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How Studying Bacterial Gene Regulation Launched My Research Career
3 July 2026

Driven by a long-standing interest in transcription and bacterial gene regulation, Shafagh Moradian joined Dr Christoph Engl's laboratory at the Centre for Molecular Cell Biology to investigate how bacteria control gene expression at the single-cell level. Using advanced microscopy and molecular biology techniques, their research revealed how attenuation shapes transcriptional behaviour within bacterial populations, leading to a first-author publication in Science Advances, international research opportunities, and a postdoctoral position at the Helmholtz Centre for RNA-based Infection Research in Germany.

 

How I Ended Up Modelling Cell Division as an Undergraduate
2 February 2026

As a third-year Biochemistry student, Filip Roch joined the Volkov lab to explore how chromosomes stay attached to microtubules during cell division. By combining cell biology with computational modelling, he studies molecular interactions that are too small and fast to observe directly.

Beyond Nature: Training Bacteria to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel
29 January 2026

At SBBS, cutting-edge research and teaching are closely intertwined. Nowhere is this clearer than in the emerging field of artificial photosynthesis, where insights from chemistry, biology, and engineering converge to tackle the climate crisis. Recent work from Dr Lin Su’s group demonstrates how this interdisciplinary science can not only advance sustainable technologies, but also shape the learning experience of the next generation of biotechnologists.

The hidden life of microtubules
29 January 2026

Cell division demands a remarkable combination of strength and flexibility. Chromosomes must remain securely attached to structures that are simultaneously growing, shrinking, and reorganising. Microtubules, hollow protein tubes within the cytoskeleton, are uniquely suited to this task. Despite their tiny size, they are among the stiffest structures in the cell, yet their ends are in constant flux. How these contradictory properties coexist has long been a puzzle in cell biology.

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