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Lehmann named to receive Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical ScienceAuthors Snyder, Bill Source Vanderbilt University Medical Centre 20 April 2022 Year 2022
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Subject Ruth Lehmann is the 2022 recipient of the Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, and she was a Postdoctoral Visitor with Michael Wilcox and Peter Lawrence in the Cell Biology Division. Keywords Ruth Lehmann; Director Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; alumni; Cell Biology; Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Sciences; fruit fly Drosophila; germ cells -
LMB determines structures of filaments found in parkinson’sAuthors Paul Buckley Source Cambridge independent 28 October 2022 Year 2022
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Subject Filaments that form in the brains of individuals with Parkinson's and Dementia with lewy bodies have been made. They used Cyro-EM to determine the structure of the filaments. Keywords Filaments Parkinson’s Dementia Lewy bodies Cyro-EM Alpa-synuclein -
LMB researcher wins Eppendorf Award for young scientists following breakthroughsAuthors Cambridge Independent Source Cambridge independent 27 July 2022 Year 2022
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Subject Kelly Nguyen group leader of Structural Studies has won the Eppendorf award for her postdoctoral research on the spliceosome and the role of telomeres in human diseases. Keywords Kelly Nguyen Telomere Spliceosome Award Cryo‑EM -
LMB saddended by death of mass spectrometry expert, 43Authors Paul Brackley Source Cambridge Independent 7th December 2022 Year 2022
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Subject The LMB has been left saddended and shocked by the death of Holger Kramer at the age of 43. The Mass spectrometry expert suffered a brain heamorrhage. Keywords Holger Kramer; Mass Spectometry; Brain heamorhage; Proteomics analysis -
Microscopes4Schools winner prove small really is beautiful.Authors Paul Brackley Source Cambridge Independent 20 July 2022 Year 2022
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Subject University of Cambridge Primary school has won the Microscopes4Schools competition. The competition aims to encourage scientific curiosity in children Keywords Microscopes Brad Amos Winners University of Cambridge Primary school Kings Oak Primary School Ridgefield Primary School -
Pioneering scientist dies at 87Authors Adrian Peel Source Cambridge Independent 27 July 2022 Year 2022
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Subject Former group leader Dr Andrew McLachlan has passed away at the age of 87. Keywords Dr Andrew McLachlan Trinity college Group Leader -
Sidney Altman, pathbreaking scientistAuthors Laurans, Penelope Source YaleNews 6 April 2022 Year 2022
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Subject Sidney Altman was a ground-breaking scientist in the field of RNA biology, whose discovery of catalytic properties of RNA led to the award of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1989 Keywords Sidney Altman; catalytic properties; RNA; Sydney Brenner; Francis Crick; Yale; alumni -
Structural biology: How proteins got their close-upAuthors Stoddart, Charlotte Source Knowable Magazine 3 January 2022 Year 2022
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Subject Richard Henderson, from the Structural Studies Division, discusses his work and the evolution of structural biology on the Knowable podcast Keywords William Bragg; Lawrence Bragg; X-ray crystallography; James Watson; Francis Crick; Maurice Wilkins; John Kendrew; Myoglobin; Max Perutz; heavy atoms; Richard Henderson; protein structure; EDSAC; ‘computer girls’; Dorothy hodgkin; Rosalind Franklin; amino acids; Roger Kornberg; Cryo-EM; synthetic biology; genetic code -
Student to success story: Our Undergraduate Research Opportunity ProgramAuthors Stemm, Holly Source CSIROscope 18 July 2022 Year 2022
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Subject Ben Porebski, an Investigator Scientist in Philipp Holliger’s group in PNAC Division, discusses his career so far Keywords Ben Porebski; Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP); real-world experience; biomedical; Computer sciences; wet lab; CSIRO; Australia; “mixed placement’ -
Suprise! TMEM106b Fibrils Found in Neurodegenerative DiseaseAuthors ALZFORUM Source ALZFORUM 12 April 2022 Year 2022
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Subject Alzforum summarises three recent papers which analysed TMEM106b amyloid filaments in the human brain – including research from Sjors Scheres’ and Michel Goedert’s groups in the LMB’s Structural Studies and Neurobiology Divisions respectively Keywords David Eisenberg; TDP-43; TMEM106b fibris; Michel Goedert; Sjors Scheres; neurodegenerative disease; FTLD-TDP; cryo-EM; “fuzzy coat”; Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon; C-terminal fragment; ultracentrifugation; TMEM239; antibody