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05.02.26 News

Diamond Light Source and the Rosalind Franklin Institute formally recognise their longstanding partnership

03.02.26 News

Paul Matthews leads Precision Brain Health Session at Inaugural World Brain Health Forum

02.02.26 Science update

Capturing Complexity: How AntigenApp Is Transforming Nanobody Discovery at the Franklin

30.01.26 News

Royal Microscopical Society and the Rosalind Franklin Institute sign a Memorandum of Understanding to enable a closer working relationship

12.02.26 - 10:30am Event

Franklin Seminar: Dr Christos Pliotas

28.01.26 News

Accelerating Discovery: Insights from the Falling Walls Circle on Imaging in the Age of AI

22.01.26 People Spotlights

Researcher Spotlight: Maria Sanita 

14.01.26 People Spotlights

Researcher Spotlight: Angharad Smith

20.02.26 - 9:00am Event

Llamas vs Viruses at the Festival of Tomorrow

04.02.26 - 10:00am Event

Franklin Supplier Exhibition – February 2026

16.12.25 News

Professor Angus Kirkland receives RMS Honorary Fellowship

10.12.25 News

Making research matter: UK’s leading research organisations unite

09.12.25 Science update

New electron microscopy method opens window into structural studies of thicker, more complex biological samples

02.12.25 Report

Annual Report 2024-2025

18.11.25 News

King’s College London and the Rosalind Franklin Institute forge a deeper partnership through a new King’s Prize Doctoral Programme in microbial sciences

22.10.25 News

The Rosalind Franklin Institute completes its renewed board with the appointment of a new Chair of Trustees

09.10.25 News

UK Ambassador to the EU visits the Rosalind Franklin Institute

18.08.25 Science update

New bifunctional, bispecific nanobodies scaffold helps with small protein imaging

17.07.25 News

Harnessing the power of supercomputing to understand placental structure and its effect on pregnancy outcomes

15.07.25 News

Congratulations to the UK Biobank’s human imaging project as they reach a major new milestone

03.07.25 Science update

New scanning technique overcomes longstanding challenge in cryo-SEM imaging

17.06.25 Science update

Moving from cells into tissue: a new tomography method

28.05.25 News

Katie Beirns receives Don Claugher Award

07.05.25 News

The Franklin is hiring a new Board Chair

01.05.25 News

New cutting-edge microscope for the UK

29.04.25 Science update

Sugar signalling applications could boost wheat yields by up to 12%

25.04.25 News

Professor Ben Davis receives award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry

16.04.25 Science update

BioCOP – the UK’s first multimodular optical microscope – enters testing phase

07.04.25 News

Call for Strategic Partnerships

03.04.25 News

Professor Ben Davis awarded 2025 Claude S Hudson Award