“LMB researcher Andy Holding tells us what it’s like to work at such an historic institution as it prepares to move to a new home.” More…
The LMB at 50
Portrait of Jason Chin
“Film profile of Jason Chin made by the European Patent Office” More…
David Komander awarded 2012 Lister Prize
David Komander, of LMB’s Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry division, is a recipient of the 2012 Lister Prize. This prestigious award is given annually by The Lister Institute to three young researchers in the UK, to support quality research in the biomedical or related biological sciences. The research in David’s group focuses on a versatile […]
Short evolutionary path from DNA to RNA polymerases revealed
New research, led by Philipp Holliger’s group in the LMB’s PNAC Division, has shed new light on the mechanism by which DNA polymerases – the enzymes responsible for replicating genomes in all animals, fungi and bacteria – are able to ensure faithful DNA replication while actively excluding damaged and/or non-cognate nucleotides from the genome. As […]
John Sutherland co-wins the Origin of Life Challenge
John Sutherland, from the LMB’s Protein & Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division, has won the Origin of Life Challenge. John shares this prize of $50,000 with his former colleague, the chemist Matthew Powner, from University College London. They also receive a $150,000 one-year grant to pursue their research in this field. The Origin of Life Challenge […]
Enamine, MRC LMB and IOCB announce collaboration to identify novel rhomboid protease inhibitors
“Enamine Ltd, a leading provider of screening compounds, chemical building blocks and discovery services, today announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC LMB), Cambridge, UK, and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (IOCB), Prague, […]