2018 Brain Prize winner Michel Goedert, group leader in the LMB Neurobiology Division, who discovered the importance of tau protein in Alzheimer’s said he could see a time when dementia became a chronic illness like HIV. More…
Alzheimer’s disease will become manageable like HIV, says Michel Goedert and fellow Brain Prize 2018 winners
Rebecca Taylor discusses aging on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
As part of a programme about aging, Rebecca Taylor from the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, talks to presenter Chris Mann about the science behind why we age. Catch her talking from 01:19:50 – 01:24:56. More…
Jan Löwe announced as the new LMB Director
Deputy Director, Jan Löwe, will be taking over from Hugh Pelham as Director of the LMB this spring. Jan said that he is ‘excited and humbled’ to be appointed to the role. More…
M. Madan Babu winner of the 2018 ISCB Innovator Award
M. Madan Babu is the 2018 winner of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Innovator Award. The Award is given to a leading scientist who is within a decade and half of receiving their PhD degree, and has consistently made outstanding contributions to the field and continues to forge new directions. More…
Richard Henderson is guest on BBC Radio 4, ‘The Life Scientific’
Richard Henderson talks to Jim Al-Khalili about his childhood, studies and career, specifically his journey working on the development of cryo-electron microscopy for which he was ultimately awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, together with Joachim Frank and Jacques Dubochet. More…
BBC Documentary: Inside My Brain
Charlotte Church is on a scientific journey to explore the cutting edge of mental health research. As part of this, she meets Madeline Lancaster, from the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, to learn about how the lab grows ‘mini brains’ and uses them to study brain development and disease. More…