MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

One of the world's leading research institutes, our scientists are working to advance understanding of biological processes at the molecular level - providing the knowledge needed to solve key problems in human health.

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Projects

Applications for 2023 are open now.

Argentinian nationals interested in the Cesar Milstein Studentship please see here. Deadline 1st March 2023.

Matteo Allegretti

The macromolecular basis of nuclear reshaping in humans

David Barford

Cryo-EM study of the human kinetochore

Buzz Baum

The origins of endosymbiosis

Anne Bertolotti

Surviving protein quality control failure

Tanmay Bharat

Towards an Atomic Snapshot of a Cell

Andrew Carter

Viral transport by the dynein/dynactin motor

Jason Chin

Novel Systems Biology

Michel Goedert

Cryo-EM studies of amyloids

Ingo Greger

AMPA receptor structure and function

Ramanujan Hegde

Protein maturation, quality control, and disease

Philipp Holliger

Replicating RNA with RNA

Leo James

Viral infection and host immunity

Gregory Jefferis

Neural Circuits for Sex and Memory in the Fly

Madeline Lancaster

Using organoids to find out what sets apart the human brain

Jan Löwe

Prokaryotic Cell Division

Andrew McKenzie

Immune regulation of health and disease

Sean Munro

The Golgi in neurons

Lori Passmore

Mechanisms of the mRNA poly(A) tail machinery

Felix Randow

LPS ubiquitylation and cell-autonomous immunity

Christopher Russo

Physics of ion interaction with cryoEM specimens

Julian Sale

Mechanisms of DNA repeat instability

William Schafer

Wireless neural connectomes

Sjors Scheres

Cryo-EM studies of amyloids in neurodegeneration

Chris Tate

Cryo-EM structures of GPCRs from pathogenic fungi

Marco Tripodi

Transforming thoughts into actions

Ana Tufegdžić Vidaković

Mechanisms of Transcription-coupled DNA repair

Joseph Yeeles

Reconstituting human chromosome replication

Suyang Zhang

Mechanism of transcription-coupled splicing

Marta Zlatic

Circuit basis of learning and action-selection

The LMB exceptionally considers applications for research-only MPhil students provided they obtain their own competitive funding and have the support of a group leader in the Laboratory. For information contact enquiries.