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5 Apr 2017: Latest HIV research inspires compelling new art collaboration. Published on. 5 April, 2017. ... evade innate immunity, has been used as the inspiration for a new artistic project.

31 Oct 2017: Search this website. New insights into ubiquitin phosphorylation and the development of early-onset Parkinson’s disease. ... New insights into ubiquitin phosphorylation and the development of early-onset Parkinson’s disease.

21 Dec 2017: In addition, a new website is being developed to share the activity resources so they can be used in public engagement by scientists around the world. ... a new ‘challenge project’ for 20 year 11 pupils in early 2018 based around DNA, taste and

28 Jul 2017: LMB staff shared their artistic flair during the annual LMB Art Show, with exhibits including hand-made jewellery, paintings, photographs, cross stitch

4 Aug 2017: New research from Manu Hegde’s group in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division has led to the discovery of a factor that is responsible for finding orphan proteins and tagging

28 Jul 2017: Not the best shot, sorry about that (new camera required.).

20 Oct 2017: Published on. 20 October, 2017. A new approach to targeting key cancer-linked proteins, thought to be ‘undruggable’, has been discovered through an alliance between industry and academia created by Cancer

7 Dec 2017: By this time, Aaron had accepted an invitation for the group to join MRC funded scientists Max Perutz and John Kendrew at a new lab being planned in Cambridge.

6 Jan 2017: Linear ubiquitin chains whose very existence once was debated, now are known to play a critical role in an inflammatory disease, thanks to the discovery

16 Oct 2017: Super cool microscopy wins the 2017 Nobel prize in chemistry: includes interview with LMB's Richard Henderson. More...

20 Jan 2017: SGTA proved to be the fastest at capturing new substrates and keeps them uncommitted from any fate. ... This work provides a molecular explanation and introduces new concepts for how protein triage decisions are made.

9 Nov 2017: Published on. 9 November, 2017. A new study led by John O’Neill and Ned Hoyle shows how bodyclocks in skin cells influence wound healing.

27 Oct 2017: Now, work by Lori Passmore’s group in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, in collaboration with Carol Robinson’s lab at the University of Oxford, has revealed new insights into ... They also reveal new insight (building on previous crystal

3 Feb 2017: Unlike these mammalian mitoribosomes the yeast mitoribosome has many new sections of rRNA and many of the proteins differ too. ... The task is now to identify why these differences arose and what role the new proteins are playing in the yeast mitoribosome

16 Jun 2017: Founded in 1964 to promote molecular biology in Europe, EMBO elects new members annually on the basis of scientific excellence and outstanding research contributions.

17 Nov 2017: Thus the mechanism revealed by this new research – whereby the end of the intron is recognised by the intron itself – was totally unexpected. ... Previous Insight on Research: New insights into the structure and dynamics of the catalytic spliceosome.

30 Aug 2017: An international team of scientists, including Lalita Ramakrishnan's group in the University of Cambridge Molecular Immunity Unit, based at the LMB, have

20 Apr 2017: The LMB won the National Cycling Challenge for the 200-499 employees category in 2016, with the team cycling 9,969 miles in the month of September! The

11 Jan 2017: Over the past 3 years the LMB has, as part of a Government initiative to provide three million new apprenticeships by 2020, supported a variety of apprenticeships.

17 Nov 2017: Madeline Lancaster, cell biologist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, has developed a technique allowing her to create mini brains

18 Jan 2017: The organisation has produced a new film describing some of the progress now being made against this devastating disease, including commentary from Michel Goedert, group leader in the LMB’s Neurobiology

30 Nov 2017: year-long collaboration with DNA pioneer Francis Crick and the foundation stones he laid for the new science of molecular biology and genetics.

19 Dec 2017: In addition, Papworth Hospital will be relocating to a brand new building on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in the coming year and will become neighbours of the LMB. ... highest standards of care, whilst also ensuring the development of new ways of

7 Aug 2017: Ramanujan Hegde talks about protein localization inside cells and quality control of this process. More...

11 Dec 2017: During the month of November, a team of twelve scientists and staff at the LMB came together to raise awareness and money for the men’s health charity,

4 Dec 2017: The musical talents of LMB staff and students were on show during the first LMB Musical Soirée, a fun and informal cabaret-style evening of musical

23 Mar 2017: In their paper published earlier this month, which featured on the front cover of Neuron, the Hasting’s group reported their discovery of an entirely

6 Nov 2017: Scientists have caught a rare view of an unusual kinase poised to phosphorylate its substrate. Led by David Komander, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

19 Jun 2017: 19 June, 2017. Using the pioneering technique of cryo-EM, scientists at AstraZeneca and LMB have made a ground-breaking biological discovery that could help develop new cancer treatments.

18 Dec 2017: A decade after a key structural analysis, scientists have a better understanding of the pharmaceutically important family of receptor proteins - G

11 May 2017: Thus, while the G proteins have been conserved throughout evolution, new organism-specific GPCRs have dynamically evolved to couple to an existing G protein and trigger specific signalling pathways.

3 Jul 2017: Interviews with Katja Roper, Andrew Carter and William Schafer at the LMB Open Day. More...

8 May 2017: Mo Moffateh's image of beautifully repeated segments of Drosophila melanogaster embryonic nervous system, picked as joint third in British Society for

20 Apr 2017: This move would lead to him becoming a pioneer in the new field of molecular biology, co-founding a world-class research laboratory and developing a technique to unlock the structures

9 Nov 2017: A new study has shown for the first time that these clocks also have a role to play in the healing of wounds, by ensuring that skin cells move quickly to ... The new research, led by John O’Neill’s group in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division in

30 Oct 2017: The LMB’s HR team, supported by colleagues at the LMB, once again took part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. For

8 Jun 2017: Dynein is also known to be involved with many diseases, for example viral infections, and a better understanding of how dynein works might lead to new ideas for the treatment of ... The work was funded by the MRC and a Wellcome Trust New Investigator

17 Mar 2017: She presented a poster explaining her research on new ways that cells detect invasion by bacteria, which was judged against dozens of other scientists’ research in the only national competition of

1 Nov 2017: LMB cyclists have ridden to the top of the leader board in this year’s Cycle September Challenge, a fun, free National competition, organised by Love to

19 Jun 2017: The German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, has welcomed EMBO Director Maria Leptin as one of its members. Election to the Leopoldina membership

30 Mar 2017: Brad’s talk ‘Life through a Lens’ showed spectacular new 3D images, made possible due to his development of the Mesolens.

17 Jul 2017: Tau filaments isolated from an Alzheimer’s brain are the latest, high-profile exploit of cryo-electron microscopy. Crafting a technique that has become

4 Jan 2017: Madeline Lancaster, group leader in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, is interviewed by the Journal of Cell Science and describes her impetus to pursue a

9 Jan 2017: This prompted his group to investigate how mis-localised proteins are recognised and degraded, leading to their discovery of new protein quality control pathways.

31 Jul 2017: New work by Julian Sale’s group in the LMB’s PNAC Division, in collaboration with Shankar Balasubramanian’s group in the University of Cambridge Department of Chemistry, has shown that ... This work suggests a new approach for epigenetic therapy,

16 Mar 2017: In order to probe the composition of the enhancesome, Moore (Laurens M.) van Tienen, from Mariann’s group, applied a relatively new technique called BioID proximity labelling, in order to define ... It could open up new avenues for therapeutic

31 Jul 2017: When presented with several new opportunities, Elizabeth followed her heart and is now the Director of Talking Medicines, which enables her to bring together all the skills she has gained. ... Enjoy the challenge of new things, but also enjoy the plateau

24 Oct 2017: Using the nematode as one test system, scientists at CCNR have spent the past several years understanding how a network controls itself—for instance,

21 Aug 2017: In 1984 Jack moved his lab to the Department of Molecular Biology at the Massachusetts General Hospital where his work began to take on a new direction – the study of ribozymes. ... Mechanistic and structural studies have led to new chemical

9 Aug 2017: The LMB recently hosted eighteen students from the London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) for a morning of activities, talks and tours. The