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.
The life and work of Robert C. Sheppard – pioneer of peptide synthesis
LMB 1971-1993, Group Leader and Head of Sub-Division of Peptide Chemistry,
John Wade from The University of Melbourne and John Jones from Balliol College, University of Oxford have partnered to essay the life and work of Robert Charles Sheppard. Bob was invited to join the LMB to head its Peptide Chemistry research group in 1971. He was an essential part of the PNAC division during his outstanding career. He made a hugely significant and fundamental contribution to the field of peptide synthesis research. Bob was a true pioneer of solid-phase protein synthesis (SPPS) and many of the methods he helped develop are still widely used today across industry and academia. More…
Flinders Foundation’s Mary Overton Senior Research Fellowship in Neuroscience awarded to Yee Lian Chew
LMB 2015-2019, postdoctoral researcher, Neurobiology
Yee Lian Chew is the recipient of the Flinders Foundation’s Mary Overton Senior Research Fellowship in Neuroscience. In her new research laboratory at Flinders she will continue her research using Nematode worms to better understand chronic pain. More…
Maria Leptin has been appointed President of the European Research Council
LMB 1984-1987, postdoctoral researcher, Cell Biology
Maria Leptin is the new President of the European Research Council starting from 1 October 2021. Since her postdoc position in Michael Wilcox’s group at the LMB, Maria has been a Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, led a research group at EMBL and served as Director of EMBO. More…
Cell scientist to watch – Alexey Amunts
LMB 2010 – 2016, post-doctoral researcher, Structural Studies
Alexey Amunts shares insights into his career to date, including his time at the LMB in Venki Ramakrishnan’s lab, the importance of open science and collaboration, in an interview with the Journal of Cell Science. More…
Tanmay Bharat awarded 2021 Eppendorf Award
LMB 2013-2017, post-doctoral researcher, Structural Studies
Tanmay Bharat has been awarded the 2021 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators for his research on the structure and function of protective layers surrounding prokaryotic cells. More…
Alex Bateman elected to membership of EMBO
LMB 1994-1997, PhD Student, Structural Studies
Alex Bateman, a former PhD student in Cyrus Chothia’s group in the Structural Studies Division, has been elected a member of EMBO for his work on protein families. Alex is now the Head of Protein Sequence Resources at EMBL-EBI in Hinxton. More…