NarbadLab

Arjan Narbad’s group @thequadram. From #food to #GutMicrobiome and its interactions with our health. #microbiome #metagenomics #biofilm #FoodSafety #FMT

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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🧫

https://t.co/BqB0P8FWLf

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🦠 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. https://t.co/lzvc1NGmyM

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🚨New unit for gastrointestinal infections study comes to Norwich 🦠🧪

Read more here: https://t.co/BPaLIKijfI

#GutHealth #Microbiology

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🚨New Blog Alert🚨

Detailing an ongoing collaboration with @NNUH clinicians looking at the role of the gut microbiome in childhood obesity.

https://t.co/IqBefTW4sc

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🆕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
➡️https://t.co/NkxapvQMVI
#gut #scientist #postdoc

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🚨 New paper alert!
We’ve uncovered how Bilophila wadsworthia uses bacterial microcompartments and energy metabolism to thrive in the gut. https://t.co/DIzcd1QZmy
Excited to share our findings in @natcomms.nature.com
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Bilophila

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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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🚨 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
➡️https://t.co/P9TepZ22GH

#Microbiome #gut #scientist

[LizbethSayavedra @LizSayavedra]

🧪 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. https://t.co/xtReA8AnLX #COVID19 #microbiology #CoPSStudy

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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!
👉 https://t.co/C4cDHJvpWJ

#PhD #Microbiome #GutHealth #ObesityResearch #Microbiology

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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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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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Exciting news! 🚀 Our latest research, published in @MicrobioSoc journal, explores the nisin O cluster dissemination, candidate leader peptide proteases, and regulatory systems. Read more: https://t.co/k0HPOT94Nt

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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.
https://t.co/X7z2j49nik,
#FungalGenomics

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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

[Quadram Student Forum (QSF) @QuadramSF]

Next on students talk is @LizziCoy talking about her study of cell free microbiome therapy.

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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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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

[Quadram Institute @TheQuadram]

🆕 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
➡️ https://t.co/vt3l6Qq0hG

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📢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!👩‍💻

https://t.co/SFefZqiLRD

#phdlife #NRPDTP #UKRI #BBSRC

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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: https://t.co/wEQy3RyWo6

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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

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🆕 Xampla and Quadram Institute to advance probiotic microencapsulation technology

https://t.co/mT8Qwt6etM