This image for day 266 of #LMB365 shows a female mouse relaxing in a ‘Nombrero’. This is just one example of the environmental enrichment provided to LMB mice. The Biological Services Group provides some form of environmental enrichment to all mice as part of their commitment to improving animal welfare. The aim of environmental enrichment is to provide opportunities to express species-specific behaviours. The Nombrero was originally designed to hold wet mashed food, however this little mouse prefers to use it as a comfy bed!
LMB 365 – Day 266
LMB 365 – Day 265
Day 265 of #LMB365 shows the front entrance of the LMB taken at dusk by Conny Yu.
LMB 365 – Day 264
On day 264 of #LMB365 is an image of the structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit. This structure was first published #OTD in 2000 in a landmark paper in Nature by Venki Ramakrishnan and colleagues. The 30S ribosomal subunit has a crucial role in decoding mRNA by monitoring base pairing between the codon on mRNA and the anticodon on transfer RNA. Venki shared the 2009 @Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on determining the ribosome structure. Brian T.Wimberly, Ditlev E.Brodersen, William M.Clemons Jr, Robert J.Morgan-Warren, Andrew P.Carter, Clemens Vonrhein, Thomas Hartsch, V.Ramakrishnan. Structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit. Nature 407(6802):327-339, 21 September 2000
Benjamin Falcon discusses his research in Neuronet’s first newsletter
LMB’s newly recruited Group Leader weighs in on various aspects of Alzheimer’s Disease, from the clinical implications of deciphering Tau filaments in brains of people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases, to designing precise drugs. More…
LMB 365 – Day 263
Much of the research at the LMB must be conducted in carefully controlled conditions of temperature, vibration and magnetic fields. The Electronics Workshop works with Group Leaders to detect and analyse extremely small sources of potential interference. This image for day 263of #LMB365 shows a test spectrum createdusing precision sensors and software.
LMB 365 – Day 262
Day 262 of #LMB365 shows a confocal image of a gravid Caenorhabditis elegansworm from Ranya Behbehani in Rebecca Taylor’s lab in the Neurobiology Division. This model organism has been used at the LMB for many years since the initial studies on the genetic regulation of organ development by Sydney Brenner, Bob Horvitz and John Sulston.