LMB 1993-1996, Postdoctoral Scientist, Structural Studies LMB alumnus Bill Scott died on 8th October 2025, aged 62. Bill was a postdoc in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division from 1993 to 1996, working with Aaron Klug. During this time, he was awarded the LMB’s postdoctoral prize for outstanding research. Since 1998, he has led a research […]
Bill Scott (1963 – 2025)
25 years of ribosome discoveries
25 years on from publishing the structure of the bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit, alumni, collaborators and friends of Venki Ramakrishnan’s group gathered at the LMB for a two-day symposium.
Microscopes 4 Schools: From Cambridge origins to Birmingham and Manchester
The M4S Competition, developed and launched by LMB, has expanded its reach to Birmingham and Manchester, underscoring the programme’s success in sparking scientific curiosity among primary school students across the UK.
LMB Prizes given to students, postdocs and staff
To mark the end of the annual LMB Symposium, the 2025 Perutz Student Prize, Joan A. Steitz Postdoc Prize and Eileen Southgate Staff Prize were awarded.
A new method to prepare cryo-EM samples avoids protein damage during freezing
Chris Russo’s group in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, eliminate decades-long problem by preventing protein damage at the air–water interface with high-speed droplet vitrification.
Jefferis group publishes largest connectome of a male Drosophila brain to date
Greg Jefferis’s group, as part of an international collaboration including the FlyEM Project Team at HHMI-Janelia, has published the first complete connectome of an entire male Drosophila central nervous system. The connectome, which is not yet peer-reviewed, includes the central brain, optic lobes and the ventral nerve cord. More…