#ICYMI, @jefferis.bsky.social’s group recently published the first complete connectome of an entire male Drosophila central nervous system with @hhmijanelia.bsky.social and other collaborators. Read more about the work here: www.janelia.org/project-team... #LMBintheNews 🧪🪰

Want to learn more about diverse applications of single molecule fluorescence? Don’t miss this #LMBSeminar from David Klenerman at 11am (GMT) on Monday 3rd November. Visit our website for more details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Join us at @pborostemfest.bsky.social on Oct 18 to test your detective skills in an interactive game, matching what you see under a microscope with different areas of LMB’s science #PSF2025 📍 ARU Peterborough 🕚 11:00 – 16:00 (Quiet time 9.30-11) www.peterboroughstemfestival.co.uk/exhibitors/m...

Join us on Monday 13th October at 11am for an #LMBSeminar from Bonnie Bassler on ‘Quorum sensing across domains: From viruses to bacteria to eukaryotes’ Visit our website for more info: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

John Gurdon, former Group Leader and Head of @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social has died. Despite calling himself a "total non-intellectual” his work to reprogramme somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells transformed the field of developmental biology. More: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/john-gurdon-... #LMBNews

The LMB is delighted to announce Madeline Lancaster as Joint Head of @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social and Julian Sale as Joint Head of the PNAC Division! Read more below. Madeline (@lancasterlab.bsky.social): www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/madeline-lan... Julian: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/julian-sale-... #LMBNews

Providing order amongst constant traffic: #LMBResearch from Sean Munro (@cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social) with John Briggs (@mpibiochem.bsky.social) reveals how GOLPH3 allows COPI vesicles to distinguish between Golgi residents & ER-bound proteins. Read more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/protein-sort...

Don’t miss this upcoming #LMBSeminar from Bonnie Bassler! Join us at 11am on Monday 13th October to hear all about ‘Quorum sensing across domains: From viruses to bacteria to eukaryotes’ More details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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

Congratulations to LMB Group Leader @lapassmore.bsky.social, who has recently been appointed Honorary Professor of the University of Cambridge and received an Honorary Doctorate from Aarhus University in Denmark! www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-lori... #LMBintheNews (1/2)

Excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic #postdoc to join Kate McDole in @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, using interdisciplinary approaches to investigate tissue formation during early organogenesis in mouse embryos. More info: www.nature.com/naturecareer... Closes 20 OCT #ScienceJobs #PostdocJobs

📣📣We're seeking a postdoc to join us at the @mrclmb.bsky.social to investigate neuroimmune interactomes in tumour & viral immunity. If you find fascinating & want to learn about #neuroscience & #immunology, tracing neurons, molecular biology & #flowcytometry, apply! 🧠🫁👀🩸🔬 mrc.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...

We’re looking for TWO full-time Maintenance Engineers to join our Estates and Facilities team to ensure our state-of-the-art facilities continue running smoothly. Find more info here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU025/m... Apply by 20 OCT #CambridgeJobs

Team of the Year for LMB’s Biological Services Group in the Janet Wood Innovation Awards Congratulations! #LMBintheNews www.datesand.com/news_item/jw...

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 researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/1818215

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... #LMBAlumni

Calling all prospective PhD students! Why not consider the LMB for your PhD? Applications are now open! www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int... General deadline: 2nd DEC US Gates Scholarship deadline: 15th OCT

Don’t miss Hiroaki Suga’s #LMBSeminar on Monday 29th September at 11AM. Hiroaki, from the University of Tokyo, will discuss ‘De novo discovery of macrocyclic peptides and pseudo-natural products for therapeutic innovation’ Click here for more info: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

#ICYMI spearheaded by Sofia Lövestam, Michel Goedert & @sjorsscheres.bsky.social's groups have identified a combination of 12 residues in tau’s fuzzy coat which, when mutated, facilitates assembly of amyloid filaments. Read more in AlzForum: www.alzforum.org/news/researc... #LMBintheNews #PAD12

We’re looking for a #postdoc to join Lori Passmore’s group, within a programme aimed at understanding addition of mRNA poly(A) tails More info: www.nature.com/naturecareer... Closes 06 OCT #ScienceJobs #PostdocJobs

🎉 Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🎉 As LMB Group Leaders @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social, @brfalcon.bsky.social & @marta-shahbazi.bsky.social attest, our postdocs are at the heart of our research community and shape everything we do. Thank you postdocs! #PostdocAppreciationWeek #PAW25

TOMORROW – Nenad Ban from ETH Zürich will be joining us to discuss ‘Ribosome Upside Down: Co-translational Protein Biogenesis at the Tunnel Exit’. Don’t miss this fantastic #LMBSeminar, beginning at 11am (BST). More info: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Excellent opportunity to join @sventruckenbrodt.bsky.social's group, designing tools & techniques to acquire & analyse molecular connectomics datasets. Postdoctoral scientist: www.nature.com/naturecareer... Imaging data engineer: www.nature.com/naturecareer... Closes 09 OCT #ScienceJobs #PostdocJobs

LMB welcomes @sventruckenbrodt.bsky.social as a new Group Leader in our Neurobiology Division! Sven will develop molecular brain mapping, harnessing expansion microscopy & molecular biology methods to better understand the neural basis of behaviour. www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/the-lmb-welc... #LMBNews

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/...

Don’t miss next week’s #LMBSeminar by Nenad Ban: Ribosome Upside Down: Co-translational Protein Biogenesis at the Tunnel Exit Visit our website to find more details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

🔬 Over 900 pupils from 22 schools across Cambridge, Peterborough & Bedfordshire took part in this year’s #Microscopes4Schools competition. From insect wings to iridescent feathers, kids used microscopes to explore the hidden beauty of nature: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/microscopes-... #LMBNews

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

Interested in the structures and mechanisms behind ciliary proteostasis? Don’t miss Alan Brown’s #LMBSeminar at 11am (BST) on Monday 15th September! Visit our website for more details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve... #LMBSeminar

Want to help inspire future generations of scientists? Are you passionate about #SciComm? We have a Public Engagement and Communications Officer (Maternity Cover) position in the LMB engagement & comms team: www.reed.co.uk/jobs/public-... Closes 21 SEP #SciCommJobs

LMB PhD students in @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social Razina Kazi @dr-anna-edmondson.bsky.social and Katherine Brown share their experiences completing policy internships at @acmedsci.bsky.social‬ and ‪@senseaboutsci.bsky.social‬ ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/exploring-sc... #LMBNews

You are ambitious, creative and interested in signalling enzymes. Come and join Anne Bertolotti’s group as a postdoc, where you’ll solve the structures of phosphatases and kinases using #cryoEM and crystallography. More info: www.nature.com/naturecareer... Apply by 21 SEP #Postdocjobs #ScienceJobs

On Monday 15th September, we’re welcoming Alan Brown to the LMB to deliver a seminar on ‘The structures and mechanisms that maintain ciliary proteostasis.’ Join us from 11am (BST). Visit our website for more details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve... #LMBSeminar

Are you welcoming, organised and an excellent communicator? We’re looking for a professional Receptionist to join the LMB’s front-of-house team, where you’ll interact with staff at all levels and oversee several duties. Read more: mrc.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G... Apply by 18 SEP #CambridgeJobs

We’re looking for an experienced Manager to run the LMB’s Media Prep and Glasswash facility which is responsible for the preparation and provision of a wide variety of services to support LMB’s science. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK251/m... Apply by 09 SEP #CambridgeJobs

Join us next week for Takuhiro Ito’s #LMBSeminar on ‘Mechanisms of Translational Control: From Viral Hijacking to Codon-Dependent mRNA Surveillance’ Visit our website for more info: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Join Nenad Ban from ETH Zürich at the LMB on Wednesday 17th September for an #LMBSeminar on ‘Ribosome Upside Down: Co-translational Protein Biogenesis at the Tunnel Exit.’ Visit our website for more details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Are you an ambitious, creative researcher keen to investigate neurodegeneration & ageing diseases? Come and join @annebertolotti.bsky.social’s interdisciplinary group, using innovative approaches to tackle protein misfolding in mouse models. www.nature.com/naturecareer... Closes 10 OCT #PostdocJobs

We're excited to announce the full schedule for The Cambridge Wellness Festival! The FREE event is open to everyone on 9 Sept from 11am-6pm on The Green on Campus, in front of the Royal Papworth Hospital. Find out more by clicking the link in our bio…

Excellent opportunity for a motivated Scientific Researcher to work with Jing Ren’s group in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, investigating how the serotonin system is assembled during development. Read more: www.nature.com/naturecareer... Apply by 07 SEP #ScienceJobs

We’re looking for a #postdoc to join Michael Hastings’ group, studying diet-induced neuroinflammation in the hypothalamus and its modulation by circadian clock mechanisms, in collaboration with John O'Neill's group. www.nature.com/naturecareer... Closes 08 SEP #ScienceJobs #PostdocJobs

Don’t miss this upcoming #LMBSeminar from Takuhiro Ito! Join us at 11am on Monday 1st September to hear all about ‘Mechanisms of Translational Control: From Viral Hijacking to Codon-Dependent mRNA Surveillance’ More details: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Want to learn more about the bacteria all around us? Watch this talk for non-scientists about ‘A Bacterial World’ by LMB Director and Group Leader Jan Löwe. youtu.be/Tzn_st4SGyE

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 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... #LMBNews #WomenInSTEM

We’re looking for a Research Support Officer to join @matteoall.bsky.social’s group, working with @piotrkolata.bsky.social to investigate nuclear-cytoskeletal coupling in mammalian cells using #cryoEM, #cryoET & other biochemical approaches. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE317/r... Closes 31 AUG #ScienceJobs

The story of the discovery of monoclonal antibodies 50 years ago shows how the free exchange of ideas can lead to life-changing treatments go.nature.com/45GeSM0

#ICYMI, @newscientist.com spoke to Wes Robertson, Group Leader in the LMB’s PNAC Division, about the ‘gargantuan effort’ behind synthesising E. coli with just 57 codons: www.newscientist.com/article/2490... #LMBintheNews

The LMB's Scientific Computing facility, comprised of Jake Grimmett, Toby Darling and Ivan Clayson provide invaluable to support to everyone at the LMB. Here, they introduce just some of the work they do at the LMB and explain why computer clusters are a bit like bee hives. youtu.be/Zi5rwOB9bNU

The LMB recently hosted the annual Arts and Craft Show, with several contributors showcasing their colourful creations. 🎨🧵🖼️ Visit our website to see more of the amazing items on display: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/creativity-o... #LMBNews