Shahana Ahmed, a research assistant in the LMB’s PNAC Division, describes why she does public engagement and her experience of talking about science in shopping centres at LifeLab last year. More…
LifeLab and me: from the research lab to the pop-up lab!
LMB 365 – Day 219
Stands the church clock at ten to three. And is there honey still for tea? On Day 219 of #LMB365 are some of the first jars of honey produced this year from the #LMBee. 60 jars went on sale to staff and sold out within a couple of hours
LMB 365 – Day 218
Emmanuel Derivery’s group in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division uses bacteria to express proteins of interest. They also modify them, in this case making the protein fluorescent pink, as this allows them to easily see the protein in microscopy experiments. Day 218 of #LMB365 shows some stages in the purification of a fluorescently-labelled protein, at the same time as the unlabelled protein.
LMB 365 – Day 217
This image for day 217 of #LMB365 shows one of the racks of zebrafish tanks found in the aquatics facility within the University occupied space at the LMB. Each 1.5 litre tank can hold up to 25 fish fry up to 30 days of age and the racks are designed to provide a controlled environment of 26C, pH7 and conductivity of 650 to ensure the welfare of the fish.
LMB 365 – Day 216
Day 216 of #LMB365 shows a brain organoid, grown by Madeline Lancaster’s group in Cell Biology, seen down a microscope. This one has been injected with a blue dye to visualise the fluid-filled cavities that are similar to the ventricles of the brain.
LMB 365 – Day 215
Day 215 of #LMB365 is an image of an embryonic day 12 mouse lung, showing the beginning of the extensive branching morphogenesis that will eventually form the adult mouse lung. The tubes of the forming lung are shown in green, and the surrounding supporting tissue is in magenta. The work was carried out by Katja Roeper in collaboration with Emma Rawlins at the Gurdon Institute.