Day 147 of #LMB365 shows some aluminium and copper swarf created by the Technical Instrumentation Workshop. Swarf is the technical term for the metal removed during the machining process and is generally small chips or spirals that can be extremely sharp. The swarf is kept separate (copper, brass, aluminium, stainless steel etc) making it easier to recycle.
LMB 365 – Day 147
LMB 365 – Day 146
Day 146 of #LMB365 is a photo taken in the middle of the night while using one of the £4million Titan Krios microscopes to determine the structure of protein complexes. Often the days get fairly long, including setting the microscopes up, but the rewards can be amazing. See more about the use of cryo-EM on our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/BtuAz12zXBs
LMB 365 – Day 145
On day 145 of #LMB365, a detailed close-up of the 1960s vertical wire model of haemoglobin. This ‘working’ model was made for Max Perutz and its vertical wires and graph-paper-like baseboard allowed precise coordinate measurements to be made for comparison with the electron density map from X-ray crystallography. This means that it was not just a model for display but an important research tool.
LMB 365 – Day 144
As the sun comes out on day 144 of LMB365 Andrew McKenzie and members of his group in the LMB’s PNAC Division take advantage of the LMB’s garden to discuss recent findings.
Rising star Benjamin Falcon explores role of tau in dementia
Benjamin Falcon, a postdoc in Michel Goedert’s group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, talks to the Cambridge Independent about his work on the structures of tau filaments in different types of dementia after winning the Alzheimer’s Research UK Rising Star Award for his work in this area. More…
LMB 365 – Day 143
On day 143 of #LMB365, we celebrate the 6th anniversary of the official opening of the current LMB building. HM The Queen, accompanied by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, is seen walking through the LMB Atrium, escorted by the then LMB Director Hugh Pelham.