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22 April 2026

Metagenomic software advance boosts research into microbial diversity

Researchers studying the diversity of microbes in environmental samples now have access to a new tool that opens the door to cheaper, more accessible analysis of their samples, thanks to a major advance led by scientists at Earlham Institute, Institut Pasteur, and Quadram Institute.
16 April 2026

Unlocking the value of biodiversity in the UK and Ireland

A new economic report analysing the financial impact of sequencing all complex life in the UK and Ireland has shown a huge return on investment and expected growth in scientific research.
23 March 2026

Single-cell sequencing reveals unexpected protist diversity

Scientists developing a single-cell sequencing pipeline at Earlham Institute have revealed previously unknown diversity from a group of free-living protists closely related to the parasites that cause sleeping sickness.
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.
05 February 2026

Maternal wisdom – how mother plants prime their seeds for success

A new study in the journal PNAS addresses longstanding questions in biology: Can plants sense the environment directly in their developing seeds, or is seasonal information acquired by their parents somehow passed down to the seed?
27 January 2026

Earlham Institute and Natural History Museum launch deep tech startup Agnos Biosciences™

The Earlham Institute and Natural History Museum, London have today announced a joint venture spin-out company Agnos Biosciences™ and its cutting-edge rapid DNA air sequencing technology, AirSeq™, to transform biological threat detection.
20 January 2026

Innovations in spatial imaging could unlock higher wheat yields

Scientists at the Earlham Institute and the John Innes Centre are pioneering powerful single-cell visualisation techniques that could unlock higher yields of global wheat.