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Will you help fund the revolutionary research and technology that will combat the climate crisis and lead us to a sustainable future?
University of East Anglia (UEA) is celebrating its rich history of climate research and scientific discovery by forming a new world-class research centre, the Centre of Advanced Environmental Microbiology (CAEM) in its Grade II listed Lasdun Wall. This new £22m centre will help address some of the biggest challenges we face as a society, by deepening our understanding of how climate change affects our world, but at the most fundamental microscopic level.
We are a key partner in the Centre for Microbial Interactions (CMI), a virtual centre of over 100 academic groups across several institutions of the Norwich Research Park, possibly Europe’s greatest concentrations of microbiologists. The new CAEM will enable our world leading environmental microbiologists to deliver novel research that enhances the potential for climate change mitigation, whilst adding invaluably to the outputs of the virtual CMI.
As life on Earth depends heavily on microbes, a comprehensive understanding of microorganisms is vital to combat the threats posed by climate and environmental change. Using advanced techniques and cutting-edge equipment the planned centre will address global food security, antimicrobial resistance, ocean and soil sustainability, and biodiversity, all through the lens of microbiology on our changing planet.
The academics who will lead the work of the centre are highly cited, prize-winning researchers in environmental microbiology. They include Professor Julea Butt (School of Biological Sciences), Dr Andrew Gates (School of Biological Sciences), Dr Marcela Hernández (School of Biological Sciences), Dr Laura Lehtovirta-Morley (School of Biological Sciences), Professor Thomas Mock (School of Environmental Sciences), and Professor Jonathan Todd (School of Biological Sciences) – who have exemplary track records in world-leading and multidisciplinary research on Earth’s diverse microbes and environments.
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The centre will be housed on the second floor of our new Science Research Laboratories building. As part of a major £150m upgrade the building will be refurbished and extended to house six floors of laboratories, workspaces, and teaching areas, becoming home to research for Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, and Pharmacy. It demonstrates our commitment to advancing scientific research at UEA with great facilities for our staff and students, and the importance of science for the University as a major player in the Norwich Research Park.
The 3 main focus areas for the new CAEM centre will be:
Food security and sustainability of soils
Habitability of Earth, sustainability of oceans and access to clean water
Function, evolution and sustainability of biodiversity
The new Centre of Advanced Environmental Microbiology will be unique: there is no other centre we are aware of which has the breadth of researchers with experience at every step of the process to enable this next level of environmental microbiological research. Both the future equipment levels and the new laboratories will enable a step change in UEA’s achievements that will impact the most pressing scientific issues of our time.
Will you help us to support this vitally important scientific research centre at UEA?
Your support will enable UEA to create the new science research laboratories, and specifically the proposed Centre of Advanced Environmental Microbiology. We also welcome support in purchasing new, cutting-edge equipment that will be vital in enabling our academics to work at the highest level possible.
How you can help
If you wish to donate, please hit the button below. To discuss further, please write to us at supporter@uea.ac.uk or call us on +44 (0)7990 438106.