This image for day 245 of #LMB365 is aview of the western end of the LMB taken by Ivan Rosa e Silva. The glass is cleaned annually which, on a lovely clear day, means all the reflections in the glass show off the beauty of the building.
LMB 365 – Day 245
LMB 365 – Day 244
On day 244 of #LMB365 is Richard Henderson who #OTD in 1974 started his research group at the LMB. He is pictured here in the 1970s with the X-ray camera rotating anode. Richard would predominately use electron microscopy for his work on membrane proteins and received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2017 for his work on developing electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM)
LMB 365 – Day 243
Day 243 of #LMB365 shows an SDS-PAGE cake baked by Jaslyn Wong in Roger Williams’ group in the PNAC Division. She hoped to motivate her colleagues to keep trying to get crystalsof Rag proteins that activate the cancer drug target mTOR. Protein crystallisation has been, and is still used by many groups across the LMB to determine protein structure.
New cell death pathway in tuberculosis indicates potential use of commonly used drugs
Macrophages are a critical part of our immune system. They patrol our tissues, and when they encounter debris or invaders such as bacteria and parasites, they engulf the particles and destroy them. But if, in the course of tuberculosis, these infected macrophages die through a process called necrosis, in which the cells burst open, then […]
LMB 365 – Day 242
Day 242 of #LMB365 by Dana Galili in Greg Jefferis’ group in the Neurobiology Division shows interactions between fruit flies. These videos are automatically tracked using computer vision and machine learning methods, to closely inspect their social behaviour patterns. By manipulating the activity of specific neurons in behaving flies, the researchers study the logic of the neuronal circuits underlying sex-specific behaviours
LMB 365 – Day 241
The LMB Group Leaders recently went on a 2-day retreat to discuss their vision for the future of their research and the LMB as a whole. This included discussions about matters impacting on staff, particularly women in science. The female group leaders present took the opportunity to get this photo taken for day 241 of #LMB365 in between sessions.