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
LMB 365 – Day 13
LMB 365 – Day 12
When DNA is damaged this can cause mutation, which drives cancer. Luckily our cells have repair mechanisms that can fix damage to protect the cell. Day 12 of #LMB365 shows towers of plates containing cells being used by KJ Patel’s group in PNAC to study cellular repair processes
Redefining the importance of astrocytes in the brain’s master body clock
Our daily cycle of sleep and wakefulness – our circadian rhythm – is controlled by a central master clock in our brains: the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Previously, Michael Hastings’ group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division had demonstrated that astrocytes were not merely the supporting cells that they had been thought to be, but also had […]
LMB 365 – Day 11
John Sutherland’s group in the PNAC Division is trying to recreate the steps that led to life and took place on Earth 4.5 billion years ago. In day 11 of #LMB365 we see a pair of flasks in which components of potentially primitive genetic materials have been made
LMB 365 – Day 10
Day 10 of #LMB365 is an image taken from the LMB rooftop terrace which has spectacular views over the Cambridge Biomedical Campus @CamBioCampus. On what was a cold and bright day @BediRecolin captured a bright moon as a teeny tiny white ball floating in the sky between the LMB’s chimneys
LMB 365 – Day 9
On day 9 of #LMB365 we have an image by @katjaroeper in Cell Biology @CellBiol_MRCLMB of a Drosophila embryo viewed during the process of dorsal closure. Katja’s group uses Drosophila to understand organ formation and the cell-cell adhesion molecules and nuclei are labelled