MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
One of the world's leading research institutes, our scientists are working to advance understanding of biological processes at the molecular level - providing the knowledge needed to solve key problems in human health.
Bonnie Bassler will give the 2016 John Kendrew Lecture on Monday 24th October 2016 at 11.00 in the LMB’s Max Perutz Lecture Theatre. The title of the lecture is ‘Bacterial Quorum Sensing and its Control’. The event is open to anyone in the local area who is interested in attending.
Bonnie has made key insights into the mechanism by which bacteria communicate, known as quorum sensing.
Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi will give the 2016 Milstein Lecture on Friday 9th September 2016 at 12 noon in the LMB’s Max Perutz Lecture Theatre. The lecture, entitled “Looking back on my 28 years of autophagy research” is open to anyone in the local area who is interested in attending.
Yoshinori is currently Honorary Professor and the leader of the Cell Biology Unit at the Frontier Research Center of the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
The LMB Workshops have a long history of training staff and offering apprenticeships to give the next generation of technicians the skills and experience they need in a working environment. Over the past 3 years the LMB has, as part of a Government initiative to provide three million new apprenticeships by 2020, supported two MRC apprentices in the Mechanical and Electronics Workshops.
The LMB and CambridgeAWiSE recently held their 10th annual ‘What next for your career in science’ event at the LMB. Three speakers from diverse scientific industries discussed their respective professional experiences. The networking event welcomed early career researchers from all over Cambridge to hear about these different career opportunities.
The LMB is delighted to announce the arrival of Joseph Yeeles to the LMB’s PNAC Division, to work on mechanisms of chromosome replication. Rapid and accurate chromosome replication is essential for maintaining genome stability. The process poses a major challenge to cells because a huge number of DNA bases must be copied despite the presence of obstacles, such as DNA damage, that can impede the progress of the replication machinery.
LMB Group Leader, Greg Jefferis, has been elected as one of 15 new FENS Kavli Scholars. This prestigious European neuroscience award is sponsored by FENS (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies) and the Kavli Foundation.
The first FENS-Kavli Scholars were announced in 2014 and there are now 35 scholars in total. These young, independent European neuroscience investigators have been chosen for their scientific excellence, originality of their research, and promise for the future.