Mark Gardiner, our Chief Operating Officer, wins an award for CPD
Late last year, Mark Gardiner, the COO at the MLC, was named a CSci CPD Award winner by the Science Council, so we wanted to find a few minutes in his unbelievably busy diary to talk about the award...
View ArticleSupporting career progression for technicians
MLC Pathology Technician Tina Etemadi gave a talk about her experience of the Holger Kramer Technician Exchange Programme at the recent MRC LMB Technician Week. The post Supporting career progression...
View ArticleShining a light on an overlooked animal welfare issue
Our Director, Sara Wells, is part of a collaborative team making suggestions for a new system of light measurement and for standardisation of light levels and quality in animal facilities. The post...
View ArticleCitizen Science and Home Cage Monitoring: a steep learning curve with useful...
Machine learning has revolutionised the analysis of large datasets in recent years. It uses automated recurring pattern recognition, known as unsupervised learning, or initial manual annotation, known...
View ArticleLong-read sequencing provides faster and more comprehensive characterisation...
The MLC’s Molecular and Cellular Biology team, led by Lydia Teboul, have piloted how Oxford Nanopore Technology long-read sequencing allows fast and robust analysis of genome-editing experiments. The...
View ArticleAs a family, we stick together for a long time
Last month the MRC Harwell family gathered to celebrate some of our colleagues who have been working with us for a long time and have reached extraordinary milestones, with one colleague having worked...
View ArticleJoint appointment at the Francis Crick Institute for our Director, Sara Wells
Dr Sara Wells, Director of the Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell (MLC), is now the Chief Biological Resources Facility (BRF) Officer at The Francis Crick Institute. The joint appointment between the...
View ArticleJoin Us on the 6th of June for a Meeting on Resources and Funding...
The Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell and the MRC National Mouse Genetics Network are delighted to host this event which aims to provide insights into resources available in the UK and funding...
View ArticleNetworking with the wider preclinical modelling community – Meeting report
A great setting for a packed schedule On the 8th-10th of May 2024, The Royal Society of Edinburgh was the beautiful setting for the first Disease Models and Mechanisms Preclinical Modelling of Human...
View ArticleRare Disease Community Event – meeting report
On the 6th of June 2024 the MRC National Mouse Genetics Network (NMGN) and the Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell (MLC) hosted a Resources and Funding Opportunities in Rare Diseases event at the Advance...
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