Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) is a collaboration hub for the top research institutions in Sweden, providing the country’s largest life sciences infrastructure. Alexey Amunts has been appointed Head of the program for Biology of Molecular Interactions, which comprises 23 groups researching everything from photosynthesis through to anti-cancer therapeutics. More…
LMB Alumni News
Luca Jovine and Leonid Sazanov elected to EMBO membership
LMB alumni Luca Jovine and Leonid Sazanov have been newly elected as members of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), on the basis of their scientific excellence and outstanding research contributions. More…
Magdalena Skipper appointed editor-in-chief at Nature
Magdalena Skipper has been appointed editor-in-chief at Nature, becoming the first woman to hold the role in its almost 150-year history. More…
Melina Schuh awarded Biochemical Society Colworth Medal
Melina Schuh has been awarded the Biochemical Society 2019 Colworth medal. Melina investigates how chromosome segregation errors arise during the meiotic divisions of mammalian eggs. Now at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany, Melina carried out a significant part of her independent research at the LMB. More…
LMB alumni involved in the opening of a new state-of-the-art cryo-EM facility at the University of Leicester
A new state-of-the art cryo-EM facility has opened at the University of Leicester. Professor John Schwabe, Director of the Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, led the region-wide bid to the Wellcome Trust-MRC initiative to establish the new facility at Leicester, which will be managed by Christos Savva. This article is no longer available […]
Alexey Amunts’ group at Stockholm University determine the structure of the chlororibosome
Alexey Amunts’ group at Stockholm University have determined the structure of the chlororibosome using cryo-electron microscopy. The chlororibosome synthesises the energy-making protein components that drive oxygenic photosynthesis in chloroplasts. This work reveals unexpected insights into this central protein synthesis machinery in plants and provides a new perspective for the investigation of the evolution of translation […]