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...
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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.
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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
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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.
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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-...

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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/...
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Congratulations to #LMBAlumni @leokiss.bsky.social who is starting his own research group at the University of Duisburg-Essen!
We can’t wait to hear all your ubiquitin discoveries - Best of luck Leo!

Smiling headshot of Matti Pronker

Congratulations to former LMB postdoc @mfpronker.bsky.social, who is launching his own independent research group at Sanquin Research where he'll use protein engineering and structural biology techniques to study important blood protein complexes.
Best of luck to you Matti!
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Start the Week - Biology, technology and the future - BBC Sounds Adam Rutherford asks what it might mean if we can build human bodies and minds.

To mark the upcoming publication of his book ‘On the Future of Species’ former LMB PhD student & postdoc @adrianwoolfson.bsky.social appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Start The Week to discuss how a new era of synthetic biology could transform life as we know it.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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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!
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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.

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-...

Black and white photo of James Watson

James (Jim) Watson, LMB Nobel laureate, co-discoverer with Francis Crick of the structure of DNA, has died at the age of 97.
www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/james-watson...
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Linnean Society Fellowship for Caius academic Dr Arun Prasad Pandurangan, a Gonville & Caius College Teaching Associate, has been elected as a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. The election recognises his significant contributions to struc...

Congratulations to #LMBAlumni Arun Prasad Pandurangan who has been elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London in recognition of his work in structural bioinformatics and protein evolution and function!
Read more: www.cai.cam.ac.uk/news/linnean...

In Memoriam: William Scott The longtime professor of chemistry and biochemistry is remembered by family, friends, and colleagues for his immense intellect, generosity, and contributions to advance scientific research

The LMB was saddened to hear of the death of #LMBAlumni Bill Scott, who was a postdoc at the LMB working with Aaron Klug from 1993-1996. During this time he won the LMB’s postdoctoral prize for outstanding research.
Read more about Bill from @ucsantacruz.bsky.social: news.ucsc.edu/2025/10/in-m...

Huge congratulations to Katerina Naydenova and Andrija Sente who are both starting their own independent research groups at @imprs-lm.bsky.social in @mpi-dortmund.bsky.social.
Best of luck to the both of you! 🎉 👏
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Juan B. Rodriguez Molina

Congrats to #LMBAlumni Juan B. Rodriguez Molina, former Investigator Scientist in the LMB's Structural Studies Division, newly appointed Assistant Professor in the Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
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Melina Schuh honored with Science Breakthrough 2025 Melina Schuh is honored by the Falling Walls Foundation with the 2025 Science Breakthrough of the Year award in the Life Sciences category for filming ovulation for the first time.

Congratulations to former @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social Group Leader Melina Schuh (@schuhlab.bsky.social at @mpi-nat.bsky.social) who has been awarded the Science Breakthrough 2025 Prize from the Falling Walls Foundation!
Read about her work here: www.mpinat.mpg.de/5118437/pr_2...
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The @jem.org spoke to #LMBAlumni Sarah Teichmann about expanding beyond academic science in your career, dealing with uncertainty in the workplace, and being able to carve out time for yourself despite having multiple demands on your time.

Read more: rupress.org/jem/article/...

Congrats to #LMBAlumni Richard Sever on receiving the
@royalsociety.org Research Culture Award 2025 together with John R. Inglis‬

Sarah Burge and Jillian Barlow

We were thrilled to welcome #LMBAlumni Sarah Burge, Jillian Barlow (pictured) and Claudia Ferreria to share their career stories and advice at CamAWiSE’s ‘What Next for your Career?’ event.

Read more about the paths they have taken here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/exploring-wh...

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Mike Davey and Gisela Otten join Board of Directors | Cambridge United F.C.

Gisela Otten has joined the Board of Directors and will Chair the Board of the Women’s team at Cambridge United Football Club. Gisela joined @felixrandow.bsky.social's group at the LMB in 2017 and spent 6 years playing for Cambridge United Women. #LMBAlumni
www.cambridgeunited.com/news/mike-da...

Congratulations to #LMBAlumni Matt Higgins (@parasitematt.bsky.social) and Clemens Plaschka on their election to @embo.org 🎉

What next for your career? LMB-CamAWiSE Event 11:30-12:30 Wednesday 16th July Speakers: Claudia Ferreria, Portfolio Manager – Digital, Vision and System, CMR Surgical Jillian Barlow, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of York & Director of GenerationResearch Sarah Burge, Director of Clinical Integration, Cancer Research UK Register in advance to watch online

Are you wondering what the next step in your career is?

Join us on Wednesday 16th July to hear from three inspirational #LMBAlumni who have gone on to pursue diverse career paths: Claudia Ferreria, Jillian Barlow & Sarah Burge.

See our website for more info: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

LMB alumni include Postdoc Scientist Tony Kouzarides (1982-1983, 1984-1986) who became Director of Milner Therapeutics Institute & Prof. of Cancer Biology at Cambridge. #LMBAlumni https://fefd.link/npLzY

Congratulations to former LMB PhD student & postdoc Matt Higgins (@parasitematt.bsky.social) and former LMB Group Leader Jernej Ule (@ulelab.bsky.social) who have been elected Fellows of @acmedsci.bsky.social!
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Leo James, Greg Jefferis and Marta Zlatic

Congratulations to LMB Group Leaders Leo James, Greg Jefferis & Marta Zlatic who have been elected Fellows of the @royalsociety.org!

Congratulations also to the #LMBAlumni joining them: John Briggs, Graham Hatfull & Baljit Khakh.

Read more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/leo-james-gr...

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Congrats to #LMBAlumni Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, Iva Greenwald & Gary Struhl on receiving the 2025 Canada Gairdner International Award! Their groundbreaking work on Notch signalling, with key contributions from their time at the LMB, has had a lasting impact on developmental biology research.

Cracking the Code of Protein Degradation:
Led by #LMBalumni @leokiss.bsky.social, the Schulman Lab @mpibiochem.bsky.social in collaboration with Leo James's group at the LMB has developed new 🧪 science tech #UbiREAD to decipher the ubiquitin protein degradation code within cells.

Chris Johnson, wearing a blue shirt, stands by a large table of technical, biophysics equipment.

Earlier this year, Chris Johnson retired after 30+ years at the MRC, including supporting LMB research as the Head of the Biophysics Facility.
Before he retired, he shared reflections on his varied career and how science and his role evolved:
www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/about-lmb/lm...
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Lara Krüger, stood in the LMB atrium, smiling.

Congratulations to @lara-kruger.bsky.social, postdoc in @deriverylab.bsky.social in @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, who is leaving the LMB to establish her own research group at @institutcurie.bsky.social in Paris!
Best of luck to you Lara!
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