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27 Sep 2019: The Genotyping Service will now be joined by a new school leaver.

21 Dec 2019: Queen in 2013 at the official opening of the new LMB building.

2 Aug 2019: trial some new accommodation at this precarious location.

4 May 2019: This technique provides LMB researchers with physiologically relevant mouse models of human diseases, including Alzheimer’s, cancer and asthma, with the aim of identifying a new therapy or cure.

2 May 2019: Like retroviruses, Ty3 builds a capsid, replicates its nucleic acid, and inserts itself into new positions in the genome, but unlike a virus it never leaves the yeast cells in which

25 Jan 2019: In 1971, he was recruited to the LMB by Max Perutz to set up and head a new Sub-Division of Peptide Chemistry. ... The aim was to research and develop new methods for the partial and total synthesis of peptides and proteins.

30 Aug 2019: Search this website. New cell death pathway in tuberculosis indicates potential use of commonly used drugs. ... New cell death pathway in tuberculosis indicates potential use of commonly used drugs.

8 Feb 2019: In particular, the LMB YouTube channel has a new look home page and easier to navigate videos. ... We hope you enjoy exploring our YouTube channel, and if you have suggestions for new content, please do let us know by contacting the LMB Public Engagement

11 Oct 2019: A new housing for a detector from DECTRIS, AG of Switzerland was made in the LMB workshop led by Steve Scotcher.

20 Dec 2019: On day 354 of #LMB365, members of the LMB celebrate Christmas Jumper Day – bringing in the holidays in style!

22 Sep 2019: Day 265 of #LMB365 shows the front entrance of the LMB taken at dusk by Conny Yu.

18 Oct 2019: This beautiful image, taken in the LMB car park by Conny Yu for day 291 of #LMB365, shows the sun setting behind the building.

10 Oct 2019: On day 283 of #LMB365 John Walker enjoys a rare moment of peace and quiet following the announcement of his Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1997

4 Dec 2019: Christmas has come to the LMB and for day 338 of #LMB365 Rihab Gam has taken this lovely photo of the Christmas tree now brightening up the LMB’s reception area.

8 Nov 2019: LMB staff have spotted a variety of small creatures when wandering around outside the LMB building and on the wider Campus as seen here on day 312 of #LMB365.

25 Dec 2019: Happy Christmas from the LMBees on day 359 of #LMB365! These cuddly bees are available to purchase from the LMB’s Reception when they aren’t having fun swarming on the Christmas tree…

16 Dec 2019: Day 350 of #LMB365 shows one of our Domestic Service Assistants, Freda Chapman, with her amazing cleaning trolley. Together they are bringing festive cheer across the LMB during the lead up to Christmas.

30 Sep 2019: This beautiful sunset for day 273 of #LMB365 was taken by Georgia Ntatsiou as she left work – luckily for us she had her camera at the ready.

14 Sep 2019: This photo for day 257 of #LMB365 was taken from Hobson’s Park, south-west of the LMB, which is part of the Great Kneighton development.

28 Oct 2019: Day 301 of #LMB365 shows the sun setting on the west end of the LMB building. It’s amazing how the building can look at different times of day throughout the year.

6 Oct 2019: In 1982 Aaron Klug was the sole recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Day 279 of #LMB365 shows Aaron and his wife Liebe at the champagne celebration in the LMB Restaurant

12 Nov 2019: Fire safety is vitally important for the protection of our staff and facilities. This photo for day 316 of #LMB365 shows a recent hands-on staff training session on how, when and where to use fire extinguishers.

4 Nov 2019: Day 308 of #LMB365 shows two mysterious visitors who on the 31st of October gave LMB staff some grave reminders about the need for good posture. After all - a skeleton is for life, not just for Halloween…

15 Oct 2019: This photo for day 288 of #LMB365 shows some of the hundreds of parcels of varying types processed by the LMB Stores Team every day. These are then delivered to all departments across the LMB building.

9 Mar 2019: Day 69 of #LMB365 brings you the atrium of the LMB on a Sunday. Although all seems quiet, the labs are alive with activity as the progress of science marches on.

21 Jun 2019: This impressionistic glimpse of the LMB on a sunny day for #LMB365 day 172 was created by Xiaohan Li. In LMBers' eyes, science can always be artistic.

20 Nov 2019: This image for day 324 of #LMB365 shows a cryo-EM visualisation of a G protein-coupled receptor reconstituted into a lipid nanodisc and then coupled to beta-arrestin from Chris Tate’s group in the Structural Studies Division

11 Sep 2019: Day 254 of #LMB365 showsa reflection of the LMB in the nearby AstraZeneca building at sunset. We wonder whether they can see similar reflections of their building in the glass façade of our building?

30 Jan 2019: A beautiful crisp winter morning today on the Campus @CamBioCampus, with a scattering of snow. Still not enough to deter the LMB's cyclists on day 30 of #LMB365

7 Mar 2019: On day 67 of #LMB365 we celebrate International Women’s Day and the start of British Science Week with an image featuring some of the women working in science across the LMB.

28 May 2019: of the LMB and looked forward to the move to the new building.

13 Dec 2019: The LMB is simply having a wonderful Christmastime! Day 347 of #LMB365 shows the restaurant decked in festive finery, ready to welcome over 200 people for a delicious 3 course lunch with all the trimmings. Thank you to our amazing catering team

15 Nov 2019: The Electronics Workshop stocks an impressive array of electronic components and 'useful bits and pieces' as seen here on day 319 of #LMB365. They come in especially useful when a visiting contractor is short of something to finish a job.

9 Dec 2019: The technique of Hydrogen Deuterium exchange/Mass Spectrometry can be used to highlight regions of a protein's structure that change upon binding to another protein or ligand. Day 343 of #LMB365 shows a butterfly plot or chart, showing the

11 Nov 2019: On day 315 of #LMB365 we see the PDB Art Exhibition, currently on display in the LMB's atrium, in which students from local schools have produced amazing works of art inspired by protein structures. More close-ups to come…

14 Dec 2019: A Secret Santa gift of wine glass markers has been put to good use in the NMR facility on day 348 of #LMB365. These cute markers will help staff in the facility easily identify important samples, and bring a little festive spirit too!

28 Mar 2019: As the end of the financial year looms ever closer, LMBee has been lending a hand in the LMB’s finance office on day 88 of #LMB365. Hopefully LMBee has a good grasp of numbers…

7 Dec 2019: Day 341 of #LMB365 is a 3D printed model of a cerebral organoid, made by the LMB’s Technical Instrumentation Workshop. Madeline Lancaster’s lab in Cell Biology uses this for public outreach to help illustrate what brain organoids look like

24 Nov 2019: Day 328 of #LMB365 shows a view of the illuminated staircase from the LMB’s restaurant. The restaurant is situated on the top floor of the building, as it was in the original LMB building, and the staircase is always busy during the day.

26 Oct 2019: This photo for day 299 of #LMB365 shows some of the LMB’s Domestic Services team celebrating James’ birthday. The LMB has many long-term members of staff and these 3 between them have racked up over 50 years of loyal service.

24 Aug 2019: Day 236 of #LMB365,taken by Neil Grant in the LMB’s Visual Aids team, shows the geometric patterns and reflections that can be seen when exploring the exterior of the LMB building on a sunny day.

28 Nov 2019: Although initially interested in an offer to stay on in the army, news of the plans for a new building for the MRC Unit tempted him to ask for his old ... He was largely responsible for the design and fitting out of the laboratories in the new

26 Nov 2019: This photo for day 330 of #LMB365 was taken by our Estates & Facilities Manager during one of his routine walks around the LMB site and shows some beautiful fungi that have come up in one of the flowerbeds outside the front of the LMB building.

10 Mar 2019: On day 70 of #LMB365 we find the LMB PhD students celebrating a night out at a formal hall at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The Graduate Student Association organises several opportunities for socialising like this throughout the term.

10 Jul 2019: The LMB canteen recently supported Cupcake Day to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society. Day 191 of #LMB365 shows some of the cakes they baked, which helped raise £51.20 for this worthy cause.

18 Nov 2019: Day 322 of #LMB365 shows Li Jin and Christine Hilcenko setting up their stand at the LMB for a charity cake sale in support of The Raymond Nicolet Trust. The sale achieved an amazing £178 that will fully go to support educational establishments in

9 Sep 2019: Day 252 of #LMB365 shows the LMB’s Research Office who had an awesome team day recently and visited the LMB’s animal facility. They learned more about the work carried out there and how the mice are cared for.

3 Jul 2019: This photo for day 184 of #LMB365 was taken by Ben Phillips when leaving work at sunset on the summer solstice, when most people had already gone home for the night. Amazing colours and reflections…

19 Jun 2019: On day 170 of #LMB365 this LMBee is hard at work on the Titan Krios microscope in the LMB’s EM Facility doing its bit to automate high-throughput data collection for cryo-EM.

25 Jun 2019: Some experiments require pipetting into huge numbers of tubes. On day 176 of #LMB365, Christina Heroven and Patricia Brown had to divide their protein samples into more than 80 tubes of 100 microliters each!