The Dynamic Gastric Model, developed from years of research at the Institute of Food Research, has taken significant steps towards improving its commercial use by food and drug companies worldwide. IFR and the technology management company Plant Bioscience Limited (PBL) have secured funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to further develop [...]
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Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship
Cristina Fernandez has joined IFR on a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship to investigate how adapting foods to control fat digestion could reduce obesity and chronic diet-related disease. Obesity, and related health problems, account for 5% of the EU’s healthcare budget and this figure is rising. Campaigns to promote healthier lifestyles and better diets are a [...]
IFR research featured in ‘The Big Picture’
The latest issue of ‘Big Picture’, the Wellcome Trust’s free educational resource for teachers and learners, is all about the biological, social and psychological aspects of what we eat. Included in the package is a short film ‘Modelling the Stomach’ that descibes research undertaken at IFR to understand the way that food is processed, physically [...]
Minister opens World Class Innovation Centre and hears about world-leading science
The NRP Innovation Centre at the Norwich Research Park (NRP) provides offices and laboratory facilities for science and technology businesses at the heart of a major science cluster. Today (18th July 2011) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Dr Vince Cable, officially opened the Innovation Centre in the presence of regional business, [...]
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IFR scientists use the force to decode secrets of our gut
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Poultry probiotic cuts its coat to beat bad bacteria
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Reliably higher levels of healthy compound in Beneforté broccoli
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Young scientists showcase their research
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300 Leading Experts Meet at the First UK-Ireland Food Business Innovation Summit
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Enterprising IFR student wins ‘Business Engagement’ prize at Postgraduate Research Showcase
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300 Leading Experts Meet at the First UK-Ireland Food Business Innovation Summit
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Serial entrepreneur and scientist becomes chairman of the Institute of Food Research at Norwich Research Park
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Science in Norwich Day, Sunday 2nd June
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Follow the journey food takes through our body
- GHFS scientists discover that probiotic bacteria in poultry have the ability to alter their coat | Gut Health and Food Safety Blog: [...] Now, in research published in the journal PL...
- Le contact mortel de Salmonella avec des bactéries fécales humaines - Le Blog d'Albert Amgar - Un article de Le Blog d'Albert Amgar: [...] « Le contact mortel de Salmonella...
- N4SA.com | Contact killing of Salmonella by human fecal bacteria: [...] above story is reprinted from materials prov...
- New technique to help ‘read’ information in the gut | NEWWorthy – our blog "The New": [...] the category of old can be NEWWorthy - Ato...
- Super broc performs to expectations in field trials | QFOOD: [...] Read the press release on the Institute of F...
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