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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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  • Global bottleneck holding up discovery using cryo-EM is solved by MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge
    Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 26 November 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject Chris Russo and PhD student, Katerina Naydenova, are interviewed by the Cambridge Independent on their exciting new optimisation method for making cryo-EM grids Keywords Chris Russo; Katerina Naydenova; cryo-electron microscopy; grids; all-gold; HexAuFoil; semiconductor processing; MEMS technology; microlithography; bottleneck; Quantifoil; SPT Labtech; Richard Henderson
  • In memoriam: Jefferson Foote
    Authors Ward, Sally E., Jones, Peter, Buss, Tim, Rada, Cristina, Winter, Gregory, Willson, Richard Source MABS 12 January 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject In a scientific career that spanned over three decades, Dr. Jeff Foote made seminal contributions to antibody humanization and the biophysical aspects of antibody recognition. In this Perspective, we discuss his life and work. Keywords Jefferson (Jeff) Foote; immunochemistry; antibody humanization; Greg Winter; Cesar Milstein; fluorometers; Macintosh (“Mac”); antibody engineering; CDR grafting; therapeutic; Campath-1; “conformational isomerism”; Perspective; Arrowsmith Technologies
  • Lab grows small brains to answer the big question
    Authors Blakely, Rhys Source The Times 25 March 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject Madeline Lancaster’s group have shed light on the why humans develop much bigger brains than apes, an important step in the scientific understanding of neural development. Keywords Madeline Lancaster; “mini-brains”; human; chimpanzee; stem cell; ZEB2; organoids; neurons; progenitor cells; apes
  • LifeArc’s technology transfer team supports MRC researchers in making cryo-electron microscopy even sharper
    Authors LifeArc Source LifeArc 3 November 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject LifeArc filed applications for a patent and trademark for the new all-gold grids developed by Chris Russo’s group. Helping to bring them to the marked as soon as possible. Keywords cryo-EM; gold grids; HexAuFoil; Chris Russo; LifeArc; ‘cryoEvap’; gold film
  • LMB reveals fresh insight into neurodegenerative disease
    Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 6 October 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject New insight into a range of neurodegenerative diseases has been achieved by LMB using cryo-electron microscopy Keywords Michel Goedert; Sjors Scheres; tauopathies; cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM); tau filaments; Alzheimer’s; neurodegeneration; brain tissues
  • LMB solves structure of ALS molecule to aid hunt for drugs
    Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 23 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); Motor neurone disease; Clumped TDP-43; Alzheimer’s disease; Parkinson’s; Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon; Diana Arseni; Alexey Murzin; cryo-EM; amyloid filaments; tau; alpha-synuclein; FTD; neurodegenerative disease; ‘aggregates’
  • Man-made cell that produces plastics and medicines hailed as revolutionary in biology
    Authors Blakely, Rhys Source The Times 4 June 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject Jason Chin’s group have created a new type of cell capable of producing substances such as plastics and medicines in a way not seen in the natural world Keywords Jason Chin; biodegradable plastics; antibiotics; synthetic chemistry; polymers; codons; tRNA; monomers; polymers; genome; genetic code; amino acid; bacteria
  • Maria Leptin
    Authors European Research Council Source European Research Council 2 July 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject Maria Leptin is the new President of the European Research Council. Since her postdoc position in Michael Wilcox’s group at the LMB, Maria has been a Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, led a research group at EMBL and served as Director of EMBO Keywords Maria Leptin; President; European Research Council; Michael Wilcox; EMBO; alumni
  • Mary Overton Fellowship: Worms the key to understanding brains
    Authors Flinders Foundation Source Flinders Foundation 8 July 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject Yee Lian Chew is the recipient of the Flinders Foundation’s Mary Overton Senior Research Fellowship in Neuroscience. Keywords Yee Lian Chew; Finders Foundation; Mary Overton Senior Research Fellowship; Nematodes; worm; neurons; chronic pain; neurodegenerative disorders; award; alumni
  • Mini-brains used to study development and disease
    Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 29 September 2021 Year 2021
    Details Subject Madeline Lancaster has earned a Vallee Scholarship for pioneering work using cerebral organoids, which are helping her group to answer fundamental questions Keywords Madeline Lancaster; ‘mini-brains’; Covid-19 virus; cerebral organoids; human stem cells; Petri dish; floating balls; SARS-CoV-2; Vallee Foundation; prize; neurons; “Great Apes’; Matrigel; neurological diseases
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