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 […]
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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 […]
Two new group leaders at the LMB: Kate McDole and Marta Shahbazi
The LMB is delighted to announce the appointment of two new group leaders to the LMB’s Cell Biology Division: Kate McDole and Marta Shahbazi. Kate and Marta, who will take up their roles in early 2020, will join more than 50 group leaders at the LMB, who represent the diverse set of scientists recruited from […]
Michel Goedert awarded the 2019 Royal Medal for Biological Sciences
The LMB is delighted to announce that Michel Goedert from the Neurobiology Division has been awarded the Royal Society’s 2019 Royal Medal for Biological Sciences. Michel has been honoured for his work on neurodegenerative diseases, especially for identifying and characterising key molecules that form the inclusions of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Michel’s work has been […]