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.
Ruth Lehmann awarded Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
LMB 1987-1988, Postdoctoral Visitor, Cell Biology
Ruth Lehmann, a former postdoctoral visitor with Michael Wilcox and Peter Lawrence in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, has been awarded the 2021 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science, for unraveling the molecular basis by which germ cells, which give rise to sperm and egg cells, are formed. More…
Sydney Brenner. 13 January 1927 – 5 April 2019
LMB 1957-1989, Group Leader, Director, Cell Biology
From modest beginnings Sydney became an extraordinarily influential and accomplished molecular biologist. His critical knowledge of, and insights into, key scientific problems were legendary. His irrepressible personality, acerbic wit and ebullient talks inspired a generation of young biologists. He made seminal discoveries in how genetic information is used for protein synthesis, and established Caenorhabditis elegans as one of the foremost model organisms for the study of development and neural function. He also pioneered techniques for genome analysis and was instrumental in establishing several outstanding centres of biological research around the world. Sydney’s Royal Society Biographical Memoir, written by John White and Mark Bretscher, has recently been published. More…
Hayley Sharpe wins a 2020 Lister Institute Research Prize
LMB 2006-2011, PhD student, Cell Biology
Hayley Sharpe, a former PhD student with Sean Munro’s group in the Cell Biology Division, is one of four researchers to be awarded a 2020 Lister Institute Research Prize. The Lister Institute awards a handful of high value, prestigious research prizes every year to early-career biomedical scientists who have demonstrated outstanding performance and potential. This is the third year in a row that an LMB alumnus has received a Lister Institute Prize, with Will McEwan receiving one in 2019 and Yanlan Mao in 2018. More…
Yanlan Mao is awarded the 2021 Royal Microscopical Society Medal for Life Sciences
LMB 2004-2008, PhD student, Cell Biology
Yanlan Mao, who did her PhD with Matthew Freeman’s group in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, has been awarded the RMS Medal for Life Sciences in recognition of her important contribution to our understanding of how cells and tissues are shaped and organised during the developmental process. More…
A focus on how Sarah Caddy’s research has transitioned to COVID-19
LMB 2015-2020, post-doctoral researcher, PNAC Division
Sarah Caddy is interviewed about her work on COVID-19 during the pandemic and extending her work with Leo James’ group on how antibodies neutralise rotavirus and influenza to include coronaviruses. More…
Anthony Hyman has been elected an international member of the National Academy of Sciences
LMB 1984-1987, PhD student, Cell Biology
The National Academy of Sciences of the USA recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original scientific research by election to membership and has recently elected 120 members and 26 international members. Tony did his PhD at the LMB under John White, within Sydney Brenner’s C. elegans group, studying cell division in worms. Tony is now a group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, studying how cells form non-membrane bound compartments. More…