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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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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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Reiner @erlangen.bsky.social · 18d

Maternal emulsifier consumption alters the offspring microbiota leading to long-lasting diseases susceptibility
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Consumption of food additives during pregnancy alters offspring gut microbiota and increases inflammatory disease risk
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Maternal emulsifier consumption alters the offspring early-life microbiota and goblet cell function leading to long-lasting diseases susceptibility - Nature Communications

Here, Delaroque et al. show that maternal intake of dietary emulsifiers alters offspring microbiota early in life, which, associated with perturbation of goblet cell function, promotes increased susce...

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Daniel Figeys @dfigeys.bsky.social · 23d

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.

Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 25d

🆕 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
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Daniel Figeys @dfigeys.bsky.social · 24d

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

Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 25d

🆕 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
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Daniel Figeys @dfigeys.bsky.social · 24d

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.

Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 24d

🆕 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
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Professor Lesley Hoyles @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social · 27d

If you are UK-based and working on any aspect of microbiomes (human, plant, insect, soil, animal, ...), please do sign up to Microbiome-Net for details of networking, funding and training opportunities.

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 27d

🆕 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
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Daniel Figeys @dfigeys.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thank you @microbiomevif.bsky.social for inviting me. Very insightful questions. Looking forward to follow up.

Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · Sep 9

Q/A with @dfigeys.bsky.social

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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · Sep 9

@dfigeys.bsky.social speaks on:

"Life gut microbiome cryopreservation and assays"

@microbiotavault.bsky.social

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Sep 4

We were pleased to welcome Dr Yogesh Shouche, Director of SKAN Research Trust, to the Quadram Institute this week to discuss ongoing and future research collaborations.

Read more about our collaboration with the Bengaluru-based not-for-profit medical research trust🌏
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Professor Arjan Narbad, Dr Yogesh Shouche, Professor Daniel Figeys and Professor Mark Webber

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Sep 3

“Obesity affects 30% of children by Year 6,” says Dr Emma Webb, a Consultant Pediatrician at @nnuh.bsky.social

Read how Emma is working with @narbadlab.bsky.social to gather data on the gut microbiome in childhood obesity
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Daniel Figeys @dfigeys.bsky.social · Aug 22

~1/2 of peptides initially assigned only to the Bacteroidaceae family were reassigned to specific genomes. Also peptides from proteins of unknown function correlated to those with known roles, allowing functional inference.
This will get even better as more metaproteomic results are made public.

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Daniel Figeys @dfigeys.bsky.social · Aug 22

Peptides in sync.

Sun et al. analysed peptide abundance correlations across hundreds of #metaproteomic samples from drug‑treated human gut microbiomes. Correlation maps showed that peptides from the same microbial genome clustered together. Why is this interesting?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Peptide abundance correlations in metaproteomics enhance taxonomic and functional analysis of the human gut microbiome - npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes - Peptide abundance correlations in metaproteomics enhance taxonomic and functional analysis of the human gut microbiome

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Jul 16

"We welcome the new National Food Strategy’s focus on health. A stronger focus on the nutritional quality of food in the UK is badly needed to tackle pressing public health challenges.”

💬 Professor Martin Warren, our Chief Scientific Officer

Read more about our health research
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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · Jul 18

and here is the link to the paper > www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Non-antibiotics disrupt colonization resistance against enteropathogens - Nature

Non-antibiotic drugs from a wide range of therapeutic classes can alter the ability of gut commensals to resist invasion by enteropathogens, a previously underappreciated side effect of such drugs.

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Jul 14

We were pleased to welcome @ukri.org and BBSRC to the Norwich Research Park today, which included a tour of our Clinical Research Facility Kitchen to chat about our collaborative work with the @johninnescentre.bsky.social on vitamin D 🔬

Read more about our research
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The Quadram Institute Human Studies team with the Head of UKRI

Quadram Institute Professor Daniel Figeys with PhD student Brenda Mionki talking to UKRI and BBSRC representatives

The human studies team talking to UKRI and BBSRC representatives

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Jul 11

The findings of a study in Nature Microbiology show the high bioaccumulation capacity of gut bacteria for PFAS, commonly known as forever chemicals. go.nature.com/4le7Svk #microbiome #medsky 🧪

This is figure 3, which is FIB-SIMS imaging shows intracellular bioaccumulation of PFAS by E. coli ∆tolC.

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Jul 9

“I’m delighted to announce @buscainolab.bsky.social ’s appointment as one of our new research group leaders. We look forward to Alessia joining the Quadram team in the autumn.”

💬 @dfigeys.bsky.social

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Jul 4

🆕 Professor Alessia Buscaino @buscainolab.bsky.social to join the Quadram Institute leading research focused on fungi and their role in food and health 🔬

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The Buscanio group gathered inside the Quadram Institute building

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Jul 7

🆕 Salmonella cases are at ten-year high in England – here’s what you can do to keep yourself safe 🦠

📰 Our Research Group Leader @drrobkingsley.bsky.social explains the science of Salmonella in the @uk.theconversation.com ⤵️

Salmonella cases are at ten-year high in England – here’s what you can do to keep yourself safe

There was a 17% increase in cases observed from 2023 to 2024 in the UK.

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Jul 5

⏰ Closing soon! We’re looking for a Research Scientist to undertake collaborative research funded by the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Gastrointestinal Infections with @narbadlab.bsky.social‬

💷 £36,720 to £44,500
🗓️ Apply by 9 July 2025
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Savitski Lab @savitski-lab.bsky.social · Jul 1

Beautiful work from my friend @kiranrpatil.bsky.social . Gut bacteria can accumulate Forever chemicals and help us get rid of them! Happy we could contribute! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Human gut bacteria bioaccumulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances - Nature Microbiology

Human gut bacteria bioaccumulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as forever chemicals, in intracellular aggregates. Colonization of gnotobiotic mice with bioaccumulating bac...

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Jun 27

Today is #WorldMicrobiomeDay. At the Quadram Institute our Food, Microbiome and Health research focuses on the relationships between plant-based foods and human health, understanding the microbiome within and beyond the gut🦠

Discover more about our microbiome research
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Jun 20

🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for a Research Scientist to undertake collaborative research funded by the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Gastrointestinal Infections, based in @narbadlab.bsky.social‬

💷 £36,720 to £44,500
🗓️ Apply by 9 July 2025
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