A new study led by the Sapkota Lab in collaboration with Harvard’s Woo lab is shedding light on how an emerging class of medicines, designed to eliminate specific harmful proteins in cells, may have broader effects than previously thought.

We are delighted to announce that Tom Deegan has been awarded the Biochemical Society’s prestigious Colworth Medal for 2027.

We are delighted to share that Elton Zeqiraj has been awarded the Biochemical Society Award for Sustained Excellence.

We are delighted to announce that Professor Kei Sakamoto, a former Principal Investigator at the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC PPU), has been elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) in 2026.

The MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC PPU) is pleased to announce the appointment of Monika Zwirek as its new General Manager, succeeding Paul Davies.

Congratulations to Dr Aniketh Bishnu, a postdoctoral researcher in the Ganley Lab, who was awarded the Silver Prize for his poster presentation at the Houses of Parliament in London.

Researchers at the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit and the Centre for Virus Research at the University of Glasgow have uncovered a previously unknown antiviral mechanism that functions like a molecular "quarantine" for viruses.