Celebrating a petabyte of data collected at the Franklin
The Rosalind Franklin Institute has recently celebrated a massive data milestone, collecting one Petabyte of data from its research efforts. One petabyte of data is the equivalent of 500 billion pages of standard typed text. For the Franklin, this data…
Llama derived nanobodies neutralising new strains of coronavirus.
Specific nanobodies have been isolated that can neutralise Omicron strains of Covid-19. This research, conducted by scientists at the Rosalind Franklin Institute and the Universities of Oxford, Liverpool and Zurich, has been published in Open Biology. The landscape of SARS-CoV-2 variants…
First specific PET scan for TB could enable more effective treatment
A more accurate way to scan for tuberculosis (TB) has been developed by UK and US researchers, using positron emission tomography (PET). The team, from the Rosalind Franklin Institute, the Universities of Oxford and Pittsburgh and the National Institutes of…
A new greener chemical method for transforming native sugars
A team of scientists from the Rosalind Franklin Institute and National University of Singapore have developed a more efficient and sustainable chemistry for connecting sugars to diverse partner molecules in a way that mimics nature. Complex sugars perform a variety…
Mapping the Developing Hippocampus with Synapse Safari
Scientists at the Franklin have teamed up with the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at King’s College London to deliver our next citizen science project, Science Scribbler: Synapse Safari. Grab your virtual microscope and get ready for an adventure with Science Scribbler: Synapse Safari!…
New Group Leader in Next Generation Chemistry
Dr. Karina Pombo-Garcia has joined us in February as a new group leader at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. The Pombo-Garcia lab will investigate the molecular assembly of cell interfaces in the epithelial tissue and in pathology of intestinal diseases. Combining…
New £125M world-first diffraction and imaging electron microscope to drive breakthroughs in UK science
A new national facility has been funded through the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Infrastructure Fund, which will house the world’s most powerful high energy electron microscope and support UK scientific research. The facility is a collaboration between the University…
The Franklin announces new partnerships with two SMEs
The Rosalind Franklin Institute is a partner in two successful Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Cross Cluster Proof of Concept Grants. Both grants will see the Franklin work with UK SMEs to tackle important scientific challenges. In one project,…
New group leader in AI joins the Franklin
Dr Alexandre Paschoal has recently taken up his new post as a new group leader in the Artificial Intelligence and Informatics theme at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. Alexandre seeks to leverage the potential of artificial intelligence and extensive pre-existing datasets,…
Winners of £50K Franklin research residencies announced
Three of the UK’s brightest life science companies have been awarded research prizes by the Rosalind Franklin Institute in collaboration with the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), a part of UKRI. These research prizes will enable the winners to…