Sidney Altman was a ground-breaking scientist in the field of RNA biology, whose discovery of catalytic properties of RNA led to the award of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1989. His first steps to this discovery began at the LMB, where he worked alongside Sydney Brenner and Francis Crick, research that led to the […]
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Stephen Wallace is the 2023 recipient of The Colworth Medal from The Biochemical Society
Stephen Wallace has been awarded The Colworth Medal, given by The Biochemical Society to recognise outstanding research by a biochemist within 10 years of PhD completion. Stephen was a Career Development Fellow in Jason Chin’s group in the LMB’s PNAC Division, and now is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology at […]
Kiyoshi Nagai. 25 June 1949 – 27 September 2019
Kiyoshi Nagai was a preeminent researcher at the LMB for over thirty years during which he was a global leader in the field of spliceosome research. His work culminated in a comprehensive understanding of how the spliceosome catalyses the intrinsic process of gene splicing within eukaryotic cells. His Royal Society Biographical Memoir, written by Andy […]
Thomas Arthur Steitz. 23 August 1940 – 9 October 2018
Thomas Steitz was among the foremost of the generation that was responsible for an explosion in our understanding of the structure and function of biological macromolecules. His research career was one of sustained excellence over six decades, and spanned the range from determining the structures of important metabolic enzymes to understanding the structural basis of […]
Michael Webster joins the John Innes Centre as a Group Leader
Michael Webster shares insights into his research, scientific interests and career so far as he joins the John Innes Centre as a Group Leader. Michael completed his PhD and first postdoc in Lori Passmore’s group in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division. He was drawn to the LMB for its historical importance in the determination of […]
Donald Caspar 1927 – 2021
Don Caspar, LMB alumnus, has died at the age of 94. Don first came to the MRC Unit for the Study of the Molecular Structure of Biological Systems (now the LMB) as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 1955. He would become a frequent scientific worker at the Lab over the next 20 years and remained a […]