LMB In The News

Professor Brian Clark, member of LMB Scientific Staff 1964-1974, and founder of structural biology research at Aarhus University, died on Monday 6 October 2014 aged 78 years. Brian led the team crystallising tRNA at LMB before moving to Aarhus. He was a very loyal supporter of LMB and recently attended the LMB alumni symposium in […]

It’s been more than a year since the launch of Worm Watch Lab, a citizen science project involving the LMB’s William Schafer in which members of the public watch videos of tiny nematode worms, to contribute to a neuroscience study. So what has been spotted so far? More…

A new documentary, charting the history of crystallography tells a fascinating story of a scientific technique that is revealing many of life’s most beautiful secrets. The 40 minute film includes exclusive interviews with internationally acclaimed scientists and unique glimpses into rarely seen historical collections. The work of LMB scientists including Kendrew, Perutz, Watson, Crick and […]

In this Podcast, the LMB’s Greg Jefferis talks to Kerri Smith from Nature about a new algorithm that sorts neurons in the fly brain by type – and finds a few surprises. This article is no longer available from the source website

Scientists in Melbourne and collaborators led by the LMB’s Sjors Scheres have made progress toward new antimalarial drugs, after revealing how an antibiotic called emetine blocks the molecular machinery that produces the proteins required for malaria parasite survival. More…

The open access journal eLife has launched a new type of article that will allow authors to report significant additions to their original research. LMB group leader, Sjors Scheres, becomes the first author to publish a research advance article, an update on his paper that reported an important step forward in electron cryo-microscopy. More…