During September the LMB Library promoted its new collection of environmental books, to help us make positive changes for a greener life, as seen here on day 271 of #LMB365. As well as displaying some plastic free items, posters by the LMB green committee showed users how the LMB is trying to reduce waste and encourage wildlife
LMB 365 – Day 271
Mapping the human kidney
Chronic kidney disease affects more than 500 million patients worldwide, but there are no specific treatments that prevent disease progression. A lack of tissue availability has limited research into human kidney function and animal research hasn’t translated into treatments for human patients. Menna Clatworthy’s group, in the University of Cambridge Molecular Immunity Unit, which is housed within the LMB, has now generated the first atlas-scale dataset map of human kidney cells, which will begin to address this knowledge gap.
LMB 365 – Day 270
Day 270 of #LMB365 shows members of the Genotyping and McKenzie groups saying a fond farewell to James McKenzie with the help of a few cakes! James spent a gap year working in the Genotyping Service before leaving to begin his studies in chemistry, at the University of Southampton. The Genotyping Service will now be joined by a new school leaver. This benefits both the Genotyping Service, by providing a valuable pair of additional hands, and the school leaver, who gets excellent laboratory experience before starting their university studies
John Kendrew Lecture to be given by Brenda Schulman
Brenda Schulman will deliver the 2019 John Kendrew Lecture: ‘How a ubiquitin-like protein brings ubiquitylation to life’ on Thursday 3rd October at 10.30am in the LMB’s Max Perutz Lecture Theatre. The event is open to anyone in the local area who is interested in attending. Brenda’s group at the Max Planck Institute integrates biochemistry, structural […]
LMB 365 – Day 269
Day 269 of #LMB365 is a photo peering in on a low energy plasma chamber built in the LMB Workshops with Chris Russo from the Structural Studies Division. Plasmas such as these are used to modify the support grids used for imaging proteins in cryoEM
LMB 365 – Day 268
This image for day 268 of #LMB365 shows the brain and some imaginal discs isolated from a Drosophila larva. Imaginal discs are sacks of cells that will develop into adult structures such as wings, legs and eyes during metamorphosis. The tissue was stained for GFP (green), Wingless (red) as well as DAPI (blue), which marks the nuclei.