The entire wireless neuropeptide signalling network of a whole animal, the nematode worm C. elegans, has been mapped for the first time by William Schafer’s group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division and collaborators.
First map of wireless communication in the nervous system
New mechanism found that maintains intracellular water balance
A collaboration between the groups of Emmanuel Derivery, and John O’Neill in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, and Rachel Edgar’s group at Imperial College London, have discovered a rapid mechanism by which cells ensure that an optimal balance of water is available for biochemical reactions and protein structure and function.
New deep screening technique enables rapid discovery of high-affinity antibodies to clinically relevant drug targets
Philipp Holliger and Ben Porebski in the LMB’s PNAC Division, in collaboration with AstraZeneca, have developed a new ultra-high-throughput method that shows promise to accelerate antibody discovery for a wide range of targets.
New method to untangle the contribution of signalling pathways involved in asymmetric cell division
Emmanuel Derivery’s group, in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, has developed a method to directly untangle the contribution of any signalling pathway involved in asymmetric cell division.
First Cryo-EM structures of homomeric GluA1 AMPA glutamate receptor reveals functional roles for N-terminal domains
Electron cryo-microscopy structures of GluA1 AMPA receptors from Ingo Greger’s group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division reveals that previously unseen structural flexibility of N-terminal domains is crucial for regulating the open-close speed of ion channel gates and recruiting the receptor into synapses.
Activation of the integrated stress response by inhibitors of its kinases
New research from Anne Bertolotti’s group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division reveals that nanomolar ATP-competitive inhibitors of integrated stress response (ISR) kinases unexpectedly activate the ISR at micromolar concentrations by directly binding to and activating a sister ISR kinase.