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• The body clock, our heartbeat and the impact on our health
  Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 27 October 2021 Year 2021
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  Subject LMB and AstraZeneca research that suggests why shift workers are prone to heart problems and the elderly are more likely to have a cardiac event in the morning Keywords Heart rate; circadian rhythms; ‘body clock’; John O’Neill; Peter Newham; AstraZeneca; heart cells; shift workers; arrhythmias; ion; cardiac sodium; potassium; Bluesky collaboration; chrono-pharmacology; cardiac event
• The institute mourns the loss of Kenneth C. Holmes
  Authors Max Planck Institute Source Max Planck Institute 8 November 2021 Year 2021
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  Subject Ken Holmes, LMB alumnus and friend, has died at the age of 86. He was a PhD student with Rosalind Franklin at Birkbeck College, London, and moved to the LMB alongside Aaron Klug in 1961 Keywords Ken Holmes; J. D. Bernal; Roselind Franklin; tobacco mosaic virus (TMV); X-ray diffraction; Hugh Huxley; myosin filaments; muscle; APT; Aaron Klug; synchrotron; obituary; alumni
• The life and work of Robert (Bob) C. Sheppard
  Authors Wade, John D., Jones J. H. Source Journal of Peptide Science 24 August 2021 Year 2021
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  Subject A look at the life and work of Robert Charles Sheppard (1932-2019) known to his friends as Bob. He was a leading pioneer of solid phase peptide synthesis and made the most significant and fundamental European contribution to the art of peptide synthesis since Emil Fischer. Keywords Robert (Bob) Sheppard; alumni; Max Perutz; peptide; protein chemistry; Doug Dyckes; Eric Atherton; solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS); Tom Creighton; polyamide; Derek Clive; Reza Arshady; David East; Mike Gait; Fred Sanger; George Brownlee; Chris Logan; amino acids; Queen's Award for Technological Achievement; Fmoc; oligonucleotide; John Wade
• The Microscopists podcast with Richard Henderson
  Authors O’Toole, Peter Source BiteSize Bio, The Microscopists 10 June 2021 Year 2021
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  Subject Richard Henderson is a guest on The Microscopists podcast from Bitesize Bio. Here he chats with Peter O’Toole about a range of topics including; the fundamental importance of understanding protein structures, what attracted him to biophysics and his motorbike adventures in Scotland Keywords Richard Henderson; podcast; electron microscopy; Joachim Frank; Jacques Dubochet; Fred Sanger; Max Perutz; Malcolm Weir; Heptares; vaccines; coronavirus; old clocks; radio; fixing; Brian Hartley; Paul Emsley; Twitter; Facebook; Breaking Bad; Hitchcock; electromicroscopy; Ada Yonath; Michael Rossmann; Cryo EM
• The neurobiologist who grew ‘mini-brain’ tissues in a dish
  Authors Goodyear, Charis Source University of Cambridge 22 September 2021 Year 2021
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  Subject Cell Biology Group Leader Madeline Lancaster discusses how her ‘failed’ attempt to grow neural stem cells led to the development of brain organoids – miniature brain tissues – which she uses in her research today to better understand the human brain. Keywords Madeline Lancaster; ‘mini-brain’; Petri dish; floating balls; Matrigel; self-organise; organoids; stem cell; great apes; gorilla; chimpanzee; neurons; neurodegeneration; cognitive capabilities
• Thomas Arthur Steitz. 23 August 1940-9 October 2018
  Authors Ramakrishnan Venki.; Henderson, Richard Source Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of The Royal Society 1 December 2021 Year 2021
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  Subject Thomas Steitz Royal Society Biographical Memoir written by Venki Ramakrishnan and Richard Henderson Keywords Thomas A. Steitz; macromolecules; a-chymotrypsin; David Blow; Max Perutz; crystallography; Fourier maps; Richard Henderson; N-formy-ltryptophan; Brian Matthews; dioxan; hydrolysis; Brian Hartley; trypsin; Joan Steitz; Francis Crick; ATCase; hydrophobic; Hans Neurath; Ross Jakes; Jens Birktoft; alumni; 50S structure; tRNA; ribosome
• Twenty-six young investigators join the EMBO community
  Authors EMBO Communications Source EMBO 8 December 2021 Year 2021
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  Subject EMBO welcomes 26 new members of the EMBO Young Investigator Network, including Christian Münch and Clemens Plaschka both MRC LMB alumni Keywords EMBO; Awards; young investigator programme; Christian Münch; Clemens Plaschka; mammalian mitrochondrial unfolded protein response; mRNA; alumni
• Ultrastructure of growing neurons in lab-grown brain 'organoids' revealed with fluorescence and electron microscopy combination
  Authors Katy Pallister Source Biomedical Picture of the day- MRC 7 December 2021 Year 2021
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  Subject Structure of growing neurons Keywords Nervous system Axon Electron cryo‑tomography
• Winners from Microscopes4Schools Science Image Award revealed
  Authors Paul Brackley Source Cambridge Independent 22 December 2021 Year 2021
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  Subject Duxford Community Church of England Primary School have the Microscopes4Schools competition for its an image of a pansy. Keywords Microscopes Duxford Community Church of England Primary School Whinhills Primary Academy Histon & Impington Brook Primary School
• Winners of Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards revealed
  Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 23 April 2021 Year 2021
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  Subject The LMB has received a Special Commendation in the category of Covid-19 Response Award, in the Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards Keywords Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards; Covid-19 Respose Award; special commendation; Zunlong Ke; John Briggs