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Welcome to the ISMB Symposium 2024! The Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (ISMB) will hold this year's biennial ISMB Symposium at UCL’s Bloomsbury campus on Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th June. Traditionally, the Symposium gathers eminent guest speakers and our own ISMB scientists to present talks on the core research themes of the Institute in

Kristine Arnvig's research group recently published a paper in the Nucleic Acids Journal. Full paper can be accessed here (doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae338) . Unexpected complexity of vitamin B12-sensing RNA elements in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) lacks the ability to produce vitamin B12, yet this co-factor plays a significant role in Mtb's metabolism and gene regulation. Research

Join us for Birkbeck's Annual Science Week festival at the Faculty of Science  which runs from Wednesday 29th - Monday 3rd June 2024 in-person and online. This is not one to be missed, where we will host engaging and interactive evening events, including the annual Rosalind Franklin Lecture and the Andrew and Kathleen Booth Memorial Lecture. All events will continue into the evening with opportunities to take

The UCL Faculties of Engineering, Mathematical & Physical Sciences and Life Sciences will lead seven new government-funded Centres for Doctoral Training and be a partner in a further two. EPSRC has agreed to provide funding for a new Centre for Doctoral Training in Accelerated Medicines Design & Development (AMD&D) (~£7M) with the first student intake scheduled for

The Engineering Biology Mission Hubs aim to harness cutting-edge engineering biology research from across the UK to address global challenges from health to the environment. The six hubs will receive up to £12 million each from the UKRI Technology Missions Fund and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). The P3EB Mission Hub (funded with

Dive into the intriguing world of technological trust with us at the Science Museum's thought-provoking event, "Can We Trust Computers?". Join us on Thursday, 9 May 2024, from 18:30 to 19:30, at the IMAX: The Ronson Theatre, for a captivating panel discussion featuring leading experts like Dr. Alessandra Vizzaccaro and Professors Paul Brenner, Tim Palmer,

A bid team which included UCL’s Professor Konstantinos Thalassinos has secured £49.35m from the UKRI Infrastructure Fund to establish a nationwide mass spectrometry infrastructure. Critical Mass UK (C-MASS) will be a national hub-and-spoke infrastructure that will integrate and advance the UK’s capability in mass spectrometry, a technique that identifies the characteristics of molecules. Mass spectrometry is used across