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News: Protecting biodiversity in Colombia - former guerrilla becoming citizen scientists

Feature: Bread and butter - decoding wheat

News: Where are the bees? Tracking down which flowers they pollinate

Event: Norwich Single-Cell Symposium 2019

Research Project: Ship-seq: Nanopore sequencing of polar microbes on board research vessels

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EI's research brings together a wealth of expertise in biosciences, bioinformatics, high performance computing and statistics to understand complex biological systems in plants and animals and their interaction with the environment.

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Protecting biodiversity in Colombia: former guerrilla fighters becoming citizen scientists

Researchers from the Earlham Institute and the University of Sydney are working with ex-combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to grow their capability to protect the country’s valuable biodiversity.

  • 13 August 2019

Where are the bees? Tracking down which flowers they pollinate

Earlham Institute researchers develop a new method to rapidly identify sources of bee pollen to understand which flowers are important for bees.

  • 07 August 2019

New rapid test diagnoses pneumonia and lower respiratory infections

EI scientists help to develop a new rapid diagnosis method for bacterial lower respiratory tract infections that could improve patient care and slow the spread of antimicrobial resistance.

  • 24 June 2019

Lettuce have it! Machine learning for cr-optimisation

Researchers in the Zhou Group at EI, in cooperation with Ely-based G’s Growers, have developed a machine learning platform, AirSurf-Lettuce, which works with computer vision and ultra-scale images taken from the air to help categorise lettuce crops in fields.

  • 10 June 2019

UEA Engagement award for the EI ‘Pink Pigeon Trail’

The Earlham Institute (EI) wins University of East Anglia (UEA) student Engagement Award for their unique conservation trail.

  • 07 June 2019

Sleep, wake, repeat: How do plants work on different time zones?

Plants can be night owls, too (and get old!)

  • 03 June 2019

Integrating omic-based technologies for the valorization of Peruvian crop biodiversity

Building resilience to climate change and the increasing demand for more nutritional food in the local agricultural systems

  • 10 Sep -
  • 12 Sep
  • 2019
  • Scientific training

Methods and tools for biodiversity and ecosystem services valuation and management

The invisible numbers behind ecosystems services

  • 11 Sep -
  • 13 Sep
  • 2019
  • Scientific training

Metagenomics: Data Analysis and Interpretation

This course will provide an overview of the main aspects involved in metagenomics data analysis and discussion around the interpretation and actual examples of the impact and applications of metagenomics derived research.

  • 16 Sep -
  • 19 Sep
  • 2019
  • Scientific training

Norwich Single-Cell Symposium 2019

The Norwich Single-Cell Symposium covers single-cell genomics technologies and their application in microbial, plant, animal and human health and disease.

  • 16 Oct -
  • 17 Oct
  • 2019
  • Scientific training

EI Innovate: genomics data to advance bioscience

Developing solutions to global issues with EI’s advanced capabilities and expertise in genomics and bioinformatics - improving global food security, environmental management, conservation, health and wellbeing.

  • 13 Nov -
  • 13 Nov
  • 2019
  • Industry

Software Carpentry Workshop January 2020

Our goal is to help scientists become more productive by teaching them basic computing skills like program design, version control, testing and task automation.

  • 21 Jan -
  • 22 Jan
  • 2020
  • Scientific training

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Bread and butter: decoding wheat


Integral to the international effort that brought us the bread wheat genome, decoding this complex, hexaploid crop - from sequence to assembly, annotation and even mapping the epigenome - has been at the heart of what we do at Earlham Institute.

  • 12 August 2019
  • Learning

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Where bees roam: pollinate this!


Bees are in decline. How can technology and algorithm development boost their chances, through understanding which wild flowers they pollinate?

  • 07 August 2019
  • Science

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Inside EI: Public engagement with impact


Earlham Institute opened its doors for the public to explore our fascinating and diverse range of important scientific research projects.

  • 06 August 2019
  • Organisation

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Women in Science: Elena Rodriguez - the mind of the gut microbiome


Elena, a student on EI's Year in Industry programme, has been investigating the interaction between microbes and the gut, focusing on how probiotics can improve intestinal health, and what this means for the future of IBD research.

  • 31 July 2019
  • Learning

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Our year in industry: setting the stage for a career in science


More people are going to university than ever before. One way students are boosting their employability is through a Year in Industry placement. What’s it like?

  • 29 July 2019
  • Learning

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Tick tock circadian clock


Plants and us - we’re not so different, especially when it comes to the daily rituals of life - and circadian clocks show we’re all creatures of habit.

  • 08 July 2019
  • Science

Senior Bioinformatician / Developer (Genome Annotation)

Salary range: £31,625 - £48,775

Opening date 16 August 2019

Closing date 11 September 2019

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  • Impact story

Global food security

Our wide-ranging research into animal, plant and microbial genomics helps us improve crop breeding, withstand disease and enhance yields for future generations.

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