While fully sequenced genomes are available for many important experimental organisms, a major challenge has been to identify the functions of the genes identified. A method for phenotyping that is both high-throughput, so all an organism’s genes can be phenotyped, and high-content, so inferences about gene function can be made with precision, has been required. […]
Identifying behavioural functions for genes has produced a key resource for neuroscience research
The smell of food ‘wakes up’ the zebrafish visual system
New research from Leon Lagnado’s group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division shows how food-related smells ‘re-tune’ zebrafish vision by making the retina more sensitive to moving objects, such as the prey that zebrafish eat. The way the brain processes information from one sense depends on the activity of other senses. For instance, we all know […]
Virus Wars – thousands visit LMB stand at the Royal Society
Scientists from Leo James’ group, from the LMB’s PNAC Division, showed their new ‘Virus Wars’ exhibit at this year’s Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition – to help celebrate the MRC’s centenary and showcase the group’s work on virus neutralisation. As lead scientist Will McEwan explains, “We designed our ‘Virus Wars – Antibodies Fight Back’ exhibit […]
FORMA therapeutics and Cancer Research Technology to discover cancer drugs targeting deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs)
LMB’s David Komander is part of collaborative consortium including FORMA Therapeutics and Cancer Research Technology, aiming to discover cancer drugs targeting deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs). More…
What’s in a workspace? Brad Amos and his basement
Professor Brad Amos has spent much of his career designing and developing microscopes that are now used in laboratories around the world… He showed Sarah Harrop around the basement room he has worked in at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) for the last three decades… More…
Take part in real research with ‘WormWatch Lab’
Anyone with an interest in science can take part in an egg-themed online video game, organised to help advance the LMB’s research into the circuitry of the brain. The ‘WormWatch Lab’ project involves watching footage of nematode worms and spotting every time they lay an egg. The project, which is sponsored by the MRC to […]