Excellent #postdoc opportunity available in @sjorsscheres.bsky.social’ group, working on new image processing algorithms for #cryoEM structure determination in their #RELION open-source software. www.nature.com/naturecareer... Apply by 25 NOV #PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs

Our lab @mrclmb.bsky.social in Cambridge is seeking a passionate PhD student to explore transcription-coupled splicing! Join our team for an exciting project to understand human gene regulation 🧬 Feel free to get in touch directly #PhD #cryoEM #biochemistry www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...

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Considering a PhD in molecular biology? Make sure to check out the projects on offer at the LMB! www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int... General applications by 2nd DEC. US Gates Scholarship applications by 15th OCT. #PhD

Excited that we are only two weeks away for our Next Generation Biophysics Symposium 2025. We have a fantastic line-up of speakers. Registration is closing soon. Come in person or view on-line #Biophysics #SingleMolecule #CryoEM #nmr #proteindynamics

Carol Robinson on Desert Island Discs - have a listen friends: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... An inspirational scientist & friend. An example of combining scientific excellence, courage, hard work and really importantly; kindness. (Yes I’m biased, but it’s true nevertheless) @kavlioxford.bsky.social

Sofia Lövestam's vault structure is now online in Structure @cellpress.bsky.social. 🥳 How beautifully explorative is #cryoEM! We never planned to do this. The vaults just came down with #amyloids from human brain tissue, and Sofia decided to have a closer look. www.cell.com/structure/fu...

We are looking to recruit a tenure track group leader in the field of Chemical/Synthetic Biology (in the broadest sense) to lead a research program within the Division of Protein & Nucleic Acid Chemistry ( www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNW809/r... ) at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB).

Less than two weeks left to apply! Postdoc positions in my lab to study 1. initiation of DNA replication. 2. chromatin replication/epigenetic inheritance. Great for biochemists, biophysicists & structural biologists. Deadline 3 August 2025. crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...

Want to hear from experts about how new and emerging technologies can be harnessed to answer complex biological questions? Don’t mis the 2025 Next Generation Biophysics Symposium on Wednesday 3rd September! Find out more details and register here: www3.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/sites/nextgen/

Highly collaborative efforts that involved 6 lab members and the labs of @yiliangding.bsky.social and @rdaslab.bsky.social. We uncovered a telomerase dimer and its potential role in telomere maintenance.

Great opportunity for a Research Support Officer to join @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, supporting @deriverylab.bsky.social in their studies of the molecular mechanisms behind receptor sorting in endosomes. More info: www.nature.com/naturecareer... Apply by 10 JUL #ScienceJobs

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 We're hiring a Research Assistant – no PhD needed! Join us to explore the molecular mechanisms of receptor sorting in endosomes. Experience in protein expression/purification, cloning & cell culture desired 🧫🔬 Apply now 👉 www.nature.com/naturecareer... #STEMCareers #ResearchJobs

Excited for our program of speakers at Next Generation Biophysics 2025. Come join us as registration is now open either in person or online: www3.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/sites/nextge...

Madhavi Krishnans lab with an absolutely amazing new measurement technique: Measurements of molecular size and shape on a chip | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

How do SMC complexes capture DNA? 🧪 Led by Frank Bürmann, Jan Löwe’s & Mark Dillingham’s groups have identified the directional loading mechanism the bacterial SMC complex MukBEF uses to capture & ingest DNA, & found a phage inhibitor to this pathway. Read more: tinyurl.com/4s8nrrkk #LMBResearch

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Excited to share our latest work, led by the incredible @automnenine.bsky.social (now an Ass. Prof. at Princeton)! We uncover key insights into the retrotransposition mechanisms of LINE-1 ORF2p, the enzyme responsible for writing a significant portion of our genome. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Our latest ‘Cell Scientist to Watch’ interview is with Kelly Nguyen @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social @mrclmb.bsky.social. We learn about Kelly’s career, her advice on collaborative research and her passion for martial arts. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Great position for a postdoc to join @igreger.bsky.social’s group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, using diverse methods to study synaptic AMPA glutamate receptors. Read more about the job here: www.nature.com/naturecareer... Apply by 20 FEB #PostdocJobs #ScienceJobs

The @mrclmb.bsky.social believes in the benefits of a diverse workforce, and is proud of its history in training next-gen scientists. Three-year postdoc fellowships are now available for those who self-identify as being from a (mixed) Black heritage background. www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/recruitment/...

We (Tim Coulson & Syma Khalid) are launching a new science podcast. We will discuss recently published work of world leading scientists in an accessible and non-technical style. Topics will include, AI, search for alien life, latest treatments for diseases, quantum computers, science of football.

The LMB Rising Talent Fellowship for Black heritage scientists is open for applicants! With this 3 year postdoc position we want to enable scientists of Black heritage to learn & grow their experience. To apply and for full details check here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/recruitment/...  Please share!

Congratulations to John Sutherland, Group Leader in the LMB’s PNAC Division, who has received the Award in Early Earth and Life Sciences – Stanley Miller Medal from @nasonline.org for his work investigating the chemical origins of life on Earth. www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/john-sutherl... #LMBNews

Check it out, is finally out!!

‼️Deadline 16th January 2025‼️Applications are open for the 2025 Experience Postgrad Life Sciences programme. Paid 8-week summer internships aimed to enhance diversity among life scientists of the future!! @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social www.exppg.lifesci.cam.ac.uk

I have received a Wellcome Discovery Award to study the initiation of eukaryotic DNA replication, with 8 years of funding at the Francis Crick Institute. Looking for a postdoc in molecular mechanisms, cryo-EM, cryo-FIB and in situ structure? Contact me now! 3 postdoc positions advertised soon.

If you missed this year's Next Generation Biophysics Symposium 2024 follow the link below to catch up on the talks.

Our article "MCM double hexamer loading visualized with human proteins" published in Nature today! ❄️🔬🧬🎉🥳 Great collaboration with John Diffley's lab. Congratulations to Florian Weissmann, Julia Greiwe and all other authors! rdcu.be/d1F7m

Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon’s @brfalcon.bsky.social group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, with Karen Duff's group at the UK DRI, have discovered that tau filaments are tethered to the membranes of extracellular vesicles in #Alzheimers Read more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/cryo-et-reve... #LMBResearch

I am excited to share this animation of the budding yeast inner kinetochore. Created for David Barford's lab @mrclmb.bsky.social This DNA-binding protein complex acts as an anchor for the spindles that pull chromosomes apart during mitosis. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #blender #animation #b3d

Lots of exciting PhD projects, including from my lab on how to make tubular organs, either in Drosophila or human renal organoids in culture! Apply!

Yay, our institute is here now too!

Here’s my spreadsheet of starter packs (>80!) related to broadly ‘mechanistic biology’ plus some intriguing extras Complete with collective nouns I’ve been tracking these but now can’t keep up Hope it’s helpful 2/2 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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As my lab's first post on Bluesky. If you are a UK Structural Biologist please come to our one day meeting on Friday 6th December Lots of talk slots to be selected from abstracts. Deadline for abstracts is TOMORROW: Friday 15th Nov. bit.ly/4fDEqfZ

Two quanta of biophysicists and allies - (looks quite cell biological to me!) By @ijayas.bsky.social bsky.app/starter-pack... bsky.app/starter-pack...

New work from the lab! James Stowell led this project showing the importance of multivalency and phospho-regulation in mRNA decay. This has many parallels with other mechanisms in gene expression. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Registration is now open for #NGBS2024 #Biophysics @MRC_LMB, for more info visit www3.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/sites/nextge... and register here: www3.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/sites/nextgen/

Excited to announce.....

The Introduction to Biophysical Techniques Lecture Series is back for 2024! We’ve heard 6 great talks already and there are lots more to come. Catch up on the LMB YouTube channel here: youtube.com/playlist?lis... #biophysics

New at @MRC_LMB: the Rising Star Fellowship, which funds 3yr-postdoc for scientists who self-identify as from a (mixed) Black heritage background and who are UK domiciled or have studied in the UK. #BlackInSTEM www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/recruitment/...

Fantastic new work from the Barford Lab and Chris Batters @lmbbiophysics .bsky.social Facility. Using optical tweezers, he measured the force required to break the interaction between the kinetochore and the microtubules. Read more below.. www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/molecular-me...

If you missed hearing @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social Tabitha goldstaub and me talking about Why we need more #womeninSTEM and beyond, you can catch up with the recording here www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/events/why-w...

If you missed our 2023 Next Generation Biophysics Symposium at the MRC LMB, some of the talks are now online: #Biophysics #2023NGBS www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...