Sir Gregory Winter (Master of Trinity College, University of Cambridge and the former Deputy Director of the LMB) was one of the two outstanding Medical Research Council (MRC) research scientists to be awarded the prestigious MRC Millennium medal. The medals were awarded at a ceremony at the House of Commons on 27 February, which was […]
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The story of monoclonal antibodies – online
A new online exhibition, sponsored by the MRC as part of its centenary, explores where monoclonal antibodies came from and how they began to be applied to improve our understanding of disease and to advance treatment. ‘A healthcare revolution in the making: The story of César Milstein and monoclonal antibodies’, sponsored by the Medical Research […]
Celebrating ‘100 years of life-changing discoveries’
As one of the Medical Research Council’s major research institutes, the LMB will be playing a key role in helping to celebrate the MRC’s Centenary this year. The year-long MRC Centenary programme taking place across the UK and in Africa, will provide events and online activities for people of all ages and all levels of […]
Sarah Teichmann to deliver 2012 Francis Crick Lecture for the Royal Society
Sarah Teichmann, a Group Leader from the Structural Studies Division at the LMB, will deliver the annual Francis Crick Lecture at the Royal Society on 21 November 2012. During the lecture, entitled “Finding patterns in genes and proteins: decoding the logic of molecular interactions”, Sarah will look at the high-throughput methods that are now providing […]
Three LMB Scientists receive EMBO Young Investigator Programme Awards
Three LMB scientists, Andrew Carter, Greg Jefferis and Melina Schuh, have been elected into the EMBO Young Investigator Programme for three years, starting on 1 January 2013. This prestigious programme identifies some of the brightest young researchers in Europe, providing academic, practical and financial support. The LMB scientists are three of a group of 22 […]
Crystal growing winners visit the LMB
Pupils from The Perse School for Girls in Cambridge and Laxton Junior School in Peterborough scooped the top prizes in this year’s Eastern Region Crystal Growing Competition. Competition participants were asked to grow the best crystal of potash alum possible, over a five-week period. The crystals were then judged, on both size and quality, to […]