📺 We were on BBC Breakfast this morning together with the @johninnescentre.bsky.social talking about our new ViTaL-D study 🍅 Watch back from 2:40:12 ➡️ buff.ly/xorscwz Find out more about the study ➡️ buff.ly/EtOzDdH

⏰ Closing soon! We're looking for a Research Scientist (Clinical Microbiome) to advance precision prebiotic microbiome intervention trials aimed at promoting healthy ageing. 💷 £37,500 to £45,350 🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/y6HDDcQ

Do you have have significant experience as a successful Group Leader and can be a role model for excellence in scientific leadership? Check out our current vacancy ⤵️ 💷 Competitive 🗓️ Apply by 12 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/u2j21so

⏰ Closing soon! We're looking for a Senior Research Scientist to advance precision prebiotic microbiome intervention trials to study the interactions of prebiotics, drugs and other xenobiotics on the gut microbiome. 💷 £45,450 to £56,750 🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/D6zr7fy

“Build a strong community around you. Having a strong support network, even if it’s a friendly face to complain to when your experiments have failed, is so essential to PhD success.” 🙌 💬 Quadram Student Forum leadership team @quadramsf.bsky.social See their advice to make the most of your PhD ➡️

⏰ Closing soon! We’re looking for a Metagenomics Research Scientist to join the Laboratory of Dr Falk Hildebrand to study diet impact on the gastrointestinal microbiome. 💷 £37,500 - £42,000 🗓️ Apply by 30 September 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/5gJxZIP

🆕 Study recruiting volunteers to investigate the impact of eating Vitamin D biofortified tomatoes on levels of vitamin D in the blood 🍅 @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Researchers have found that taking vitamin D2 supplements can lead to a drop in the body’s concentration of vitamin D3, which is the form our bodies naturally produce from sunlight and use most effectively to raise overall vitamin D levels.

We are looking Postdoctoral Research Scientist to join a collaborative team working on the development of precision #microbiome intervention trials. 💷 £37,500 to £45,350 🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/y6HDDcQ

🌟 Exciting News! We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming YE International Workshop Series – Vienna 2025 🎉 📍 Vienna, Austria 📆 27–28 November 2025 Join us as we bring together early career researchers in #MECFS to connect, collaborate & spark new ideas! 🔬✨ #SaveTheDate #MECFS #MEresearch #ECR

📣 Speakers announced for the Oral Tissue Collaborative (OTC) Symposium Register now to join either in person or online for the event on the future of oral tissue biorepositories 🗓️ 10 October Register by 3 October ⤵️

Our Business Development team, the Food Safety Research Network and the National Collection of Yeast Cultures are at Future Food-Tech 🍽️ Find out more about our fundamental research into innovative foods and therapies ➡️ buff.ly/hDD9YBm

📺 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. Watch from 6:30 ➡️ buff.ly/OMWu7IU

📺 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 🍅 Watch from 03:30 ➡️ buff.ly/osZhuCZ

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🍅🔬

Game changer for human health and science: and it’s happening right here in South Norfolk. 🌱🔬 1/4 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🆕 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 🍅

The Senior Research Scientist will support the Group Leader with day-to-day running of the lab, including line management of staff, overseeing budgets, and leading the scientific direction. 💷 £45,450 to £56,750 🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/D6zr7fy

Boosting Biofortification: Bridging Science, Practice and Policy 🌱 Discover more about the free workshop happening in November and register your interest now ⤵️ @johninnescentre.bsky.social

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

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...

Beautiful morning to walk to work at the @quadraminstitute.bsky.social and it’s the Autumn equinox. 🍁🍂

“Vitamin D deficiency represents a significant public health concern, especially during the winter months with significant deficiency across the UK population." 💬 Professor Martin Warren, our Chief Scientific Officer

Do you have a PhD in Biochemistry, Microbiology, Molecular Biology or relevant fields? Check out our current vacancy ⤵️ 💷 £37,500 to £45,350 🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/KFG451L

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

Today is #WorldAlzheimersDay. Our scientists are investigating the link between microbes found in the gut and dementia ⤵️

"The most exciting part of my visit to the school was when students used paper microscopes, called foldscopes, to observe bacteria called lactobacilli in yogurt." 💬 Dr Revathy Krishnamurthi

A vegan or vegetarian diet has well-established health benefits. But it does also increase the risk of deficiency of certain nutrients, in particular vitamin B12 & iron 🌿 If you have periods & follow a plant-based diet take part in our HARVEST study🥬

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

Morning to you all from the @quadraminstitute.bsky.social in South Norfolk. May all your Fridays be as lovely as this weather.

🆕 Blog! Our Quadram Student Forum committee share their top tips to help you make the most of your PhD in Norwich 🎓 @quadramsf.bsky.social

🆕 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. buff.ly/Cu0cfK9

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

👋Meet #yEMERG Next up is @rikhaagmans.bsky.social! Rik is a postdoc focusing on the role of viruses in #MECFS @quadraminstitute.bsky.social. Soon he will be project leader of a project at NMCB @amsterdamumc.bsky.social and QIB, focusing on the role of virus infections and microbiome in ME/CFS🦠👨‍🔬

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.

"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

Interested in compound- microbiome interactions, and how they affect health? Join my lab at the Quadram Institute.

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.

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 🌳🚆🫣🤞

🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a Research Scientist (Clinical Microbiome) to advance precision prebiotic microbiome intervention trials aimed at promoting healthy ageing. 💷 £37,500 to £45,350 🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/KGl7eiG

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

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 elementalhub.org/catalysing-n...

🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a Research Scientist (Xenobiotics) to investigate xenobiotic–microbiome interactions and understand the variation in responses across different individual microbiomes. 💷 £37,500 to £45,350 🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/8abEye5

Don’t miss out on this exciting event! 🌟⬇️ @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org @norwichmicro.bsky.social @aibio-uk.bsky.social

🆕 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 ⤵️

🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a Senior Research Scientist to advance precision prebiotic microbiome intervention trials to study the interactions of prebiotics, drugs and other xenobiotics on the gut microbiome. 💷 £45,450 to £56,750 🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/BQKamDW

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

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

🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for a Chief Scientific Officer to support the development of the institute’s scientific strategy and scientific leadership of the institute. 💷 Competitive 🗓️ Apply by 12 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/mKUhD3K

👋 Meet #yEMERG First up is Katharine Seton, postdoc at Quadram Institute with Prof Simon Cardings group. She studies interactions between the microbiome and immune system in #MECFS, particularly the mycobiome. Kath also leads the LightMEUp study, a pilot trial on red light therapy in #MECFS🔬