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What makes a plant killer? Meet the scientists hot on the trail of invading pathogens

Feature | 8 min READ

What makes a plant killer? Meet the scientists hot on the trail of invading pathogens


Most microbes live in and around our crops causing no harm whatsoever, often providing vital nutrients through decomposing organic matter, or symbiosis with plant roots. Yet a sudden event, perhaps just a fateful gust of wind, can turn even the most placid of microbes into a devastating pathogen.

  • 12 October 2020
  • Science
5 ways Earlham Institute is improving global food security

Special Feature | 10 min READ

5 ways Earlham Institute is improving global food security


How can food security be improved? That’s one of the major challenges facing science and society. To feed and nourish a rapidly expanding population, crop yields must increase in the face of the threats posed by climate change and once fertile areas of land must be reinvigorated. However we manage it, it’s vital we protect and enhance the biodiversity on which much of our agricultural system relies.

  • 01 October 2020
  • Science
Chatting Guts: why the microbiome is important

Feature | 15 min READ

Chatting Guts: why the microbiome is important


A healthy gut might well be the key to a long and healthy life. But with trillions of bacteria and hundreds of species of microbe all interacting with your gut in unique and interdependent ways, understanding gut health is a vast and complex challenge.

  • 27 September 2020
  • Science
  • Learning
Why do a year in industry?

| 5 min READ

Why do a year in industry?


Earlham Institute offers two students each year a place on our Year in Industry programme. Jess Peers and Giovanni Gendarini, our most recent undergraduates, say it’s been an experience they would recommend.

  • 18 September 2020
  • Organisation
Metagenomics: exploring the unseen

Feature | 8 min READ

Metagenomics: exploring the unseen


Earlham Institute Scientists are at the forefront of one of biology’s modern frontiers: the untraversed depths of nature’s hidden microbial universe. From the bacteria living inside of us to the millions of single celled protists underpinning the health and prosperity of our ecosystems.

  • 06 September 2020
  • Science
UK CBCB: an ELIXIR for cross-disciplinary collaboration in bioinformatics

Feature | 5 min READ

UK CBCB: an ELIXIR for cross-disciplinary collaboration in bioinformatics


The first ever UK Conference of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (UKCBCB) takes place at the end of September - a two day virtual event which brings together the diverse bioscience disciplines which increasingly rely on powerful computational infrastructures to store, share and analyse large datasets.

  • 24 August 2020
  • Science
The Weird and Wonderful World of Protists: an interview with Sally Warring

Feature | 10 min READ

The Weird and Wonderful World of Protists: an interview with Sally Warring


Dr Sally Warring tells us that studying protists could make us rethink what we know about biology, genetics, and the complexities of life on Earth.

  • 23 August 2020
  • Science
EI Innovate: A platform for collaboration and new ideas

Feature | 5 min READ

EI Innovate: A platform for collaboration and new ideas


After last year’s inaugural success, EI Innovate is back with a three day event to explore how academic research can be translated and shared to establish new collaborations and innovative solutions to global challenges.

  • 12 August 2020
  • Learning