John Jarvis, a former research assistant, who spent nearly 40 years at the LMB working alongside César Milstein, died on Thursday 1st September 2022, aged 80
John Jarvis (1942 – 2022)
Cryo-EM reveals first high-resolution structure of the dynein-dynactin complex bound to microtubules
New structure from Andrew Carter’s group in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division reveals dynein’s interaction with microtubules and how cargo adaptors use conserved sequence motifs to scaffold the motor protein complex
Mammalian clock gene Cryptochrome 1 is crucial to suprachiasmatic nucleus timekeeping
Using translational switching, Michael Hastings’ group has shown that the mammalian clock gene Cryptochrome 1 is a state variable and core phase setting component of the brain’s master clock.
Holger Kramer (1979 – 2022)
Holger Kramer, Head of the LMB’s Mass Spectrometry facility, and a highly interactive, inquisitive and engaged scientist, died on Tuesday 23rd August 2022, aged 43.
The Royal Society awards the Francis Crick Medal and Lecture 2023 to Tiago Branco
Tiago Branco is the 2023 recipient of The Royal Society’s Francis Crick Medal and Lecture in recognition of his research into molecular, cellular and circuit bases of neuronal computation, and his successes in linking these to decision behaviour in animals. This award is given in honour of Francis Crick and was endowed by Sydney Brenner, […]
New analysis approach to identify pathogenesis of Mycobacterium abscessus
Andres Floto’s group in the University of Cambridge’s Molecular Immunity Unit, housed at the LMB, have developed phenogenomic analysis – a combination of phenotyping and whole genome sequencing – as a new approach to reveal insights into bacterial pathobiology.