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27 Feb 2018: 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

6 Mar 2018: Michel Goedert from the LMB’s Neurobiology Division has been awarded the 2018 Brain Prize. Michel shares the award with fellow neuroscientists Bart De

18 Jan 2018: Lori Passmore, from the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, is interviewed for The Science Show on Cambridge 105 Radio. This monthly programme showcases

8 Feb 2018: Cytoplasmic dynein-1, a protein that transports cargos along microtubule tracks throughout the cell, binds to dynactin and cargo adaptor proteins to carry

6 Jul 2018: This year as part of the annual MRC Festival of Medical Research, twenty-five scientists and support staff from across the MRC, including the LMB’s

12 Apr 2018: LMB alumni involved in the opening of a new state-of-the-art cryo-EM facility at the University of Leicester. ... Published on. 12 April, 2018. A new state-of-the art cryo-EM facility has opened at the University of Leicester.

1 Jun 2018: ‘Woman of the Week’ is Stylist Magazine’s weekly celebration of women making a difference to society. The LMB’s Madeline Lancaster has spent her career

11 Jun 2018: Heptares now has 125 employees and is wholly owned by the Japanese company Sosei, developing new drugs for medically important GPCRs.

27 Apr 2018: Sjors Scheres, Group Leader in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, has been awarded the Bijvoet Medal for his outstanding contribution to furthering

5 Oct 2018: Thus, the new research sheds light on how our body monitors its protein production assembly lines so problems can be promptly resolved before they cause cellular stress and disease. ... In a new study, Szymon investigated what ZNF598 actually recognises,

3 Oct 2018: Arnold, for developing a method known as phage display and using it for the directed evolution of antibodies, with the aim of producing new pharmaceuticals. ... Today, monoclonal antibodies account for a third of all new treatments.

30 Oct 2018: How an Interest in an obscure branch of physics and faith in electron microscopy led to Richard Henderson winning his Nobel Prize. More...

27 Mar 2018: Claudia Bonfio, postdoc in the LMB’s PNAC Division, shares personal experiences of finding the right mentor to help her through the transition from PhD

13 Dec 2018: This approach promises to provide new insight into the acyl intermediates formed by other important enzymes. ... Nature News and Views:Primary Sidebar. Search. Search this website. 2024 MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology,.

16 Nov 2018: This requires a complex set of machinery called the replisome to unwind the paired strands of DNA allowing different polymerase enzymes to produce new copies. ... A new study from Joseph Yeeles’ group in the LMB’s PNAC Division has shown the first

16 Jan 2018: The Blavatnik Awards at The New York Academy of Sciences honour outstanding young scientists under the age of 42. ... We would like to use this unique opportunity to develop new approaches to better understand how living systems work.”.

14 Dec 2018: LMB staff have raised over £1300 for Prostate Cancer UK at the annual charity Christmas raffle, which was this year supported by a sale of Christmas

13 Dec 2018: >ProSMART - Comparative Structural Analysis and External Restraint Generation. ProSMART (Procrustes Structural Matching Alignment and Restraints Tool) is designed for the conformation-independent comparison of protein structures, and the generation

6 Dec 2018: potential to revolutionise the discovery and synthesis of new classes of materials and pharmaceuticals. ... These experiments provide a key advance in the development of cell-based factories that use genetic information to encode the synthesis of new

31 Oct 2018: For the fourth year in a row, the LMB’s HR team, supported by colleagues throughout the LMB, raised money for Macmillan Cancer Support by taking part in

15 Feb 2018: to forge new directions.

10 Jul 2018: Electron cryo-microscopy is enabling drug designers to understand how protein targets in the body interact with potential therapeutics. Technology

1 Jun 2018: Martin and Joe found for the first time that the yeast replisome can re-establish a new leading strand beyond the damage without the assistance of accessory factors, via the activity ... Martin and Joe then pinpointed down the source of this inefficiency

10 Sep 2018: In recent years, support has grown for the idea that the same aggregating protein can fold up into different toxic shapes, giving rise to distinct

21 Jun 2018: Gel showing global poly(A) tail lengths which shorten over time. Scientists in Lori Passmore’s group in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division have revealed new mechanistic insights into the ... This work provides new insights into the interplay of

22 Nov 2018: 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

16 May 2018: Claudia Bonfio, postdoc in the LMB’s PNAC Division, shares her top tips on how to enjoy and get the most out of networking at academic conferences. More...

26 Nov 2018: After the success of the inaugural event last year, the LMB held its second musical evening, once again organised by the LMB Wellbeing Champions and

23 May 2018: ‘First Person’ interview with LMB postdoc Thomas Williams about his recent paper, research challenges, mentoring & advice for Early Career

30 Jul 2018: A neuroscience milestone: a high-resolution digital snapshot of the adult fruit fly brain.  Researchers can now trace the path of any one neuron to any

9 Mar 2018: Published on. 9 March, 2018. Julian Sale from the LMB’s PNAC Division and collaborators from the Francis Crick Institute and the Department of Zoology have discovered and characterised a new

21 Jun 2018: Understanding the activation mechanism of the serotonin receptor and the mode of binding of a failed anti-migraine drug, donitripan, will hopefully aid the development of new and improved drugs. ... Comparing the new G. o. -receptor structure to other

30 Apr 2018: Philip Ball, science writer at The Guardian, has had a ‘mini-brain’ grown from a sample of skin from his arm. He talks to the LMB’s Madeline Lancaster,

1 Nov 2018: A summary of key milestones that show how discovery science has been translated into a novel technology set to revolutionise healthcare. The milestones

30 Aug 2018: These new structures show how tau folds in disease-specific ways, providing evidence for the hypothesis that different molecular structures of filamentous tau give rise to the diversity of symptoms between ... Comparison of the new structures of

31 Aug 2018: Melina Schuh, a former group leader in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, has written about her experiences setting up her group at the LMB while also

14 Mar 2018: Evaluating the script in Coot will provide a new menu item "Acedrg" Clicking on "Make Link with Link Dictionary from Acedrg" will create a new small dialog The bond order can

14 May 2018: Founded in 1964 to promote molecular biology in Europe, EMBO elects new members annually on the basis of scientific excellence and outstanding research contributions. ... Her lab also recently developed new specimen supports for electron cryo-microscopy

13 Feb 2018: Richard Henderson talks to Jim Al-Khalili about his childhood, studies and career, specifically his journey working on the development of cryo-electron

23 Apr 2018: Melina Schuh has been awarded the Biochemical Society 2019 Colworth medal.  Melina investigates how chromosome segregation errors arise during the meiotic

22 Feb 2018: As part of a programme about aging, Rebecca Taylor from the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, talks to presenter Chris Mann about the science behind why we

3 May 2018: Magdalena Skipper has been appointed editor-in-chief at Nature, becoming the first woman to hold the role in its almost 150-year history. More...

16 May 2018: He then engineered the best version to be able to copy pieces of itself, and assemble them together into new full synthetic copies. ... This new synthetic biology of triplet based RNA replication might also have biotechnological applications, such as

17 Oct 2018: In 2002, Gero established the principles of optogenetic control and thereby defined a new, now widely used, approach for probing the function of the nervous system. ... Gero studied medicine at the University of Innsbruck in his native Austria and did

19 Apr 2018: Jacques Dubochet will give the 2018 John Kendrew Lecture on Thursday 26th April at 4.00pm in the LMB’s Max Perutz Lecture Theatre.  The title of the

31 May 2018: This August marks the centenary of the birth of Fred Sanger, LMB alumnus and one of the most influential scientists of the twentieth century. By devising

19 Apr 2018: New work from Leo James’ group in the LMB’s PNAC Division has now revealed how TRIM21 is regulated so that it is only switched on at the right time. ... In addition, Leo’s lab has recently developed a new technique, ‘TrimAway’, which uses

14 May 2018: In this week’s science podcast from The Guardian, Madeline Lancaster is interviewed to find out about the mini human brains that she and her group are

4 Jan 2018: This new research has several implications for human health. It provides a simple explanation for how alcohol, which is a source of acetaldehyde, causes genetic damage and therefore acts as a ... In addition, the new insight into the function of p53 in

21 Nov 2018: Dan Brown was a nucleic acids chemist of the highest order, beginning with pioneering work under Lord Alexander Todd in the 1950s at University of