A group of 17 children joined postdocs from the LMB and the Department of Biochemistry to review science books, learn more about what it’s really like to be a scientist and try hands-on experiments at the Eddington Postdoc centre in west Cambridge. The event, organised by Juan Rodriguez Molina, a post-doctoral researcher in Lori Passmore’s […]
Children enjoy an afternoon of discussing science books and hands-on experiments with LMB postdocs
LMB researchers are taking part in LifeLab with events around Cambridgeshire on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th September
LMB researchers are helping to transform parts of Cambridgeshire into centres of discovery with hands-on, family-friendly activities in shopping centres, cafes and public spaces. A full programme of events in Cambridge and Peterborough can be found on the LifeLab website. Book now! More…
The structure of retromer: a molecular machine packing cargo at the cell’s logistics hub
Internal transport between different cellular compartments is a complicated process requiring formation of transport carriers, and sorting the right cargo into those carriers, for delivery to the correct part of the cell. Retromer is a protein complex that forms transport carriers departing from the cell’s central sorting station, the endosome. The architecture of the complex […]
Fabrice Gorrec has been shortlisted for the Researcher of the Year category at the Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards 2018
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…
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…