MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB)

Scientists have produced the first full scale wiring map of a male adult animal’s brain and nerve cord, enabling unprecedented insights into how the...

The Medical Research Council (MRC) has announced a £20 million investment in a new Pre-clinical Translational Models Hub, led by Cambridge, which will...

Scientists have, for the first time, used an extremely precise genome editing technique called base editing to study gene function in human embryos...

Differences in cellular pathway activity flip the switch from nocturnality to diurnality and explain a major evolutionary change humans have undergone...

Nine outstanding Cambridge scientists have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science...

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly.

The nine Cambridge researchers were all selected for their exceptional contributions to science.

With a £10 million grant awarded by the Leverhulme Trust, the University of Cambridge is to establish a new research centre dedicated to exploring the...

A new study shows it’s theoretically possible. The hypothesis could be tested soon with proposed Venus-bound missions.