The Quadram Institute

16/01/2026

🆕 Vacancy! We are looking for a Research Scientist to join an exciting multipartner consortium in the END2AMR project to help develop novel antimicrobials using high throughput transposon mutagenesis.

💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 28 January 2026
➡️ https://buff.ly/NMBReKi

16/01/2026

🆕 Researchers carrying out the first major study of the viral component of the respiratory microbiome in patients with COPD found its diversity declines with severity of the condition.

https://quadram.ac.uk/collapse-of-viral-diversity-in-the-lungs-of-copd-patients/

Study of the viral component of the respiratory microbiome in patients with COPD found its diversty declines with severity of the condition.

15/01/2026

"Sunshine vitamin” explained 🌞

1 in 5 people in the UK are deficient during winter and spring, and worldwide almost one billion lack enough vitamin D.

The prevalence isn’t uniform; people with darker skin, the elderly, pregnant and breastfeeding people, and people who are confined indoors are more likely to be deficient. Vitamin D supplementation in winter is now advised for all, and especially those in at risk groups.

Vitamin D is created in our bodies after skin’s exposure to UVB light, but the major source is food.

Currently Vitamin D rich foods are limited to oily fish, red meat and egg yolks.

Many plants lack vitamin D so vegan sources of vitamin D are nearly non-existent.
Scientists at the John Innes Centre have developed biofortified tomatoes which are high in vitamin D. Tomatoes normally produce some pro-vitamin D but in very small amounts. Using gene editing Professor Cathie Martin and her team in the have precisely tailored the genes in tomato plants so they accumulate very high levels of pro-vitamin D in the fruit and leaves.

Shining UVB light on the plants converts this precursor into vitamin D, which is form that’s useful for humans.

Each tomato has as much vitamin D as two eggs or 28g of tuna 🍅

Now we’re looking for 76 people who live within 70 miles of Norwich, at least 18 years old who think they might be low in vitamin D to take part in the ViTaL-D study to understand whether biofortifying tomatoes in this way leads to higher levels of vitamin D in the blood after people have eaten them.

➡️ https://buff.ly/L3PbkUD

14/01/2026

Would you like to have your own kitchen garden? 🌿

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 a kitchen garden🌱

Find out more➡️ https://buff.ly/3NdjH5y

13/01/2026

🆕 Vacancy! We are looking for a Research Scientist (Bioinformatics) to work on the interplay between Candida albicans and gut bacterial adaptation, with a focus on RNA interference.

💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 8 February 2026
➡️ https://buff.ly/YDXQBM0

13/01/2026

📽️ Watch some highlights from our time taking part in Sense about Science's Evidence Week where we talked to policymakers about hidden hunger ⤵️

As part of the charity Sense About Science’s annual Evidence Week in Parliament, our researchers briefed MPs and Peers on the health impacts of hidden hunger...

11/01/2026

⏰ Closing soon! We are looking for an exceptional scientist with a research focus on nutrition and microbiome-based interventions for the prevention and management of obesity to join our Food, Microbiome and Health research programme as a Group Leader.

💷 Competitive
🗓️ Apply by 18 January 2026
➡️ https://buff.ly/8KeAdxg

10/01/2026

✅Vegan or vegetarian woman with regular periods?
✅ Aged 18+?

Join the HARVEST study and help us understand how to boost nutrient intake in plant-based diets

➡️ https://buff.ly/3ZfMITF

08/01/2026

The ViTaL-D study team is looking for 76 people at least 18 years old, who live within 70 miles of Norwich and think they might be low in vitamin D to take part in the research study 🌞

John Innes Centre

➡️ https://buff.ly/JsknRSN

07/01/2026

🆕 Vacancy! We are looking for a Senior Research Scientist to support with day-to-day running of the Figeys lab, including line management of staff, overseeing budgets, and leading the scientific direction.

💷 £45,450 to £56,750
🗓️ Apply by 15 February 2026
➡️ https://buff.ly/UpcuEPa

07/01/2026

You could contribute to the development of new food products that may be beneficial to health.

We’re looking for participants to take part in the fully remote GlyCarb study with Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Find out more and register your interest
➡️ https://buff.ly/x47h0Em

06/01/2026

This discover how to get enough iron and vitamin b12 as a vegetarian or vegan🥬

Tips on how to increase iron and vitamin B12 which are two key nutrients often lacking in a plant-based diet.