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.
Melina Schuh awarded Biochemical Society Colworth Medal
LMB 2008-2016, senior investigator scientist, Group Leader, Cell Biology
Melina Schuh has been awarded the Biochemical Society 2019 Colworth medal. Melina investigates how chromosome segregation errors arise during the meiotic divisions of mammalian eggs. Now at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany, Melina carried out a significant part of her independent research at the LMB. More…
LMB alumni involved in the opening of a new state-of-the-art cryo-EM facility at the University of Leicester
John Schwabe, LMB 1987-1994 & 1997-2006, PhD student, postdoctoral fellow, Group Leader, Structural Studies. Christos Savva, LMB 2013-2017, research support, Structural Studies.
A new state-of-the art cryo-EM facility has opened at the University of Leicester. Professor John Schwabe, Director of the Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, led the region-wide bid to the Wellcome Trust-MRC initiative to establish the new facility at Leicester, which will be managed by Christos Savva. This article is no longer available from the source website.
Alexey Amunts’ group at Stockholm University determine the structure of the chlororibosome
LMB 2010-2016, postdoctoral researcher, Structural Studies
Alexey Amunts’ group at Stockholm University have determined the structure of the chlororibosome using cryo-electron microscopy. The chlororibosome synthesises the energy-making protein components that drive oxygenic photosynthesis in chloroplasts. This work reveals unexpected insights into this central protein synthesis machinery in plants and provides a new perspective for the investigation of the evolution of translation and its regulation. This article is no longer available from the source website.
John Sulston (1942-2018): looking back at the pioneering life and work of this Nobel Prize-winning scientist
LMB 1969-1992, Group Leader, Cell Biology
Nature looks back at the life and work of John Sulston, from his time investigating cell fate, lineage and the genetics of C. elegans at the LMB, to his involvement with the Human Genome Project. More…
Alan Brown joins the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School as a new group leader
LMB 2012-2017, Scientific Staff, Structural Studies
Alan Brown reflects on taking on the position of Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, his new research focus and how he first became interested in science. More…
Dr Varodom Charoensawan wins the 2018 FAOBMB Young Scientist Award
LMB 2007-2010, PhD student, Structural Studies
Dr Varodom Charoensawan, former PhD student in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, has been awarded the FAOBMB Young Scientist Award for his work on the systems regulating gene expression. The FAOBMB promotes biochemistry and molecular biology particularly in Asia and Oceania. More…