Group Leader Lori Passmore is appointed joint Head of the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, alongside Sjors Scheres.
Lori Passmore appointed as Joint Head of the LMB’s Structural Studies Division
Yudan Ren: Returning to research after a career break
LMB 2012-2015, Career Development Fellow, PNAC The Royal Society profiles Yudan Ren, covering her education in rural China, her decision to take a career break to care for family, and how she re-established an academic career following this. Yudan now holds a position at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and the Department of […]
Whole brain connectome of fruit fly is most complex brain ever mapped
An international collaboration, including Greg Jefferis’ group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, have published the connectome of the Drosophila fly – the most complex brain to be mapped in its entirety, including 140,000 neurons and over 15 million connections.
Targeting Intracellular Tau Aggregates for Destruction
A piece in Alzforum highlights two new therapeutics that degrade tau aggregates and improve symptoms of neurodegeneration in mice. The technology has been developed by Leo James’ group, in the LMB’s PNAC Division, and Will McEwan’s group at the UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Cambridge. More…
Silvia Arber to deliver 2024 Crick Lecture
The 2024 Francis Crick Lecture titled ‘Neuronal circuits for body movements’ will be given by Silvia Arber at 11am (BST) on Monday 30th September.
Using ultrasound to determine pregnancy in mice
Introduction of ultrasound machines has allowed LMB animal technicians to accurately detect pregnancy in mice as early as 5.5 days, which ultimately reduces the number of mice needed for research.