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Covid-19 one year on: responding to a global pandemic.

Special Feature | 15 min READ

Covid-19 one year on: responding to a global pandemic.


On 11th March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic. One year on, we’re reflecting on how the Earlham Institute responded to the pandemic.

  • 11 March 2021
  • Science
  • Organisation
Undervaluing our natural world: where would we bee?

Feature | 10 min READ

Undervaluing our natural world: where would we bee?


Insect pollinators are responsible for most of what we eat, yet they remain largely overlooked in discussions about environmental protection.

  • 26 February 2021
  • Science
Pollinating the future of single-cell genomics and crop breeding

Feature | 15 min READ

Pollinating the future of single-cell genomics and crop breeding


With a wealth of experience in genomics and plant biology, Ashleigh Lister is applying her expertise to single-cell genomics - pioneering detailed analysis of pollen grains that can give an unprecedented boost to crop breeders.

  • 19 February 2021
  • Science
Connecting the dots: ensuring science has impact where it's needed

Feature | 8 min READ

Connecting the dots: ensuring science has impact where it's needed


Dr Nichola Wong became interested in science after recognising its inherent power to change the world. Through her career in knowledge exchange, she’s working to ensure that transformative potential is realised for some of the most urgent scientific issues facing the planet.

  • 12 February 2021
  • Organisation
The story of ageing, told by a single blood cell

Feature | 15 min READ

The story of ageing, told by a single blood cell


Dr Laura Mincarelli works at the cutting edge of single-cell technology, isolating individual blood stem and progenitor cells to understand how we age. What she discovers could one day help us to prevent ageing. In the short term, she is helping to transform our understanding of biology - one cell at a time.

  • 03 February 2021
  • Science
Gene editing: why scientists need to be part of the conversation

Opinion | 15 min READ

Gene editing: why scientists need to be part of the conversation


With the UK no longer a member of the European Union, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has opened a public consultation on the regulation of gene editing in England. We spoke to Synthetic Biology Group Leader, Dr Nicola Patron about her view of the debate and why it’s important for scientists to share their expertise with policymakers.

  • 26 January 2021
  • Science
5 ways single-cell genomics can transform our understanding of biology

Feature | 8 min READ

5 ways single-cell genomics can transform our understanding of biology


Single-cell sequencing is increasingly becoming an essential part of the biologists’ toolkit.

  • 22 January 2021
  • Technology
COVID-19 testing to liberating bioinformatics: our top ten of 2020

Feature | 5 min READ

COVID-19 testing to liberating bioinformatics: our top ten of 2020


We all know what 2020 will be remembered for, but while battling COVID-19 we’ve continued to deliver world-leading research at the Earlham Institute.

  • 04 January 2021
  • Organisation