The LMB recently welcomed alumni, colleagues, family and friends to the LMB to celebrate the life and work of Aaron Klug, with a symposium in his honour. Aaron, Nobel Laureate, former Director of the LMB and former President of The Royal Society, died on 20th November 2018.
Aaron Klug: A Scientific Retrospective
Blocking action of intestinal immune cell enhances the immune response to colorectal cancer
Andrew McKenzie’s group, in the LMB’s PNAC Division, has found a link between tumour-related expression of the IL25 gene, innate lymphoid cells and reduced survival amongst colorectal cancer patients
LMB extends Blue Sky research collaboration with AstraZeneca
The LMB has agreed to an additional $4 million to be used to facilitate further research partnerships with AstraZeneca, as part of the joint Blue Sky collaboration
Functional human replisome reconstituted for the first time
A new study from Joe Yeeles’ group, in the LMB’s PNAC Division, demonstrates the first reconstitution of a functional human replisome that performs fast and efficient DNA replication.
Proteins required for processing the end of mRNAs identified
Lori Passmore’s group in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division has shown that Mpe1 in yeast and RBBP6 in humans are critical for activating CPF and CPSF respectively, protein complexes vital to cleavage process of mRNA.
Michel Goedert discusses his life and career in research with DZNE
To mark the award of the Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize for his ground-breaking research into the molecular basis of neurodegenerative diseases, DZNE have released a video portrait of Michel Goedert, Group Leader in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division. More…