NarbadLab

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🧫 doi.org/10.1186/s12866…

🦠 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. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ae…

🚨New unit for gastrointestinal infections study comes to Norwich 🦠🧪 Read more here: shorturl.at/6rfBi #GutHealth #Microbiology

🚨New Blog Alert🚨 Detailing an ongoing collaboration with @NNUH clinicians looking at the role of the gut microbiome in childhood obesity. quadram.ac.uk/blogs/gatherin…

🆕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 ➡️shorturl.at/5HQZk #gut #scientist #postdoc

🚨 New paper alert! We’ve uncovered how Bilophila wadsworthia uses bacterial microcompartments and energy metabolism to thrive in the gut. rdcu.be/eoI4o Excited to share our findings in @natcomms.nature.com #Microbiome #GutHealth #Bilophila

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

🚨 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 ➡️shorturl.at/KSEEB #Microbiome #gut #scientist

🧪 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. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/sp… #COVID19 #microbiology #CoPSStudy

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! 👉 shorturl.at/3iaEK #PhD #Microbiome #GutHealth #ObesityResearch #Microbiology

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! 🔬👩‍🔬

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!

Exciting news! 🚀 Our latest research, published in @MicrobioSoc journal, explores the nisin O cluster dissemination, candidate leader peptide proteases, and regulatory systems. Read more: microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

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. doi.org/10.1128/mra.00…, #FungalGenomics

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

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

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

📢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!👩‍💻 biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/student-storie… #phdlife #NRPDTP #UKRI #BBSRC

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: doi.org/10.1080/194909…

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