Emeritus scientist Brad Amos is a guest on The Microscopists podcast from Bitesize Bio. Listen to him chat to host Peter O’Toole about his career, experience with microscope design, and insights into the annual LMB Christmas skit. More…
Brad Amos on microscopy design, writing LMB Christmas skits, and diving with sharks
The journey to solving structures
Richard Henderson, from the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, discusses his work and the evolution of structural biology on the Knowable podcast. More…
Cambridge demonstrates how science is improving lives
The LMB recently welcomed George Freeman MP as part of a wider visit to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus to learn how Cambridge is leading innovation in life sciences. During a tour of the LMB with Jan Löwe, Chris Russo and Madeline Lancaster, the Minister saw and learned how developments in low-energy cryo-EM will increase accessibility of this technique worldwide, and how brain organoids are advancing understanding of human brain development and disease. More…
Collaborative LMB study reveals S-shaped structure of Aβ42 filaments in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases
A recent structural study led by Sjors Scheres, Michel Goedert and Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon’s groups at the LMB has used cryo-EM to detect two main types of Aβ42 filaments from both sporadic and familial Alzheimer’s disease. More…
New research initiative at the University of Cambridge supports a cross-disciplinary approach to better understand life across the Universe
The University of Cambridge is establishing The Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe to support international and cross-disciplinary research on planetology and life beyond Earth. LMB scientist and Group Leader in PNAC, John Sutherland, is appointed Associate Director of the centre. John will be collaborating with global scientists, including Director and Nobel Prize winner, Didier Queloz. More…
In The Stem Cell Jungle explore how embryonic stem cell signalling drives cell fate
Marta Shahbazi discusses her lab’s work on the benefits of culturing embryonic stem cells in 3D to better understand how stem cell signalling drives cell fate.
“I became very interested in how a stem cell decides its fate and really the best model to understand that is the embryo.” More…