Fabrice Gorrec, from the LMB’s crystallisation facility, is a finalist in the newly introduced Researcher of the Year category at the Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards 2018. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on 1st November. More…
Fabrice Gorrec has been shortlisted for the Researcher of the Year category at the Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards 2018
Joan Argetsinger Steitz wins the 2018 Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
Joan Argetsinger Steitz, a former post-doctoral researcher at the LMB, has been awarded the 2018 Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science for four decades of leadership in biomedical research and in scientific mentorship. More…
Nature reviews Venki Ramakrishnan’s new book
Ribosome reader to Royal Society leader: a biologist’s road to the Nobel – Nature’s review of LMB group leader Venki Ramakrishnan’s account of his career. More…
Structure of Pick’s tau distinct from AD tau
In recent years, support has grown for the idea that the same aggregating protein can fold up into different toxic shapes, giving rise to distinct neurodegenerative diseases. Now, in the August 29 Nature, researchers led by Michel Goedert and Sjors Scheres at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, in collaboration with Bernardino […]
How cells selectively enhance gene expression in response to stress
Cells need to respond quickly when they encounter stress conditions in order to avoid consequences such as cell death. New research from Madan Babu’s group in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division has identified a mechanism by which cells can enhance the expression of stress-response genes by increasing the efficiency of protein synthesis specifically for these […]
Wanda Kukulski awarded the Royal Microscopical Society’s Alan Agar Medal
Wanda Kukulski, group leader in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, has been awarded the Royal Microscopical Society’s Alan Agar Medal for Electron Microscopy for 2019 for her work in the field of Correlative Light-Electron Microscopy. The Royal Microscopical Society launched a series of medals in 2014 to coincide with its 175th anniversary and awards these […]