“It’s going to change the whole dynamic and hopefully eliminate this bottleneck as well as providing this new grid design for the world.” Chris Russo and PhD student, Katerina Naydenova, are interviewed by the Cambridge Independent on their exciting new optimisation method for making cryo-EM grids. More…
Combating the bottleneck in cryo-EM
How DNA damage induces appetite suppression and weight loss
DNA damage caused by formaldehyde is repaired involving CSA and CSB genes. KJ Patel’s lab have shown how, when this pathway is mutated such as in people with Cockayne syndrome, the appetite suppression hormone GDF15 is released leading to severe weight loss.
César Milstein Lecture to be given by Hans Clevers
Hans Clevers from the Hubrecht Institute will deliver the 2021 César Milstein Lecture on how organoids can be used to model human diseases.
Endless forms most beautiful
Established poet, Liz Berry, makes a virtual tour of Buzz Baum’s lab to inspire a new poem, exploring how dreaming lies at the heart of science. More…
Kenneth Holmes 1934 – 2021
Ken Holmes, LMB alumnus and friend, has died at the age of 86. He was a PhD student with Rosalind Franklin at Birkbeck College, London, and moved to the LMB alongside Aaron Klug in 1961. He continued the work of Rosalind and Aaron on the structure of the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and his work […]
Francis Crick Lecture to be given by Michel C. Nussenzweig
Michel C Nussenzweig from Rockefeller University will deliver the 2021 Francis Crick Lecture on human immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination