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UEA Biological Sciences @biouea.bsky.social · 27d
New students incoming, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social !
We're so excited to welcome our new cohort of students to BIO. UEA Welcome Week begins this Monday, and there's a wide range of activities to help students settle in, meet their coursemates and have fun www.uea.ac.uk/welcome/get-... #UEAScience
Welcome Week
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UEA Biological Sciences @biouea.bsky.social · 1h
The BIO CDMB seminar series restarts for 2025/26 next week with a talk by Dr Terri-Lea Holmes, post doc in Dr James Smith's lab. All welcome! #UEAScience
CDMB (Cell Development and Molecular Biology) Seminar Series in association with the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research Network Talk title: The role of snoRNA SNORD116 in Cardiomyocyte Development and Metabolism Dr Terri-Lea Holmes (MED) - post doc in James Smiths lab Thursday16 October 13:00 - 14:00 For more information contact Geoff Mok (g.mok@uea.ac.uk) or bio.fps@uea.ac.uk
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Jen Gill @jengill.bsky.social · 22h
The latest wadertales blog (no. 151) describes how scoring moult from photographs can reveal moult season duration and how it varies between populations: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/m...
#ornithology
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 1d
BLOG - A look back at our 2024 Annual Science Meeting awards

This week is our JIC/TSL Annual Science Meeting, a yearly conference for staff and students. Each year, awards are given to those who go above and beyond - we've taken a look back at last year’s winners 🏆

www.jic.ac.uk/blog/a-look-...
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 2d
#Rice growing in the Cambridgeshire fens or on the ocean? 🍚🌊

Catch up on @itvanglia.bsky.social‘s fascinating feature on this #agricultural innovation, featuring our own Professor Steve Penfield 📺: www.itv.com/watch/news/u...
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 3d
Today is the day! 🌟🥼🧪

We’re thrilled to be kicking off the NBI Accessible Science Talks, in collaboration with @earlhaminst.bsky.social , @quadraminstitute.bsky.social and @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

Thank you in advance to everyone for joining us - whether in-person or online!

#NBIAST2025
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 3d
PhD opportunity to work in my lab at UEA, together with @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Marc Dumont “Linking AMR, global warming and CUE in deglaciated soils”

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Linking antimicrobial resistance, climate warming, and carbon use efficiency in Arctic soils (HERNANDEZ-GARCIA_UEA_ARIES26) at University of East Anglia on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Linking antimicrobial resistance, climate warming, and carbon use efficiency in Arctic soils (HERNANDEZ-GARCIA_UEA_ARIES26) at University of East Anglia, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 3d
“I’m very pleased to welcome Maggie and Gary to the Quadram. They each bring a unique wealth of experience to the Quadram Institute as a leader in the field of research into food and nutrition, gut microbiology, and human health.”

💬 Chair of Trustees Dr Celia Caulcott
Two new Trustees join Board of Quadram Institute Bioscience - Quadram Institute
The two new QIB trustees, Professor Maggie Dallman OBE and Professor Gary Frost, are both scientists at Imperial College London. Maggie Dallman is originally an immunologist and has extensive…
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 8d
“This study is particularly important to me as it took place during my post doc years at the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and it has been a source of inspiration for my current research line, as a newly appointed Early Career Fellow at the Quadram Institute."

💬 Dr Serena Monaco
New technique to speed up the design of drugs targeting proteins in the cell membrane - Quadram Institute
An team has developed a new technique that will speed up the design of drugs targeting ion channels, a type of cell membrane protein
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 7d
Happy birthday, Rex!! 🥳🎂

Yesterday, Rex the JIC #Science Cat celebrated his 10th birthday. Rex has been an iconic figure at the JIC for the last five years, greeting visitors at reception and proudly prowling around the NRP 🐾
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Alice Godden @alicegodden.bsky.social · 7d
🧬 Our latest paper out in Scientific Reports!
We explored how Gum Arabic (a dietary fibre) affects the microbiota–gut–brain axis and whole-organism fitness in zebrafish.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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What we found ⬇️
Gum Arabic modulates the microbiota-gut-brain axis and affects general fitness in zebrafish - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Gum Arabic modulates the microbiota-gut-brain axis and affects general fitness in zebrafish
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UEA Biological Sciences @biouea.bsky.social · 8d
"Everything is connected. Everyone can make a difference."
Rest in peace, Jane Goodall.
We are proud to have known you.
#UEAScience
Jane Goodall stands at a plinth, mid-speech, with a UEA logo behind her, when she opened the New Science Building in 2019.
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Gabrielle Davidson @drgdavidson.bsky.social · 10d
📢🚨Please share! We’re hiring! 📢🚨Have a strong interests in wildlife ecology and gut microbiome bioinformatics? 3 year Senior Research Associate for NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant. Apply here: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18.... Informal enquiries welcome! drgldavidson.github.io/ACMEresearch
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 8d
It's #NationalVegetarianWeek! 🌿

If you’re a vegan or vegetarian, with regular periods, living within 70 miles of Norwich you can take part in our HARVEST study growing biofortified greens in kitchen garden🥬

Find out more➡️https://buff.ly/3XFLuQS
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Yiliang Ding @yiliangding.bsky.social · 11d
Our annual event at Norwich RNA Club: AI in RNA Biology. Great speakers! Please join us this Thursday at 2pm @norwichrnaclub.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @alperakay.bsky.social
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 10d
⏰ Closing soon! 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
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A social card with an illustration of a molecules like forms, forming a person in part of the image, plus the text "Research Scientist (Xenobiotics) to investigate xenobiotic-microbiome interactions and understand variation across different individual microbiomes. Salary: £37,500 to £43,350, Contract length: 2.5 Years, Apply by 2 October 2025
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Alexei Maklakov @alexeimaklakov.bsky.social · 14d
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Lysosomes signal through the epigenome to regulate longevity across generations
The epigenome is sensitive to metabolic inputs and is crucial for aging. Lysosomes act as a signaling hub to sense metabolic cues and regulate longevity. We found that lysosomal metabolic pathways sig...
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 15d
📣 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 ⤵️
Oral Tissue Collaborative (OTC) Symposium: Building Excellence in Oral Tissue Biobanking - Quadram Institute
This symposium brings together leading experts, researchers, and practitioners in the field of oral tissue biobanking
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 15d
Our researchers are looking into the past to protect UK wheat from a new fungal rust threat — searching for resistance genes in historic wheat lines to safeguard harvests and reduce the need for fungicide applications.
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 16d
📺 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
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A screenshot from BBC news featuring Professor Martin Warren with tomatoes in the background
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University of East Anglia (UEA) @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social · 17d
🧵 Our researchers are launching a trial to see if the antidepressant Sertraline could reduce emotional changes caused by having a stroke. 💊

Take part 👉 [email protected]

Read more 👇
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#Stroke #MedicalTrial #Health #Research
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 17d
🆕 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 🍅
Need a winter warmer? Groundbreaking gene-edited tomato soup trial with higher levels of 'Sunshine' vitamin recruiting now - Quadram Institute
Human trial of gene edited food, to understand whether biofortifying tomatoes in this way leads to higher levels of vitamin D in the blood
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Prof Ben Garrod @bengarrod.bsky.social · 19d
Listening to soundscapes from Simon was a somber and moving example of how our natural world is changing around us, in so many ways.

Such an informing and moving interview for my @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social series ‘Symphony of the wild’

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Simon Butler @simon-butler.bsky.social · 21d
Great to chat #shiftingsoundscapes with @bengarrod.bsky.social as part of his “Symphonies of the Wild” series for BBC Radio 3’s The Essay.

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The Essay - Symphony of the Wild - 4. Wild Soundscapes - BBC Sounds
Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod uncovers melodies and rhythms across the natural world.
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 18d
“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
Vitamin D3 concentrations are lowered by common vitamin D supplement - Quadram Institute
Taking vitamin D2 might be lowering the body's levels of the more efficient form of vitamin D, vitamin D3, according to new research
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 20d
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.

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Issue #38; Summer 2025 | John Innes Centre
With roots in the past, but looking to the future, we explore how science evolves from generation to generation and interrogate the landmark discoveries pushing us to new frontiers…
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 21d
🆕 Blog! Our Quadram Student Forum committee share their top tips to help you make the most of your PhD in Norwich 🎓

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How to make the most of your PhD in Norwich - Quadram Institute
Our Quadram Student Forum share their top tips for studying a PhD in Norwich. This will equip you with the tools to become a scientific leader in the future.
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