Science Museum blog: The development of COVID-19 treatments, tests, drugs and vaccines will be accelerated by molecular understanding of the COVID-19 virus. Roger Highfield, Science Director, looks at what is happening in the LMB. More…
Coronavirus: how the virus works
Are some people at greater genetic risk from Covid-19? MRC LMB seeks DNA volunteers
Cambridge Independent feature story on Julian Gough’s new phenotype prediction genome data study, which is also exploring whether DNA genotype can be used to predict Covid-19 risk factors. Julian is asking those who have had consumer DNA tests to aid the research by volunteering their data. More…
A splice of life – Chemistry World looks at how structural biology has revealed the secrets of the spliceosome
Clare Sansom describes the history of spliceosome research and its importance, focusing on the work of Kiyoshi Nagai and his group. More…
Is cryo-EM taking over structural biology?
This news story in Nature maps the revolutionary technique’s eventful journey in the structural biology field since 2012-13. Ewen Callaway, on the occasion of the submission of the 10,000th cryo-EM structure in the EMDB, spoke to LMB scientists Richard Henderson and Sjors Scheres. Richard estimates that by 2024, more protein structures will be determined by cryo-EM than by X-ray crystallography. More…
Science Magazine dives into the science behind affordable cryo-EM
In long feature format, Science Magazine profiles structural biology scientists at the LMB, including Chris Russo and Nobel Prize winner Richard Henderson, and their work on bringing cryo-EM to hundreds of more labs. At present, top-of-the-line cryo-EM machines cost almost $7 million. But with these scientists’ vision, persistence and focussed research, cryo-EM might just become the way we look into the molecular world. More…
Slashing energy could make Nobel prize-winning cryo-EM microscopes more affordable
Proof-of-principle research led by Chris Russo showing that cryo-EM could be made 10 times cheaper is highlighted by the MRC. “Our goal is to make cryo-EM available to any laboratory that needs it” said Chris. More…