Journal of IiMER Volume 10 Issue 1 June 2016 Norwich to be Home to the Quadram Institute The Quadram Institute is a new centre for food and health research to be located on the Norwich Research Park. Under one roof the Quadram Institute will integrate research teams from the current Institute of Food Research (IFR) and University of East Anglia’s (UEA) Faculty of Science and Norwich Medical School with the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital’s (NNUH) gastrointestinal endoscopy facility. The Quadram Institute is the name of the new hub for food and health research to be located at the heart of the Norwich Research Park, one of Europe’s largest single-site concentrations of research in food, health and environmental sciences. Building of a new facility to house the Quadram Institute began in February 2016, with an anticipated opening in 2018. The Quadram Institute’s mission is to develop solutions to worldwide challenges in human health, food and disease. The opening of the new building will be in 2018 quadram.ac.uk The initial investment for the Quadram Institute is being provided by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) together with its three Norwich-based partners: the Institute of Food Research (IFR); the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH); and the University of East Anglia (UEA). The Quadram Institute will integrate research teams from the IFR and UEA’s Faculty of Science and Norwich Medical School with the NNUHs’ gastrointestinal endoscopy facility under one roof. To be led by Professor Ian Charles, currently Director of the IFR, the Quadram Institute’s mission will be to develop solutions to worldwide challenges in human health, food and disease. The concept for the institute is to enable a step-change in food and health science research by providing new insights and accelerating innovation that will deliver new foods and treatments as well as proactive health and lifestyle interventions, for the benefit of society and the bio-economy. Invest in ME (Charity Nr. 1114035) www.investinme.org Page 24 of 77
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