How far would you be prepared to cycle to work? Research suggests that, for most people, 2 to 5 miles is the sweet spot. That's 10 to 30 minutes each way. Enough for health benefits, but not too tiri...

Ning Xu - Abnormal beating of airway cilia from a child with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), a genetic disorder affecting respiratory function.

The ciliary transition zone (TZ) regulates ciliary proteome composition, yet its molecular architecture, protein content, and contribution to motile ciliopathies remain poorly defined. We applied in situ cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging ...

Register here for the Cryo-EM Symposium 2026, 24-25 September at the IMP, Campus-Vienna-Biocenter 1, 1030 Vienna.Please select the applicable registration fee and add it to the cart. Please click on t...

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Singh et al. combine cryo-electron microscopy and functional studies to reveal how a single protein complex selects diverse mRNAs for subcellular localization using a combination of shape, positional ...

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Antibiotic resistant bacteria is rising - is a great global crisis on the horizon?

Join us for the annual in-person meeting of the UK Cilia & Centrosomal Network meeting, which for 2026 will be at the University of Leeds!

Cas9 structures explain topology sensing and off-target activation.

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Published online: 06 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41594-026-01762-2Ambjørn and Meeusen et al. functionally characterize all reported and a comprehensive set of predicted short linear motifs (SLiMs) using base-editing screens, identifying 450 reported and 264 predicted SLiMs required for normal cell proliferation.

The award by the Pettenkofer Foundation recognised Teresa’s contributions to identifying how different bacterial effectors impact the outcome of infection.

Published in EMBO Reports, a new study by the Thurston Group reveals how a small virulence protein from Salmonella called SteE, uses molecular mimicry to reprogramme host kinase specificity.

Call for applications:We invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the newly established Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. We are conducting an open search for ou...

Rezi et al. show that kinesin-3 KIF13B regulates ciliary protein content by promoting endocytic retrieval and small extracellular vesicle (EV) release of ciliary proteins while suppressing their relea...

Over 30 groups work at the Dunn School to uncover the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying disease. Discover which research groups are accepting students for our next round of applications.

The ability to generate high-resolution views of cells with cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) can reveal the molecular mechanisms of biological processes in their native cellular context. The re...

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Applications are now open to apply for our four year, fully-funded PhD programme in Molecular Cell Biology in Health and Disease.

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In eukaryotic cells, LINC complexes physically bridge the two nuclear membranes to cytoskeletal filaments, transmitting mechanical forces to the nucleus. Due to their dynamic and membrane-embedded nat...

Trafficking from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus comprises the first steps toward the correct localization of 30% of eukaryotic proteins. Coat protein complexes COPII and COPI are inv...

Cryo-electron microscopy and biochemical reconstitution analysis reveals that Nde1 enhances Lis1 binding to autoinhibited dynein, promoting formation of a Phi-like–Lis1 intermediate during dynein acti...