The third round is now open! I will be hosting a webinar with my colleagues on Monday 27 April at 1pm. To sign up please go to: shorturl.at/Vuwib International applicants are eligible to apply!

Heads up 👋 We have a new email domain. To match the website we launched earlier this year (and our new Bluesky handle 👀) LMB emails are moving to @mrclmb.ac.uk 📧 Though old addresses will continue to work for a period, please update your records to help us with this transition.

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/...

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!

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

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-... Please share this post with anyone who may be interested!

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

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...

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...

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/...

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/...

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

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

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.

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

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

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 🧪

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/...

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-...

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

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

📣 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

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

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/...

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/...

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

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

For our annual alumni newsletter, Sean Munro reflected on his time at the LMB, including how opportunity and curiosity have shaped his group’s research into the Golgi apparatus and his tenure as Head of Division for @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social Watch the interview: youtu.be/xFGb7_RmO9c

Interested in instrument development & optical microscopy? Join @immunoah.bsky.social & @jamesdmanton.bsky.social developing high-throughput light sheet microscopy to image entire tissues & progressing tissue clearing methods www.nature.com/naturecareer... Closes 07 APR #PostdocJobs #neuroimmunology

Researchers @mrclmb.bsky.social found changes in cells that explain why #mammals, including human ancestors, changed from #nocturnal to #diurnal, providing clues on one of the most relevant events in mammalian #evolution. 🔗 www.eara.eu/post/why-did... #AnimalResearch #CircadianClock #circadian

On today’s episode of BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time, @buzzbaum.bsky.social, Group Leader in @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, joined for a discussion on all things archaea. Check it out here (requires BBC login): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #LMBintheNews

We’re delighted to welcome Ruth Lehmann (@remlehmann.bsky.social), Director of @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social as our next #LMBSeminar speaker! Join us at 11am on Friday 27th March to hear all about “Reconstructing biomolecular condensates for translation” More info: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...

@lancasterlab.bsky.social, Joint Head of the LMB’s Cell Biology Division (@cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social), was recognised in the 2026 Suffrage Science Awards for her work on brain organoids 🧠 Congratulations to Madeline and the other 2026 awardees! Read more: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/... #LMBNews

Interested in working at the LMB? Come and chat to us at the @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social Careers Fair this Wednesday 11th March at Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology! More details here: cambridge-biomedical.com/event/cbc-ca...

We’re looking for a creative & enthusiastic postdoc with expertise in cryo-EM or protein biochemistry to join @annebertolotti.bsky.social (LMB Neurobiology Division) and help solve structures of key stress signalling enzymes and develop new inhibitors. www.nature.com/naturecareer... Apply by 22 MAR

Joseph Yeeles (@yeeles-lab.bsky.social) leads a group in the LMB’s PNAC Division studying DNA replication. For our annual alumni newsletter, Joseph shared what inspired his path in science, how his research has evolved and the value of mentoring future scientists. Watch here: youtu.be/3ok-Fqr3HB4

We’re looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join our skilled Estates & Facilities team! You’ll be responsible for electrical or mechanical works to keep the LMB buildings running in optimal condition. Read more here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQQ890/m... Apply by 25 MAR #CambridgeJobs

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!

For the 20th anniversary of the LMB’s graduate student symposium our students are teaming up with EPFL to plan @lmbphdsymposium.bsky.social! 📅 When? 2-3 July 2026 Registration will open shortly and abstracts on your research are welcome! Find out more: www3.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/sites/gsasym...

Last year, the LMB was delighted to welcome Kaz Collins as the new Manager of the Media Prep and Glasswash facility. Read more about the work they do to support LMB researchers here: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/... #LMBNews

The LMB is delighted to welcome Aviv Regev to deliver the 2026 Francis Crick Lecture on Monday 9th March at 11am (GMT). Read all about her talk, ‘From Cell Atlases to Medicines, with AI’ here: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/... #LMBNews #LMBSeminar

New #LMBResearch led by @drbatmo.bsky.social in John O’Neill’s group (@cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social) has identified the molecular switch decides day or night. Click here to read how the mTOR pathway controls when mammals are active and the role it’s played in evolution: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...

Anyone you recognise? Here are some of the brilliant performers we had at our Open Mic Night back in November, which returns in two weeks on 10th March! Book your spot in advance to guarantee your turn on the mic, then get practicing... cambridge-biomedical.com/event/open-m...

Congratulations to @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social, Group Leader in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, who has been named the Life Sciences Laureate at the 2026 Blavatnik Awards in the UK 🎉 Read the full news story here: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/... #LMBNews #Blavatnik2026

Are you a structural biologist pushing the boundaries of molecular science with an ambitious research programme? Join our Structural Studies Division as a tenure-track Group Leader, with core funding, world-leading facilities & enthusiastic colleagues. Apply by 16 MAR www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Don’t miss the 2026 Francis Crick Lecture by Aviv Regev from Genentech! Aviv will be joining us on Monday 9th March to discuss ‘From Cell Atlases to Medicines, with AI’ More details on our website: www2-dev/nairobi/news... #LMBSeminar