“Every year I ask some of the attendees of the ScienceOnline conferences to tell me (and my readers) more about themselves, their careers, current projects and their views on the use of the Web in science, science education or science communication. Today my guest is Josh Witten (blog, Twitter) from the Laboratory of Molecular Biology.” […]
ScienceOnline2012 – interview with Josh Witten
‘See your cells!’ at Cambridge Science Festival
On Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th March, LMB scientists, led by Simon Bullock and Isabel Torres, provided fun, hands-on activities at the Cambridge Science Festival encouraging children to learn about cells and microscopy. Children visiting the ‘See Your Cells!’ stand in the Biology Zone donned lab coats and used a microscope to see their own […]
The invention of the microscope
“LMB’s Brad Amos helps explains the importance of the microscope. Also includes some images from LMB.” More…
Link between shape shifting protein and HIV resistance
A group of collaborative researchers, led by Leo James’ group in the LMB’s PNAC Division, have discovered evidence that helps to explain why primates are more resistant to HIV than humans are. Rhesus macaques are protected against HIV by a protein, Rhesus TRIMCyp (RhTC), which targets HIV inside cells thereby preventing infection. However, how RhTC […]
Honour and heirloom for Sarah Teichmann
A jewellery heirloom has been passed to Sarah Teichmann on International Women’s Day to mark her major contribution to science. Sarah, from the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, was nominated by last year’s awardee, Janet Thornton from the European Bioinformatics Institute. Sarah is one of a number of leading life scientists and communicators to be recognised […]
Study identifies new processes that lead to development of novel cell implicated in allergies
“A collaboration between scientists in Trinity College Dublin and the United Kingdom has identified new processes that lead to the development of a novel cell implicated in allergies […] The work was performed by Professor Padraic Fallon, and Dr Andrew McKenzie of the Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Biology in Cambridge…” More…