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The LMB has been recognised nationally for openness and transparency in animal research.

A collaborative study from the groups of Simon Bullock and Andrew Carter (Cell Biology and Structural Studies Divisions) has found a structural code that explains how cells selectively transport mRNA.

On Monday 11th May, Edith Heard will deliver the 2026 Milstein Lecture titled ‘Life with two X chromosomes: mechanisms of silencing and escape during X-chromosome inactivation’.

Lori Passmore, Group Leader and Joint Head of the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, is one of 25 new international members elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Manu Hegde, Group Leader and Joint Head of the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, is one of 252 new members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Nic Farmer, Race Equality Lead at the MRC and the LMB, reflects on achieving their CMI Level 6 Award in Professional Management and Leadership Practice.

LMB scientists came together at Cambridge Festival to share their research and highlight the intricate beauty of biology through interactive microscope-based activities.

Kelly Nguyen’s group, in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, have produced the first ever structure of telomerase from yeast, using electron cryomicroscopy to study Saccharomycces cerevisiae.

Katharine Goodwin and Kate McDole, in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, have identified the mechanisms employed by mammalian primordial germ cells to aid migration in early embryogenesis.

Madeline Lancaster, Joint Head of the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, has been recognised in the 2026 Suffrage Science Awards.

Last year, the LMB was delighted to welcome Kaz Collins as the new Manager of the Media Prep and Glasswash facility, an integral support service for LMB researchers.

Aviv Regev, from Genentech, will deliver her talk ‘From Cell Atlases to Medicines, with AI’ at 11am (GMT) on Monday 9th February.