Arjan Narbad’s group @thequadram. From #food to #GutMicrobiome and its interactions with our health. #microbiome #metagenomics #biofilm #FoodSafety #FMT
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16 Dec 2025
New paper from the Narbad group’s collaboration with Ghanaian colleagues on fermented foods, funded by @UKRI_News GCRF, describes functional properties of lactic acid bacteria and yeasts with potential for novel starter cultures🧫
doi.org/10.1186/s12866-025-0…
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1 Dec 2025
🦠 We showed that Desulfovibrio piger — a gut bacterium linked to healthy and inflamed guts — carries “sleeping” viruses (prophages) that can wake up and release on their own. Phages may influence gut microbial balance in ways we don’t yet understand. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…
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20 Nov 2025
🚨New unit for gastrointestinal infections study comes to Norwich 🦠🧪
Read more here: shorturl.at/6rfBi
#GutHealth #Microbiology
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29 Aug 2025
🚨New Blog Alert🚨
Detailing an ongoing collaboration with @NNUH clinicians looking at the role of the gut microbiome in childhood obesity.
quadram.ac.uk/blogs/gatherin…
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18 Jun 2025
🆕Vacancy! We’re looking for a Research Scientist to join our team.🔬
Project title: "Gut microbe-pathogen interactions and diagnosis of GI tract infections"🦠
💷 £36,720 to £44,500
📷Apply by 9th July 2025
➡️shorturl.at/5HQZk
#gut #scientist #postdoc
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2 Jun 2025
🚨 New paper alert!
We’ve uncovered how Bilophila wadsworthia uses bacterial microcompartments and energy metabolism to thrive in the gut. rdcu.be/eoI4o
Excited to share our findings in @natcomms.nature.com
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Bilophila
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14 May 2025
For those at this year's @ukbiofilms #Biofilms11 conference in Cardiff, Wales head over to P047 to check out 3rd-year @NRPBIODTP PhD student @marniebarham's poster presentation on 'Investigating biofilms of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans' 📊
#PhD #Science #microbiology #biofilms
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1 May 2025
🚨 New Vacancy!
We're looking for a Project Scientist to join the Gut Model Facility in the Science Operations programme @TheQuadram
💷 £28,550 to £35,500
📆Apply by 21 May 2025
➡️shorturl.at/KSEEB
#Microbiome #gut #scientist
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28 Mar 2025
🧪 Our new study on how long SARS-CoV-2 sticks around in stool and saliva is out now! We tracked shedding patterns during the pandemic to better understand transmission risks and variant effects. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128… #COVID19 #microbiology #CoPSStudy
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18 Mar 2025
Exciting PhD opportunity. If you would like to explore the role of gut bacteria in obesity and you're passionate about microbiome research and metabolic health, apply now!
👉 shorturl.at/3iaEK
#PhD #Microbiome #GutHealth #ObesityResearch #Microbiology
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24 Feb 2025
Thank you to everyone who visited our "My Microbes and Me" stand at #NorwichScienceFestival! 🦠✨We loved sharing the amazing world of microbes that live within us! Hope you had as much fun as we did! 🔬👩🔬
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20 Feb 2025
Join us tomorrow at #NorwichScienceFestival to explore the amazing microbes that live in and on your body! 🦠 We have fun activities led by our PhD students @StephsInScience, @LizziCoy and @marnie_barham. See you there!
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14 Feb 2025
Exciting news! 🚀 Our latest research, published in @MicrobioSoc journal, explores the nisin O cluster dissemination, candidate leader peptide proteases, and regulatory systems. Read more: microbiologyresearch.org/con…
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27 Jan 2025
Excited to share the first published genome sequence for a Candida parapsilosis isolate from a primate! 🐒
This opportunistic fungal pathogen, a common human commensal, was studied in collaboration between @QIB_QI & @UKHSA_Porton.
doi.org/10.1128/mra.00811-24,
#FungalGenomics
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20 Jan 2025
Well done to our 3rd year PhD student @LizziCoy for her fantastic talk on novel microbiome based therapeutics against C. diff gastrointestinal infection! 🦠💊
and a huge thank you to the @QuadramSF for organizing another great Student Science Showcase! 🎉
#phdlife #microbiome
20 Jan 2025
Next on students talk is @LizziCoy talking about her study of cell free microbiome therapy.
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24 Dec 2024
A lovely way to end the year,
With lots of food & Christmas cheer!
All members of the Narbad lab would like to say,
Wishing all a very, very happy holiday! 🥳 #HappyHolidays #MerryChristmas #HappyNewYear
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18 Dec 2024
We're hiring! 🚨Looking for a Microbiology Research Assistant to join our team & work on encapsulation of gut commensal bacteria! A great opportunity for those interested in gut microbiota, probiotics, & human gut health 🥼🧫
#ResearchAssistantOpportunity #Microbiome #Probiotics
17 Dec 2024
🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for a Microbiology Research Assistant to join @NarbadLab to investigate the application of encapsulation of probiotic bacteria to improve efficacy of probiotic products 💊
💷 £28,550 to £35,500
🗓️ Apply by 14 January 2025
➡️ buff.ly/3ZIouSo
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13 Dec 2024
📢READ ALL ABOUT IT! 📰
Click on the link down below to learn more about our 3rd year PhD student @marnie_barham's experience carrying out her placement at PBL Technology!👩💻
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.a…
#phdlife #NRPDTP #UKRI #BBSRC
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29 Nov 2024
Our latest paper in #GutMicrobes explores how Bilophila wadsworthia and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron interact in the gut, leading to increased H₂S production and metabolic changes that may contribute to inflammation and disease. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/19490976.202…
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5 Nov 2024
Exciting news! Xampla & @TheQuadram are collaborating to advance probiotic microencapsulation with support from @innovateuk & @BBSRC. This cutting-edge project aims to boost probiotics' shelf-life & efficacy for better gut health! 🌱🦠 #GutHealth #Probiotics #Microencapsulation
1 Nov 2024
🆕 Xampla and Quadram Institute to advance probiotic microencapsulation technology
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