The LMB recently hosted visits from two diverse groups of students; one that was attending the 2019 London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) and the other from the 2019 cohort of Schmidt Science Fellows. London International Youth Science Forum visit LIYSF is a two-week residential course for students aged 16-21 who have a keen interest […]
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The LMB welcomes Benjamin Falcon as a new Group Leader
The LMB is delighted to announce the appointment of Benjamin Falcon as a Group Leader in the Neurobiology Division, starting in October 2019. Benjamin will work on the mechanisms by which the formation of amyloid contributes to nerve cell degeneration in neurodegenerative disease. The assembly of a limited number of proteins into amyloid – stacked […]
Winners of the LMB’s annual Science Image Award
Sixteen primary schools in Cambridgeshire and Essex have participated in the 2018/19 Science Image Award. Part of the LMB’s Microscopes for Schools outreach project, the Science Image Award is a competition aiming to stimulate scientific curiosity in primary school children by connecting the microscopic world to everyday life. Each school borrows a small, digital microscope […]
A stag’s head, a clock, and Nobel Laureates: the LMB Arts and Crafts Show
The annual LMB Arts and Crafts Show recently took place in the atrium of the LMB. It highlighted an array of artistic talent amongst the staff at the LMB and a wide range of inspiration for exhibits. Over 15 exhibitors took the opportunity to share their creative side and many more contributed through a display […]
LMB scientists share their Recipe for Primordial Life at the Royal Society
A team of researchers from John Sutherland’s and Philipp Holliger’s groups in the LMB’s PNAC Division, took their exhibit, “A Recipe for Primordial Life”, to this year’s Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition to tell the public about their work on the chemistry behind the origin of life. Visitors were taken on a journey through time, […]
LMB alumnae share their experiences and careers advice at annual Cambridge AWiSE event
The LMB and the Cambridge Association for Women in Science and Engineering (AWiSE) recently held the thirteenth annual “What Next for Your Career?” event. LMB staff and visitors from across Cambridge gathered in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre to listen to three speakers, Emma Gleave, Jenny Gallop, and Rebecca Aarons, describe life after a PhD […]