From its earliest days the LMB has attracted and trained first class scientists from around the world – creating a diverse community for the exchange of ideas and technical innovation. The LMB provides excellent opportunities for early career and established researchers – people with the potential to lead their field. A high percentage of LMB students and post-docs stay in research or science related fields after they leave the LMB. The LMB supports the wider scientific community by supplying highly trained scientific leaders. They leave the LMB to develop and support molecular biology both in the UK and throughout the world.
Johannes Kohl wins the 2018 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology
LMB 2009-2014, PhD student, Neurobiology
Johannes Kohl, a former PhD student from Greg Jefferis’ group in the LMB’s Neurobiology division, is the grand prize winner in The Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for research that makes sense of how a cluster of neurons controls parenting behaviour in mice. More…
Susan Shao and Tanmay Bharat appointed as 2018 Vallee Scholars
Sichen Shao, LMB 2011-2016, junior research fellow, Cell Biology. Tanmay Bharat, LMB 2013-2017, post-doctoral fellow, Structural Studies
LMB alumni Susan Shao and Tanmay Bharat are two of the five scientists to be awarded prestigious Vallee Scholarships in 2018. The Vallee Scholars program makes grants to outstanding, young, independent investigators carrying out basic biomedical research. More…
Joan Argetsinger Steitz wins the 2018 Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
LMB 1967-1970, post-doctoral researcher, Molecular Genetics
Joan Argetsinger Steitz, a former post-doctoral researcher at the LMB, has been awarded the 2018 Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science for four decades of leadership in biomedical research and in scientific mentorship. More…
Melina Schuh writes about the turning point in her career: becoming a group leader, and a mother
LMB 2008-2016, group leader, Cell Biology
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 starting a family, for a Focus on Women in Science collection of articles in Nature Cell Biology. More…
Clemens Plaschka wins the 2018 Walther Flemming Award from the German Society for Cell Biology
LMB 2016-2018, post-doctoral researcher, Structural Studies
Clemens Plaschka, a former post-doctoral researcher in Kiyoshi Nagai’s group in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, has won the 2018 Walther Flemming Award. The German Society for Cell Biology gives this award annually to young researchers for outstanding scientific merits in cell biological research. More…
Alexey Amunts is appointed Head of the program for Biology of Molecular Interactions by SciLifeLab
LMB 2010-2016, postdoctoral researcher, Structural Studies
Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) is a collaboration hub for the top research institutions in Sweden, providing the country’s largest life sciences infrastructure. Alexey Amunts has been appointed Head of the program for Biology of Molecular Interactions, which comprises 23 groups researching everything from photosynthesis through to anti-cancer therapeutics. More…