Secondary Supervisor & Organisation - Dr Matthew Sullivan, University of East Anglia The post Infections caused by Candida spp. contribute to almost 1 million deaths annually. This is primarily via ...

Food businesses work diligently to produce safe foods, and this task is made challenging by the diverse microbes that can find their way into food ingredients and food production settings. In this ...

Secondary Supervisor & Organisation - Prof Eleanor Mishra, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Bronchiectasis is a chronic respiratory disease affecting 1 in 200 people in the UK. Recurrent ...

Vitamin B12, or cobalamin, is an essential micronutrient synthesised exclusively by bacteria and archaea. This unique biosynthetic pathway has significant implications for human nutrition and health.

The University of East Anglia’s (UEA) flagship Preparing for Medicine programme has seen a 338% increase in offers for students who are free school meal eligible, due to extra spaces funded by the ...

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) is a foodborne pathogen that induces gastroenteritis in humans and animals. While most of the research investigating Salmonella infection have ...

How does a Superbug evolve? Bacteria are key parts of the human microbiome, and we carry as many bacterial cells as our own representing hundreds or thousands of species in any individual. These ...

This studentship aims to 1) explore the genomic indicators for Campylobacter virulence (invasion into the bloodstream), compare antimicrobial resistance profiles with non-invasive strains and assess ...

Secondary Supervisor & Organisation - Professor Lindsay Hall, Quadram Institute and University of Birmingham Breast cancer remains a critical health challenge worldwide, but beneficial gut microbes, ...

New research suggests conservation efforts could more effectively identify and protect bird species at greatest risk from climate change by better understanding the range of specific conditions they ...

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in men worldwide and ~397,000 men die every year. The prostate microbiome has an impact in health and disease and specific bacterial pathogens ...

Secondary Supervisor & Organisation - Dr Naira Bereza, Quadram Institute of Bioscience The human gut microbiome, the community of organisms living inside the gastrointestinal tract, plays a key role ...