Simon Crompton of The Times interviews Madeline about her early experience when growing mini brains in the lab and the journey towards insights into human brain development and what fundamentally sets us apart from animals (story behind paywall). More…
Madeline Lancaster explains brain organoids to The Times
Mariann Bienz: Fascinating flies – Drosophila and the molecular biology of development and disease
The third in our series of Group Leader profiles written by science writer and LMB alumna, Kathy Weston, is a profile of Mariann Bienz, a Group Leader in the LMB’s PNAC Division. If one were asked to describe Mariann Bienz in one word, it would almost certainly be: determined. Her persistence and focus took her […]
LMB 365 – Day 281
César Milstein was born on this day in 1927 in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. He joined LMB in 1963 and worked here until his death in March 2002. On day 281 of #LMB365 he is seen receiving his Nobel Prize Medal for Physiology and Medicine for his development of the technique to produce monoclonal antibodies. On the announcement of the award César commented “we were stuck for a few months, and getting negative results. It is the struggle of that period and all the scientific tension that I remember the most. It was little bits of excitement rather than one moment.” Photo courtesy of Celia Milstein
LMB 365 – Day 280
Cheers! On day 280 of #LMB365 Venki Ramakrishnan celebrates his 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry in the LMB Restaurant. While the award is limited to three recipients, it is the collective work of many and Venki thanked his dedicated students and postdocs who gave the work their all
LMB 365 – Day 279
In 1982 Aaron Klug was the sole recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Day 279 of #LMB365 shows Aaron and his wife Liebe at the champagne celebration in the LMB Restaurant
LMB 365 – Day 278
On day 278 of #LMB365 we show how John Kendrew and Max Perutz received news of their 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. At the time the telegram was the best way for Stockholm to contact the recipients. This was the LMB’s second Nobel for 1962, Francis Crick and James Watson had already been awarded the Physiology and Medicine Prize for their work on the structure of DNA