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LMB Alumni News

Matt Higgins and Clemens Plaschka elected to EMBO Membership

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Higgins: LMB 1997-2007, PhD student; Postdoctoral Scientist, Neurobiology; Structural StudiesPlaschka: LMB 2016-2018, Postdoctoral Visitor and Scientist, Structural Studies Congratulations to alumni Matt Higgins and Clemens Plaschka who have both been elected to EMBO Membership. Matt now leads a research group at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford and Clemens is a Senior Group Leader […]

Matt Higgins and Jernej Ule elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences

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Higgins: LMB 1997-2007, PhD student; Postdoctoral Scientist, Neurobiology; Structural StudiesUle: LMB 2006-2013, Group Leader, Structural Studies Congratulations to alumni Matt Higgins and Jernej Ule who have both been elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Matt now leads a group at the University of Oxford’s Department of Biochemistry, where he conducts structural studies to […]

Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, Iva Greenwald and Gary Struhl share 2025 Canada Gairdner International Award

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Artavanis-Tsakonas: LMB 1971-1974, PhD student, PNACGreenwald: LMB 1983-1986, Postdoctoral Visitor, Cell BiologyStruhl: LMB 1976-1982; PhD student; Scientific Staff, Cell Biology The three alumni received the prize for their work on Notch signalling, identifying it as a fundamental cell communication pathway which governs cell fate decisions and, when dysregulated, is implicated in several diseases including neurodegeneration […]

Top prize for Andrija Sente’s research revealing the diversity within brain receptors

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LMB 2018-2023, Ph.D. Student, Postdoctoral Scientist, Neurobiology Congratulations to Andrija Sente who has won top prize in the Science and SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists for his research in Radu Aricescu’s group at the LMB. His work uncovered a surprising diversity in the structure of GABAA receptors, which are crucial to the function of the […]

Joe Parker awarded 2024 MacArthur Fellowship

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LMB 2001-2005, Ph.D. Student, Postdoctoral Staff, Cell Biology Congratulations to alumnus Joe Parker, who has been announced as a 2024 MacArthur Fellow. These fellowships from the John D. and Catherine R. MacArthur Foundation are awarded to individuals working in a wide range of disciplines who demonstrate exceptional creativity and promise for future advances. Joe Parker […]