Comparing the brains of male and female flies may transform our understanding of how genes shape behaviour, including ours.

The clathrin family tree. Timeline of research on clathrin leading to and generated by Barbara Pearse's discovery, with milestones mapped onto the clathrin triskelion.

The hub is funded by the Medical Research Council and based at Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Specialized research software has historically been costly and time-consuming to create, but large language models (LLMs) have become capable enough at code generation to fundamentally change this. We...

Over 600 students across Cambridge, Peterborough and Bedfordshire took part in the 2026 Microscopes 4 Schools Competition, unlocking a new thirst for scient ...

YouTube video by MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Plus, scientists trace the origins of cotton to the Caribbean

A colourful display at the LMB with crafts ranging from sketching, painting and photography, to jewellery making, ceramics and crochet.