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5 Jun 2015: Miscarriages and genetic disorders, such as Down's syndrome, are often caused by errors when an egg develops from its progenitor cell, the oocyte. Most

27 Mar 2015: Children queued up excitedly during the Saturday and Sunday daytime sessions to use the microscopes, and the exhibit was also very popular in the new adults-only session on the Saturday

20 Jul 2015: Madan Babu Mohan, group leader in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, has been awarded the Royal Society Francis Crick Medal and Lecture 2016. The

18 Mar 2015: Bacterial ribosomes are different from those in higher organisms, making them good targets for drugs, so this information is critical in developing new antibiotics to combat infection and disease.

25 Jun 2015: Genes in eukaryotic organisms are frequently interrupted by non-coding segments called introns. Before the protein can be produced, the entire length of each gene including the introns, is transcribed to produce precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA).

21 Sep 2015: She then continued her work in the United States where she held Research Associate positions at the Rockefeller University, New York University Langone Medical Center and the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular

1 Jul 2015: Brain Chat - a podcast answering key questions about brain and behaviour, with Hannah Critchlow reporting on exciting brain research revolutions presented

19 Oct 2015: Ribosomes, the molecular machines in cells that make proteins, are constructed in a series of discrete steps to create both a large and a small subunit.

15 Jul 2015: The annual Eastern Region Crystal Growing Competition for Schools has been hosted at the LMB since 1998. The competition, designed to inspire children

18 Aug 2015: Abstract: They started out as a useful tool for studying the immune system in the lab and now they're a family of drugs treating millions of patients,

3 Jun 2015: The pioneering career of LMB Alumnus Joan Steitz, currently Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University is featured by

5 May 2015: There is compelling evidence that in the distant past, our single-celled ancestors used RNA, a chemical cousin of DNA, for both genetic information

13 Nov 2015: 26 AS-level students on an intensive week of “Biology and Genetics for Gifted and Talented students” recently visited the LMB for a day of practical work.

25 Sep 2015: This new knowledge has implications for human health: children effected by the cancer and bone marrow failure syndrome Fanconi anaemia are unable to repair the DNA damage caused by formaldehyde.

19 May 2015: Jason Chin’s group from the LMB’s PNAC Division have created a new technique called BOLT that can selectively regulate specific proteins inside cells that could not previously be targeted. ... affected. Genetically engineering an entirely new site

27 Apr 2015: The structure of the actin-like protein ParM in different states has been revealed by Tanmay Bharat and Jan Löwe in collaboration with Garib Murshudov

16 Sep 2015: During mid-September the Black Dog statue, 'Horace', will sit outside the main entrance of the LMB. Horace is the symbol of the charity SANE’s campaign to

12 Oct 2015: The LMB's Alexey Amunts has been awarded the 2015 George Palade Award by the Microscopy Society of America for distinguished contributions to the field of

3 Jul 2015: This pioneering study shows that cryo-EM can be used for rational drug design, and could help the development of new therapeutic drugs for the treatment of conditions such as cancer,

13 Feb 2015: Emeritus group leader Cyrus Chothia, from the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, has been honoured with two awards for his ground-breaking work in the use