
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Welcome to
#Norwich
, Dippy! 👋🦕
If you're making a trip to
@Nrw_Cathedral
to see
@NHM_London
's much-loved Diplodocus, check out
@RebeccaOsborne
's incredible illustrations on the
#microbiome
and the important science happening at
@NorwichResearch
.
#DippyOnTour
#CityofStories
2
15
46
"Be confident with your ideas and your hypotheses."
Dr Priscilla Day-Walsh is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Quadram. For
#WomenOfTheFuture
she shared the advice she would give to her younger self and future scientists 🔬
#IDWGS2021
|
#WomenInScience
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🆕 Opportunity! A new fellowship scheme for early career researchers, to help individuals to become future leaders within the fields of food, microbes and/or health research 🔬
💷 £42,000 - £54,000
🗓️ Apply by 31 July
➡️
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👏 Congrats to In-Ball Diagnostics (
@clopes_a
@FedericoBernuzz
@gloria_koncz
@MariaSolsona28
) who won the People's Choice Award at
#YES21
@UoNYES
!
4
7
44
Some highlights from Sir Patrick Vallance's
@uksciencechief
and
@RobinMay9
's visit to
@NorwichResearch
Park on Monday📽️
@NNUH
@BBSRC
@NIHRresearch
@UEAResearch
@GeorgeFreemanMP
3
18
44
Our new exterior signage has now been installed, and looks great on a another sunny afternoon on the
@NorwichResearch
Park
0
14
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In their biggest individual week, our
@CovidGenomicsUK
team sequenced an incredible 1,900
#COVID19
samples 👏
Between Oct and Dec 2020, over 7,000 samples were sequenced.
Discover the phenomenal work of our scientists in the last 12 months:
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Researchers have discovered a new species of bacterium in the human
#gut
that can convert nitrogen into a biologically useful form.
Find out more:
0
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🆕 The Phage of Enlightenment: new study to uncover role of bacteriophages in the microbiome 💡
@EvelienAdri
@JugeLab
@hall_lab
@BBSRC
1
19
44
To mark
#MEAwarenessWeek
PhD student
@Katharine_seton
has blogged about her research funded by
@Invest_in_ME
into autoimmune aspects of
#MECFS
1
12
43
We're delighted to announce that leading Canadian microbiologist Dr Matthew Gilmour has been appointed as research group leader for our
#Listeria
group
3
15
43
It’s
#WorldArchitectureDay
! To celebrate, we asked
#Norwich
artist and
@NorwichUniArts
graduate
@livpaints
to recreate the iconic Quadram building 🖌️
Fun fact:
@NBBJDesign
designed the panels on the exterior to represent a
#GenomeSequence
🧬
4
14
42
This early-stage proposal is a great example of the kind of scientific collaboration the
@NorwichResearch
can bring about through collective effort.
1
24
42
Happy
#AdaLovelaceDay
- celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, and maths 👩🔬👏
#WomeninSTEM
1
10
42
Did you know you can find biofilms in your own home 🏠?
Here you can see biofilms of S. epidermidis growing on a stainless steel surface showing the extracellular matrix 🔬
Uncover the biofilms growing around you 🕵️ in our
#BiofilmBrainhub
@ukbiofilms
:
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Great news!
@MHRAgovuk
has approved the use of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in the UK 💉
Thank you to
#Norfolk
volunteers and staff from the Quadram
@NNUH
@NorwichResearch
@NIHRCRNEastern
and
@JamesPagetNHS
who delivered the Novavax study in
#Norwich
🙏
2
10
41
Simon Carding from
@CardingLab
kicks off our event with
@Invest_in_ME
on our ME research
@NorwichResearch
Park & the
#RestoreME
study
#Restore
-ME
5
15
40
We're delighted to have
@Lis_Lowe
from
@UniofNewcastle
visit today and looking forward to her seminar: "Microbial glycans as nutrients for the human gut microbiota"
0
3
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#PhD
Studentship available with
@ae_mather
through the
@NRPBIODTP
on
#Campylobacter
metagenomics & microbial ecology. This multidisciplinary project includes include both wet lab & dry lab components and starts Oct 2020
1
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We're delighted to announce that the Ella May Barnes building is ready to welcome organisations specialising in food, life and health science innovation!
The building has been named in honour of leading microbiologist Dr Ella May Barnes OBE:
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12
40
🤩 Look at this wonderful image created by PhD student Aryana Zardkoohi-Burgos. It's an abstract depiction of a biofilm growing in a tubular structure, and was recently featured in the
@ukbiofilms
Art Galley 🖼️
Read more about our work on
#biofilms
➡️
1
9
39
Last week
@GeorgeFreemanMP
Minister for Science, Research and Innovation visited us and the
@NorwichResearch
Park🧪
Together with
@innovateuk
and
@NewAngliaLEP
they saw inside our labs,
@NNUHResearch
CRF facility and met our staff and students. Here’s what George had to say ⤵️
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🆕A rapid test in development by Oxford
@nanopore
in collaboration with the Quadram Institute is one of three sequencing-based tests for TB supported by WHO in a significant step in the global fight against infectious disease 🧬
Read more ➡️
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Good luck to our Research Scientists who are off tommorow to the
@STEM4Brit
finals competition
@HouseofCommons
speaking to MPs about:
🔬ME/CFS research - Dr
@Katharine_seton
🦠Eliminating foodborne diseases - Dr
@ETrampari
More on our research targets
➡️
1
16
39
We're thrilled to launch the new Microbes, Microbiome and Bioinformatics (MMB) Doctoral Training Programme with
@The_MRC
@uniofeastanglia
@UeaMed
@APHAgovuk
@UKHSA
@NNUH
, directed by
@mjpallen
and
@ma_webber
!
Find out more and apply 🦠🧬➡️
0
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39
Not long until Prof Simon Carding (
@CardingLab
) & his wife Jane will walk 192 miles from the Irish Sea to the North Sea to raise money for
@Invest_in_ME
👣
Find out more and how to support the walk ⬇️
0
12
39
🔊 Tune in just before 7am to
@BBCr4Today
this morning to hear
@CardingLab
talking to
@justinonweb
about our research into how the gut microbiome plays a key role in human health, including diseases such as Long Covid and ME.
0
12
39
🆕 Blog! We recently welcomed new Group Leader
@DrLauraNolan
to the Quadram Institute. We spoke to Laura about her research and how this could help reduce food waste.
0
11
39
As a researcher, what is the value of promoting yourself online? And how do you go about building your online presence?🌐
@happy_khan
shares his experience on the value of online visibility & easy resources to help you develop your online presence📱
➡️
0
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39
A new, fast, cheap method for sequencing
#SARSCoV2
was developed at the Quadram.
@Justin_OGrady
and
@tweakyaustin
join
@andrewjpage
and
@happy_khan
to discuss CoronaHiT 🧬🎙️
Apple 👉
Spotify 👉
Soundcloud 👉
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Today is International Women's Day and here at Quadram, 56% of our staff are women, rising to 58% of postdocs, 40% at group leader level, and 75% of career track research leaders.
#iwd2020
#eachforequal
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A common member of the human gut
#microbiome
has a specific preference for blood group A antigens, researchers in the
@JugeLab
have discovered.
This may give it an advantage when foraging for sugars, allowing it to colonise the
#gut
more easily.
1
19
39
Prof Justin O'Grady (
@Justin_OGrady
) will be on
@itvanglia
this evening with
@RGhattaura
to discuss the South African variant of
#coronavirus
in Diss and how Quadram scientists are tracking the spread of the variant through genome sequencing.
📺 Tune in from 6pm!
1
13
36
🆕 Probiotics and breast milk support health of premature infants👶
@hall_lab
as part of an international team have shown that probiotic supplements not only save the lives of premature babies, they also ensure they develop a healthy microbiome 🦠➡️
0
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Free online
@FutureLearn
#course
!
Discover what the
#microbiome
is, the important role it plays in human
#health
, and how it changes throughout your life and by the
#food
you eat.
In collaboration with
@EITFood
,
@unito
,
@UniRdg_FNS
,
@CSIC
, and Microbion.
3
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36
"The
@NorwichResearch
Park is a big community of
#microbiologists
which is the kind of environment I wanted to be in"🦠
💬 PhD student
@hoyu_liu
Discover our current PhD opportunities
➡️
0
13
38
Congratulations to Lindsay Hall
@hall_lab
on winning an
#engageawardUEA
for
#GuardiansoftheGut
& more - a fantastic achievement
1
11
38
Dr Gemma Kay's and
@dr_rachstanley
's incredible work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been recognised by the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (
@CovidGenomicsUK
) for
#IWD2021
👏
Read the full blog here:
#InternationalWomensDay
1
10
37
Scientists from around the world with expertise in
#food
,
#nutrition
, medicine, and health have formed a vitamin B12 research discussion group called cluB-12 to raise awareness of B12 deficiency and how it can be addressed.
#Veganuary
@VitaminB12Lab
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The Quadram Institute's home to scientists from QIB,
#NHS
staff from
@NNUH
, researchers from
@uniofeastanglia
. People from 44 nations working to improve human health. We don't have a flag pole but if we did it'd look a bit like this...
#WeAreInternational
#globalhealth
0
21
36
Videos and slides from the talks at our event with
@Invest_in_ME
on current
#mecfs
research
@NorwichResearch
Park & proposed
#RESTOREME
FMT trial are now available online
2
20
36
Happy
#AdaLovelaceDay
, a celebration of women's achievements in STEM 👩🔬👏
Nancy Teng is leading the
#BEAMstudy
with
@RobinsonLab_QIB
@hall_lab
, one of the few trials to date exploring the gut microbiome and breast cancer. She shares what inspired her to study immunology 👇
3
9
37
📣 Prof Nathalie Juge (
@JugeLab
) has been appointed as our Deputy Chief Scientific Officer
The role supports the Chief Scientific Officer and both roles are pivotal to the development of the Institute’s scientific strategy.
➡️
1
5
36
Congratulations to
@MATTwGilmour
and
@EvelienAdri
, who have each been granted prestigious
@BBSRC
partnership awards to collaborate with researchers in Canada 👏
Find out more:
0
9
36
With support from
@Invest_in_ME
and the Norfolk CCGs there is a GP Fellowship opportunity to develop skills in
#MECFS
, contribute to research & improve patient outcomes
1
22
36
Woah woah woah! It’s a
#PintOfScience2022
student Twitter
#Takeover
!
My name’s Gab - a first year PhD student at
@TheQuadram
! Tonight’s the first night for the
@pintofscience
event in Maddermarket Theatre! Can’t wait to get science-y!
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