Daniel Vipond – Myalgic Encephalopathy Norwich, Norwich Research Park What do you do? I’m a PhD student doing patient funded research into Myalgic Encephalopathy (ME) or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) at the Quadram institute. One of my favourite parts of working here is meeting the people that work in research, I don’t know of any other example...

Name: Jenny Gill Location: UEA Biology, Iceland What do you do? We’re trying to understand bird migration systems and how they operate. In a migratory system you have a species that overall migrates from breeding area to a non-breeding area but then within that you have individuals doing all sorts of different things. So, we’re trying to understand...

Name: Rebecca Devine Location: UEA School of Biology, Norwich What do you do? I’m a PhD student in my third year of four and I spend my time looking for new antibiotics. All of the work in our lab focuses on bacteria called Streptomyces that produce lots of different antibiotics. These bacteria are found almost everywhere but lots of them are found...

Jesus Angulo – Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Norwich, UEA What do you do? I am a senior lecturer at UEA in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, in the area of drug delivery, with an expertise in carbohydrates. My research tries to reveal structural details at an atomic level and look at the interaction of small molecules with large proteins....

Naiara Bezara – Liver disease Norwich, Norwich Research Park What do you do? I work at the Quadram Institute, they have a development program for young research leaders, which I lead. My expertise is on liver disease so this what the lab focuses on. My whole career has been dedicated to understanding the mechanism underlying liver disease. All liver...

Name: Stephen Robinson Location: UEA Biomedical Research Center, Norwich What do you do? The main focus in our lab is on cancer therapies. A lot of treatments target the cancer cells themselves but we come from a different route. When cancer takes root in the body it hijacks things and one of the things it convinces the body to do it to grow new...