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16 March 2026

New study maps cellular mechanisms driving fibrosis in Crohn's Disease

Researchers at the Earlham Institute, the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University have analysed gut cells to understand the drivers behind fibrosis (scarring), a common complication in Crohn’s Disease affecting 10-20% of patients.
09 January 2024

£3m funding for project to chart cellular diversity on Earth

The first phase of a project to map the diversity of cells found across multiple species has received funding of £3m ($3.8m USD) .
13 December 2023

Mysterious microbiomes to get makeover under transformational £5.4M grant

A £5.4 million funding award is set to help researchers at the University of Manchester and Earlham Institute to unravel the rules of life in microbial communities.
23 November 2023

Purple Bar moth is 1,000th species sequenced in landmark project

An ambitious project to sequence the genomes of all eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland has passed a major milestone.
08 November 2023

Scientists one step closer to rewriting world’s first synthetic yeast genome

Scientists have engineered a chromosome entirely from scratch that will contribute to the production of the world’s first synthetic yeast.
02 November 2023

Earlham Institute appoints Tim Kamombo and Dr Mike Csukai to Board of Trustees

The Earlham Institute has appointed two new Trustees to its Board, with Tim Kamombo and Dr Mike Csukai having taken up the posts at the Norwich-based life science research institute.
18 October 2023

Keeping it in the family – new study into how we share the best of our microbiomes with family members

Scientists on the Norwich Research Park are looking to recruit family members, and their microbiomes, to a study into how we share microbes between us.