The 16th annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences will be awarded to Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson, and Marin van Heel for pioneering developments in electron microscopy that are transforming structural studies of biological molecules and their complexes. More…
LMB In The News
Antibodies co-opt anti-microbial response to clear intraneuronal tau
Leo James and Michel Goedert, group leaders at the LMB, recently published work in PNAS providing an explanation for how therapeutic antibodies eliminate pathogenic forms of tau protein. Here, Alzforum explore the background, results and implications of this study. More…
Dementia – how close are we to having effective treatments?
Cambridge Neuroscience, of which the LMB is a part, plays a key role in coordinating dementia research across the large and diverse community of neuroscientists in Cambridge, helping scientists and clinicians work together. The organisation has produced a new film describing some of the progress now being made against this devastating disease, including commentary from […]
A chain of events
Linear ubiquitin chains whose very existence once was debated, now are known to play a critical role in an inflammatory disease, thanks to the discovery of an enzyme. David Komander’s group from the LMB are amongst a group of scientists researching the enzymes of the ubiquitin system, which has already shown how mutations in the […]
Cell scientist to watch – Madeline Lancaster
Madeline Lancaster, group leader in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, is interviewed by the Journal of Cell Science and describes her impetus to pursue a career in science, discusses starting her own lab at the LMB and talks about her current research. More…
HIV Research Breakthroughs 2016
Medical Daily includes work by the LMB’s Leo James’s group and University College London on improving antiviral drugs as one of its HIV research breakthroughs of 2016. More…