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4 Jun 2024: Nigel Unwin became a staff scientist at the LMB in 1968, after obtaining his Ph.D. from Cambridge University. He left the Laboratory in 1980 to become

10 Jan 2024: CryoEM at IUCrJ: a new era.

16 Feb 2024: Elucidating the molecular details of this pathway was therefore paramount and had the potential to reveal new therapeutic targets for treating cancer.

10 May 2024: The contents of eukaryotic cells are organised and moved around by motor proteins running along the tracks that make up the cytoskeleton (microtubules and

2 Apr 2024: Search this website. Rising Talent Fellowship. The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) is proud to launch a new three-year fully funded postdoctoral fellowship for scientists from Black heritage backgrounds. ... This Fellowship is a three-year

23 Feb 2024: The machines that comprise this proteostasis network include the ribosome, which synthesizes new proteins, chaperones that help new proteins fold, and degradation factors that eliminate incorrect or damaged proteins. ... We expect that our results will

12 Mar 2024: The brain works as an integrated whole. Animals interact with the world by combining inputs from their senses of vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch and

7 Jun 2024: Prior to joining the LMB he founded a company, now situated on the Cambridge Science Park, to apply the Mogrify cell reprogramming technology for the creation of new therapeutics.

20 May 2024: In 2012 a new chemistry-oriented Centre for Chemical and Synthetic Biology (CCSB) was established, to help support the Division’s work in synthetic biology and strengthen its chemical expertise.

23 Feb 2024: Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), Huntington’s disease (HD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

23 Feb 2024: One of the world's leading research institutes, our scientists are working to advance understanding of biological processes at the molecular level - providing the knowledge needed to solve key problems in human health. Search this website. Philipp

23 Feb 2024: Precise chromosome replication is essential for maintaining genome stability, yet the process itself is inherently risky. Duplex DNA must be transiently

23 Feb 2024: Cells are highly compartmentalized into numerous membrane-bound organelles. The membranes that define each organelle contain unique sets of embedded

23 Feb 2024: Information transfer in the nervous system occurs at synapses, where presynaptic signals are interpreted by postsynaptic receptors. We study this process

3 Jun 2024: Pluripotent stem cells have the unique capacity to generate all the cell types of the organism. In the embryo, they undergo concomitant changes in shape

23 Feb 2024: One of the world's leading research institutes, our scientists are working to advance understanding of biological processes at the molecular level - providing the knowledge needed to solve key problems in human health. Search this website. Chris Tate

14 Mar 2024: In an effort to better understand human brain development, we have developed a new model system, called cerebral organoids.

23 Feb 2024: Science News : Scientists have mapped an insect brain in greater detail than ever before. ... Sky News : First map of insect brain signals 'big step forward' in understanding thoughts.

22 Mar 2024: Thus, understanding their cell biology requires re-thinking some of our most basic assumptions (bilayers membranes) and the development of new research tools and methods (high-temperature live cell imaging).

5 Mar 2024: Molecular motors have critical roles in the trafficking of organelles, vesicles and macromolecules within the cytoplasm, and aberrant motor function is