LMB Alumni News

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, 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…

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, 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, 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…

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…