As we wrap up for a well deserved festive break, we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas from all of us in the Langridge lab @quadraminstitute.bsky.social We look forward to sharing more of our exciting science with you as we smash our goals for 2026! But first lets relax & get festive

📻 Listen back to BBC Radio Norfolk to hear our researcher @emmabeansworth.bsky.social talk about the launch of Am I a Scientist? which aims to break down current stereotypes of what scientists are. 🔊 Listen from 24:05 ▶️ buff.ly/a8Z8Wmp 🥼 Find out more about Am I A Scientist ➡️ buff.ly/ZhpyuhK

📻 Tune into BBC Radio Norfolk at 2.20pm to hear our researcher @emmabeansworth.bsky.social talk about the launch of the 'Am I a Scientist' online teaching resource ⤵️ buff.ly/QdHqWf4

Our @emmabeansworth.bsky.social has turned #WhatIsAScientist into a free online resource for #scienceteachers to help smash sterotypes in science by providing visible roles models in scientists from the Norwich Research Park👨‍🔬🧬👩‍🔬 Please use or share: www.norwichresearchpark.com/am-i-a-scien...

🆕 New science resource for schools launched by Norwich Research Park scientists✨ The initiative is the brainchild of Dr @emmabeansworth.bsky.social , a researcher at the Quadram Institute 🧪 buff.ly/qkQHBUE

It's the last few days to apply for this #PhDposition starting in Oct 2026 with us @quadraminstitute.bsky.social. Do you like bacteria, genomics & puzzles?🦠🧬🧩 Do you wanna work in a cutting edge of science, with some awesome people? 😜 Please apply or share by 2 Dec 🗓️ Find out more ⬇

It's the last few days to apply for this #PhDposition starting in Oct 2026 in the @langridgelab.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social. Apply by 2 Dec if you have ever wondered what happens if bacteria follow the rules of life, but in a different order? 🤔 this could be the project for you🦠🧬🧩

Yesterday, we said, "See you next time" to our awesome clinical fellow Rachael! We are not sure where the last 6 months went, but we know it won't be long till you are back for your PhD! Until then, at least you are only across the road @nnuh.bsky.social Come back & complete the doctor doctor joke!

Another PhD!! Are you, or someone you know, looking for a PhD, starting in Oct 2026? Do you like phages, genomes & public health impact?🦠🧬🧩 Wanna work in a cutting edge of science, with some awesome people @quadraminstitute.bsky.social? Please apply or share by 6 Jan🗓️ #PhDposition #academicsky

This year's new intake of @mmbdtp.bsky.social students are enjoying getting stuck into @gemma-langridge.bsky.social's #comparativegenomics for week 4 of their bioinformatics training, with a couple of the #OG students @nisbetalice.bsky.social & @eh-hayles.bsky.social assisting!🧵1/3

No! You're a toxic burden?! 😅 Ever wonder how bacteria become more toxic via phages? & how public health dealss with this 🤔 this project could be for you🦠🏥🧬 The @langridgelab.bsky.social is looking for #PhD candidates to join the group in October 2026 - please share! Apply by 6 Jan🗓️ #PhDposition

🎓 #PhDPosition ! 🧬 Out of order: investigating genetic and environmental drivers of genome rearrangement with Dr Gemma Langridge @langridgelab.bsky.social 📅Apply by 2 December ➡️https://buff.ly/k31MNuV

🚨 Another funded PhD alert🚨 We are recruiting again! For a PhD student to start with us in the @langridgelab.bsky.social October 2026 - please share 👀 If you are interested in foodborne pathogens, public health and phage, look no further 🦠🏥🧬 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3zvavp2t ⬅️ Apply by 6 Jan 2026 🗓️

Celebrating #IAmABiologist we hear from Emma Waters, Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Bacterial niche adaptation at the Quadram Institute. #BiologyWeek

Funded PhD position available in @langridgelab.bsky.social! Excellent project in a very supportive, driven & knowledgable group 🧬

Well it's 100% official now! #IAmABiologist! So delighted I was chosen by the @biochemsoc.bsky.social to have myself & my work with the @langridgelab.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social be showcased Biology Week #IAmABiologist campaign! keep eyes peeled for #WhatIsAScientist? updates soon🤞

No! You're out of order?! 😅 Ever wonder what happens if bacteria follow the rules of life, but in a different order? 🤔 this could be the project for you🦠🧬🧩 The @langridgelab.bsky.social is looking for #PhD candidates to join the group in October 2026 - please share! Apply by 2 Dec 🗓️ #PhDposition

Are you, or someone you know, looking for a PhD, starting in Oct 2026? Do you like bacteria, genomics & puzzles?🦠🧬🧩 Do you wanna work in a cutting edge of science, with some awesome people @quadraminstitute.bsky.social? Please apply or share by 2 Dec 🗓️ #PhDposition #academicsky Find out more ⬇️

🚨 Funded PhD alert 🚨 We are recruiting for a PhD student to join the @langridgelab.bsky.social in October 2026 - please share! If you like bacteria, genomics and puzzles, this could be the project for you 🦠🧬🧩 Apply by 2 Dec 🗓️ #PhDposition Find out more ⬇️ www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...

🎓 #PhDPosition ! 🧬 Out of order: investigating genetic and environmental drivers of genome rearrangement with Dr Gemma Langridge @langridgelab.bsky.social 📅Apply by 2 December ➡️ buff.ly/n7AAs8b

Lovely reminder from @langridgelab.bsky.social that today’s actually the first day of the final year of my PhD – only a slightly daunting prospect…

We are so pleased to share that our @stevenrudder.bsky.social passed his viva with flying colours today 🥳 👏🎉 Congratulations Dr Rudder!! Huge thank you to Adrain Egli & @alisonmather.bsky.social for examining #PhDone #AcademicChatter You have definitely left your mark on the group & will be missed🦆

Delighted to share that @stevenrudder.bsky.social has passed his viva today!! Congratulations Dr Rudder, and a huge thank you to @alisonmather.bsky.social and Prof Adrian Egli for examining. Steven, this is so well deserved, we're all super proud of you #PhDone

Delighted to celebrate with @stevenrudder.bsky.social, who has passed his viva today!! Cannot believe your time with the @langridgelab.bsky.social is already over but this is a long time coming & you deserve this so much! Go forth & do your 💩 but please stay in touch #PhDone #academicsky #PhD

Well that's a wrap @biochemsoc.bsky.social #BioPhyChrom2025 thank you to the organisers & everyone here for contributing to a wonderful week. Looking forward to hopefully seeing you all again in Paris 🇫🇷 @danielabarilla.bsky.social @damelab.bsky.social @graingerlab.bsky.social @vslioy.bsky.social

We couldn't really let this #postdocappreciationweek pass without pointing out that we've doubled our awesome postdoc quota this year 💪💪 Between Claire and @emmabeansworth.bsky.social this group runs like a well oiled machine and we can't thank you enough for it 🤩 #NPAW2025

It's #postdocappreciationweek! this year for the 1st time I have a special shout out to the @langridgelab.bsky.social's other VIP (Very Important Postdoc). Claire Hill you are immense addition with your CHill nature. Thank you for taking a good share of the load in looking after the group🐧 #NPAW2025

We have been hearing great things about @biochemsoc.bsky.social #BioPhyChrom2025 & it looks like our Emma is having fun.. maybe too much?😉 Don't worry when she's back she will be writing a paper on this work showing that genomic rearrangement can impact #virulence & #AMR. Find Poster 9 to hear more

What a great 1st session @biochemsoc.bsky.social #BioPhyChrom2025. A great mix of talks & discussion points from all speakers I am looking forward to sharing my work showing that genome structure variation can influence #virulence & #AMR. Come see me at poster 009

We are looking forward to @vslioy.bsky.social visiting @quadraminstitute.bsky.social tomorrow and hearing about her work on aquired genes shape #Salmonella's chromatin. We are also looking forward to Vicky taking @emmabeansworth.bsky.social to #BioPhyChrom2025... Peace & quite for a whole week!🤫

UK mode ON 🇬🇧 #BioPhyChrom2025 ahead! First stop @quadraminstitute.bsky.social for some Salmonella chromatin chats with @emmabeansworth.bsky.social & @langridgelab.bsky.social

As we leave late summer behind & enter autumn & some normality, we have been able to get together to celebrate some awesome achievements by our @stevenrudder.bsky.social & @eh-hayles.bsky.social. In a Langridge lab tradition, both received their coasters of their 1st author papers in the group!🎉🥳🎊

Looking for your next summer read? Our @stevenrudder.bsky.social's 1st 1st author paper is now published in @microbiologysociety.org's #MicrobialGenomics Revealing within-host genome diversity of #Salmonella & highlighting the limits of single-colony #sequencing with impacts on #AMR & transmission

Big news! @quadraminstitute.bsky.social Microbe of the Month is Salmonella Typhi! A tiny troublemaker with a big history🦠 Check out Typhi's reel to learn about its genetic gymnastics and long-term love for Mary Mallon 💝 #MicrobeoftheMonth #SalmonellaSlay See @quadraminstitute on instagram for more!

We heard a lot about how #COVID impacted the nation, but what happened locally? Here @eh-hayles.bsky.social discusses her research exploring & understanding how #SARS-CoV-2 spread & evolved in #Norfolk during the #COVID-19 pandemic 🦠 & shows how we can use the past to be prepared for the future💪

Waiting for the rain to stop? ⛈️ Need a good read? 📃 Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social has written a blog discussing her research exploring & understanding how SARS-CoV-2 spread & evolved in #Norfolk during the #COVID-19 pandemic 🦠 She shows the powers of #sequence surveillance & #epidemiology💪

🆕 Blog! Our PhD student @eh-hayles.bsky.social discusses her research exploring and understanding how SARS-CoV-2 spread and evolved in #Norfolk during the COVID-19 pandemic 🦠 ➡️ buff.ly/YgTTNVG

Congrats @eh-hayles.bsky.social ! And it's always nice to see that one can run 30k genomes on iqtree!

Prefer to hear about the latest, awesome science in podcast summary instead of reading the entire paper? Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social's @microbiologysociety.org paper has already been turned into a podcast episode! Listen here or read the paper here www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

During the #COVID19 pandemic @quadraminstitute.bsky.social, sequenced >87,000 #SARSCoV2 samples, with an emphasis on East Anglia, supporting local hospitals with data informed insights on the emerging pandemic with #COGUK. This paper explores the #genomic #epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Norfolk, UK

Truly delighted to see @eh-hayles.bsky.social have her 1st paper out! Not only 1st paper but 1st-1st author paper and 1st paper to ever come from the @mmbdtp.bsky.social!!! Congratulations to you & all the co-authors👏Such a huge piece of work now in @microbiologysociety.org's #MicrobialGenomics

Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social's 1st 1st-author paper is now published in @microbiologysociety.org's #MicrobialGenomics It explores the #genomic #epidemiology of #COVID in Norfolk, UK Great job by @andrewjpage.bsky.social @drrobkingsley.bsky.social Javier Guitian #COGUK & @gemma-langridge.bsky.social!

What a great movie reel of 3 incredible days of #Salmonella science & networking at #I3S #I3Scongress. A great highlight captured for us is @ukhsa.bsky.social's @mariechattaway.bsky.social vibrant keynote talk! ... & video evidence of our @emmabeansworth.bsky.social actually doing some work😮

The ability of @jidcuk.bsky.social to fund such projects depends on the resources we have today. Donations can help the charity expand their impact and support even more ground-breaking projects in the future. If you would like to support please donate here: www.jidcuk.org/donate

It's been a pleasure to help develop an @nanoporetech.com #sequencing course which has helped train individuals in Fiji National University & Nepal. The course's aim is to enable scientists to do their own sequencing in their own country, preparing them to respond to any outbreak in the future🧑‍🔬🧬

Here's a blog from PhD student @carolinejarvis.bsky.social, reflecting on how myself & other researchers from the @quadraminstitute.bsky.social have been working with the charity @jidcuk.bsky.social to improve access to global health research & champion equitability of collaborations🧑‍🔬🌏

Our CSO @pathogenomenick.bsky.social is finishing off #MNGPopUp with a fantastic talk on metagenomic pathogen surveillance 👀 @articnetwork.bsky.social #MicroSky #MicrobialGenomics #Metagenomics #InfectiousDiseases #GenomicSurveillance #PathogenDetection #Bioinformatics

Great to hear from @nisbetalice.bsky.social who shared new insights into how Salmonella Paratyphi A adapts during long-term, asymptomatic carriage 👀 #MicrobialGenomics #PathogenSurveillance #PublicHealth #Microbiology #EntericFever #Salmonella #ECR #MNGPopUp @quadraminstitute.bsky.social

And finally at @microbesng.bsky.social #MNGPopUp our @nisbetalice.bsky.social is chairing the last session including the keynote from @pathogenomenick.bsky.social titled “Pathogen surveillance through #metagenomics: the next frontier?" Looking forward to some more great #Genomics #ECR talks first!