SLCU has an AFM, manufactured by JPK Instruments. It permits sensitive mechanical measurements of biological samples down to the subcellular level. It features a BioMat workstation for correlative light-AFM imaging.
SLCU has an AFM, manufactured by JPK Instruments. It permits sensitive mechanical measurements of biological samples down to the subcellular level. It features a BioMat workstation for correlative light-AFM imaging.
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Giles Oldroyd elected as member of EMBO
Jul 10, 2020Professor Giles Oldroyd is among 63 other scientists from around the world elected this year as Members and Associate Members of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO).
Cells in tight spaces – how the cytoskeleton responds to different cell geometries
Jul 09, 2020Inside every living cell, there is a network of protein filaments providing an interior scaffold controlling the cell’s shape called the cytoskeleton. Research from the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) suggests that this relationship might actually be two-way, with cell geometry itself having the capacity to influence the organisation of the cytoskeleton in living plant cells.
Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser appointed as new CEO of UKRI
May 14, 2020Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS, Director of the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.
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