Stephanie Little, a second-year John Innes Centre (JIC) student has just completed her PIPS with BugBiome, an agri-biotech start-up reinventing pest control based at Norwich Research Park.

Miaomiao Gao, a third-year UEA student travelled to Kilifi County, Kenya to complete her PIPS with Pwani University, a public university, 60 km north of Mombassa. Pwani University’s mission is to…

Josh Bennett, a John Innes Centre student completed his PIPS with Resurrect Bio, a plant biotech start-up, working on immune systems of economically important crop species, based in London.

Mustafa Emre Gül, a PhD student based at the John Innes Centre has been recognised as one of Seed World Europe’s 20 Most Promising Young Plant Breeders in Europe, an elite group of young scientists…

PhD Investigating how dietary mycoproteins modulate Candida albicans commensalism and pathogenic potential (BUSCAINO_Q26MMBiCASE) 2026/27 | UEA

PhD A matter of gut instinct: from mucus to microbiome (LANGRIDGE_Q26MMBiCASE) 2026/27 | UEA

PhD How do plastics impact bacterial pathogens in food waste (CLARKE_U26MMBiCASE) 2026/27 | UEA

Ka Cheung, a second-year PhD student at University of East Anglia, spent her PIPS with the Centre for Microbial Interactions (CMI) based at the Quadram Institute (QIB). CMI is an affiliation of over…

Ella Penny (JIC), Kestrel Maio (JIC) and Samuel Matthew Shackleton-Chavez (UEA) travelled to Rabat, Morocco for their PIPS where they contributed to the design and delivery of the AfriPlantSci 2025…

Joshua Horton, a Quadram Institute student reflects on his internship at science communication charity, the Royal Institution, and exploring different career options outside of academic research.

Lukasz Sitko, an Earlham Institute based student recently returned from NASA Ames Research Centre where his 12-week internship focused on understanding the role of amyloids and ribozymes in the…

Inviting Early Career Researchers to join international experts in discussing the latest approaches and discoveries in Plant-Microbe Interactions …

Are you aged over 18 years, live within 70 miles of Norwich and think you may be low in vitamin D? You may be eligible to participate in the ViTal-D study. The ViTaL-D Study is investigating the…

Jonathan Ashworth, a third-year student based at the Earlham Institute in Dr Jose De Vega’s group completed his PIPS with Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, a museum of rural life and former workhouse in...

Advait Aithal, a third year PhD UEA Chemistry student completed his PIPS with Bactobio Ltd, a biotechnology company that uses synthetic biology, next-generation sequencing and machine learning to…

Jenna Conway, a UEA Pharmacy School student researching inhibiting bacterial cell division by controlling the essential FtsZ/SepH protein-protein interaction, completed her PIPS examining Motherhood…

Norwich Research Park has submitted plans for a major new research facility.

Stephanie Ong, a third-year PhD student based at the Quadram Institute Bioscience in Arjan Narbad’s group researching the potential of bacteriocin producers as modulators of the human gut microbiome…

Marianthi Firoglani Moschi, a second-year student at the Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB) returned from her professional internship and placement (PIPS) with Pwani University, a public university in...

Antonia Otte, a third-year student based at UEA completed her placement in April 2025 with Ebony Forest, a not-for-profit organisation protecting the endangered flora and fauna of Mauritius with a…

Alia Alwedyan, a third-year PhD student investigating the molecular structuring of foods to feed the gut microbiome in Dr Fred Warren’s group at the Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB)…

NRPDTP congratulate Professor Nick Talbot, Executive Director and Group Leader at The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) and one of our supervisors who has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association...

PhD student Sam Mellor recently completed a placement at the Food Standards Agency, uncovering the burden of infectious intestinal disease in the UK.

The NRPDTP team celebrate the outstanding achievement of Professor Jonathan Jones, one of our supervisors and Group Leader at The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) who has been awarded the 2025 Wolf Prize in...

Sam Mellor, a third year PhD student in Professor Alison Mather’s group studying bacterial genomics and antimicrobial resistance genes on retail foods and recently completed his placement at the Food…

Finn Wostear, a student based at UEA, wanted to use his placement to explore opportunities in the science support sector. He also wanted to gain experience working at an organisation fully removed…

George Seddon-Roberts, a John Innes Centre PhD student completed his PIPS at Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum) in Cardiff as he wanted to gain practical work experience in curation within the museum…