During the last week of March, CPBM members had the privilege of taking part in Durham University’s annual Schools Science Festival. The festival invites groups of schoolchildren from across Durham and the wider region to take part in interactive activities explaining the research conducted by scientists at the university. Over the three days, this year’s…
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Everyone at the CPBM is very pleased to share that we have been awarded a platinum certification from My Green Lab for our efforts to be as sustainable as possible! My Green Lab is the industry’s most widely recognized lab sustainability certification program, and platinum is the second-highest degree of certification. My Green Lab measures sustainability for labs across 14 different categories, taking…
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During the October half-term, CPBM had the privilege of taking part in the annual Celebrate Science Festival, at Locomotion in Shildon. Aiming to inspire the curious minds of children, our team hosted a special section on the work of CPBM that featured immersive virtual reality experiences, engaging puzzles, educational models and more. The enthusiasm and…
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On 8th October the CPBM welcomed Professor Jamie Blaza from the University of York to give a seminar and a workshop based on his work with cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). Jamie’s seminar on “Using Cryo-EM and symmetry expansion to understand how Rubisco is bound together to accelerate carbon fixation” drew a full house and prompted lots…
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The Centre for Programmable Biological Matter remains deeply committed to training the next generation of scientists. Each summer, we welcome a cohort of enthusiastic interns who bring fresh perspectives and energy to our research environment. This year, we’ve been fortunate to host a diverse group of students from various academic levels and institutions, all eager…
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We are proud to share that our Assistant Professor, Ting-Yu Lin, and PhD student, Yasmin Stone, have co-authored a new review article in RNA Biology with Professor Sebastian Glatt from the Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology! Titled ‘Mechanistic insight into the pseudouridylation of RNA’, this review explores how pseudouridylation (Ψ), one of the most abundant RNA…
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Prof. Jonathan Heddle – Invited Plenary Speaker being held in Granada from 24-27 June 2025.
Durham, June 2025 – The Centre for Programmable Biological Matter (CPBM) at Durham University was delighted to welcome Roger Rubio Sanchez from the University of Cambridge for a research visit and seminar on the 11th of June 2025. Roger presented an engaging talk to members of the Biosciences and Chemistry Departments, titled “A DNA-Nanotechnology Toolkit…
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Durham, 20 May 2025 - Visitors to Palace Green Library were treated to a captivating journey into the microscopic world of bionanoscience during a one-day interactive exhibition hosted by the Centre for Programmable Biological Matter. Titled “The Stuff That Dreams Are Made of: Forging Nanomachines from Nature’s Building Blocks,” the event welcomed families, students, and curious minds of…
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Centre for Programmable Biological Matter (CPBM) holds Two-Day Research Away Days – in Durham and Newcastle.
