News Archive

David Salvador Garcia’s PhD work has been posted (see Publications page for details). David combined genetics and biochemistry to shed light on the effects of dynein disease-associated mutations, as well as of a novel, force-sensitive mutation in the microtubule binding domain. The latter mutation provides evidence of a novel role of dynein in anaphase progression. […]

Patrick O’Donnell and Eve Mehtab have joined the group. They are undergraduate students at TU Delft and the University of Bristol, respectively.

Work led by Vanesa, Wong and Mark (together with Simone from the Ephrussi lab) was recently preprinted. Congratulations to all involved. You can find out more on the Publications page.

We are delighted and grateful that the Leverhulme Trust will support Sankar’s work on co-translational mRNA trafficking

We are really pleased that Sabila has joined us to work on mRNA trafficking in Drosophila

We have just learned that we will have a Lister Institute-funded summer studentship for 2022. Please email Simon if you are interested, including a CV and a brief description of why you are interested in the placement. You will also need to submit an application through the LMB summer studentship webpage (click here)

We are very proud that Florence has been awarded the BSCB Raff Medal, which recognises outstanding PhD research and wider contributions to the scientific community. You can read more about the award here.

Razina has joined the group having previously worked as a research assistant in Venki Ramakrishnan’s group at LMB. Welcome to the lab!

Congratulations to Yaiza for being awarded a Leathersellers’ scholarship from Fitzwilliam College.

Lucas has joined us to work on mRNA trafficking in human cells. Welcome to the group!