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Combining world-class technology and interdisciplinary expertise across genomics, engineering biology and data science to deliver scientific breakthroughs with economic and social impact. đź“Ť Norwich, UK đź”— earlham.ac.uk

Poster advertising the Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium. Black background with a red microscopy image of plant cells filling the right side. Event subtitle: “Novel applications of single-cell and spatial technologies across plant and microbe, animal, and health and disease research.” Date and venue highlighted in pink: 8–9 July 2026, Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK. Photos of four keynote speakers with names and affiliations: Ang Li (University of Oxford), Arnau Sebé-Pedrós (Centre for Genomic Regulation), Tatsuya Nobori (The Sainsbury Laboratory), and Jeffrey Moffitt (Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital). List of invited speakers follows, Min-Yao Jhu, (University of Cambridge), Christos Proukakis (UCL & Royal Free NHS Trust), Alina Kurjan (University of Oxford & Entelo Bio), Dalia Rosano (Institute of Cancer Research) and Ava Khamseh, (Institute of Cancer & Genetics, University of Edinburgh)
Speaker profile of Tatsuya Nobori from The Sainsbury Lab. Talk title: Dissecting plant-microbe interactions with single-cell and spatial omics technologies.
Speaker profile of Jeffrey Moffitt of Harvard Medical School and Boston's Children's Hospital. Talk title is: Mapping the microbe-host interface with genomic-scale microscopy.
Scientist wearing a white lab coat and blue safety gloves handles the cartridge unit of a Vizgen Merscope spatial platform
Quote graphic from Dr Meha Patel, Clinical PhD Fellow at Earlham Institute "The hospital and research institutes being co-localised provides a fantastic opportunity for health research now and in the future."
Poster advertising the Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium. Black background with a red microscopy image of plant cells filling the right side. Event subtitle: “Novel applications of single-cell and spatial technologies across plant and microbe, animal, and health and disease research.” Date and venue highlighted in pink: 8–9 July 2026, Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK. Photos of four keynote speakers with names and affiliations: Ang Li (University of Oxford), Arnau Sebé-Pedrós (Centre for Genomic Regulation), Tatsuya Nobori (The Sainsbury Laboratory), and Jeffrey Moffitt (Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital). List of invited speakers follows, Min-Yao Jhu, (University of Cambridge), Christos Proukakis (UCL & Royal Free NHS Trust), Alina Kurjan (University of Oxford & Entelo Bio), and Ava Khamseh, (Institute of Cancer & Genetics, University of Edinburgh)
Social graphic for a training course titled: "Histology for Spatial Transcriptomics: a troubleshooting toolkit" 17 June 2026. Cost: ÂŁ275 academic, ÂŁ325 industry.
Quote graphic from Prof Neil Hall, Director of the Earlham Institute: "What this report makes clear is that the value of the Darwin Tree of Life extends far beyond the genomes themselves. It lies in the shared protocols, trained people, open data, and collaborative networks - underscoring the strength in UK genomic research."
PhD researcher Jade being presented the award at AGBT AG meeting in Arizona
PhD researcher Jade during a networking session at a recent symposium
Social graphic promoting the article "Training during your PhD: what my first year taught me." Background image shows a town in Czechia where the author recently undertook a training course.
Workshop on Innovative applications of pangenomes in agriculture. April 12 2026 between 5-7pm. Text reads: "Moving beyond variant counting and applications of standard single-reference methods. Discover new approaches for applying pangenomes in agricultural research."
Poster advertising the Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium. Black background with a red microscopy image of plant cells filling the right side. Event subtitle: “Novel applications of single-cell and spatial technologies across plant and microbe, animal, and health and disease research.” Date and venue highlighted in pink: 8–9 July 2026, Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK. Photos of four keynote speakers with names and affiliations: Ang Li (University of Oxford), Arnau Sebé-Pedrós (Centre for Genomic Regulation), Tatsuya Nobori (The Sainsbury Laboratory), and Jeffrey Moffitt (Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital). List of invited speakers follows, Min-Yao Jhu, (University of Cambridge), Christos Proukakis (UCL & Royal Free NHS Trust), Alina Kurjan (University of Oxford & Entelo Bio), and Ava Khamseh, (Institute of Cancer & Genetics, University of Edinburgh)
The Darwin Training Suite at Earlham Institute
Carolina Grandellis and Sarah Guiziou in the Earlham training suite
Microscopy image of wheat root harbouring soil fungi, captured by Year in Industry student Poppy.
An aerial photo of the Norwich Research Park, with the Quadram Institute, Earlham Institute, John Innes Centre and Sainsbury Laboratory in the foreground, and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, and University of East Anglia in the background.
John Innes Foundation Intern Chinemerem Adaugo Akamihe talking to Angie Burnett in the Earlham Biofoundry
Programme director Angie Burnett with Earlham Biofoundry Manager Carolina Grandellis
Training course advert: Histology for Spatial Transcriptomics: A Troubleshooting Toolkit. 17 June 2026, cost is to be confirmed.
Postdoc researcher Sonia Fonseca in the single-cell labs at EI demonstrating our Vizgen MERSCOPE spatial platform
Close up of a conference poster describing the aims of the DSW research programme. Image focuses in on the logo of DSW and the Earlham Institute and John Innes Centre.
Close up of wheat ears lit up in the background against low sun. Image licensed through Shutterstock.
Sally, wearing a white lab coat and blue safety gloves in the labs at EI, studying a sample under a microscope.
Microscopy image of Euglena
Front cover of The Plant Cell journal showing a spatial visualisation of wheat spike tips, with multi-coloured dots indicating gene expression patterns across the spike.
Anita delivers training during the wet-lab Single-Cell course in Brazil. ©Wellcome Connecting Science
Anita delivers training during the wet-lab Single-Cell course in Brazil. ©Wellcome Connecting Science
Poster advertising the Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium. Black background with a red microscopy image of plant cells filling the right side. Event subtitle: “Novel applications of single-cell and spatial technologies across plant and microbe, animal, and health and disease research.” Date and venue highlighted in pink: 8–9 July 2026, Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK. Photos of four keynote speakers with names and affiliations: Ang Li (University of Oxford), Arnau Sebé-Pedrós (Centre for Genomic Regulation), Tatsuya Nobori (The Sainsbury Laboratory), and Jeffrey Moffitt (Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital). List of invited speakers follows, Min-Yao Jhu, (University of Cambridge), Christos Proukakis (UCL & Royal Free NHS Trust), Alina Kurjan (University of Oxford & Entelo Bio), and Ava Khamseh, (Institute of Cancer & Genetics, University of Edinburgh)
A whole developing wheat spike in spatial resolution at 1mm scale. Blue staining represents fluorescent staining for DNA withing the nuclei. There are different coloured spots showing gene expression detected using the probes in a method called MERFISH on Earlham institute's Vizgen MERSCOPE platform.
Dr Lauren Messer, Microbial Ecologist and Career Development Fellow at Earlham Institute.
Quote card from Senior Research Assistant Ashleigh Lister: "A lot of the methods I've used in this paper have been previously only applied to mammals, but by pushing the technical capabilities to allow for non-model species we can answer a wider variety of research questions.!
Poster advertising “Earlham Institute at PAG33,” 9–14 January 2026, over a background image of green wheat. It lists four talks with speaker photos: Rachel Rusholme-Pilcher (Senior Postdoctoral Researcher) on pangenome graph-building tools for hexaploid wheat, 9 Jan, Wheat Genomics to Breeding session; Connor Reynolds (PhD Researcher) on ensemble models for analysing plant circadian time in bulk and single-cell RNA-seq data, 9 Jan, Systems Biology and ML session; Anthony Hall (Head of Plant Genomics) on de novo annotation revealing transcriptomic complexity across the Wheat 10+ Genomes, 10 Jan, International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium session; and Charles Dickinson (PhD Researcher) on population-scale genomics for coriander breeding, 10 Jan, Apiaceae session.
Social graphic for the new National Research Organisations, made of bright green, pink, and blue radial bars surrounds the phrase “Making Research Matter” in large grey text on a dark blue background. A green circular shape overlaps the lower right with the words “National Research Organisations” in dark grey.
Drs Richard Leggett and Liliya Serazetdinova showcasing EI's AirSeq platform.
Prof Andrew Millar introducing his talk, focusing on Prof Dame Janet Thornton's impact in bioinformatics and data science.
Digital graphic promoting the Earlham Institute at SynBio UK 2025. A collage of pictures showing scientists Sarah Guiziou, Erica Hawkins, Davide Annese, Zhengao Di, Roza Bilas, and Elena Garcia Perez.
Spatially resolved image of a 10 µm (micron) cross-section through a Alloteropsis semialata leaf, in shades of grey and black.
Prof Sir Ian Chapman, CEO of UK Research and Innovation in the labs at Earlham Institute
Head of Business Development and Impact Dr Liliya Serazetdinova
Senior Research Assistant Ashleigh Lister presents her work in spatial transcriptomics