An article about modern work spaces featuring the LMB: “It is elegantly fit for purpose, and the purpose, says its director, Sir Hugh Pelham, is “doing science rather than fundraising, teaching or administration”…each wing is dedicated to a different branch of molecular biology. The wings have common features. This enables collisions between the small teams […]
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Madeline Lancaster wins the 2015 3Rs Prize for 3D tissue models
Madeline Lancaster from the LMB’s Cell Biology Division has been announced as the joint winner of this year’s 3Rs Prize competition, run by the NC3Rs, and sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). This Prize is awarded to an original research paper published within the last three years that has outstanding scientific or technological potential to replace, reduce […]
Beth Thompson: Data Protection and Medical Research
Former LMB PhD student, Beth Thompson, now works as a Senior Policy Advisor at the Wellcome Trust, focusing on the regulation of research. Beth led Wellcome’s advocacy work on the impact of the EU Data Protection Regulation, and writes about the outcome of that work. More…
Why brains are beautiful
How advances in neuroscience, including LMB’s Madeline Lancaster’s work on ‘mini-brains’, are helping to unlock the secrets of this biological masterpiece and help improve understanding of mental illness. More…
Structural insight offers potential for new anti-malarial treatment
Every year hundreds of millions of people worldwide are affected by Malaria and nearly half a million die from the disease. More than two thirds of those dying are children under five. The disease is caused by parasites passed to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes, with Plasmodium falciparum being the parasite responsible for […]
2016 Francis Crick Lecture to be given by Adrian Bird
Adrian Bird will give the 2016 Francis Crick Lecture on Tuesday 16th February 2016 at 11.30am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre at the LMB. The lecture, entitled “DNA Sequence and the Epigenome Entwined” is open to anyone in the local area who is interested in attending. Adrian is Buchanan Professor of Genetics at the […]