“LMB researcher Andy Holding tells us what it’s like to work at such an historic institution as it prepares to move to a new home.” More…
The LMB at 50
Portrait of Jason Chin
“Film profile of Jason Chin made by the European Patent Office” More…
Enamine, MRC LMB and IOCB announce collaboration to identify novel rhomboid protease inhibitors
“Enamine Ltd, a leading provider of screening compounds, chemical building blocks and discovery services, today announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC LMB), Cambridge, UK, and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (IOCB), Prague, Czech Republic. The new alliance is aimed at discovering novel Rhomboid Protease inhibitors as potential drugs to treat infectious, parasitic, oncological, immune and cardiovascular diseases.” More…
Halogen bonding helps design new drugs
“Scientists at the University of Tübingen, in cooperation with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge / UK, have now demonstrated that halogen bonding can be used to identify potential drug candidates for cancer treatment. Dr. Rainer Wilcken and Prof. Frank Böckler in collaboration with Dr. Andreas Joerger and Prof. Sir Alan Fersht…” More…
Addenbrooke’s celebrates opening by the Queen 50 years ago
“The “new” Addenbrooke’s opened on 28 May 1962. Michael Fuller [Laboratory of Molecular Biology], a laboratory steward in 1962, recalled: “During the tour of the building, the Queen stopped on the landing to look at one of our atomic ball and spoke models, which were state-of-the-art at the time.” More…
Evolution seen in synthetic DNA
“Researchers at LMB have succeeded in mimicking the chemistry of life in synthetic versions of DNA and RNA molecules.” More…