Harnessing the power of supercomputing to understand placental structure and its effect on pregnancy outcomes
The Rosalind Franklin Institute’s Advanced Research Computing team are using the UK’s latest supercomputer to help understand placenta imaging data. The time on the supercomputer will support multiple institute projects to help us understand the placenta and predict important conditions…
Congratulations to the UK Biobank’s human imaging project as they reach a major new milestone
UK Biobank is celebrating an outstanding achievement of completing the world’s largest whole body imaging project. They have scanned the brains, hearts, abdomens, blood vessels, bones and joints of 100,000 volunteers. These scans can reveal population-level trends in how, why…
Katie Beirns receives Don Claugher Award
Katie Beirns, PhD student at the Rosalind Franklin Institute and the University of Oxford, has been awarded the Don Claugher Award by the Society of Electron Microscope Technology (SEMT). The award is given in memory of Don Claugher, who was…
The Franklin is hiring a new Board Chair
Following the appointment of Professor Paul Matthews as Institute Director in 2024, the Franklin is now seeking to appoint a new Chair to succeed Dame Dr Vivienne Cox DBE, who will step down from the Board later this year having…
New cutting-edge microscope for the UK
The UK’s first Chromatic Aberration-Corrected Electron Microscope has arrived at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. This state-of-the-art instrument will significantly enhance the resolution limits for biological sample imaging, especially for thicker specimens. This delivery marks the final instalment of three advanced…
Professor Ben Davis receives award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry
The Israel Chemical Society have announced that Professor Ben Davis will receive the 2025 MCS-ICS (Medicinal Chemistry Section of the Israel Chemical Society) Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry. The Israel Chemical Society is dedicated to advancing pure and applied…
Call for Strategic Partnerships
The Rosalind Franklin Institute are seeking to make two 5-year joint appointments, each in a key strategic area for the Franklin, Structural Biology and Artificial Intelligence, collaborating with UK HEI or Institute partners. Appointments would be expected to start in role before…
Professor Ben Davis awarded 2025 Claude S Hudson Award
Congratulations to Professor Ben Davis who has received the 2025 Claude S Hudson Award, presented by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The Hudson Award is presented biennially by the ACS Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry & Chemical Glycobiology (CARB), committed to advancing the field…
Franklin Innovation Forum: 7 Ways To Drive Innovation
Our Innovation Forum brought together cross-sector life sciences leaders to debate how best to drive innovation for patient benefit in the UK, to launch the new Franklin science strategy. Strong themes emerged which are relevant to research funders, policy makers…
The Franklin reveals new Science Strategy
To mark the five years since it opened its doors, the Rosalind Franklin Institute has today unveiled a refreshed, forward-looking science strategy. This refreshed strategy sets out, the science ambitions that will be prioritised going forward. It provides a clear…