Announcement for a lecture by Clemens Plaschka from Vienna's Research Institute of Molecular Pathology on mRNA packaging and export, scheduled for Monday 27th April at 11am BST.

Don’t miss next week’s #LMBSeminar from Clemens Plaschka (@plaschkalab.bsky.social), Senior Group Leader at IMP, Vienna.
Beginning at 11am (BST) on Monday 27 April, Clemens will join us to discuss ‘Mechanisms of mRNA packaging and export’
Visit our website for more info: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...

Announcement for a three-year Rising Talent Fellowship for Black heritage postdoctoral scientists at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

The LMB Rising Talent Fellowship is open for new applicants!

Aimed at Black heritage scientists, the Fellowship offers a 3-year postdoctoral position beginning Oct-Dec 2026.

Visit our website for more info: mrclmb.ac.uk/careers-and-...

Please circulate this post to anyone who might be interested!

Trinity trio's biotech start-up secures £65 million to progress drug development A Cambridge biotech start-up created by three Trinity members to treat the rare and incurable condition amyloidosis has raised £65 million in investment

Biotech start-up Immutrin is committed to advancing treatment for amyloidosis utilising therapeutic antibodies, technology first developed at the LMB.
Its founders include LMB emeritus scientist Greg Winter and alumnus Daniel Christ.
Read more here: www.trin.cam.ac.uk/news/trinity...
#LMBalumni

Three-year funded postdoctoral fellowship for scientists returning after a 12-month career break, deadline May 17, 2026.

The LMB is proud to launch the Career Returner Fellowship, a three-year, fully funded postdoc placement for scientists who have had a career break of over 1 year.

Applications are open now!

More details: mrclmb.ac.uk/careers-and-...

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Congrats to the @biochemsoc.bsky.social 2027 Award winners, including @helenfoster.bsky.social who has won an Early Career Research Award.
Helen was a PhD student in Andrew Carter’s group in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, and is now a Group Leader at the University of Leeds.
#LMBalumni

Congrats to @biochemsoc.bsky.social 2027 Award winners, including @mjafreeman.bsky.social who has won the Centenary Award.
Matthew began his research group in @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social and later become Head of Division. He is now Head of @dunnschool.bsky.social
#LMBalumni

Winning microscope images

Today is World Microscope Day! 🔬

Every year, we run our Microscopes4Schools competition for Year 5&6 students across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough & Bedfordshire to inspire the next generation of scientists 🧑‍🔬

Read more on our dedicated M4S website: microscopes4schools.co.uk#foogallery-6...

Promotional banner for International Women’s Day talk by Professor Julie Ahringer on April 23, 1-2pm, available in person and online.

Join us from 1pm on Thu 23 Apr for a belated #InternationalWomensDay talk from Julie Ahringer, Director & Group Leader at @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social.
Read more about the event here: engagementhub.ukri.org/mrc-lmb-hr/c...

Composite cryo-E M density map of the yeast K M N junction complex, showing the structure and interactions of K M N junction complex.

Happy to see our paper describing cryo-EM structures of the budding yeast KMN kinetochore complex published in @jcb.org! Our structure reveals how an important hub mediates and regulates assembly of the machine that segregates chromosomes. #cryo-EM @mrclmb.ac.uk

🔗 rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Announcement for a lecture by Clemens Plaschka from Vienna's Research Institute of Molecular Pathology on mRNA packaging and export, scheduled for Monday 27th April at 11am BST.

On 27th April, we’ll be welcoming Clemens Plaschka back to the LMB to present an #LMBSeminar on ‘Mechanisms of mRNA packaging and export’
Clemens, previously an LMB postdoc, is now a Senior Group Leader at IMP, Vienna - @plaschkalab.bsky.social.
Talk details: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...

3D molecular structure of an AMPA receptor showing its complex assembly, with distinct coloured subunits.

Explore how AMPA receptors drive synaptic signalling as a #postdoc in @igreger.bsky.social’s group, combining advanced structural biology (including #cryoEM & #cryoET) with imaging and electrophysiology.
More details: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Apply by 19 APR
#PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs

Scientists engaging with public in microscope-based activities.

Last week, LMB scientists attended Cambridge Festival to showcase the intricate beauty of biology through microscopy 🔬

We shared insights into LMB research on embryo development, connectomics and neurodegeneration with around 330 visitors!

Read more: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...

#LMBNews

Peter Denton CBE - Chair for Cambridge Biomedical Campus Ltd

We’re delighted to announce that Peter Denton CBE will be the new Chair of Cambridge Biomedical Campus Limited.
Peter is the former CEO of Homes England and The Hyde Group and has worked in a broad range of strategic leadership roles, amassing 30 years of pan-European experience.

Cristina Rada holding a coffee mug in a bright office with a computer and bookshelves behind her.

Group of seven posing indoors against a vertical blind backdrop in a relaxed setting.

Cristina Rada and Michael Neuberger collaborating and writing mathematical equations on a whiteboard.

From joining the LMB as a student with César Milstein in 1989, to overseeing over 100 PhD students at any one time as Director of Studies, Cristina Rada has certainly had a varied career at the LMB.

Read her recollections of life at the LMB here: mrclmb.ac.uk/careers-and-...

Congratulations to all the newly elected @aaas.org Fellows, including LMB alumnus Andrew Chisholm!
Andrew completed his PhD in @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social in 1989 and is now a Distinguished Professor in the @ucsandiego.bsky.social School of Biological Sciences.
#LMBAlumni

Job opening for Scientific Computing Officer at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology focussing on HPC and hands-on open-source computing to support research.

Join our Scientific Computing team!
Work with open source HPC systems, support Linux/Mac/PC environments, script smart solutions & help build in house tech. Great for a curious, creative problem solver.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Apply by 19 APR
#ComputingJobs #CambridgeJobs #Hiring

Complex structure of telomerase from yeast against a purple background. Different subunits are represented in different colours. Several chromosomes float around the structure.

This work, in collaboration with Raymund Wellinger’s group, @usherbrooke.bsky.social, & Pascal Chartrand’s group, @umontreal.ca, gives unprecedented insights into the structure & function of telomerase and highlights evolutionary diversity of the complex in eukaryotes.

Led by Investigator Scientist @hongmiaohu.bsky.social, @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social’s group in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division have produced the first ever structure of telomerase from yeast.
Read more here: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...
#LMBResearch #cryoEM 🧪

Announcement for Ruth Lehmann's talk on reconstructing biomolecular condensates for translation, on March 27 at 11am GMT.

Interested in biomolecular condensates?
Don’t miss tomorrow’s #LMBSeminar by Ruth Lehmann, @remlehmann.bsky.social, Director of the @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social, MIT, at 11am (GMT) on Friday 27th March.
More information: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...

Eight individuals wearing matching blue shirts posing in front of a science-themed poster in a room.

A person in a red coat looks through a microscope on a table covered with informational pamphlets while a man stands nearby in a yellow-walled room.

Woman in a navy shirt gesturing while discussing a topic with a person wearing a blue jacket.

Person wearing an LMB (Laboratory of Molecular Biology) t-shirt engaging in conversation at an indoor event with others around.

We had a fantastic time meeting so many people at the @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social Career Fair earlier this month.
Couldn’t make it?
Visit our website to get a taste of life at the LMB and see our current vacancies: mrclmb.ac.uk/careers-and-...

CITIID Research Highlight: Lalita Ramakrishnan See the story

Tuberculosis remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
Lalita Ramakrishnan’s group, @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social & @medcambridge.bsky.social, studies how TB thrives, including what drives its drug tolerance.
Read more: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/GdOa...
#LMBintheNews #WorldTBDay #EndTB

Smiling man stood in a laboratory filled with scientific posters and equipment.

Cramped corridors, working in dark cupboards and the pressure of presenting to the entire LMB.

Harry Low, @lowlab.bsky.social, a PhD student & postdoc in the Structural Studies Division from 2002 until 2008, shares recollections from his time at the LMB: mrclmb.ac.uk/careers-and-...

#LMBAlumni

3D molecular model showing a complex protein structure with blue, green, pink, and gray regions bound to a twisted blue DNA strand.

📣 Fully funded PhD position available!
Join @suyangzhang.bsky.social’s group to uncover how human cells coordinate RNA transcription and splicing. You’ll use biochemical, structural & cellular approaches, including #cryoEM.
Apply by 14th April.
More details: mrclmb.ac.uk/careers-and-...
#PhDposition

Image Analysis in Light-Sheet Microscopy: Big Data Processing, Handling, and Storage YouTube video by Bruker Fluorescence Microscopy

Kate McDole, Group Leader in @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social joins The Light-Sheet Chronicles podcast to talk building light-sheet microscopes, imaging development and why errors always occur in the middle of the night.
Listen here: youtu.be/tAjlZ6by0P8?...
#LMBintheNews

Congratulations to former @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social Group Leader Melina Schuh @schuhlab.bsky.social on receiving the Carus Medal from @leopoldina.org for her research on mammalian egg cell development and formation!
More details: www.leopoldina.org/en/newsroom/...
#LMBAlumni

Portrait of Ruth Lehmann, researcher at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, promoting a talk on reconstructing biomolecular condensates for translation.

Just one week until the next #LMBSeminar!
Join us to hear Ruth Lehmann, Director of @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social, discuss “Reconstructing biomolecular condensates for translation”
Starts 11am (GMT) on Friday 27th March.
More details: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...

Microscopic view of a glowing, irregularly shaped primordial germ cell with long protrusions with purple and green fluorescence against a dark blue background.

How do primordial germ cells (PGCs) migrate across a developing embryo?

#LMBResearch from Katharine Goodwin and Kate McDole (@cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social) uncovers the mechanisms PGCs use in mouse embryos to navigate this long and surprisingly risky journey.

Read more: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology seeks Environmental Sustainability Officer to lead sustainability initiatives across departments.

Exciting opportunity to join the LMB as our new Environmental Sustainability Officer, driving improvements to reduce the environmental impact of our research and meet our ambitious sustainability targets!
Apply by 09 APR
www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/jobs/environ...
#CambridgeJobs #SustainabilityJobs

Cambridge festival advert

Ever wondered what microscopes can reveal? 🔬

Visit us at the Cambridge Festival (@cambridgefestival.bsky.social) to find out more!

📆 21/03
⏰ 11am-4pm
📍Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology

#CamFest

Excellent opportunity for a postdoc to join Harvey McMahon’s group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, using a novel alpha-synuclein aggregation assay to study molecular mechanisms underlying Parkinson’s and other synucleinopathies.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Apply by 05 APR
#PostdocJobs