The Keith Peters Building closed at 5.00 pm today (Friday, 20 March 2020) and MBU members are working from home until further notice.
During this time, MBU scientists and administrative staff can be contacted by email as follows:
New discovery uncovers the complex dance of mitochondria, the cellular power plant.
Congratulations to Professor Sir John Walker, FRS, Emeritus Director of the MBU and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College.
The University of Cambridge is to award John the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa at a Congregation set to take place in June 2020.
As part of Science Week, Olivier Biner (Mitochondrial Complex I) and Jessica Petri (ATP Synthase) visited Newnham Croft Primary School, with the aim of encouraging Reception students to enjoy science.
On 2 March 2020, Alex Whitworth participated in a three-day workshop on the “Role of Drosophila in Biomedical Research”.
29 February this year is the thirteenth international Rare Disease Day, coordinated by EURORDIS. Awareness-raising activities are taking place all over the world.
On Friday, 28 February, the MBU held its second annual face-painting event – the rare disease was represented by the different coloured fox!
On Thursday, 27 February the MRC hosted a visit by secondary students from Jersey.
Drs Jan Miljkovic and Hiran Prag recently visited the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, where they presented their research at the Academy's first seminar series on "Metabolism and Redox Network in Health and Disease".
Jan and Hiran are members of the MBU's Mitochondrial Dysfunction research group, led by Professor Mike Murphy.
Group leader Professor Edmund Kunji and Dr Sotiria Tavoulari, both in the MBU Mitochondrial Carriers research group, attended the Inaugural Citrin Foundation Global Research Symposium on the 11th and 12th of November in Singapore.
On Sunday, 22 March 2020, the MBU will be showcasing its science at the Cambridge Science Festival event on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Activities will include games, movies, hands-on activities and our scientists will be available to talk to visitors about life in the laboratory.
