This shot of the LMB for day 209 of #LMB365 was taken by Oleksiy Kovtun. The stainless steel façade of the plant towers was installed by hand by a company called Varla. The discharge from each of the flues on the towers is the equivalent of a transit van of air every second and ensures the building is supplied with fresh, environmentally controlled air.
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LMB 365 – Day 208
Day 208 of #LMB365 shows a collage of yeast cells expressing a fluorescently tagged protein which is usually located in the endoplasmic reticulum. Liz Miller’s group deletes individual genes from the yeast genome to see how the fluorescently tagged protein is affected. Each individual image shows cells where a different gene has been deleted. Some of these deletions affect the localisation of the fluorescent protein, indicating a relationship between the two.
LMB 365 – Day 207
On day 207 of #LMB365, the LMBee has been exploring the wonderful LMB Archive. The Archive has a diverse collection of resources and information about the LMB, its science and people. Here, the LMBee sits in one of the display cabinets, amongst a small sample of models, artefacts and photographs
LMB 365 – Day 206
Day 206 of #LMB365 features Russell Ableman from Lab Services before he starts his daily round topping up the liquid nitrogen Dewars around the LMB. This ensures that supplies are maintained to the cell storage banks and specialist equipment in the EM facility, X-ray sets and NMR and allows the LMB to function 24/7. The LMB uses over 4000 litres of liquid nitrogen a week.
LMB 365 – Day 205
Metalwork and services everywhere! This photo for day 205 of #LMB365 is a view from the energy centre boiler house down into the basement plant room. There are various pipes carrying different types of water services over to the main building. Right at the back is the bulk salt storage container for the water softeners (blue vessels in the centre) that accepts a delivery of 7 tonnes of salt every two months.
LMB 365 – Day 204
This image for day 204 of #LMB365 is made with micropatterning, the process whereby any protein, in this case a fluorescent protein, can be printed onto a glass coverslip. Each logo in this image is about 100 micrometres across. Emmanuel Derivery’s lab uses these micropatterns (not in the shape of the LMB logo!) to control the precise location of proteins both on the inside and outside of cells.