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What fungi live in the gut? Meet the gut mycobiome - Quadram Institute Our gastrointestinal tract is teeming with microbes. The fungal component of the microbiome is known as the mycobiome.

This #WorldFungusDay meet the gut mycobiome, the fungi living in our gut 🔬

🚨 The Royal Society has failed a crucial test of leadership.

Today they issued this mealy-mouthed response to Elon Musk’s appalling remarks calling for violence against our fellow citizens. 1/5

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📺 We were on BBC Breakfast this morning together with the @johninnescentre.bsky.social talking about our new ViTaL-D study 🍅

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📺 Watch BBC's Look East's report on the ViTaL-D study🍅

Together with @johninnescentre.bsky.social we are launching the study to understand whether biofortifying tomatoes leads to higher levels of vitamin D in the blood after people have eaten them.

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📺 We're on TV! Watch BBC Look East's report on the launch of our ViTaL-D study.

The ViTaL-D Study is investigating the impact of eating @johninnescentre.bsky.social Vitamin D biofortified tomatoes on levels of vitamin D in the blood 🍅

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Exciting to see this launch today! This research is an excellent example of using plant science to improve human health, and highlights the value of BBSRC’s long-term investment in plant and nutritional science🍅🔬

Norwich trial uses tomatoes to test gene-edited food on humans Seventy-six people with low vitamin D levels are being recruited to take part in the study.

The new Precision Breeding legislation means we can develop crops that are more nutritious and resilient, with benefits for health, farming, and the environment. 2/4

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Need a winter warmer? Groundbreaking gene-edited tomato soup trial with higher levels of 'Sunshine' vitamin recruiting now - Quadram Institute Human trial of gene edited food, to understand whether biofortifying tomatoes in this way leads to higher levels of vitamin D in the blood

🆕 Our scientists and those @johninnescentre.bsky.social are launching one of the first human trials of gene edited food, to understand whether biofortifying tomatoes in this way leads to higher levels of vitamin D in the blood after people have eaten them 🍅

Vitamin D3 concentrations are lowered by common vitamin D supplement - Quadram Institute Taking vitamin D2 might be lowering the body's levels of the more efficient form of vitamin D, vitamin D3, according to new research

🆕 Taking vitamin D2 might be lowering the body's levels of the more efficient form of vitamin D, vitamin D3, according to new research from @uniofsurrey.bsky.social, @johninnescentre.bsky.social and Quadram Institute.

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Interested in healthy aging and the microbiome? Join my lab to explore how ex vivo microbiome assays can guide personalized interventions that modulate specific microbiome-derived metabolites critical for health.

New £644K Microbiome Innovation Network to drive UK Bioscience Research and impact health, food, and environments - Quadram Institute The Microbiome Innovation Centre at the University of Liverpool, the National Biofilms Innovation Centre, the Quadram Institute, Nottingham Trent University, and the University of Oxford have been…

🆕 New £644K Microbiome Innovation Network to drive UK Bioscience Research and impact health, food and environments.

Inspiring the next generation: exploring the invisible microbial world with students in Koothanoor, India - Quadram Institute Research Scientist Dr Revathy Krishnamurthy reflects on her visit to the village where she grew up in India and inspiring the next generation to discover the world of science.

🆕 Blog! Our Research Scientist Dr Revathy Krishnamurthi reflects on her recent visit to the village where she grew up in India to inspire the next generation to discover the world of science 🔍

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Catalysing New UK-US Critical Minerals Research Partnerships scheme now live! 🌍 Travel grants up to £5,000 support UK-US exchanges for researchers & industry working on critical minerals & materials. Apply by 15 Oct. Webinar 30 Sept. #ResearchFunding
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Excited to share our @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social led by Magda showing how Bif has co-evolved with different animal hosts 🐒🐭🐷🐦

Key takeaways:
🔹 Host ancestry + diet shape Bif evolution
🔹 Mammals enriched for carb-busting enzymes
🔹 Untapped diversity in non-human hosts = new probiotic potential

Lovely to see that our latest paper investigating #SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology in #Norfolk was one of the most read papers last month in #MicrobialGenomics!

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Targets Archive - Quadram Institute Our research targets some of the major challenges that face society, where our bioscience will have significant impact for health across the lifecourse, from when we are born to as we age, as well as…

Our research targets some of the major challenges that face society, where our bioscience will have significant impact for health across the lifecourse, from when we are born to as we age.

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⏰ Closing soon! We’re looking for an Alliance and Impact Officer or Alliance and Impact Manager to join our Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation Team.

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We benefit from being located in an inspiring place to live and work ✨

Norwich lies on the outskirts of the Broads National Park, linking the city to unspoilt countryside. 30 minutes away is the stunning Norfolk coastline too

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Yesterday was #BeerDay, so here's some beer science 🍻

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae made history, not just for its beer-making talents, by also becoming the first eukaryote to be fully genome sequenced. A eukaryote is an organism whose cells contain a nucleus 🧬

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Andrew unlocked a badge! International Beer Day (2025): Hoppy International Beer Day! Beer serves as the common thread that links us worldwide, possessing the ability to bring people together in a unique way. Beer has playe...

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Typhoid Mary, genetic tricks and disease detectives; meet Salmonella Typhi - Quadram Institute Typhoid is a potentially life-threatening disease caused by a microbe called Salmonella Typhi. PhD student Alice Nisbet studies this dangerous microbe.

Typhoid Mary, a cook in the 19th Century, unintentionally infected wealthy families with typhoid🍽️ She was a healthy carrier of the disease.

In collaboration with @ukhsa.bsky.social, retrospective identification of carrier patients is part of the detective work we do🔎

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Safe Food, Strong Science: UK Research Network Gears Up for Next Phase - Quadram Institute The Food Safety Research is hosted by the Quadram Institute, and co-led by Dr Matthew Gilmour and Dr Maria Traka, and we’re delighted to have the opportunity to drive forward the next phase of the…

🆕 Backed by new @ukri.org BBSRC and @foodgov.bsky.social funding, the Food Safety Research Network is expanding its work to tackle the UK’s most pressing foodborne risks: by connecting science with those who feed the nation.

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Typhoid Mary, genetic tricks and disease detectives; meet Salmonella Typhi - Quadram Institute Typhoid is a potentially life-threatening disease caused by a microbe called Salmonella Typhi. PhD student Alice Nisbet studies this dangerous microbe.

🆕 Blog! Meet Salmonella Typhi, the microbe that causes typhoid, has genetic tricks up its sleeves and made Typhoid Mary infamous 🦠

Learn more from disease detective, PhD student @nisbetalice.bsky.social, who studies this microbe 🔍

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What microbes shared between parents and children? And what microbes are shared between grandparents, parents and children? 👪

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