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 […]
LMB Alumni News
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 […]
Yanlan Mao is awarded the 2021 Royal Microscopical Society Medal for Life Sciences
Yanlan Mao, who did her PhD with Matthew Freeman’s group in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, has been awarded the RMS Medal for Life Sciences in recognition of her important contribution to our understanding of how cells and tissues are shaped and organised during the developmental process. More…
A focus on how Sarah Caddy’s research has transitioned to COVID-19
Sarah Caddy is interviewed about her work on COVID-19 during the pandemic and extending her work with Leo James’ group on how antibodies neutralise rotavirus and influenza to include coronaviruses. More…
Anthony Hyman has been elected an international member of the National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences of the USA recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original scientific research by election to membership and has recently elected 120 members and 26 international members. Tony did his PhD at the LMB under John White, within Sydney Brenner’s C. elegans group, studying cell division in worms. Tony is now […]
Professor Kim Nasmyth awarded the 2021 Centenary Award by Biochemical Society
Kim, who is currently the Whitley Chair at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford and a fellow of Trinity College, has made hugely valuable contributions to the life sciences. He revealed the sophisticated mechanism that mediates the perilous separation of duplicated chromosomes during cell division and thereby prevents genetic diseases such as cancer. After […]