Rosalind Franklin Institute Building Officially Opens
Harwell Hub Opens The Rosalind Franklin Institute, a new research institute based at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus has officially opened. The building was opened by Professor Lynn Gladden, Chief Executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council,…
Funding awarded to utilise machine learning and citizen science to highlight the extraordinary
Highlighting extraordinary discoveries in our science is a key aim for the Rosalind Franklin Institute’s Artificial Intelligence theme. Our AI team along with colleagues from University of Oxford and UCL have now received funding that will help them just that…
Identifying the mechanism for bacterial capsule assembly
Drug resistant bacteria are an urgent global health problem. One of the ways bacteria evade the human immune response is by shielding themselves inside a shell or capsule. This capsule is composed of sugars called Extracellular Polysaccharides (EPS). Bacteria make…
Major step in our cellular tomography project
The Rosalind Franklin Institute has taken delivery of its first Titan Krios microscope, named Dorothy, and the second generation of the plasma focused ion beam (pFIB), named Franklin, both from Thermo Fisher Scientific. These new technologies will utilise new sample…
New 100 keV CryoEM detector launching with collaborations from STFC, The Franklin and Quantum Detectors
A new generation of detector, based on technology developed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), is set to transform the field of electron cryo-microscopy. Technology developed by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) in partnership with the Engineering and…
The Franklin hosts Vaccines Minister as part of Harwell HealthTec Cluster anniversary celebrations
The Rosalind Franklin Institute hosted an event attended by Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi, and celebrated the fifth anniversary of The Harwell HealthTec cluster. The panel discussion focused on to build a resilient life science infrastructure and supply chain for the…
Welcoming our summer interns to the Artificial Intelligence theme
We are delighted to welcome our first interns to the Franklin. Today, they will join our Artificial Intelligence and Informatics theme and commence their projects. Their internships are part of the wider Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) intern scheme.…
Unique microscope to film molecules in motion
A unique electron microscope, set to break new ground in biological imaging, will arrive at the Franklin’s new building on the Harwell campus today. The machine is able to image biological samples at up to a million frames a second,…
Researchers identify dozens of new targets for potential COVID-19 drugs
An international, multidisciplinary team of scientists has uncovered a ‘new universe’ of interactions between the SARS-CoV-2 virus and human cells, vastly increasing the potential for new treatments to tackle COVID-19. Using a method first developed to generate insights into the…
Call for 12-week PhD projects
We are excited to be putting out a call for 12-week projects that will form part of the first year of our new Franklin PhD programme. Our PhD programme will begin in October 2021 with the 12-week projects getting underway…