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The LMB Archive collates scanned/digitised newspaper, magazine and web articles that relate to the activities of the LMB. This database lists the articles that have been catalogued so far.

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  • The FEBS open bio article prize 2022
    Authors Federation of European Biochemical Societies Source Federation of European Biochemical Societies 18 February 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject Sofia Lovestam has won FEBS bio articles prize. It’s awarded to PhD or Post Doc researchers who have published a paper of special interest within 5 years of receiving their PhD Keywords FEBS PhD Seeded assembly
  • Tribute to Sidney Altman
    Authors Venkat Gopalan Source A publication of the RNA society 16 September 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject Tribute dedicated to Sidney (Sid) Altman, one of the veritable architects of modern RNA research. Sid is widely known as the co-recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, an honor shared with Tom Cech for the discovery of catalytic RNA Keywords Nobel prize Chemistry Sidney Altman
  • Tributes to long-serving research assistant
    Authors Paul Buckley Source Cambridge independent 28 September 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject Tributes made to John Jarvis, a former research assistant who served at the LMB for nearly 40 years died at the age of 80. Keywords Tributes John Jarvis Assistant PNAC Division Immunoglobulin
  • Understanding the molecular machines that express photosynthetic genes; Introducing Michael Webster
    Authors John Innes Centre Source John Innes Centre Blog 5 January 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject Michael Webster shares insights into his research, scientific interests and career so far as he joins the John Innes Centre as a Group Leader Keywords Michael Weber; John Innes Centre; alumni; Lori Passmore; cryo-EM; Ccr4-Not; mRNA; protein; Group Leader; decoding
  • Vernon Martin Ingram – Biographical Memoirs
    Authors Kilmartin J. V., Crowther R. A. Source Royal Society Memoirs 10 August 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject Vernon Ingram Royal Society Biographical Memoir, written by emeritus scientists John Kilmartin and Tony Crowther. Keywords Vernon Ingram; X-ray crystallography; sickle cell haemoglobin; neurodegenerative disease; heavy atom; Max Perutz; Cavendish Laboratory; John Kendrew; Francis Crick; thalassaemia; erythroleukaemia cells; HeLa; Alzheimer’s disease; Huntington’s disease
  • Winners of the 2023 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences, Mathematics and Fundamental Physics announced
    Authors Breakthrough Prize Source Breakthrough Prize 23 September 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject Anthony Hyman has been jointly awarded the 2023 Breakthrough Prize for Life Sciences. Anthony, along with Clifford Brangwynne, discovered an entirely new mechanism for cellular organisation that concentrates cellular interactions between proteins and other biomolecules in membraneless droplets Keywords Breakthrough Prize; Anthony A. Hyman; Life Sciences Prize; “Oscars of Science”; Award; Priscilla Chan; Mark Zuckerberg; Alumni
  • 101 jobs that change the world – David Street
    Authors UK Research and Innovation Source UKRI 12 July 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject Highlighting non-traditional jobs which support research and innovation, UKRI have profiled David Street, a member of the LMB’s Estates and Facilities team Keywords David Street; Estates and Facilities; Electrical Engineer; career; ‘behind the scenes’; tours; Arts and Crafts Show; change the world
  • A unique venue of discoveries in structural chemistry and structural biology: the 75‐year and 60‐year jubilees of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology—a personal tribute
    Authors Istvan Hargittai Source Structural Chemistry September 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject In 1962, the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, moved into a new building and continued a success story that had begun 15 before. Milestone discoveries and Nobel Prizes have followed ever since. They have led to profound changes in our basic ideas about the nature of life and the way medicine operates. Structural chemistry has paved the way for this unprecedented progress. Keywords Structural biology Helix structures Watson and Crick Richard HendersonHargittais
  • Cell scientist to watch – Alexey Amunts
    Authors Pálfy, Máté Source Journal of Cell Science 1 July 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject Alexey Amunts shares insights into his career to date, including his time at the LMB in Venki Ramakrishnan’s lab, the importance of open science and collaboration, in an interview with the Journal of Cell Science. Keywords Alexey Amunts; Venki Ramakrishnan; cryo-EM; alumni; career; collaboration; Israeli army; Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab); ribosomes
  • Defining myself as a mother scientist
    Authors Shahbazi, Marta N. Source Cell Stem Cell 6 May 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject As part of a series covering how researchers have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Science Direct have featured Marta Shahbazi and her experience of juggling being a new group leader and a new mother during lockdown. Keywords Marta Shahbazi; COVID-19; mother; coronavirus pandemic; double life; Group Leader