Quadram Institute

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Quadram Institute
AbbreviationQI
Predecessor Low Temperature Research Station (LTRS),
National Institute for Research in Dairying (NIRD); [1] 1968;56 years ago (1968),
as the Food Research Institute (FRI) [1]
Formation2017
Legal status Non-profit research institute and charity
PurposeFood research, gut biology and health
Location
  • Norwich Research Park, Colney, NR4 7UQ
Coordinates 52°37′23″N1°13′07″E / 52.6230976°N 1.218573°E / 52.6230976; 1.218573
grid reference TG183077
Services Food science
Membership
400 scientists and clinicians
Director
Professor Ian Charles [2]
Budget
£17,025,000 [3]
Website quadram.ac.uk
Institute of Food Research [4] [1]
Founded at Norwich [1]
Registration no. Companies House: 03009972 [5]
Charity Commission: 1058499 [4] [3]
Location
Region
United Kingdom, worldwide
Methods Research
Revenue (2016)
£15,176,000 [3]
Staff (2016)
164 [3]
Website quadram.ac.uk

The Quadram Institute is a centre for food and health research, combining Quadram Institute Bioscience (formerly the Institute of Food Research), the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals' endoscopy centre and aspects of the University of East Anglia's Norwich Medical School and the Faculty of Science. It is located on the outskirts of Norwich, England, United Kingdom and is a member of the Norwich Research Park.

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The institute is housed in a purpose-built facility on the Norwich Research Park that opened in 2018. [6] Its founding partners are Quadram Institute Bioscience, University of East Anglia, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. [7] The institute combines research teams from the partners with a regional gastrointestinal endoscopy unit and a clinical trials facility. The first patients were treated in the endoscopy unit in December 2018. [8]

History

The Institute of Food Research was created in 1968, spread over four sites; the Meat Research Institute at Langford near Bristol, the Food Research Institute (FRI) at Colney in Norwich, the National Institute for Research in Dairying (NIRD) in Shinfield near Reading, and the Long Ashton Research Station. At the end of 1990, the Meat Research Institute Bristol laboratory was closed, and in 1992 the National Institute for Research in Dairying Reading laboratory was moved to the campus of the University of Reading. In 1999, the institute's activities were consolidated in one location: Norwich; [1]

On 28 April 2017, the Institute of Food Research transitioned into Quadram Institute Bioscience, ahead of a full opening of the Quadram Institute in 2018. [9]

Research focus

The Quadram Institute has a research programme that covers: [10]

Directors

The founding director is Ian Charles, who was appointed in 2015. [12]

Building

Construction of the Quadram Institute building began in February 2016, and the building opened in September 2018. [13] Wates Construction is the main contractor. [14] It was designed by the London office of architects NBBJ. [15] The building can house 300 scientists and 100 staff supporting the endoscopy centre with capacity for 40,000 endoscopy outpatient visits each year.

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