The Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) is pivotal in the development of the Institute’s scientific strategy and scientific leadership of the institute and provides clear scientific direction, leadership and management. 💷 Competitive 🗓️ Apply by 12 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/u2j21so

Incredibly proud of Dr Revathy who is inspiring the next generation of scientists around the world. And even though we can't see them through a foldscope, bacteriophages are still our favourite microbes 🤩 quadram.ac.uk/blogs/inspir...

We’re pleased to announce that our Advances (Summer 2025) issue is now available online! 💻🗞️ Our bi-annual John Innes Centre science magazine showcases the incredible people and science at our institute. www.jic.ac.uk/news/advance...

The FEMS Summer School in Macedonia was a truly rewarding experience.
I was very impressed by our ECRs, such a talented group! Huge thanks to the organisers Joanna, Tillmann, and Vaso, and to FEMS for inviting me to join as a mentor. @femsmicro.org @luederslab.bsky.social

In this position, the impact of plant-based diets on the gut microbiome will be explored in metagenomes, including tracing bacterial strains, reconstructing their genomes and metabolic food-webs in the gastrointestinal ecosystem. 💷 £37,500 - £42,000 🗓️ Apply by 30 September 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/9qwinfu

This is an exciting position that will shape the direction of how we target the gut microbiome. Come join my lab at the Quadram Institute.

Was a pleasure to contribute a small part to this massive WGS effort of Kew's fungarium! @estergaya.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social Check out the paper @newphyt.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/nph.70472

"Overall, the visit to the village where I grew up reminded me that science engagement is most powerful when it’s personal, local, and hands-on." 💬 Dr Revathy Krishnamurthi @norwichmicro.bsky.social

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

Many thanks to Katharina Höfer @hoeferlab.bsky.social for giving an inspiring presentation about RNAylation at our annual "Early-Career Microbiologists Symposium" @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Many thanks also to #EMBO @embo.org for supporting this "Young Investigator Seminar".

A complete pleasure to have hosted @vslioy.bsky.social today @quadraminstitute.bsky.social! A great talk & discussions enjoyed by all explaining how chromatin remodelling & #Salmonella Pathogenicity Islands regulation go hand in hand. Next stop @biochemsoc.bsky.social's #BioPhyChrom2025 🌳🚆🫣🤞

Applications close soon for a postdoctoral researcher to join Dr Falk Hildebrand and Dr Chris Quince at the Earlham Institute, looking at microbial perspectives into land use & climate scenarios. buff.ly/wR1Ym1z #SoilHealth #Microbial #SciJobs @bioinf.bsky.social

It’s National Inclusion Week! This week aims to promote inclusion in the community. We look to continually improve our diversity and inclusion of historically marginalised communities.

🆕 Event! We are hosting the Functional Multi-omics Symposium this autumn. Supported by the @microbiologysociety.org , @norwichmicro.bsky.social and @aibio-uk.bsky.social 🗓️ 17 October Register now ⤵️

Do you have a PhD in biology, bioinformatics, computer science or a related discipline? Check out our current vacancy ⤵️ 💷 £37,500 - £42,000 🗓️ Apply by 30 September 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/5gJxZIP

Ready for a week of thinking about DNA's 3rd dimension @biochemsoc.bsky.social's #BioPhyChrom2025. But 1st I'm excited to be hosting @i2bcparissaclay.bsky.social's @vslioy.bsky.social. I am sure her talk on Salmonella chromatin will bring exciting chats & opportunies to @quadraminstitute.bsky.social

Only 5 days left to apply for our Soil metagenomics position: estimating the impact microbiomes in restored agricultural sites can have on climate change (closing 19th Sep): jobs.earlham.ac.uk/Details.asp?...

🆕 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 🔍 @norwichmicro.bsky.social

We are pleased to announce that @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social has been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026 by the @bspp.bsky.social. “I am humbled to have been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026. I’d like to thank my research group and my TSL colleagues for their inspiration and support.” buff.ly/VvoR27Q

💬 "With #singlecell #genomics we can tease out the bacterial genome from the protist genome, while linking the #bacteria to its #protist host. It’s a really powerful technique to understand host-pathogen interactions and how they evolve over time.”

EVENT - Calling all teachers, A-level science classes and colleges! Registration is now open for the NBI Accessible Science Talks 2025 🗓️ Tuesday 7 October 2025 💻 Register here: jic.link/NBIAST2025

Applications for Society Supported Conference Grants close on 01 October at 23.59 BST. Awards of up to £2,000 are available to members who wish to organise a conference in any field of microbiology. Check your eligibility and apply now: microb.io/SocietySuppo...

Join us for Annual Conference 2026! Abstract submission and registration are open for the UK’s largest annual gathering of microbiologists. Held in Belfast, UK, this year’s Conference also features two-day attendance tickets.

Our researchers have shown that colorectal cancer is unique in having its own microbial ‘fingerprint’. Read more 👉 www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a... #ColorectalCancer #CancerResearch #FightCancer

“It’s important to understand the impact of micronutrient deficiency on the #gutmicrobiome.” 💬 Professor Arjan Narbad @narbadlab.bsky.social

💬 “Looking back to the start of the year, I can hardly believe how much I came to enjoy #bioinformatics, which is a testament to how supportive and encouraging my supervisors have been throughout the year." Some great reflections from our outgoing Year in Industry students!

Join us today at 13:00 BST for the latest webinar from our AMR in Focus series, ‘AMR surveillance to policy’. The webinar is free, and all are welcome to attend. Register before 12:00 BST to attend: microb.io/AMRinFocus-S...

Vacancy! We have a Technician role at UEA to support research on metal resistance in Gram-positive pathogens. 📍 Norwich UK 🗓️ Apply by 21st September 25 🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3ev3ke RPs appreciated! @microbiologysociety.org @asm.org @aussocmic.bsky.social @femsmicro.org @norwichmicro.bsky.social

Vacancy! We have a postdoc position at UEA to explore the microbiology of metal resistance in Gram-positive pathogens. 📍 Norwich UK 🗓️ Apply by 21st September 25 🔗 tinyurl.com/mrssbd7f RPs appreciated! @microbiologysociety.org @asm.org @aussocmic.bsky.social @femsmicro.org @norwichmicro.bsky.social

A new paper is out from our research team at the @ueamedical.bsky.social at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social titled "The landscape of microbial associations in human cancer" available from doi.org/10.1126/scit.... Led by @abrahamgihawi.bsky.social 🧬🖥️ @cancerinnorwich.bsky.social

🆕 #YearinIndustry placements are invaluable opportunities for students to gain experience and build skills in an active research environment. As we bid farewell to our 2024-25 students, Diya and Stella reflect on their takeaways from the past 12 months and advice to future students.

🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for a #Metagenomics Research Scientist to join the Laboratory of Dr Falk Hildebrand @bioinf.bsky.social to study diet impact on the gastrointestinal microbiome. 💷 £37,500 - £42,000 🗓️ Apply by 30 September 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/uwqGQQm

🆕 Researchers at the Earlham Institute and @biology.ox.ac.uk have sequenced the genomes of two amoebas related to the "brain-eating amoeba," revealing bacteria associated with Legionnaires’ disease. 🦠🧬💻 The study highlights the impact of #singlecell #genomics to unravel host-pathogen dynamics.

In case you missed it! 🫵 This September and October, sign up for our upcoming AMR in Focus webinars. From Surveillance to Policy to Transitioning from Academia to Industry, our AMR in Focus webinar series showcases the latest developments in AMR. Sign up now: microb.io/AMR-in-Focus #KnockingOutAMR

🆕 Blog! We catch up with scientists and @nnuh.bsky.social clinicians working together on a pioneering project to learn more about the role of gut microbiome in childhood obesity ⤵️ buff.ly/TwvNcZT

🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for a Research Scientist to join @buscainolab.bsky.social to work on an exciting project focused on the fungal organism Candida albicans, a major component of the human microbiome. 💷 £37,500 to £45,350 🗓️ Apply by 7 September 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/nirXc8A

Applications are open for a #Postdoctoral Researcher to join Dr Falk Hildebrand and Dr Chris Quince at the Earlham Institute, profiling both taxonomic and functional compositions of 3,000 newly sequenced soil sites. 👉 buff.ly/50eScSu #scijobs #metagenomics #microbialcommunities

It was a delight to have Guillaume Delhaye and Torda Varga (@rbgkew.bsky.social) at @earlhaminst.bsky.social last week, talking to a packed Norwich Research Park audience about mushroom-forming and mycorrhizal fungi from molecule to ecosystem! 🍄🧬🌳 @neilhall.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social

VACANCY - We’re currently hiring into two new senior roles: Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: okt.to/tqoasR 🗓️ Closing date: 25 August 2025 ·An Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: okt.to/fDV0ha 🗓️ Closing date: 5 September 2025

🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for an Executive Support Assistant to join our Directorate Administration Support Team 📝 💷 £28,890 to £32,100 🗓️ Apply by 14 September 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/0Ab5eyo

Our latest methods article led by Longji Deng. It enables to reverse engineer #photosynthesis in a eukaryotic heterotroph containing a "chloroplast": The #diatom Nitzschia putrida @ueaenv.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Check out this week's blog from Dr Emily Jones at the @quadraminstitute.bsky.social to hear about her trip to Brussels for the Microphysiological Systems World Summit 2025. Great to see microbiology research in Norwich being shared with international audiences! www.cmi-norwich.ac.uk/presenting-n...

Led by experts in #synbio, large-scale design and #automation programming, the Earlham Biofoundry provides high-throughput #engineering of biological systems, open to the bioscience community. Discover more here:

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

Eligible members can apply for up to £1000 to support relevant science outreach or public engagement initiatives. Check your eligibility and apply for an Outreach and Engagement grant before 01 Oct 25 at 23.59 BST. microb.io/OutreachandE....

We just published: Why you should sequence your plasmids (and how to do it for free) Through @getgenome.bsky.social scientists in 100 countries can access free whole-plasmid sequencing —giving researchers the confidence to move their experiments forward. medium.com/p/why-you-sh...

Our new paper just out in BMC Biology led by Johanna Winder: Environmental adaptations in #metagenomes revealed by deep learning. Artificial neural networks were used to classify ice-binding / substrate-binding proteins (DUF3494). bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Ever wondered why some antibiotics are made by Streptomyces on agar plates but not in liquid cultures? Read this work on redox control of antibiotic biosynthesis. Led by katienoble241.bsky.social and Rebecca Devine, and in collaboration with @barriewilks.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

We're looking for a new #GroupLeader to join our Research Faculty, delivering an innovative programme of research in #EngineeringBiology. Join us and discover the multidisciplinary and collaborative science community in #Norwich. 🔗 buff.ly/CnizbDe #EngBio #SynBio 🧪