The LMB congratulates former LMB Group Leader, Sarah Teichmann, on receiving the 2015 EMBO Gold Award. More…
Sarah Teichmann receives EMBO Gold Award
Joan A. Steitz: A place in the lab, and in biochemistry history
The pioneering career of LMB Alumnus Joan Steitz, currently Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University is featured by CTNOW, looking at her work and how Joan’s time at the LMB studying ribosomes led to her important discoveries in RNA research. More…
ISCB Senior Scientist Award for Cyrus Chothia
A look at the career of LMB’s Cyrus Chothia and his work on the structures and functions of proteins, following announcement of his ISCB Senior scientist award. More…
New Approach To Control Enzyme Function In Cells
A new technique, devised by Jason Chin’s group, could make it easier to target and inhibit specific enzymes and other proteins in cells and to turn that regulation on and off at will with light. Bioorthogonal ligand tethering, or BOLT, has been used to create an inhibitor that can regulate the activity of a target enzyme selectively, an approach called iBOLT. More…
A new genetic switch uncovered in the long genes expressed in our brain
Jernej Ule, former LMB group leader, and Vincent Plagnol from UCL have discovered a new mechanism for ‘splicing-based’ gene regulation, with possible implications for brain-related disorders. Jernej began this research when he was in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division. More…
Did frosts lead to life on Earth?
Large RNA molecules can be assembled from basic biochemical building blocks during cycles of freezing and thawing. This breakthrough from Philipp Holliger’s group at the LMB reinforces the possibility that RNA was responsible for both molecular heredity and metabolism in primordial biochemistry. More…