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.
Hugh Pelham, Director of the LMB, has been honoured with a knighthood in the Queen’s birthday honours for 2011. The award is for services to science.
Hugh has been Director of the LMB since 2006, and a staff member since 1981. He became Head of the Cell Biology Division in 1992, and Deputy Director of the LMB in 1996.
Hugh has pioneered research into how proteins help to protect the body against the effects of extreme heat at the cellular level.
Jan Löwe from the LMB’s Structural Studies Division will receive one of the Wellcome Trust’s inaugural Senior Investigator Awards, aimed at providing flexible longer-term funding to enable exceptional researchers to tackle important research questions about health and disease.
Sean Munro, group leader in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Sean is distinguished for his outstanding research into the organisation of the intracellular membranes of eukaryotic cells. His work is focussed on the Golgi apparatus, an organelle that plays a central role in the sorting and modification of proteins in the secretory pathway.
Andrew McKenzie from the LMB’s PNAC Division has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
The Academy promotes the translation of advances in medical science into benefits for patients and the population at large: fellowship of the Academy is given for outstanding contributions to the advancement of medical sciences.
John Sutherland has been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry Tilden Prize for 2011. The Tilden Prize is awarded annually to recognise achievements in advancing the chemical sciences. It is awarded to those whose careers are defined by exceptional work, excellence and dedication.
John’s award is for his outstanding contributions to understanding the Origins of Life.
Leon Lagnado from the LMB’s Neurobiology Division has been awarded a Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) Grant.
The HFSP is an international funding organization giving highly prestigious awards to scientists with the aim to promote interdisciplinary, basic research related to life sciences. The program grant is awarded for novel collaborations among teams of scientists working in different countries.