Diamond Light Source becomes newest member of The Franklin
The Rosalind Franklin Institute has welcomed its twelfth member, close neighbours Diamond Light Source. Diamond is the UK’s national synchrotron, and home to eBIC and ePSIC, national electron imaging centres in life and physical science. Leaders in Life Science The vision of The Franklin is…
New technology to revolutionise drug development
The search for new drugs to combat diseases more effectively could be revolutionised through a new £30 million electron microscopy project led by the Rosalind Franklin Institute and global life sciences company Thermo Fisher Scientific. Experts would be able to…
Rosalind Franklin Institute hub building at Harwell will be unique in UK
Work has begun on the Institute’s new £40 million hub building on the Harwell Campus that will be unique in the UK in the scientific capabilities it provides. Chair of the Rosalind Franklin Institute, Vivienne Cox, who broke ground at…
Professor James Naismith Wins Prestigious Award
Institute leader named winner of 2019 Tilden Prizes Professor James Naismith has been named winner of the prestigious Tilden Prizes from the Royal Society of Chemistry. Professor Naismith, of the Rosalind Franklin Institute, the University of Oxford, and the research…
A look back on our first year
The end of the year is traditionally a time for reflection and setting plans for the future. Here at the Institute, we are doing exactly that, reflecting on our very first year of operation – and making very big plans…
New structure opens door for next generation antibiotics
First paper from Institute opens new avenues for antibiotic research In a new paper published in eLife today, a team of researchers led by Professor James Naismith of the Rosalind Franklin Institute have solved the structure of a vital bacterial…
Professor James Naismith announced as first Director of The Rosalind Franklin Institute
Leading Scientist appointed as Institute Director The Rosalind Franklin Institute, a new national Institute for life sciences, has announced that Professor James Naismith will become its first director. The Institute, funded through UK Research and Innovation, will develop novel interdisciplinary…
Important progress for Pulsed Source TEM project
Correlated Imaging Team sign off next phase of development for pulsed source TEM Angus Kirkland and Judy Kim, the core team leading the Correlated Imaging theme at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, have approved the latest development stage of the institute’s…
Mapping the Brain’s Hidden Highways
The Rosalind Franklin Institute is supporting research across five core activity strands, working to develop new technologies which will allow researchers to see further into biological samples than ever before. In one of our strands, Correlated Imaging, led by Professor…
Institute hub moves a step closer as demolition commences on site
Demolition has commenced at Harwell, clearing the ground ready for building commencement on the new Rosalind Franklin Institute building. The Institute building will be the hub of our national institute, bringing together technologies designed to tackle important challenges in life…