Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson visited the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge last week to see first-hand some of the exciting research carried out there and to learn about the institute’s close relationship with industry. More…
Science Minister tours “extraordinary” MRC Molecular Biology Lab
LMB ‘Virus Wars’ stand at Big Biology Day, 17th October
LMB will be showing their ‘Virus Wars: Antibodies Strike Back’ stand at the 2015 Big Biology Day, Saturday 17th October, Hills Road 6th Form College. Come along and find out about viruses and have a go at our pipetting game. This article is no longer available on the host website.
Alexey Amunts awarded the Microscopy Society of America George Palade Award
The LMB’s Alexey Amunts has been awarded the 2015 George Palade Award by the Microscopy Society of America for distinguished contributions to the field of microscopy and microanalysis in the life sciences. More…
2015 Max Perutz Science Writing Award shortlist announced
Barry Bentley, a PhD student in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, is one of 14 exceptional writers to be shortlisted for the Max Perutz Science Writing Award. More…
Sjors Scheres awarded the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV) Gold Medal
Sjors Scheres, LMB group leader, awarded the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society Gold Medal. The KNCV Gold Medal is the highest Dutch award for Chemistry. The award honours Sjors’s major contribution to electron microscopy and structural chemistry, in particular his work in the field of cryo-EM. More…
John Sulston’s worm cell drawings
John Sulston is best known for the leading role he played in the Human Genome Project. But earlier in his career, while working at the LMB, he studied the development of the nematode worm. Sarah Harrop tells the story behind a lab notebook entry which contributed to a Nobel Prize-winning breakthrough. More...