Much of the communication in cells is dependent on the presence of cell-surface receptors that detect signals in the form of messenger molecules called ligands. One large family of receptors are G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). This family includes a number of important drug targets, so understanding their structure and function are important. Their name derives […]
How tighter ligand binding in drug target cell-surface receptors is achieved
LMB 365 – Day 130
This picture for day 130 of #LMB365 by Thomas Mund shows a confocal image of the GFP-stained cytoskeletal remnants of a HeLa cell, an immortal cell line used in scientific research at the LMB. Sometimes beauty lies beyond what you are originally looking for…
Menna Clatworthy receives an EFIS-IL Lecture Award
Menna Clatworthy, a Group Leader in the University of Cambridge Molecular Immunity Unit based at the LMB, has won a prestigious EFIS-IL (European Federation of Immunological Societies-Immunology Letters) Lecture Award, having been described by the nominating body as “a true clinician scientist of the 21st century – continuously pushing boundaries of biomedical insight at the interface […]
LMB 365 – Day 129
Day 129 of #LMB365 shows Michael Levitt when he joined the scientific staff at the LMB in 1974. Michael was born on this day in 1947, in Pretoria, South Africa. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013 for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems
Felix Randow elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Felix Randow, a group leader in the LMB’s PNAC Division, has been elected into the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences. The Academy represents the diversity of medical science, with Fellows drawn from a range of professions, including laboratory science, clinical academic medicine, medical and nursing care, as well as areas allied to medical […]
LMB 365 – Day 128
Day 128 of #LMB365 shows Bob Horvitz when he joined the LMB as a postdoctoral visitor in 1974. Bob was born on this day in 1947, in Chicago, USA. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for the discoveries concerning the genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death in C. elegans