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
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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
New international multidisciplinary training network to advance to the novel field of hologenomics
Birmingham will host doctoral students as part of a new training network that will advance understanding of how microorganism and host genetics interact.
- Published: 9 September 2024
‘Good’ bacteria during pregnancy could influence infant growth and development
A study in mice has found that the bacteria Bifidobacterium breve in the mother’s gut during pregnancy supports healthy brain development in the fetus.
- Published: 21 August 2024
New funding to help develop probiotics that are kinder treatments for anaemic infants
Thanks to a new funding injection, Birmingham researchers will investigate how the gut microbiota can help infants that have iron deficiency anaemia.
- Published: 25 July 2024