Quadram Student Forum (QSF)

The gut microbiome has a major impact on our bodily functioning 🦠

In this month's podcast, microbiologist Bushra Schuitemaker joins us to illuminate what we can learn about our microbiome from the world around us, particularly domesticated animals.

Listen now: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

Norwich University of the Arts illustration exhibition - Quadram Institute Illustrations inspired by upcoming human studies will be on display in the public atrium at the Quadram Institute.

🆕 Illustrations created by Norwich University of the Arts students inspired by our upcoming human studies will be on display in the public atrium at the Quadram Institute until 8 August 🎨

Norwich Pride 2025 Norwich Research Park

How SARS-CoV-2 impacted Norfolk: What a three year study taught us - Quadram Institute “In the five years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, we’ve learnt a lot – not just about the virus that causes COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) but also how to track the spread and evolution of microbes th...

I've written a blog discussing my recent published research into SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology in Norfolk throughout the pandemic!

Find it here: quadram.ac.uk/blogs/how-sa...

Really important read from PhD student Eleanor Hayles regarding her findings at the @quadraminstitute.bsky.social.

Give it a read here 👇

PhD students looking for potential PIPS placements - check out these below

Showcasing cutting-edge bacterial gene expression research at a prestigious US conference Caroline Jarvis shares her experience of attending the Gordon Research Seminar and the Gordon Research Conference 2025.

In our latest blog, @carolinejarvis.bsky.social from the @quadraminstitute.bsky.social shares her experience of attending the Gordon Research Seminar and Conference - supported by our internal flexible funding scheme! www.cmi-norwich.ac.uk/showcasing-c...

Last week I attended the ECR symposium on Microbial Genomics jointly organised by @microbesng.bsky.social, @norwichmicro.bsky.social and Get Genome.

I had the wonderful opportunity to present some of my PhD work @quadraminstitute.bsky.social

Protect your boundaries. Bubbles with the following boundaries in them: time for self-care, respecting your views and feelings, learning to say no, changing your mind, setting your own priorities, working only in work hours.

Pls respect my boundaries 💙
Anything you’d add?

graphic with text stating Accessible Science with the Norwich Bioscience Institutes. Logos from Earlham, John Innes Centre, Quadram and TSL

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📆 Tuesday 7 Oct '25

Get ready for the return of the Norwich Bioscience Institutes Accessible Science Talks!

Schools and colleges can join us online to hear directly from our researchers and technical specialists about their science & careers🔬🧬🌿🦠💻

🆕 LGBTQIA+ Leaders in Nature Conservation and STEM: A Panel 🌈

Our Project Manager @samfrowe.bsky.social‬ and PhD student @gabastorga.bsky.social‬ are taking part in the panel hosted by Norfolk Wildlife Trust

🗓️ 22 July
📍 Norwich Arts Centre

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Our latest #BitesizeBioinformatics webinar is now live!
First in a mini series exploring #MachineLearning in biosciences
youtu.be/tIfpbDWnb0c
#Bioinformatics #ComputationalBiology

BMA invites abstract submissions from early career researchers for the Early Career Research Symposium on Career & Research Day! Including undergraduates, all the way up to junior faculty/managers across academic, industry and government sectors. Submit your abstract today at tinyurl.com/BIM-abstract25. Abstracts due July 8, 11.59PM EST. This will be a virtual symposium.

🚨📆⏰ ABSTRACT SUBMISSION REMINDER 🧬🦠🧫
The ECR symposium abstract call closes in TWO WEEKS!
Submit your abstract at tinyurl.com/BIM-abst... by July 8, 11.59PM EST! #BiM2025 #BlackInMicrobiology #EarlyCareerResearch

Our @nisbetalice.bsky.social gave an awesome final & award winning talk at #I3Scongress showing 20 years of #typhoidal #Salmonella in England & Wales. Amazing achievement for her 1st ever international talk. Keep an eye out for this publication coming soon, in collaboration with @ukhsa.bsky.social

On the 13-15th June, we hosted our annual student retreat in Southwold! We all had a great time relaxing and enjoying a break from PhD work - swimming, having a BBQ, a murder mystery night, and a beach trip 🏖️

Promotional poster for the "Norwich Pop Up" event featuring Ho Yu Liu from the Quadram Institute as a speaker. The title of her talk is: “Exploring the essential genes for plasmid acceptance in E. coli and S. Typhimurium.” The poster includes a smiling photo of Ho Yu wearing glasses and a grey top. Behind her is an aerial view of the Norwich Research Park. Logos for "microbesNG PopUp ," the Centre for Microbial Interactions, The Sainsbury Laboratory, and GetGenome are displayed at the top left. A bold vertical pink text reads "SPEAKER" on the right side. The event is on 3 July at the John Innes Conference Centre. A registration link is provided: linktr.ee/microbesng.

🦠 🧬 How do bacteria accept resistance genes? Register for #MNGPopUp to find out!
@hoyuliu.bsky.social reveals genes that impact plasmid acceptance during conjugation—🔑 to stop spread of #AMR
📅 July 3 | 📍Norwich
🔗 linktr.ee/microbesng #MicroSky #ECR @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @webberma.bsky.social

Had a lovely time at @biofilms11 in Cardiff last week! Thank you to all who came and had a catch about my PhD work which is funded by @ukri.org BBSRC.

Take a look at the blog the comms team has put together where we chat more about the experience

A glimpse into the invisible world; inspiring future scientists through outreach - Quadram Institute PhD student Josh Horton reflects on his recent experiences planning and delivering science outreach sessions at a local primary school

🆕 PhD student @jcihorton.bsky.social reflects on his recent experiences planning and delivering science outreach sessions at a local primary school in Norwich ⤵️

Demystifying infectious intestinal disease; My PhD placement in food safety policy - Quadram Institute PhD student Sam Mellor recently completed a placement at the Food Standards Agency, uncovering the burden of infectious intestinal disease in the UK.

🆕 Blog! What is it like working on food safety outside of academia? 🧪

Norwich Research Park Doctoral Training Programme (NRPDTP) PhD student Sam Mellor tells us about his placement experience at the @foodgov.bsky.social Food Standards Agency ⤵️
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Today I presented my PhD research at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference in Liverpool! Thanks so much to the Microbiology Society! @microbiologysociety.org

Come and learn about prophages of Ruminococcus gnavus from @xenadyball.bsky.social at poster B078 #Microbio2025

Some Quadram students are in Liverpool presenting at #MicroBio25! @microbiologysociety.org

Our outgoing chair, Josh Horton, presenting a poster titled "Building a Student Community: the Quadram Student Forum"

Earlier this week, the committee attended the #BBSRC Connecting Research Culture conference hosted by @earlhaminst.bsky.social

We spoke with students/staff from various BBSRC institutes about our efforts to establish a student community and listened to many fantastic speakers

@ukri.org

Excited to be invited to the #BBSRC Connecting Research Culture conference at @earlhaminst.bsky.social today as part of my role in @quadramsf.bsky.social

The committee have a poster about our work establishing a student community @quadraminstitute.bsky.social - come find us at lunch time! ☺️

Celebrating Student Science: The Quadram Student Science Showcase 2025 - Quadram Institute The Quadram Institute held its annual Student Science Showcase on 20 January 2025. The event, organised by members of the Quadram Student Forum (QSF) committee , serves two purposes. It offers an…

The Quadram Student Science Showcase proved yet again to be a resounding success, offering a valuable platform for students to share their research, hone their presentation skills, and engage in meaningful dialogue with students and staff 🎓

@quadramsf.bsky.social

Last week QSF had the opportunity to present a poster at Quadram's Annual Science Strategy event. We spoke to Trustees and Industry Advisory Panel members about our work helping to form a student community at Quadram, as well as the importance of student science!

The showcase really highlighted the contribution of student science at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social . Here's a little blog summarising the day :)

We also had Xena present her work on Ruminococcus gnavus prophages today. Watch this space for the prophage discovery pipeline she developed!

Quadram Student Science Showcase

Firstly our Steven talked about his work on improving HMW DNA extraction from stool for @nanoporetech.com's long read sequencing using Revolugen's FireMonkey kit.

Much needed help from Guess 💩 & Ben & Jerry's 2/7

Next up is our @eh-hayles.bsky.social presenting her genomic #epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Norfolk throughout the pandemic looking at lineage dynamics & variant of concern presence in the region

Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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