Alex Bates, who recently completed his PhD in Greg Jefferis’ group in the Neurobiology Division, was awarded the BNA Postgraduate prize for his work on connectomics in Drosophila melanogaster; developing tools to deal with large amounts of neuroanatomy data and providing insights into how flies integrate inputs from multiple different senses. More…
LMB In The News
Women of the Nobel factory share their stories: Nature book review of ‘Ahead of the Curve’
Georgina Ferry reviews ‘Ahead of the Curve: Women scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology’ by Kathleen Weston. From sequencing to stardom – alumnae of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology reflect on how they succeeded in science. More… To get your own copy of this book, see https://aheadofthecurve.org.uk
A mission to Mars and how the first life on Earth survived its biggest threat – water
A Nature News Feature about origin of life chemistry, including key work by John Sutherland’s group, and selection of the specific destination of a NASA mission to Mars in February. John was also one of the scientists who lobbied NASA to visit Jezero Crater as this crater is thought to have once been a lake […]
Football is just a branch of science for Cambridge United Women midfielder Gisela Otten
Gisela Otten, post-doctoral researcher in Felix Randow’s group in the LMB’s PNAC Division, talks to the Cambridge Independent about her route to joining Cambridge United WFC and combining this with her scientific career. More…
Coronavirus: The Spike
Science Museum Group blog: Many COVID-19 drugs, vaccines and tests depend on ‘the spike’. Roger Highfield, Science Director, talks to John Briggs and finds out all there is to know about 2020’s most infamous protein. More…
Charles Darwin’s hunch about early life was probably right
BBC FUTURE article looking back at origin of life research breakthroughs, including key research by John Sutherland that utilised UV light to form the building blocks of life from simple carbon-based chemicals. More…