LMB In The News

Researchers, including a team from the LMB, have obtained structures of complete ribosomes from mammalian mitochondria at near-atomic resolution for the first time. More…

Michael Hastings delivers sixth form lecture at King William’s College, Isle of Man, on his research into circadian rhythms and biological clocks. This article is no longer available from the source website: Isle of Man Today 1 April 2015

The structure of the dynactin complex, solved by Andrew Carter’s group at the LMB, is the cover story on this week’s Science and is the Wellcome Trust’s Image of the week. The picture shows a model of the dynein/dynactin protein machine that moves cargo around the cell, that was determined using electron cryo-microscopy. This article […]

FORMA Therapeutics and Cancer Research Technology, Ltd (CRT) have announced the formation of two new virtual Asset Discovery and Development Companies (ADDCos) to represent the collective efforts of the consortium in the field of deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs). ADDCos are virtual companies seeking to achieve rapid innovation in a compelling scientific area through the collaboration of […]

The next president of the Royal Society will be the Nobel-winning LMB researcher Venki Ramakrishnan. He will succeed Paul Nurse in December 2015. After hearing of the confirmation, Venki told the BBC News that he was “very honoured” to be the society’s president elect. More…

LMB scientists have found a reaction network that they believe shows that ‘pretty much everyone’ working on life’s molecular origins is wrong – but also ‘right, in a sense’. Until now, the field has warred over which biomolecule, emerged first. But John Sutherland’s group found the different types may have appeared simultaneously. More…