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Bread and butter: decoding wheat

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

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

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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
Why is it important to talk about the philosophy of Science?

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Why is it important to talk about the philosophy of Science?


Enlighten, engage and empower: how science relates to stakeholders and why this is important

  • 18 June 2019
  • Learning
PhD life, 10 things we learned in our first six months

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PhD life, 10 things we learned in our first six months


What advice do our students have after finishing the first 6 months of their PhDs?

  • 03 June 2019
  • Learning
I’m a scientist! Why talk to young people?

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I’m a scientist! Why talk to young people?


Paddy Sudhakar tells us why public engagement is important after his recent participation in I’m a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here!

  • 13 May 2019
  • Learning
  • CSP
Network biology approaches to understanding life

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Network biology approaches to understanding life


With living systems, it’s all about networks. How are we developing tools to understand life on earth, and sharing them openly with the community?

  • 29 April 2019
  • Learning
  • CSP
Women in computing: guts, bioinformatics and yoghurt

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Women in computing: guts, bioinformatics and yoghurt


Agatha Treveil is in the third year of her PhD, which she says is her favourite yet! How did she get into bioinformatics, and where will it take her?

  • 26 March 2019
  • Learning
  • CSP