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Articles

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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  • Donald Caspar (1927-2021)
    Authors Makowski, Lee Source Nature 6 January 2022 Year 2021
    Details Subject Don Caspar, LMB alumnus, has died at the age of 94. Don first came to the MRC Unit for the Study of the Molecular Structure of Biological Systems (now the LMB) as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 1955 Keywords Don Caspar; tobacco mosaic virus (TMV); James Watson; Francis Crick; spherical virus particles; cubic symmetry; icosahedral symmetry; tomato bush stunt virus; Aaron Klug; quasi-equivalence; rod-shaped; alumni; obituary; Rosalind Franklin; X-ray crystallography; electron microscopy; fibre diffraction
  • Double Spiral Sets TDP-43 Apart from Other Amyloids
    Authors ALZFORUM Source ALZFORUM 10 December 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject A recent paper from Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon’s group reveals the first atomic structure of TDP-43 filaments from the brains of people with ALS and FTD diseases. Keywords Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon; TDP-43; ALS/FTD; brain; double-spiral fold; filaments; amyloidogenic protein; C-terminal fragments; tau
  • Dr Wasi Faruqi’s structural biology work at the LMB recognised
    Authors Cambridge Independent Source Cambridge Independent 16-22 June 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject Wasi Faruqi Is awarded an MBE for services to medical research in the Queen’s Birthday honours. Keywords Abdul (Wasi) Faruqi; Queen’s Birthday honours; MBE; cryoEM; Richard Henderson; X-ray crystallography; award
  • Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators
    Authors Eppendorf Corporate Source Eppendorf Corporate 25 June 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject Tanmay Bharat has been awarded the 2021 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators for his research on the structure and function of protective layers surrounding prokaryotic cells Keywords Tanmay Bharat; Award; Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators; prokaryotic cells; alumni; antibiotics; prize; filamentous phages; pathogenic bacteria
  • Exhibition room opens at MRC LMB
    Authors Paul Brackley Source Cambridge Independent 14 July 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject An exhibition room has been launched by the LMB director. Visitors will be able to learn about LMB history and its current research. Keywords electron cyromicroscopy sample holders cryo‑EM
  • Family values – Learn about newly elected EMBO Member Alex Bateman and his work on protein families
    Authors Kießling, Tilmann Source EMBO 9 June 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject Alex Bateman, a former PhD student in Cyrus Chothia’s group in the Structural Studies Division, has been elected a member of EMBO for his work on protein families Keywords Alex Bateman; EMBO Member; Cyrus Chothia; protein sequences; ‘protein families’; genome; EMBL-EBI; Pfam database; UniProt: Rfam; RNAcentral; ‘periodic table’; machine learning; Hinxton; alumni
  • First cells reprogrammed to make synthetic polymers – and virus-resistant drug manufacturers
    Authors PhysOrg Source PhysOrg 3 June 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject A study led by the LMB has developed the first cells that can construct artificial polymers from building blocks that are not found in nature, by following instructions the researchers encoded in their genes. Keywords synthetic genome; bacteria; viruses; polymer; amino acids; Escherichia coli (E.coli); Jason Chin; codons; antibiotics; tRNAs; macrocycles; drugs; genetic code; sequence; monomers
  • First detailed images captured of molecule associated with ALS
    Authors Cambridge Network Source Cambridge Network 10 December 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject The structure of the molecule associated with ALS has been determined for the first time by Ben Ryskeldi-Falcon’s Group Keywords Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); TDP-43; cryo-EM; Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon; neurodegenerative disease; clumping; aggregates
  • First synthetic cells that could make drugs created at LMB
    Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 9-15 June 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject Scientists at the LMB have programmed bacteria to act like renewable and programmable factories, with the potential to create antibodies or biodegradable plastics Keywords Jason Chin; antibiotics; biodegradable plastics; synthetic genome; polymers; building blocks; monomers; bacteria; viruses; E. coli; codon; amino acids; macrocycles; genetic code; Daniel de la Torre; Wesley Robertson; Louise Funke; Julius Fredens
  • Genetic code breakthrough opens door to advanced materials
    Authors Cookson, Clive Source Financial Times 4 June 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject A project led by Jason Chin has re-engineered the genetic code of microbes to create a synthetic cell with capabilities unlike anything in nature, opening up the possibility of new materials for everything from plastics to antibiotics. Keywords Jason Chin; genetic code; microbes; synthetic cell; antibiotics; amino acids; E. coli; “codons”; monomers; “non-natural building blocks”; viruses; Syn61 bacterium; biodegradable plastics
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