Articles | Earlham Institute

FEATURE | 15 min READ

Sustaining our antibiotic armour - the rise of AMR

We are losing the battle against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The backbone of modern medicine is being taken for granted - decades of complacency and misuse mean antibiotics are becoming less effective and bacterial infections more deadly.

FEATURE | 15 min READ

Marrying Microbes: in sickness and in health

From the beneficial bacteria making up a healthy microbiome to the deadly parasites that afflict millions worldwide, microbes play an integral role in sickness and in health.

13 November 2020

FEATURE | 8 min READ

From climate change to mind control, protists run the world

You may never have heard of them but protists have the power to make or break life on Earth. From mind-controlling parasites to oxygen-belching phytoplankton, these single-celled organisms dominate the tree of life - yet we know precious little about them.

FEATURE | 5 min READ

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?

FEATURE | 5 min READ

Salmonella, who gives a faeces?

Salmonella is not just about bad eggs, it causes a devastating global disease to rival malaria. How is bioinformatics helping to tackle it?

FEATURE | 5 min READ

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?