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Marta Shahbazi (1985 – 2026)The entire LMB community is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Marta Shahbazi, Group Leader in the Cell Biology Division. Her loss is a profound shock and a tremendous blow to all who knew her.
Manu Hegde receives the Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Award LectureThe Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences has selected Manu Hegde, Joint Head of the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, to deliver the 2026 Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Award Lecture.
LMB prizes recognise exceptional achievementsThe annual LMB Lab Symposium concluded with the announcement of the Max Perutz Student Prize, the Joan A. Steitz Postdoc Prize and the Eileen Southgate Staff Prize.
Celebrating 25 years of the Teichmann GroupPast and present collaborators and colleagues of Sarah Teichmann recently gathered at the LMB to celebrate 25 years since she established her research group in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division.
Copy and paste: Human tau aggregates propagate through the mouse brain by prion-like mechanismThe Scheres and Goedert groups (Structural Studies & Neurobiology Divisions) with Masato Hasegawa (IGAKUKEN) show that human tau filaments act as molecular templates when injected into the mouse brain.
How cells clear dysfunctional glycogenLed by Matthew Yip, Felix Randow’s group in the PNAC Division have discovered that RNF213 mediates ubiquitylation of aberrant glycogen to trigger autophagy.
Brain defence system originates in the gutMenna Clatworthy’s group in the University of Cambridge Molecular Immunity Unit at the LMB have identified an immune link between the gut and the brain that protects the brain during future infection.
Enabling science safely: Shahana Ahmed’s journey to Health and SafetyShahana Ahmed discusses completing the NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety and why she’s passionate about sharing the role of health and safety in research.
First complete connectome of male fly central nervous system allows for unprecedented male-female brain comparisonA global team including Greg Jefferis’s group (Neurobiology Division) mapped every neuron in the male fly brain, enabling the first synaptic-resolution comparison of sex variances across the brain.
Advanced microscopy uncovers proteasome compartments in sperm nucleiAdvanced 3D imaging by Matteo Allegretti’s group in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division has revealed that proteasomes cluster in DNA-free cavities of the sperm nucleus.
The Royal Society awards Kelly Nguyen the Francis Crick Medal and LectureThe Royal Society have announced the 2026 recipients of their prestigious prizes, which also include LMB alumni KJ Patel and Sarah Teichmann, who won the Buchanan and Gabor Medals respectively.
Early developmental biases shape stem cell potentialMadeline Lancaster’s group (Cell Biology Division) have found that epigenetic changes can alter pluripotent stem cell identity with targeted treatment to standardise their differentiation ability.