Madeline Lancaster has been awarded the ISSCR Dr Susan Lim Award for Outstanding Young Investigator for 2021 for her work in stem cell research.
Madeline Lancaster awarded the 2021 ISSCR Dr Susan Lim Award
How the fate of immune cell precursors is decided
Type 2 ILCs (ILC2s) play an important role in dealing with parasites and are implicated in allergy. Andrew McKenzie’s group has discovered that the transcription factor RORα acts as a checkpoint controlling divergence between T cell and ILC2 development.
A new 2D protein material for studying receptor endocytosis
Emmanuel Derivery’s group, in collaboration with David Baker’s group in Seattle, have, for the first time, re-engineered two proteins so that they assemble into a 2D material and used this design to investigate a fundamental process of cell biology, receptor endocytosis.
Lights, Crafts and Charity: Christmas at the LMB
The generosity of the people at the LMB has shone through this year with a number of recent charity events, culminating in the traditional Christmas charity raffle. The combined efforts of staff raised over £1,500 for various charities.
The many strange long-term symptoms of Covid-19, explained
Article looking at the varied long-term effects of Covid-19 and the clues that latest research offers into what might be causing all the symptoms – including Madeline Lancaster lab’s study showing that SARS-CoV-2 can damage cells in the brain’s choroid plexus. More…
Alexander Bates wins the 2020 British Neuroscience Association Postgraduate Award
Alex Bates, who recently completed his PhD in Greg Jefferis’ group in the Neurobiology Division, was awarded the BNA Postgraduate prize for his work on connectomics in Drosophila melanogaster; developing tools to deal with large amounts of neuroanatomy data and providing insights into how flies integrate inputs from multiple different senses. More…