A postdoctoral researcher at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology has earned a prestigious award in recognition of PhD work that will aid the search for new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. Sofia Lövestam is one of the 2024 winners of the Harold M Weintraub Graduate Student Award, which recognises “outstanding achievement during graduate studies in the biological sciences.” Sofia joined the LMB in Cambridge as a PhD studen in 2019, working with Sjors Scheres’ group in the Structural Studies Division and Michel Goedert’s group in the Neurobiology Division. The groups’ studies have …