Day 18 of #LMB365 shows pronuclear injection of a transgenic DNA solution into a fertilised mouse egg. The egg is held in place on a pulled glass pipette by suction. The new transgenic mouse strains are used to study human diseases and potentially identify targets for treatments
LMB 365 – Day 18
LMB 365 – Day 17
Day 17 of #LMB365 is the sculpture ‘What Mad Pursuit’ by Kindra Crick @K_Crick, the granddaughter of Francis Crick. It depicts the DNA double helix for which the 1962 Nobel Prize @NobelPrize was awarded. It includes blackboard drawings Francis used to help solve scientific ideas
LMB 365 – Day 16
On day 16 of #LMB365 Laura Pellegrini @laupellegrini from Madeline Lancaster’s group @MinibrainLab in Cell Biology @CellBiol_MRCLMB has made a collage of human cerebral organoid ventricular buds. The ventricular buds are used to study the development of human cerebral cortex
LMB 365 – Day 15
Day 15 of #LMB365 is a very satisfying photo from Andrew Carter’s group @Carter_Lab in Structural Studies. In order to achieve this the tubes have been spun at very high speeds resulting in a beautiful pattern of the inner contents of cells layered on top of each other
LMB 365 – Day 14
Day 14 of #LMB365 is a reflection of the LMB in the facade of the new headquarters for @AstraZeneca. We have been watching the building over the past few years and look forward to welcoming them to the expanded Cambridge Biomedical Campus @CamBioCampus in the near future
LMB 365 – Day 13
Day 13 of #LMB365 celebrates LMB Nobel Laureate @NobelPrize Sydney Brenner. Born on this day in 1927 in South Africa, he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2002 for discoveries concerning the genetic regulation of organ development in C. elegans