Image365

On day 287 of #LMB365 we see an image of a bee’s leg taken by a pupil at Stapleford Primary School and submitted for the LMB’s 2019 Science Image Award. We’re now starting to recruit nearby primary schools for next year’s competition https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/microscopes4schools/award.php

Day 286 of #LMB365 shows the developing Cambridge Biomedical Campus taken by Paul Margiotta from the nearby Nine Wells nature reserve. The LMB’s plant towers can be seen between the Anne McLaren Facility (left) and the Royal Papworth Hospital (blue) and Abcam (right).

The production of purified macromolecular samples can be very challenging. Subsequently it is hard to schedule exactly when the final sample preparation will be obtained. Samples produced at the LMB can be screened anytime for crystallisation because crystallisation trays filled up with with a broad variety of initial screens (LMB screens) are made readily available to users of the crystallisation facility. A fully automated pipetting system prepares the LMB screens, as seen here on day 285 of #LMB365.

The LMB postgraduate students are a truly international and diverse community. Every year 20-30 new graduates from the UK and all over the world join the LMB PhD programme. This photo for day 284 of #LMB365 shows this year’s intake on their first day in the Lab.

On day 283 of #LMB365 John Walker enjoys a rare moment of peace and quiet following the announcement of his Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1997

On day 282 of #LMB365 Fred Sanger gets in the party mood for the second of his Nobel Prizes for Chemistry. Pictured with then LMB Director, Sydney Brenner, Fred was awarded the Nobel in 1958 and 1980. He is the only Briton to have won 2 Nobel Prizes