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Barney Bee is buzzing for Norwich Science Festival


Last year we brought you the award winning Pink Pigeon trail. This year we’re going even bigger, with an exploration of pollinators, food & health.

  • 06 September 2019
  • Learning

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Python for biologists: the code of bioinformatics


The increasing necessity to process big data and develop algorithms in all fields of science mean that programming is becoming an essential skill for scientists, with Python the language of choice for the majority of bioinformaticians.

  • 03 September 2019
  • Technology

Feature | 8 min READ

10 surprising things you might not know about evolution


Evolution. There’s much more to it than is commonly understood.

  • 30 August 2019
  • Learning

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We're ten years old: leading the field in decoding complex, non-human genomes


Ten ways our expertise has led the way in how we decode complex, non-human genomes.

  • 21 August 2019
  • Learning

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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
  • CSP

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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
  • CSP

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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