![]() The new building of the LMB viewed from the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway bridge in June 2013 | |
Abbreviation | MRC LMB |
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Coordinates | 52°10′35″N 0°08′35″E / 52.1763°N 0.1430°E |
Fields | Molecular biology |
Director | Jan Löwe |
Parent organization | Medical Research Council |
Website | www2 |
The Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) is a research institute in Cambridge, England, involved in the revolution in molecular biology which occurred in the 1950–60s. Since then it has remained a major medical research laboratory at the forefront of scientific discovery, dedicated to improving the understanding of key biological processes at atomic, molecular and cellular levels using multidisciplinary methods, with a focus on using this knowledge to address key issues in human health.[1][2][3]
A new replacement building constructed close by to the original site on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in May 2013.[4] The road outside the new building is named Francis Crick Avenue after the 1962 joint Nobel Prize winner and LMB alumnus, who co-discovered the helical structure of DNA in 1953.[5]
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