MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
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The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology aims to understand biological processes at the molecular level to help tackle human health problems and disease.
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Fresh design, better navigation, same first-class science.
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Fresh design, better navigation, same first-class science.
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Congratulations to Tom Dendooven, former postdoc in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, who has launched his own research group at @viblifesciences.bsky.social
His group will study the molecular basis of male infertility using electron cryotomography.
Best of luck to you Tom!
#LMBAlumni 🎉
His group will study the molecular basis of male infertility using electron cryotomography.
Best of luck to you Tom!
#LMBAlumni 🎉
January 21, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Congratulations to Tom Dendooven, former postdoc in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, who has launched his own research group at @viblifesciences.bsky.social
His group will study the molecular basis of male infertility using electron cryotomography.
Best of luck to you Tom!
#LMBAlumni 🎉
His group will study the molecular basis of male infertility using electron cryotomography.
Best of luck to you Tom!
#LMBAlumni 🎉
Don’t miss next week’s #LMBSeminar by Paul Nurse: New Perspectives on CDKs and Cell Cycle Control.
Monday 26th January, 11am (GMT)
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Monday 26th January, 11am (GMT)
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January 20, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Don’t miss next week’s #LMBSeminar by Paul Nurse: New Perspectives on CDKs and Cell Cycle Control.
Monday 26th January, 11am (GMT)
Visit our website to find more details: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...
Monday 26th January, 11am (GMT)
Visit our website to find more details: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...
🌐Our new LMB website is live!🌐
Fresh design, better navigation, same first-class science.
Take a look around ➡️ mrclmb.ac.uk
Fresh design, better navigation, same first-class science.
Take a look around ➡️ mrclmb.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 5:25 PM
🌐Our new LMB website is live!🌐
Fresh design, better navigation, same first-class science.
Take a look around ➡️ mrclmb.ac.uk
Fresh design, better navigation, same first-class science.
Take a look around ➡️ mrclmb.ac.uk
Want to learn more about nuclear pore transport and its implications for new therapeutics?
Don’t miss the 2026 Max Perutz Lecture by Dirk Görlich at 11am on Monday 19th January.
More details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Don’t miss the 2026 Max Perutz Lecture by Dirk Görlich at 11am on Monday 19th January.
More details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
January 16, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Want to learn more about nuclear pore transport and its implications for new therapeutics?
Don’t miss the 2026 Max Perutz Lecture by Dirk Görlich at 11am on Monday 19th January.
More details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Don’t miss the 2026 Max Perutz Lecture by Dirk Görlich at 11am on Monday 19th January.
More details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Join Paul Nurse from the Francis Crick Institute at the LMB on Monday 26th January at 11am (GMT) for a #LMBSeminar on ‘New Perspectives on CDKs and Cell Cycle Control’
Visit our website for more details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Visit our website for more details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
January 14, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Join Paul Nurse from the Francis Crick Institute at the LMB on Monday 26th January at 11am (GMT) for a #LMBSeminar on ‘New Perspectives on CDKs and Cell Cycle Control’
Visit our website for more details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Visit our website for more details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Dirk Görlich will give the 2026 Max Perutz Lecture at 11am (GMT) on 19th January.
Read more about his research and upcoming lecture ‘Transport through nuclear pores’ here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/2026-max-per...
#LMBNews #LMBSeminar
Read more about his research and upcoming lecture ‘Transport through nuclear pores’ here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/2026-max-per...
#LMBNews #LMBSeminar
January 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Dirk Görlich will give the 2026 Max Perutz Lecture at 11am (GMT) on 19th January.
Read more about his research and upcoming lecture ‘Transport through nuclear pores’ here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/2026-max-per...
#LMBNews #LMBSeminar
Read more about his research and upcoming lecture ‘Transport through nuclear pores’ here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/2026-max-per...
#LMBNews #LMBSeminar
@lancasterlab.bsky.social, Joint Head of the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, dives into the world of brain organoids with @latif.bsky.social at @radiolab.bsky.social 🧠
Listen via the link: radiolab.org/podcast/brai...
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Brain Balls
Scientists can now grow tiny, human brain balls. They’re useful, but are they alive?
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January 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
@lancasterlab.bsky.social, Joint Head of the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, dives into the world of brain organoids with @latif.bsky.social at @radiolab.bsky.social 🧠
Listen via the link: radiolab.org/podcast/brai...
#LMBintheNews
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January 9, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Get the latest news and events straight to your phone via our WhatsApp channel!
For those who are not desk-based or may have very busy inboxes, we have launched a WhatsApp channel to enable people to receive the latest news and events directly to their phones: whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
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Revealing the hidden switch behind aggressive cancers.
ADGRL4 in its active state by David Favara in Chris Tate’s group, reveals how a G-protein couples & highlights activation method, paving the way for new cancer therapies.
Read more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/revealing-th...
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ADGRL4 in its active state by David Favara in Chris Tate’s group, reveals how a G-protein couples & highlights activation method, paving the way for new cancer therapies.
Read more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/revealing-th...
#LMBResearch #CryoEM
January 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Revealing the hidden switch behind aggressive cancers.
ADGRL4 in its active state by David Favara in Chris Tate’s group, reveals how a G-protein couples & highlights activation method, paving the way for new cancer therapies.
Read more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/revealing-th...
#LMBResearch #CryoEM
ADGRL4 in its active state by David Favara in Chris Tate’s group, reveals how a G-protein couples & highlights activation method, paving the way for new cancer therapies.
Read more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/revealing-th...
#LMBResearch #CryoEM
We’re kicking off 2026 with a bang!
Join us to hear Dirk Görlich from the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences deliver the 2026 Max Perutz Lecture at 11am (GMT) on Monday 19th January.
Visit our website to learn more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Join us to hear Dirk Görlich from the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences deliver the 2026 Max Perutz Lecture at 11am (GMT) on Monday 19th January.
Visit our website to learn more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
January 5, 2026 at 11:35 AM
We’re kicking off 2026 with a bang!
Join us to hear Dirk Görlich from the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences deliver the 2026 Max Perutz Lecture at 11am (GMT) on Monday 19th January.
Visit our website to learn more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Join us to hear Dirk Görlich from the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences deliver the 2026 Max Perutz Lecture at 11am (GMT) on Monday 19th January.
Visit our website to learn more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Are you an enthusiastic and ambitious scientist looking for a challenging project?
Come and join @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social’s group as a Research Support Officer and help decipher the molecular mechanisms of telomere maintenance!
Apply by 11 JAN
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU715/r...
Come and join @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social’s group as a Research Support Officer and help decipher the molecular mechanisms of telomere maintenance!
Apply by 11 JAN
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU715/r...
December 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Are you an enthusiastic and ambitious scientist looking for a challenging project?
Come and join @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social’s group as a Research Support Officer and help decipher the molecular mechanisms of telomere maintenance!
Apply by 11 JAN
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU715/r...
Come and join @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social’s group as a Research Support Officer and help decipher the molecular mechanisms of telomere maintenance!
Apply by 11 JAN
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU715/r...
Join our Estates & Facilities team at the LMB in Cambridge!
We’re looking for a full-time Maintenance Engineer (electrical or mechanical focus) to help keep our world-class research facilities running smoothly.
More info: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS553/m...
Apply by 14 JAN
We’re looking for a full-time Maintenance Engineer (electrical or mechanical focus) to help keep our world-class research facilities running smoothly.
More info: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS553/m...
Apply by 14 JAN
December 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Join our Estates & Facilities team at the LMB in Cambridge!
We’re looking for a full-time Maintenance Engineer (electrical or mechanical focus) to help keep our world-class research facilities running smoothly.
More info: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS553/m...
Apply by 14 JAN
We’re looking for a full-time Maintenance Engineer (electrical or mechanical focus) to help keep our world-class research facilities running smoothly.
More info: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPS553/m...
Apply by 14 JAN
Just over a year ago, the LMB was thrilled to appoint Neil Sands as the new Stores Manager, overseeing the inspection, receipting, handling, storage and distribution of all deliveries into the LMB.
Read more about Neil and the team here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/neil-sands-s...
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Read more about Neil and the team here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/neil-sands-s...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Just over a year ago, the LMB was thrilled to appoint Neil Sands as the new Stores Manager, overseeing the inspection, receipting, handling, storage and distribution of all deliveries into the LMB.
Read more about Neil and the team here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/neil-sands-s...
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Read more about Neil and the team here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/neil-sands-s...
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We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join Marco Tripodi’s group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, where you'll design and develop computational pipelines to acquire and analyse behavioural and neurophysiological data.
More details: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 04 JAN #PostdocJobs
More details: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 04 JAN #PostdocJobs
December 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join Marco Tripodi’s group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, where you'll design and develop computational pipelines to acquire and analyse behavioural and neurophysiological data.
More details: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 04 JAN #PostdocJobs
More details: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 04 JAN #PostdocJobs
Excellent opportunity for a #postdoc to join Michel Goedert’s group, investigating the mechanisms which cause the formation of amyloid filaments in neurodegenerative diseases, in collaboration with @sjorsscheres.bsky.social’s group.
More details: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 04 JAN
More details: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 04 JAN
December 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Excellent opportunity for a #postdoc to join Michel Goedert’s group, investigating the mechanisms which cause the formation of amyloid filaments in neurodegenerative diseases, in collaboration with @sjorsscheres.bsky.social’s group.
More details: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 04 JAN
More details: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Closes 04 JAN
In an interview with @timeshighered.bsky.social, @sventruckenbrodt.bsky.social, Group Leader of the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, shares his motivations for moving to the LMB & how Global Talent Funding has helped.
Register to read: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/talent-...
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Talent race ‘wide open’, say US researchers heading to UK
Two of the first beneficiaries of £54 million Global Talent Fund discuss how US funding uncertainties – as well as desire for home comforts – influenced their decision to move
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In an interview with @timeshighered.bsky.social, @sventruckenbrodt.bsky.social, Group Leader of the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, shares his motivations for moving to the LMB & how Global Talent Funding has helped.
Register to read: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/talent-...
#LMBintheNews
Register to read: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/talent-...
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A multidisciplinary study from @igreger.bsky.social’s group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division details the rich diversity of GluA4 AMPA receptors in the cerebellum.
Read more here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/distinct-amp...
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Read more here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/distinct-amp...
#LMBResearch
December 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A multidisciplinary study from @igreger.bsky.social’s group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division details the rich diversity of GluA4 AMPA receptors in the cerebellum.
Read more here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/distinct-amp...
#LMBResearch
Read more here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/distinct-amp...
#LMBResearch
The LMB is home to a wide array of scientific facilities, which offer expert advice and cutting-edge equipment to assist our researchers.
Find out more about what they can do in this series of Molecular Techniques Training Seminars: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Find out more about what they can do in this series of Molecular Techniques Training Seminars: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Molecular Techniques Training Seminars 2025 - YouTube
The recordings are from the LMB's recent series of training seminars 'Biophysical Techniques Course: Solving Probes with Molecular Techniques.' Featuring exp...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The LMB is home to a wide array of scientific facilities, which offer expert advice and cutting-edge equipment to assist our researchers.
Find out more about what they can do in this series of Molecular Techniques Training Seminars: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Find out more about what they can do in this series of Molecular Techniques Training Seminars: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The LMB is proud to be a founding member of the newly launched National Research Organisations (NRO) Group – a new alliance of 35 UK research centres dedicated to #MakingResearchMatter for people, communities & the economy.
Learn more: nrogroup.org
#NROGroup #LMBinthenews
Learn more: nrogroup.org
#NROGroup #LMBinthenews
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The LMB is proud to be a founding member of the newly launched National Research Organisations (NRO) Group – a new alliance of 35 UK research centres dedicated to #MakingResearchMatter for people, communities & the economy.
Learn more: nrogroup.org
#NROGroup #LMBinthenews
Learn more: nrogroup.org
#NROGroup #LMBinthenews
Last week, LMB researchers led by Jason Chin and @juliansalelab.bsky.social published their work detailing the first step towards building human genomes.
Read more about the significance of this work from @rogerhighfield.bsky.social here: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-to-build...
#LMBintheNews
Read more about the significance of this work from @rogerhighfield.bsky.social here: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-to-build...
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How to Build A Synthetic Human Chromosome - Science Museum Blog
Roger Highfield, Science Director, describes the first real stride toward writing human genomes from scratch.
blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Last week, LMB researchers led by Jason Chin and @juliansalelab.bsky.social published their work detailing the first step towards building human genomes.
Read more about the significance of this work from @rogerhighfield.bsky.social here: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-to-build...
#LMBintheNews
Read more about the significance of this work from @rogerhighfield.bsky.social here: blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/how-to-build...
#LMBintheNews
New pipeline to implant human chromosomes into mouse cells and back again signals first step in mammoth undertaking to synthesise the human genome.
Read more about the achievement from LMB’s PNAC Division as part of the SynHG project: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/transplant-o...
#LMBResearch
Read more about the achievement from LMB’s PNAC Division as part of the SynHG project: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/transplant-o...
#LMBResearch
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
New pipeline to implant human chromosomes into mouse cells and back again signals first step in mammoth undertaking to synthesise the human genome.
Read more about the achievement from LMB’s PNAC Division as part of the SynHG project: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/transplant-o...
#LMBResearch
Read more about the achievement from LMB’s PNAC Division as part of the SynHG project: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/transplant-o...
#LMBResearch
Can we build a human?
Madeline Lancaster joined Brian Cox & a panel of experts for the @crick.ac.uk & BBC Studios podcast A Question of Science, to answer this question.
Find the episode here: www.lnk.to/AQOSBioengin...
#LMBintheNews
@cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social @lancasterlab.bsky.social
Madeline Lancaster joined Brian Cox & a panel of experts for the @crick.ac.uk & BBC Studios podcast A Question of Science, to answer this question.
Find the episode here: www.lnk.to/AQOSBioengin...
#LMBintheNews
@cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social @lancasterlab.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Can we build a human?
Madeline Lancaster joined Brian Cox & a panel of experts for the @crick.ac.uk & BBC Studios podcast A Question of Science, to answer this question.
Find the episode here: www.lnk.to/AQOSBioengin...
#LMBintheNews
@cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social @lancasterlab.bsky.social
Madeline Lancaster joined Brian Cox & a panel of experts for the @crick.ac.uk & BBC Studios podcast A Question of Science, to answer this question.
Find the episode here: www.lnk.to/AQOSBioengin...
#LMBintheNews
@cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social @lancasterlab.bsky.social
Congratulations to @anatv.bsky.social, Group Leader in the LMB’s PNAC Division, who has joined @embo.org’s Young Investigator Programme!
Read more about the programme and Ana’s research here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/ana-tufegdzi...
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Read more about the programme and Ana’s research here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/ana-tufegdzi...
#LMBNews
December 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Congratulations to @anatv.bsky.social, Group Leader in the LMB’s PNAC Division, who has joined @embo.org’s Young Investigator Programme!
Read more about the programme and Ana’s research here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/ana-tufegdzi...
#LMBNews
Read more about the programme and Ana’s research here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/ana-tufegdzi...
#LMBNews
We’re looking for an IT Assistant to join the LMB. Responsibilities include preparing new computers for users, installing software and cataloguing computer waste.
Read more about the role here: mrc.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
Apply by 11 DEC
#CambridgeJobs #ITJobs
Read more about the role here: mrc.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
Apply by 11 DEC
#CambridgeJobs #ITJobs
December 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We’re looking for an IT Assistant to join the LMB. Responsibilities include preparing new computers for users, installing software and cataloguing computer waste.
Read more about the role here: mrc.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
Apply by 11 DEC
#CambridgeJobs #ITJobs
Read more about the role here: mrc.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
Apply by 11 DEC
#CambridgeJobs #ITJobs
Congratulations to Tony Hyman, announced as the next Director General of @embl.org!
Having completed his PhD in @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, Tony becomes the second #LMBAlumni to hold the position of EMBL Director General, following EMBL founder John Kendrew.
More: www.embl.org/news/people-...
Having completed his PhD in @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, Tony becomes the second #LMBAlumni to hold the position of EMBL Director General, following EMBL founder John Kendrew.
More: www.embl.org/news/people-...
EMBL Council announces next EMBL Director General | EMBL
EMBL Council has elected the organisation's next Director General, Anthony Hyman, who assumes the role 31 March 2026.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Congratulations to Tony Hyman, announced as the next Director General of @embl.org!
Having completed his PhD in @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, Tony becomes the second #LMBAlumni to hold the position of EMBL Director General, following EMBL founder John Kendrew.
More: www.embl.org/news/people-...
Having completed his PhD in @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, Tony becomes the second #LMBAlumni to hold the position of EMBL Director General, following EMBL founder John Kendrew.
More: www.embl.org/news/people-...