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1 May 2024: Electronics Workshop. The Electronics Workshop has been a key factor in the development of new techniques and instrumentation at the LMB since the 1960s. ... The Workshop’s staff are always ready to discuss new projects, helping to develop an initial

21 Jul 2023: LMB Nobel Facts

12 Sep 2023: In particular, LMB International Fellowships have been created for the development of innovative research, and candidates for these Fellowships would be expected to introduce new scientific projects or expertise into the ... Conversations with colleagues

22 Nov 2023: Tobias Wauer shared his experience of volunteering at the UK Biocentre Lighthouse Lab in The Conversation: ‘My new life as a coronavirus tester’. ... The testing volunteers shared details of their experience – see: Putting science skills to new use

21 Jul 2023: LMB Science Stories LMB scientists have been at the forefront of many scientific advances.

20 Nov 2023: Jill spent her early life in New South Wales, Australia. She later obtained her undergraduate and master’s degrees from the Australian National University and then her Ph.D. ... We are applying new short read genome curation methods, long-read

21 Jul 2023: This has also led to several new human therapeutic antibodies. Today, monoclonal antibodies account for a third of all new treatments.

13 Dec 2023: Congratulations to Michel Goedert, Group Leader in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, who has reached 40 years of service at the LMB.

21 Jul 2023: Software Request Form This form is to request software for the automated design of O-mRNAs and tRNA operons as developed in Jason Chin’s group. The

2 Apr 2024: As an aside, I’m exploring various tools to make new reporters of clock function which will help us get a better overall picture of what is going on inside a

21 Jul 2023: Proteins, nucleic acids and other biological macromolecules take part in virtually all processes within living organisms. Knowledge of their 3-dimensional

9 Apr 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. Student

5 Apr 2024: C&EN discusses recent research using the nematode worm C. elegans to examine wireless brain communications using neuropeptides. They include research

25 Aug 2023: lead towards new therapeutic targets.

21 May 2024: Vogelstein at Johns Hopkins University. This research offers unprecedented insight into neural architecture, and provides a new basis to guide future experimental and theoretical studies into neural circuits and brain function. ... In addition, LMB

31 May 2024: A Blue Sky path to new cancer therapy targets. Investigating the link between amoebae feeding regulation and cancer cell growth. ... New tools for the nucleic acid chemical toolbox. Capitalising on complimentary expertise and technology know-how.

21 Jul 2023: The new structures provide important insights into biological functions and mechanisms, and will help enhance the study of diseases, such as neurodegenerative diseases, infectious diseases and cancer.

19 Jan 2024: Funding To carry out a three year PhD with the University of Cambridge, you will need sufficient funds to cover the University fee (your course costs) and

21 Jul 2023: Events at the LMB The LMB hosts a variety of events from collaborations with artists and musicians to visits to support education.

21 Jul 2023: In 2014 Lori Passmore and Chris published in the journal Science a new support made entirely of gold, that improves image quality in cryo-EM. ... The new all-gold supports (UltrAuFoils ) substantially reduce specimen movement in the microscope, allowing

21 Jul 2023: We work on developing new instruments and methods for imaging biological molecules, (DNA, RNA and proteins), at atomic resolution.

23 Apr 2024: Congratulations to Clemens Plaschka, who has been elected as a new member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences’ (ÖAW) Young Academy.

21 Jul 2023: Below is a list of upcoming seminars at the LMB aimed at a general scientific audience and open to individuals throughout Cambridge. If you are not at the

21 Jul 2023: knowledge to first-in-human studies of putative new therapies using the most informative patients and sensitive outcome measures of efficacy.

21 Jul 2023: 1982 Chemistry Prize - Aaron Klug “for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important

21 Jul 2023: LifeLab was a European Commission-funded programme of events taking place as part of European Researchers’ Night, with LMB scientists taking their

21 Jul 2023: Alan Fersht was a Natural Sciences undergraduate and Chemistry postgraduate at Gonville and Caius from 1962-68. He was invited to join LMB as a group

21 Jul 2023: LMB on the Road LMB scientists and staff are involved in a variety of public engagement events, festivals, exhibitions and schemes, spreading enthusiasm

21 Jul 2023: Supporting Education LMB scientists and staff work with primary and secondary schools, colleges and other organisations to inspire and enthuse young

21 Jul 2023: LMB scientists are investigating asthma to identify novel targets for the development of new therapies. ... LMB scientists have developed sophisticated transgenic mouse models to understand these diseases and assess new therapeutic strategies.

1 Feb 2024: Mechanistic understanding of these enzymes has the potential to open new therapeutic opportunities.

21 Jul 2023: 1958 Chemistry Prize - Fred Sanger “for his work on the structure of proteins, especially that of insulin”

21 Jul 2023: Scientific Facilities & Support Services One of the cornerstones of LMB science is the provision of excellent facilities and support services which

21 Jul 2023: Biophysics Lectures The Introduction to Biophysical Techniques lecture series cover many of the biophysical techniques that are available within the LMB

27 Oct 2023: To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Colworth Medal, The Biochemist has published profiles of recent winners. Their latest release includes an

21 Jul 2023: Nat. New Biol. 246, 229–233 (1973). Wilcox, M., Mitchison, G. J. & ... https://www.opendemocracy.net/ (2009). Mitchison, G. Imagining a universe for Ian McEwan. New Sci.

12 Mar 2024: reveal a large number of new factors required for organisation of cells by the microtubule motor dynein. ... Follow up studies of one of these factors, the RNA-binding protein SUGP1, provided a proof-of-principle of how the screen can lead to new

21 Jul 2023: Ulrich Wolfgang Arndt Crystallographic Apparatus 1948-1998 1948-1949 Geiger Counter X-ray powder diffractometer with focusing monochromator. Ph.D.

1 Feb 2024: The move to a new building in 2013 allowed the LMB to provide much improved facilities across the organisation for those with disabilities.

17 May 2024: Wes Robertson’s research group in the LMB’s PNAC Division will merge the fields of synthetic genomics and microbiome reprogramming.

23 Feb 2024: The scheme is intended to facilitate knowledge and skill exchange between technical specialists and, to this end, Tina spent one week in the Flow Cytometry Facility at the LMB learning new ... goals, but also in taking part in public engagement or to

21 Jul 2023: Papers and correspondence of James Watson. The archive collection of James Watson is deposited at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives, New York, USA.

25 Aug 2023: Gene transcription is an essential cellular process. Yet, RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) is constantly faced with challenges on its way across the gene. One

15 Apr 2024: Madeline Lancaster, Group Leader in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, recently appeared on the BBC Radio 4 show Inside Science, where she introduced her

21 Jul 2023: Welfare and ethics Animal health and welfare is of paramount importance to staff at the LMB, from both an ethical view and to achieve robust and

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13 Nov 2023: The 2023 Max Perutz Lecture titled ‘Decoding the protein dance’ will be given by Paola Picotti at 11AM (GMT) on 20th November.

11 Dec 2023: Electron Microscopy Electron Cryo-microscopy Course 2023 Electron Cryo-microscopy Course 2017 Below are recordings of the LMB's 2017 Cryo-microscopy

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23 Apr 2024: In the summer of 2017, Prof. Cai moved to the University of Manchester as the new chair professor in synthetic genomics. ... Recent research has taken advantage on new advances in high resolution imaging to study the remarkable polarisation that these