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Structural studies support the idea that fibrillized tau protein, a feature of neurodegenerative disorders, acts as a prion-like template to induce misfolding in healthy tau.

Rhinesmith et al. describe an intracellular antimicrobial mechanism called “antibody-directed xenophagy” (ADX). In ADX, the E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM21 prevents infection by intercepting antibody-coated viruses/bacteria in the cytosol and orchestrating their destruction via selective autophagy. The authors hypothesize that ADX may be co-opted for targeted protein degradation.

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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How a discovery in the 1970s changed the theory of the origin of complex life on earth.

Research Group Leader Tenure Track Starting Salary £67,979 to £76,868 per annum MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK The MRC Laborato...

Location: Cambridge. Vacancy: Research Group Leader Tenure Track - Structural Studies - LMB 2775. Closing Date: 16/03/2026, 23:55

The recordings are from the LMB's recent series of training seminars 'Biophysical Techniques Course: Solving Probes with Molecular Techniques.' Featuring exp...

To maintain genome stability, the specialised reverse transcriptase telomerase processively adds telomeric DNA repeats to chromosome ends. Here the authors reported structures of human telomerase at t...

Postdoctoral Researcher Salary £42,694 per annum  MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK We are recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher to...

We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Brown lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. The Brown lab uses structural, biophysical, and biochemical approaches to d...

Surface layers (S-layers) are ubiquitous protein assemblies that coat prokaryotic cells, with their functional roles increasingly coming into focus. In this Review, Isbilir and colleagues discuss rece...

This is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ…

Dame Carol Robinson, scientist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.

Lövestam and Scheres present a cryo-EM structure of vault particles, found during tau filament extraction from progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) brain tissue. They reveal a symmetry shift at the va...

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Salary for this Role: From £45,500 with benefits, subject to skills and experience. Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow - Costa Lab Reports to: Alessandro Costa Closing Date: 03/Aug/2025 23.59 GMT Job Desc...