@quadraminstitute.bsky.social
At the forefront of research into food, the gut microbiome, and human health. Partnership between Quadram Institute Bioscience, @nnuh.bsky.social , @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
A microscopy photo of starch granules with the text "To explore the impact of novel carbohydrate containing foods on the gut microbiome and on health, Salary: £37,500 to £45,350, Contract length: 2.5 years, Apply by 30 November 2025"
🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a Research Scientist to explore the impact of novel carbohydrate containing foods on the gut microbiome and on health.
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2025
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📽️ Earlier this year three undergraduate students spent six weeks working with us funded by @investinmeresearch.bsky.social 🔬
Two of the students, Paige and Mya, talk about their experience of their placements ⤵️
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A photo of pigs in a field with the text "Project Scientist, to work on a project designing combinations of phages against Enterotoxigenic E.coli (ETEC) in swine, Salary: £29,890, Contract length: 1 year, Apply by 16 November 2025
🆕Vacancy! We're looking for a Project Scientist to work on a project designing combinations of phages against Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) in swine.
💷 £29,890
🗓️ Apply by 16 November 2025
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Ben Goldsborough MP talks to NNUH Consultant Dr Emma Webb
Dr Laura Bardon, Andrew Stronach, Dr Emma Webb, Dr Maria Traka and Professor Martin Warren in Parliament
Professor Martin Warren talks to Adrian Ramsey MP
Dr Laura Bardon and Dr Emma Webb talk to Melissa Haynes Agoro
Our researchers are in Parliament today for @senseaboutsci.bsky.social's #EvidenceWeek talking to policymakers about hidden hunger in the UK 🗣️
Read more about hidden hunger and our work to tackle it
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A digital illustration of the gut microbiome with the text "Funded PhD, Evolutionary and Ecological Impact of the Western Lifestyle on the Gut Microbiome, with Dr Falk Hildebrand, Apply by 2 December 2025"
🎓 #PhDPosition !
🍔 Evolutionary and Ecological Impact of the Western Lifestyle on the Gut Microbiome with Dr Falk Hildebrand @bioinf.bsky.social
📅Apply by 2 December
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If successful, the ViTaL-D Study would be a step towards using biofortified tomatoes to overcome a growing global problem of vitamin D deficiency 🌎
This step forward is of particular interest to people who follow a plant-based diet because vegan sources of vitamin D are nearly non-existent 🌿
A digital illustration of DNA with the text "Funded PhD, Out of order: investigating genetic and environmental drivers of genome rearrangement, with Dr Gemma Langridge, Apply by 2 December 2025"
🎓 #PhDPosition !
🧬 Out of order: investigating genetic and environmental drivers of genome rearrangement with Dr Gemma Langridge @langridgelab.bsky.social
📅Apply by 2 December
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"Should #phage therapy look like an antibiotic prescription, standardised and mass-produced, or more like personalised cancer treatment, tailored to the individual? The answer is: both."
💬 @deuskamya.bsky.social
A photo of fermented pickles with the text "Research Scientist (Fermented Foods and Nutrition) to join the FlavourFerm project and explore the nutrition of fermented foods, Salary: £37,500 to £45,350, Contract length: 2 years, Apply by 6 November 2025"
⏰ Closing soon! We’re looking for a Research Scientist to join the Laboratory of Dr Maria Traka in the Food & Nutrition National Bioscience Research Infrastructure programme.
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 6 November 2025
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A social card with a digital illustration of of AI and the text "Research Scientist (Bioinformatics) to develop and apply computational methods for metaproteomics and multi-omics to advance precision microbiome research. Salary : £37,500 to £41,500, Contract length: 2 years, Apply by 9 November 2025"
⏰ Closing soon! We’re looking for a Research Scientist (Bioinformatics) to join the Laboratory of Dr Kai Cheng in our Food, Microbiome and Health programme
💷 £37,500 to £41,500
🗓️ Apply by 9 November 2025
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Did you know that scientists use blood agar to grow some microbes? 🩸
The agar changes colour when certain microbes produce toxins degrading red blood cells. This helps us tell microbes apart, like Staphylococcus aureus🧫
Read more about the diversity of Staphylococci bacteria ➡️
🆕 Blog! Dr Bilal Djeghout explains how he's developed a new kitchen model experiment to study in the lab how Campylobacter spreads in the kitchen 🍴
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A microscopy image of vascular system with the text "Funded PhD, Unravelling how endothelial metabolism drives vascular inflammation, with Dr Stephen Robinson, Apply by 2 December 2025"
🎓 PhD Position !
🔬 Unravelling how endothelial metabolism drives vascular inflammation with Dr Stephen Robinson @robinsonlab-qib.bsky.social
📅Apply by 2 December
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A digital illustration of the gut microbiome with the text "Funded PhD, the impact of innovative food ingredients on the human gut microbiome and health, with Dr Fred Warren, Apply by 2 December 2025"
🎓 #PhDPosition !
🍽️ The impact of innovative food ingredients on the human gut microbiome and health with Dr Fred Warren @starchlab.bsky.social
📅Apply by 2 December
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A photo of fermented pickles with the text "Research Scientist (Fermented Foods and Nutrition) to join the FlavourFerm project and explore the nutrition of fermented foods, Salary: £37,500 to £45,350, Contract length: 2 years, Apply by 6 November 2025"
Are you passionate about nutrition science and the potential of #fermentedfoods to transform plant-based diets?
Check out our current vacancy ⤵️
💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 6 November 2025
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"I am trying to understand phages not just as agents of infection or therapy, but as participants in a vast biological dialogue."
💬 PhD student @deuskamya.bsky.social
PhD position advertisement that reads "Funded PhD. Exploring the genetics of gut microbiomes spatially resolved in IBD patients. With Professor Falk Hildebrand. Apply by 6 January 2026."
🆕We’re looking for a motivated candidate to explore the evolution of the gut microbiome in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, working on cutting-edge metagenomics with clinical translation 🧬
🗓️ Apply by 6 January 2026
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@bioinf.bsky.social
PhD position advertisement that reads "Funded PhD. Carrying a toxic burden: the continuing spread of Shiga toxin- harbouring phage in E.coli. With Dr Gemma Langridge. Apply by 6 January 2026."
🆕We’re looking for a motivated candidate to study the genetics of a microbe of great public health concern, helping inform public health surveillance 🦠
🗓️ Apply by 6 January 2026
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@gemma-langridge.bsky.social
PhD position advertisement that reads "Funded PhD. Metagenomics of E.coli-associated urinary tract infections in pregnancy. With Professor Alison Mather. Apply by 6 January 2026."
🆕 We’re looking for a motivated candidate to investigate whether differences in E. coli types increase risk of UTIs in pregnancy. This will help inform better patient care 🧪
🗓️ Apply by 6 January 2026
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@alisonmather.bsky.social
PhD position advertisement that reads "Funded PhD. Understanding the microbiome and phageome in chronic lung infections for the development of phage therapy. With Dr Evelien Adriaenssens and Professor Eleanor Mishra. Apply by 6 January 2026."
🆕 We’re looking for a motivated candidate to explore the role of phages in chronic respiratory disease to help make better decisions about phage therapy as a treatment 🫁
🗓️ Apply by 6 January 2026
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@evelienadri.bsky.social
PhD position advertisement that reads "Funded PhD. Antimicrobial resistance in a global One Health context: understanding links between animals and humans. With Professor Alison Mather. Apply by 6 January 2026."
🆕We’re looking for a motivated candidate to examine drivers and evolutionary factors influencing antimicrobial resistance in pigs from Brazil🐖
🗓️ Apply by 6 January 2026
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@alisonmather.bsky.social
Some MMB PhD students and coordinators during a trip to Cambridge.
A petri dish with orange media and microbes growing.
A student in the lab pours liquid in a measuring cylinder.
Calling all aspiring microbiology PhD students 🎓
Applications onto the Medical Research Council-funded Microbes, Microbiomes & Bioinformatics DTP are now open!
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You can choose from a range of projects highlighted in this thread 🧵
PhD position advertisement that reads "Funded PhD. Metagenomics of E.coli-associated urinary tract infections in pregnancy. With Professor Alison Mather. Apply by 6 January 2026."
🆕 We’re looking for a motivated candidate to investigate whether differences in E. coli types increase risk of UTIs in pregnancy. This will help inform better patient care 🧪
🗓️ Apply by 6 January 2025
➡️https://buff.ly/sFpuQWo
@alisonmather.bsky.social
PhD position advertisement that reads "Funded PhD. Understanding the microbiome and phageome in chronic lung infections for the development of phage therapy. With Dr Evelien Adriaenssens and Professor Eleanor Mishra. Apply by 6 January 2026."
🆕 We’re looking for a motivated candidate to explore the role of phages in chronic respiratory disease to help make better decisions about phage therapy as a treatment 🫁
🗓️ Apply by 6 January 2025
➡️ buff.ly/jkawqt7
@evelienadri.bsky.social
PhD position advertisement that reads "Funded PhD. Antimicrobial resistance in a global One Health context: understanding links between animals and humans. With Professor Alison Mather. Apply by 6 January 2026."
🆕We’re looking for a motivated candidate to examine drivers and evolutionary factors influencing antimicrobial resistance in pigs from Brazil🐖
🗓️ Apply by 6 January 2025
➡️https://buff.ly/sFpuQWo
@alisonmather.bsky.social
From #drug cabinet → gut #microbiome: screening 312 therapeutic compounds, we mapped 4.6 million microbial protein-level responses to reveal how our drugs don’t just target us, they hit our gut microbes too.
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A digital illustration of different bacteria with the text, "Funded PhD, How does antibiotic resistance evolve in mixed communities?" With Professor Mark Webber, Apply by 2 December 2025
🎓 #PhDPosition !
🦠 How does antibiotic resistance evolve in mixed communities? with Professor Mark Webber @webberma.bsky.social
📅Apply by 2 December
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Congratulations to @hannahvpye.bsky.social @lizzicoy.bsky.social and Claire Hill for winning poster prizes. The symposium was organised at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
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1 in 5 people in the UK are estimated to be deficient in #vitaminD during winter and spring 📉
Our ViTaL-D Study aims to understand whether tomatoes biofortified through gene-editing tomatoes to be high in vitamin D leads to higher levels of active vitamin D in the blood 🍅
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