Alex Bateman, a former PhD student in Cyrus Chothia’s group in the Structural Studies Division, has been elected a member of EMBO for his work on protein families. Alex is now the Head of Protein Sequence Resources at EMBL-EBI in Hinxton. More…
LMB Alumni News
Cell scientist to watch – Hayley Sharpe
Hayley Sharpe, a former PhD student with Sean Munro’s group in the Cell Biology Division, is interviewed by the Journal of Cell Science about her career so far, how she ended up studying phosphatases, current challenges she is facing, and advice she would give to anyone starting their own lab. More…
Tanmay Bharat announced as EMBO Young Investigator
LMB Alumnus Tanmay Bharat is among 30 life science researchers within their first four years as group leaders to become EMBO Young Investigators. He joins the existing network of 73 current and 384 former members of the programme and will receive support from EMBO during the foundation of their first independent laboratory. More…
Ruth Lehmann awarded Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
Ruth Lehmann, a former postdoctoral visitor with Michael Wilcox and Peter Lawrence in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, has been awarded the 2021 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science, for unraveling the molecular basis by which germ cells, which give rise to sperm and egg cells, are formed. More…
Sydney Brenner. 13 January 1927 – 5 April 2019
From modest beginnings Sydney became an extraordinarily influential and accomplished molecular biologist. His critical knowledge of, and insights into, key scientific problems were legendary. His irrepressible personality, acerbic wit and ebullient talks inspired a generation of young biologists. He made seminal discoveries in how genetic information is used for protein synthesis, and established Caenorhabditis elegans […]
Hayley Sharpe wins a 2020 Lister Institute Research Prize
Hayley Sharpe, a former PhD student with Sean Munro’s group in the Cell Biology Division, is one of four researchers to be awarded a 2020 Lister Institute Research Prize. The Lister Institute awards a handful of high value, prestigious research prizes every year to early-career biomedical scientists who have demonstrated outstanding performance and potential. This […]