The LMB Happy Hour team recently held a quiz night. Quizmaster for the evening was David Christensen from the LMB’s Public Engagement team, and he kept everyone entertained with questions on various topics including music, films (whether real or made up!) and the LMB. A great time was had by all, and this photo for day 179 of #LMB365 shows the winning team with their prize of reusable MRC bags.
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LMB 365 – Day 178
LMB researchers will be telling the public about their work on the origin of life at The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. On day 178 of #LMB365 we see Phil Holliger being interviewed about the exhibition. Learn more about our exhibit at https://mrc.io/recipe4life & come along 1-7 July!
LMB 365 – Day 177
Strike a pose, be it mountain, tree or downward facing dog, the benefits of yoga in the workplace are well documented for counteracting the long hours spent at a work station. Staff at the LMB seen here on day 177 of #LMB365 execute a Paschimottanasana during an in-house yoga session led by Lucy in order to improve posture, flexibility and breathing, reduce stress and enhance focus.
LMB 365 – Day 176
Some experiments require pipetting into huge numbers of tubes. On day 176 of #LMB365, Christina Heroven and Patricia Brown had to divide their protein samples into more than 80 tubes of 100 microliters each!
LMB 365 – Day 175
The LMB’s Operations Group recently held its annual BBQ in the Library garden. Our IT Manager Paul Hart, pictured here on day 175 of #LMB365, showed off his culinary skills by cooking over 150 items on the LMB’s BBQs. Everyone brought along delicious salads and puddings to go with the BBQ and we were lucky to catch a rare sunny spell in between the June showers.
LMB 365 – Day 174
Andrew Carter’s group has showed how dynein (grey), a motor protein, moves along microtubules (green). Dynein attaches to its cargo via an adaptor protein called Bicaudal-D2 (orange). The attachment requires the help of another protein complex called dynactin (multi-coloured). These structures were determined by both cryo-EM and X-ray crystallography and Janet Iwasa helped create this beautiful image for day 174 of #LMB365.