Birmingham researchers secure major funding to push frontiers of bioscience discovery
Prestigious grants will fund crucial research into gene regulation and antibiotic resistance.
- Published: 18 November 2025
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Birmingham Professor to co-lead new UK collaboration tackling infection and antimicrobial resistance
A national partnership with the NIHR Birmingham BRC, Oxford and Leeds will accelerate research to personalise treatment and tackle antimicrobial resistance.
- Published: 16 October 2025
New strains of beneficial gut bacteria discovered in animals
Animals contain previously undiscovered strains of beneficial bacteria which could have significant benefits for both human health and animal husbandry.
- Published: 10 September 2025
Widespread antibiotic resistance found in bacteria isolated from preterm infants
New study finds antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus bacteria are common in premature babies.
- Published: 25 June 2025
Health Protection PhD Opportunities
An exciting new Doctoral Training Programme in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) launches
- Published: 20 May 2025
New funding for groundbreaking gut microbiome study to fight bowel cancer and bowel disease
Dr Horniblow, funded by Bowel Research UK, will explore the potential of faecal microbiota transplants as a remedy for gut microbiome imbalance (dysbiosis).
- Published: 28 March 2025
Healthy gut bacteria that feed on sugar analysed for the first time
Colon-dwelling Akkermansia muciniphila associated with good health feed on mucus
- Published: 31 January 2025
Protecting the public from health threats
New Health Protection Research Units will help responses to future incidents including terrorism and pandemics
- Published: 25 October 2024