Quadram Student Forum (QSF)
Improving the experience of students studying at the Quadram Institute through training, outreach, student representation, and integration across QIB & NRP
- Students from the Norwich Bioscience Institutes met last Friday for a Student Formal organised by the student committees - it was a great night celebrating our achievements over the past academic year (and an opportunity to get glammed up!)
- Last week, we went pottery painting (in what has become an annual event!) Mugs, plates, bowls, and a motorcycle(?) were decorated with a whole host of different designs - and it was a great opportunity to unwind!! 🖌️🎨
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)The gut microbiome has a major impact on our bodily functioning 🦠 In this month's podcast, microbiologist Bushra Schuitemaker joins us to illuminate what we can learn about our microbiome from the world around us, particularly domesticated animals. Listen now: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)🆕 Illustrations created by Norwich University of the Arts students inspired by our upcoming human studies will be on display in the public atrium at the Quadram Institute until 8 August 🎨
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)Norwich Pride 2025 Norwich Research Park
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)I've written a blog discussing my recent published research into SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology in Norfolk throughout the pandemic! Find it here: quadram.ac.uk/blogs/how-sa...
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)Really important read from PhD student Eleanor Hayles regarding her findings at the @quadraminstitute.bsky.social. Give it a read here 👇
- PhD students looking for potential PIPS placements - check out these below
- There are SEVEN different internship opportunities for PhD students to join us next year! 🎓 Inspire young minds in our science workshops or participate in the world-famous Christmas Lectures — there's always something exciting at the Ri. Learn more: rigb.org/about-us/work-with-us
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)In our latest blog, @carolinejarvis.bsky.social from the @quadraminstitute.bsky.social shares her experience of attending the Gordon Research Seminar and Conference - supported by our internal flexible funding scheme! www.cmi-norwich.ac.uk/showcasing-c...
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)Last week I attended the ECR symposium on Microbial Genomics jointly organised by @microbesng.bsky.social, @norwichmicro.bsky.social and Get Genome. I had the wonderful opportunity to present some of my PhD work @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)Pls respect my boundaries 💙 Anything you’d add?
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)📣 Save the date 📆 Tuesday 7 Oct '25 Get ready for the return of the Norwich Bioscience Institutes Accessible Science Talks! Schools and colleges can join us online to hear directly from our researchers and technical specialists about their science & careers🔬🧬🌿🦠💻
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)🆕 LGBTQIA+ Leaders in Nature Conservation and STEM: A Panel 🌈 Our Project Manager @samfrowe.bsky.social and PhD student @gabastorga.bsky.social are taking part in the panel hosted by Norfolk Wildlife Trust 🗓️ 22 July 📍 Norwich Arts Centre buff.ly/UB539W5
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)Our latest #BitesizeBioinformatics webinar is now live! First in a mini series exploring #MachineLearning in biosciences youtu.be/tIfpbDWnb0c #Bioinformatics #ComputationalBiology
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)🚨📆⏰ ABSTRACT SUBMISSION REMINDER 🧬🦠🧫 The ECR symposium abstract call closes in TWO WEEKS! Submit your abstract at tinyurl.com/BIM-abst... by July 8, 11.59PM EST! #BiM2025 #BlackInMicrobiology #EarlyCareerResearch
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)Our @nisbetalice.bsky.social gave an awesome final & award winning talk at #I3Scongress showing 20 years of #typhoidal #Salmonella in England & Wales. Amazing achievement for her 1st ever international talk. Keep an eye out for this publication coming soon, in collaboration with @ukhsa.bsky.social
- On the 13-15th June, we hosted our annual student retreat in Southwold! We all had a great time relaxing and enjoying a break from PhD work - swimming, having a BBQ, a murder mystery night, and a beach trip 🏖️
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)🦠 🧬 How do bacteria accept resistance genes? Register for #MNGPopUp to find out! @hoyuliu.bsky.social reveals genes that impact plasmid acceptance during conjugation—🔑 to stop spread of #AMR 📅 July 3 | 📍Norwich 🔗 linktr.ee/microbesng #MicroSky #ECR @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @webberma.bsky.social
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)Had a lovely time at @biofilms11 in Cardiff last week! Thank you to all who came and had a catch about my PhD work which is funded by @ukri.org BBSRC. Take a look at the blog the comms team has put together where we chat more about the experience
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)🆕 PhD student @jcihorton.bsky.social reflects on his recent experiences planning and delivering science outreach sessions at a local primary school in Norwich ⤵️
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)🆕 Blog! What is it like working on food safety outside of academia? 🧪 Norwich Research Park Doctoral Training Programme (NRPDTP) PhD student Sam Mellor tells us about his placement experience at the @foodgov.bsky.social Food Standards Agency ⤵️ buff.ly/ZDGyyx3
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)Today I presented my PhD research at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference in Liverpool! Thanks so much to the Microbiology Society! @microbiologysociety.org
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)Come and learn about prophages of Ruminococcus gnavus from @xenadyball.bsky.social at poster B078 #Microbio2025
- Some Quadram students are in Liverpool presenting at #MicroBio25! @microbiologysociety.org
- After being quiet for a while-I'm back on @bsky.app! 🎉 To kick-start my return, today I'll be presenting my work with @ukhsa.bsky.social on #typhoidal #Salmonella at #MicroBio25! Pop by poster 301 for exciting insights into enteric fever, including some innovative analysis on bacterial carriers! 🦠
- Earlier this week, the committee attended the #BBSRC Connecting Research Culture conference hosted by @earlhaminst.bsky.social We spoke with students/staff from various BBSRC institutes about our efforts to establish a student community and listened to many fantastic speakers @ukri.org
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)Excited to be invited to the #BBSRC Connecting Research Culture conference at @earlhaminst.bsky.social today as part of my role in @quadramsf.bsky.social The committee have a poster about our work establishing a student community @quadraminstitute.bsky.social - come find us at lunch time! ☺️
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)The Quadram Student Science Showcase proved yet again to be a resounding success, offering a valuable platform for students to share their research, hone their presentation skills, and engage in meaningful dialogue with students and staff 🎓 @quadramsf.bsky.social
- Last week QSF had the opportunity to present a poster at Quadram's Annual Science Strategy event. We spoke to Trustees and Industry Advisory Panel members about our work helping to form a student community at Quadram, as well as the importance of student science!
- The showcase really highlighted the contribution of student science at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social . Here's a little blog summarising the day :)
- 🆕 Blog! Celebrating Student Science: The Quadram Student Science Showcase 2025 🌟 @quadramsf.bsky.social
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)We also had Xena present her work on Ruminococcus gnavus prophages today. Watch this space for the prophage discovery pipeline she developed! Quadram Student Science Showcase
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)Firstly our Steven talked about his work on improving HMW DNA extraction from stool for @nanoporetech.com's long read sequencing using Revolugen's FireMonkey kit. Much needed help from Guess 💩 & Ben & Jerry's 2/7
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)Next up is our @eh-hayles.bsky.social presenting her genomic #epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Norfolk throughout the pandemic looking at lineage dynamics & variant of concern presence in the region Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 3/7
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)Finally today we have our @nisbetalice.bsky.social giving a talk summarising enteric fever in England and Wales over the last 20 years - an amazing case summary of just some of the hard sentinel surveillance work carried out by UK's Health Security Agency. 4/7
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)Congratulations to Deus and Raphael for winning poster awards at the @quadraminstitute.bsky.social Student Science Showcase organised by @quadramsf.bsky.social ! #ProudSupervisor
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)A very insightful day today at the Quadram Institute’s Student Science Showcase hearing about student research across the institute. I was very fortunate to be able to present my recent work on SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology in Norfolk - thank you @quadramsf.bsky.social for the opportunity 👩🏻🎓🧬
- Next up is our @eh-hayles.bsky.social presenting her genomic #epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Norfolk throughout the pandemic looking at lineage dynamics & variant of concern presence in the region Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 3/7
- Yesterday we held the Student Science Showcase, with some great talks and posters from the student community at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
- We also were happy to welcome our keynote speaker @stewartlab.bsky.social from @newcastleuni.bsky.social to speak about his work on diet-microbe-host interactions in early life as well as his career progression and advice for our student collective
- This couldn't have happened without the QSF committee! Thank you to them for all their help -Josh
- Our annual Student Science Showcase is on Monday - something we've been working hard on over the past few months. We're looking forward to hearing about the research from students and our invited keynote speaker Prof. Christopher Stewart from Newcastle Uni!!
- It was great to have so many students at our annual Christmas meal yesterday! We hope everybody has a lovely festive period and a well deserved break 😊🎄
- Reposted by Quadram Student Forum (QSF)It was an honour to meet Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal during her visit to @quadraminstitute.bsky.social today. I really enjoyed talking to her about my work as both a PhD student and Chair of the @quadramsf.bsky.social
