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Ruby O'Grady @Ruby__OGrady

Interested in science, art and film. Digital Campaigns Manager @TheQuadram 🦠🌾🥦 she/her

Joined October 2017
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
5 Aug 2024
Do you have an old school menu? 🍽️ We’re looking for members of the public to share school menus and recipe books from the past to help @FN_NBRI research and inform an upcoming public exhibition at the @FoodMuseumUK ⤵️ buff.ly/3ym1XRD
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
5 Jul 2024
🆕Opportunity! We’re looking for members of the public to give opinions on new human studies which are at the centre of our research and join our Patient and Public Involvement Committee Review Panel 🗣️ 🗓️ Apply by 29 July 2024 ➡️ buff.ly/4cwdtsC
A social card with a photo of a group of people around the table, the text on the social card reads "Have your say and help shape our research. Task could include: Providing feedback on planned research studies, Reviewing documents for the public, Creating clear information for research participants. Apply by 29 July 2024.

ALT A social card with a photo of a group of people around the table, the text on the social card reads "Have your say and help shape our research. Task could include: Providing feedback on planned research studies, Reviewing documents for the public, Creating clear information for research participants. Apply by 29 July 2024.
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
14 May 2024
🆕 Our @FN_NBRI researchers have carried out a comprehensive survey of the nutritional quality of plant-based products on sale in the UK 🌿 buff.ly/3UEQXpy
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
10 May 2024
🆕 Blog! Dr Dipali Singh has begun a new Quadram Institute Early Career Fellowship to develop her independent research. We caught up with Dipali to find out more ⤵️ buff.ly/44yDzYL
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
25 Apr 2024
📽️ It's #DNADay! We speak to Head of Sequencing Dave Baker (@tweakyaustin) about his innovative work sequencing Covid-19 🧬 Read more➡️buff.ly/3Q7QiLQ
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
19 Apr 2024
🆕 Blog! How a @NorwichResearch Park career put @tweakyaustin at the centre of Covid-19 sequencing 🧬 buff.ly/3WnQP0n
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
John Innes Centre@JohnInnesCentre
17 Apr 2024
We’re thrilled to be hosting @NorwichUniArts “Growing in Knots” exhibition in our Rare Books room 🎨📖 🗓️ Weds 17th - Tues 30th April 2024 📍 John Innes Centre, @NorwichResearch, NR4 7UH Entry is FREE but booking essential. Email sarah.wilmot@jic.ac.uk or leona.lynch@jic.ac.uk
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
18 Apr 2024
Over the last few months @micronorwich hosted Keni Duguma as a @MicrobioSoc Project Intern. During his internship Keni wrote a brilliant blog about our research on how do processed foods affect the gut-brain axis 🧠 ➡️quadram.ac.uk/blogs/how-do-p…

How do processed foods affect the gut-brain axis?

There has been a lot of discussion around processed foods and their effects on our health.Processed foods can include those high in sugar, salt, and saturated fat such as ready meals, fast-foods,

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Microbiology Society@MicrobioSoc
18 Apr 2024
In this Q&A, we spoke to our Project Intern, Keni Duguma, who supported our members in Norwich developing the new Centre for Microbial Interactions at Norwich Research Park! @MicroNorwich microb.io/3xGS1RZ
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
12 Apr 2024
Norwich @pintofscience tickets are now on sale! 🍺 🧵 Our researchers will be talking about their research at pubs and venues across our fine city of #Norwich from 13 to 15 May including ⤵️ buff.ly/4apQXAo

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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
16 Apr 2024
🆕We are looking for a Group Leader to lead a research programme contributing to our goals of reducing foodborne illness through improved food safety and reducing food waste due to microbial spoilage. 💷 Competitive 🗓️ Apply by 17 May 2024 ➡️ buff.ly/43ZPDSo
A social card with a photo of the Quadram Institute building, and the text: Group Leader, to lead research contributing to reducing foodborne illness through improved food safety and reducing food waste due to microbial spoilage. Salary: Competitive, Contract length: indefinite, apply by 14 May 2024.

ALT A social card with a photo of the Quadram Institute building, and the text: Group Leader, to lead research contributing to reducing foodborne illness through improved food safety and reducing food waste due to microbial spoilage. Salary: Competitive, Contract length: indefinite, apply by 14 May 2024.

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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
8 Mar 2024
🆕 Blog! We chat to PhD student William Baidoo about his inspiring career in food innovation working in industry and academia across the globe 🌍 buff.ly/49WKNrv
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
8 Mar 2024
It's #InternationalWomensDay 🌏 Our researchers are running the HARVEST study @NIHRtakepart @NNUHResearch to assess different ways of helping vegan and vegetarian menstruating women increase their daily intake of essential nutrients. Find out more ➡️ buff.ly/3OIigxf
A close up of a pak choi leaf growing in a hydroponic unit

ALT A close up of a pak choi leaf growing in a hydroponic unit
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
5 Mar 2024
✅ Live in England? 📍 ✅ Are several members of your family willing to give a stool sample? 👪 You can take part in our PEARL-AGE study understanding how microbes are shared within families. ➡️ buff.ly/3SZBgbS @EarlhamInst @NNUHResearch buff.ly/3P7DrsG
A family of six gathered around an island in a kitchen with food on it.

ALT A family of six gathered around an island in a kitchen with food on it.
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
23 Feb 2024
🆕Blog! PhD student @MariaSolsona28 reflects on her time working with the policy team @acmedsci and the importance of science policy. buff.ly/3wwTBVP
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
21 Feb 2024
A fantastic event last night inspiring the next generation of STEMM professionals, featuring our scientists and staff @BushyBio @bluebirdsjunk & @Ruby__OGrady ✨ Check out what else we’re up to at the science festival ➡️ quadram.ac.uk/events/norwich…

Norwich Science Festival 2024

We're excited to be taking part in Norwich Science Festival 2024. The annual event showcases the ground-breaking research and innovation happening in the fine city of Norwich.Come along and learn

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Dr Samantha Fox@sambrownfox
20 Feb 2024
Had a great time this evening hosting a panel of these wonderful women in science! Thank you @NorwichSciFest for bringing us together to inspire and engage the next generation! @BushyBio @Ruby__OGrady @julia_mundy Suzie Gill, Heather Felgate & Franziska Hoerbst
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
11 Feb 2024
It's #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience🌎 We're excited for @NorwichSciFests's STEMM Careers event featuring @BushyBio @bluebirdsjunk & @Ruby__OGrady ✨ A panel of leading women working in STEMM will share insight into their careers ⤵️ buff.ly/3SuyPNY
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Jiorgos Kourelis@JiorgosKourelis
16 Feb 2024
9/ Many thanks to all the (at that time) students Oliver, Sonja, Sam,@ParvinderKahlon @Ruby__OGrady @analubravoc who made this work possible, and to all other collaborators @MariSchuster, @kabalak, @PHuesgen, @KamounLab, and of course my PhD advisor Renier, for the final push
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Jiorgos Kourelis@JiorgosKourelis
16 Feb 2024
0/ Very happy to announce my last PhD paper is finally out, years after my PhD completion. I had been very busy with my postdoc research, but made it back to this work! A journey into #Bioengineering secreted proteases for #PlantImmunity. 🌱🔬 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Bioengineering secreted proteases converts divergent Rcr3 orthologs and paralogs into extracellular...

Secreted immune proteases Rcr3 and Pip1 of tomato are both inhibited by Avr2 from the fungal plant pathogen Cladosporium fulvum but only Rcr3 act as a decoy co-receptor that detects Avr2 in the...

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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
9 Feb 2024
🆕Blog! Ahead of #WorldPulsesDay tomorrow, we chat to PhD student @HapsirN to learn more about why peas are a plant-based powerhouse and her path to studying a PhD in plant-based nutrition 🟢 buff.ly/42vIusk
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Ruby O'Grady retweeted
Quadram Institute@TheQuadram
7 Feb 2024
On Instagram we’re sharing images taken by our researchers at our Advanced Microscopy Facility🔬 Next week we’ll be giving a prize to the researcher who took the image with the most engagements. Take a look and like and share your favourite images❤️ ➡️ buff.ly/3UpWguB
6 microscopy images including spherical yeast cells, astrocyte cells in the mouse brain, microvascular endothelial cells, the fungi Candida parapsilosis, Candida albicans an chicken caeca.

ALT 6 microscopy images including spherical yeast cells, astrocyte cells in the mouse brain, microvascular endothelial cells, the fungi Candida parapsilosis, Candida albicans an chicken caeca.

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