Students from the new University Technical College (UTC) Cambridge have been taking part in a 6-week challenge project developed by the LMB. The year 10 students were tasked to design a scientific laboratory facility. As part of the project they learnt about key areas of design and management, including; health and safety, legislation, scientific requirements […]
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LMB spin-out, Heptares Therapeutics, acquired by Sosei Group
Leading Japanese biopharmaceutical company, Sosei Group Corporation, has acquired the UK-based biotechnology company, Heptares Therapeutics Limited, to create a leading global biopharmaceutical company with a major drug discovery and development hub in the UK. Heptares was co-founded in 2007 by Richard Henderson and Chris Tate, LMB group leaders in the Structural Studies Division. It was […]
Cyrus Chothia, bioinformatics pioneer, honoured with two prestigious international awards
Emeritus group leader Cyrus Chothia, from the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, has been honoured with two awards for his ground-breaking work in the use of computational methods to study the structure and function of proteins, and the evolution of genomes, which led to the birth of Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics. Cyrus has been awarded […]
Brad Amos and John White win ABRF Biomolecular Technologies Award
The 2015 Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) Award for Annual Outstanding Contributions to Biomolecular Technologies has been awarded to Brad Amos and John White for the development of the laser-scanning confocal microscope. Brad and John were members of the LMB when they developed and patented the first high-resolution, laser scanning confocal microscope for biological […]
LMB science portrayed in art: ‘Lens on Life’ exhibition in London
Works of art that resulted from unique collaborations between artists and scientists, including LMB group leader Melina Schuh, are currently being displayed in London’s Lethaby Gallery in the exhibition ‘Lens on Life’. This high profile exhibition explores cell division through works of art, with the aim of providing a new perspective on the processes of […]
Melina Schuh awarded the EMBL Alumni John Kendrew Award 2015
Melina Schuh, from the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, has been awarded the EMBL Alumni John Kendrew Young Scientist Award for 2015. The award recognises excellence in science and/or science communication by any pre- or post-doctoral alumni of EMBL, up to 7 years after they have left EMBL. Melina was a PhD student in the EMBL […]