This image for day 72 of #LMB365 shows the body wall muscle structure of the worm C. elegans using an F-actin dye. Soudi Imanikia in Rebecca Taylor’s group in the Neurobiology Division studies age-related muscular degeneration as part of their studies on neurodegeneration. Worms are fixed prior to the experiment and F-actin is used to observe the muscle fibres.
LMB 365 – Day 72
LMB 365 – Day 71
Day 71 of #LMB365 shows what happens when you accidentally put a denaturing gel in the freezer rather than the fridge. Denaturing gels are used to separate double stranded DNA into single stranded DNA. KJ Patel’s group in the PNAC Division is studying DNA crosslinking agents and the repair of cross-linked DNA. They use the gels to confirm the presence of cross-linked DNA which won’t be able to separate into its individual strands and will consequently run slower through the gel.
LMB 365 – Day 70
On day 70 of #LMB365 we find the LMB PhD students celebrating a night out at a formal hall at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The Graduate Student Association organises several opportunities for socialising like this throughout the term.
LMB 365 – Day 69
Day 69 of #LMB365 brings you the atrium of the LMB on a Sunday. Although all seems quiet, the labs are alive with activity as the progress of science marches on.
LMB 365 – Day 68
As predicted #LMBees are exploring the building and have made it as far as the LMB’s Media Prep Department. As can be see on day 68 of #LMB365, they searched through pre-prepared solutions until they found something sweet. Hopefully they have left some for the scientists…
Lori Passmore: polyA tails and parenthood
On International Women’s Day, the LMB releases the first in a series of group leader profiles written by science writer and LMB Alumna, Kathy Weston. The subject for Kathy’s first profile is Lori Passmore, a group leader in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division. In an age where scientific research is increasingly framed and measured by […]