Lori Passmore

Are you a postdoc in Cambridge? Consider applying to be a Research Fellow at Clare Hall! @clarehallcambridge.bsky.social www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/rf/

📢 Calling all prospective PhD students! Why not consider the LMB for your PhD? 🎓🧑‍🔬 Applications are now open to join us in October 2027. Explore what’s on offer here: https://mrclmb.ac.uk/careers-and-people/phd-students/research-projects/

MCB is hiring Assistant Professors across 3 divisions!: 🧪BBS: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05483 🧬GGED: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481 🦠IMM: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05486 🗓️ Application Deadline: October 19, 2026 🔗 Click the links or scan the QR codes to learn more and apply

Ben Nicholson at the CRUK Cambridge Institute is recruiting a new postdoc to investigate piRNA biology. This is a collaborative project with my group at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB). Interested? Apply or get in touch to discuss! tinyurl.com/y25z8wkn

The #CRC1678 Summer Symposium is underway! A day of exciting talks from CRC members and guest speakers @lapassmore.bsky.social, Joshua Arribere and @pelechanolab.bsky.social, bringing together perspectives on mRNA and protein biosynthesis fidelity, aging, and cellular stress responses! 🧪🧬🧫

Thanks to everyone who joined us at 94th Harden Conference: Machines on Genes! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and look forward to seeing you again soon! Huge thanks to our programme coordinators for making the event a success! @lapassmore.bsky.social, Alessandro Costa, and Dana Branzei

👋 Hands up who's at #MachinesonGenes this week! Find Roman to learn how our easy-to-use tools allow you to assess the conformational dynamics and interactions of individual molecular machines. In solution, on the benchtop. Don't miss his talk on Tuesday morning (10:20 am). #smFRET #FCS

LUMICKS is excited to sponsor and attend Machines on Genes in Crete June 8-11. Connect with us to explore real-time, single-molecule insights with the C-Trap! #BiochemEvent @biochemsoc.bsky.social

Super excited to begin the Harden Machines on Genes meeting in beautiful Crete! #BiochemEvent @biochemsoc.bsky.social www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...

Been away from scientific research for over a year and want to get back to the bench? LMB's new Career Returner Fellowship bridges the gap for those who want to re-enter lab-based research. Applications open 13 April More info mrclmb.ac.uk/careers-and-... PLEASE SHARE THIS! @mrclmb.ac.uk

Machines on Genes 2026 8–11 June 2026 | 📍 Heraklion, Crete 🇬🇷 Two deadlines coming up on 8 April 2026 i. abstract submission ii. early bird submission (save €50) Four days of 🧑‍🔬🧬👩‍🔬☀️👨‍🔬🔬❄️🧪🧫 94th Harden Conference by @lapassmore.bsky.social, Dana Branzei, me with @biochemsoc.bsky.social.

🚨 Preprint alert! We solved the structure of human NSUN2 bound to Asp tRNA, revealing how it installs m⁵C and recognizes RNAs #CryoEM #RNABiology A collab between Casañal & Gullerova labs, with @miclass.bsky.social and me working side by side as co-first authors 🔗 doi.org/10.64898/202... (0/7🧵)

Do you work on DNA or RNA protein complexes? 🧬 Come to Machines on Genes this June in Crete! ☀️ Super early discount is ending this Sunday so register now! 😃

And that’s a wrap! 🎉 Our first conference of 2026 is complete, and what a fantastic way to start the year! We hope to see both familiar and new faces at the next #DRRSC meeting in 2028. Click here to Sign up for updates on the conference series: bit.ly/4bceiZb

We are excited to be recruiting a new tenure track group leader in the Structural Studies Division at MRC LMB! It is an amazing place to start your own lab. @mrclmb.bsky.social Please get in touch if you have any questions. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

The most important #RNA conference of the year with lots of amazing science and a really friendly atmosphere. This year in beautiful Montreal 🇨🇦 ! www2.rnasociety.org

A beautifully crafted summary of the extraordinary discovery in the lab of my @mrclmb.bsky.social colleague @philholliger.bsky.social of a tiny RNA that can replicate RNA.

Just posted our latest, led by Consuelo Perez and Pierre Murat, showing the intimate relationship between transcription, DNA supercoiling and chromatin architecture during human stem cell differentiation. Thanks to all at @mrclmb.bsky.social doi.org/10.64898/202...

plus ... Ana Casañal Claudio Ciferri Hitoshi Kurumizaka Meindert Lamers David Rueda Yuanling Zhai Xiaodong Zhang 🧬🔬✨❄️ 🧫⚗️🧑‍🔬🏖️

🌞✈️🇬🇷🏝️ 🧬 Machines on Genes 2026 🧬 🌞✈️🇬🇷🏝️ What an amazing list of speakers 🤩 @nynkedekkerlab.bsky.social @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social @yuanhejhu.bsky.social @uwmadisonrna.bsky.social @kowaeva.bsky.social @fmattiroli.bsky.social @aliciakmichael.bsky.social @lisaracki.bsky.social @yeeles-lab.bsky.social

🔔 Register now and send an abstract! Lots of opportunities to talk! 👉 www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...

8–11 June 2026 | 📍 Heraklion, Crete 🇬🇷 Get ready for Machines on Genes 2026, the 94th Harden Conference by the @biochemsoc.bsky.social — four days of molecular mechanisms and friendly discussions! 🧬☀️🔬❄️ Organised by @lapassmore.bsky.social, Dana Branzei, me.

Summer plans? Come join us in Crete to talk about “machines on genes” this June - what could be better?! ❤️ 🧬

Can't wait for this meeting! Lots of exciting, macromolecular science lined up!

🚨Attention prospective PhD students🚨 Are you interested in molecular mechanisms, RNA viruses, structural biology or biophysics? 🧬🦠🧪 We have THREE fully-funded PhD projects available for October 2026 entry: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor... Please share/repost, and get in touch if you're interested

This work is now officially published @natsmb.nature.com with some fun new analyses included in the revised version. Congratulations to all the authors! @connyyu.bsky.social @rappsilber.bsky.social @lrsinn.bsky.social @fjoreilly.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Join us on Monday 13th October at 11am for an #LMBSeminar from Bonnie Bassler on ‘Quorum sensing across domains: From viruses to bacteria to eukaryotes’ Visit our website for more info: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.

Start independent research at the JIC with us 👇. Really interested in finding those with an interest in structural biology and biochemistry of plants and microbes. Please do get in touch by email if you'd like to know more 👍

We have an open post-doc position in my group to study mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation using biochemical reconstitution and cryoEM. Please get in touch if you are interested in joining this amazing team! 🔬🧬🤩 #RNA #cryoEM

Just a reminder that August is peak school holidays in the UK, but also more broadly in Europe and in Canada. If you schedule conferences during August you exclude a large proportion of people from these regions who have family obligations.

The Garnett Lab is excited to launch DepMap Miner, a new tool to explore cancer dependency data! Built on the Sanger DepMap, the DepMap Miner brings together multi-omic and functional datasets for over 1300 cancer cell models. Start mining data now: dataminer.depmap.sanger.ac.uk

We are hiring-join us!

Just one more week left to get an application in! Starting my lab at the Perutz and the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social has been a fantastic opportunity that shaped me as a scientist!

Great start to the EMBL translation control meeting with a keynote from @lapassmore.bsky.social. Excited for all the science to come. #EMBLProtein

Are you a postdoc interested in the mechanisms of disease? Do you have a great record and an exciting vision? Come and start your own lab @dunnschool.bsky.social by applying for sponsorship for early career fellowships. Deadline 30th September...pass it on! www.path.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Unprompted, the 14yo told me she has a deep hatred for Comic Sans. I love that kid so much.

Fantastic talk by Ethan showcasing our work with @lapassmore.bsky.social lab at @cshlmeetings.bsky.social #RNAPR25! Hurray Ethan!

⏰Early Bird and Talk Submission Deadline closing soon - Tuesday 26th August 2025 📣Don’t miss your chance to be part of the amazing #DRRSC26 meeting. 👉 Click here for further details & registration: bit.ly/46YQZjW

Congratulations to @bcarrick.bsky.social on his Shurl and Kay Curci Fellowship through the Life Sciences Research Foundation! Looking forward to the work to come!