LMB In The News

Lori Passmore, Group Leader and Joint Head of the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, has been appointed Honorary Professor of the University of Cambridge and received an Honorary Doctorate from Aarhus University in Denmark. Lori is an Official Fellow of Clare Hall College, Cambridge and has collaborated closely with Aarhus University since launching her independent research […]

The award recognises the quarantine unit for their outstanding contribution to research and animal welfare. The dedicated team carries out a wide range of regulated procedures and their proactive approach to refinement has led to the introduction of improved surgical techniques and the use of extra enrichment. More…

Research spearheaded by Sofia Lövestam in Michel Goedert and Sjors Scheres’ groups has identified a combination of 12 residues in tau which, when mutated in vitro, prompt the formation of paired helical filaments (PHFs), the distinctive hallmark of advanced Alzheimer’s disease. Interestingly, in the engineered tau, named PAD12, the residues in question are all outside […]

NewScientist speak to Wes Robertson, Group Leader in the LMB’s PNAC Division, about his work in Jason Chin’s group to synthesise E. coli using just 57 codons, rather than the usual 64. More…  

LMB is one of 12 of the UK’s leading universities and research institutions, across all 4 nations, selected to deliver the Global Talent Fund: a £54 million investment in Britain’s future prosperity and economic growth. More…

The Naked Scientists podcast covers all things protein, including speaking to Alan Fersht and Wes Robertson from the LMB’s PNAC Division. They cover how early advances at the LMB revolutionised the field of protein studies, and how protein design could be developed to address key concerns in health and the environment. More…