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Twenty-six young investigators join the EMBO communityAuthors 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 combinationAuthors 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 revealedAuthors 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 revealedAuthors 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 -
Young Scientist at #LINO70: Maria Marti Solano – On the Way to a More Personalised MedicineAuthors Marti Solano, Maria Source Blog – Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 23 June 2021 Year 2021
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Subject Postdoc Maria Marti Solano, Structural Studies Division, discusses her research into whether genetic or patient-specific factors impact receptor function and can explain varying responses to drugs. She also addresses how she has adapted to continue her research from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. Keywords Maria Marti Solano; G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR); computational methods; pandemic; corona; big data; #LINO70; Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting -
2020 BNA Prize Winners!Authors British Neuroscience Association Source British Neuroscience Association 14 December 2020 Year 2020
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Subject Alexander Bates wins the 2020 British Neuroscience Association Postgraduate Award Keywords Alexander Bates; award; Greg Jefferis; ‘connectomics’; British Neuroscience Association -
80th Birthday SpeechAuthors Alan Weeds Source Trinity College Cambridge Annual Record 31st August 2020 Year 2020
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Subject Alan Weeds gives memoir of his early life and Scientific career at the Trinity Annual record in Cambridge Keywords Cambridge; Trinity College; Myosin; Polypeptides; -
A splice of lifeAuthors Sansom, Clare Source Chemistry World 23 March 2020 Year 2020
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Subject History of spliceosome research and its importance, focusing on the work of Kiyoshi Nagai and his group. Keywords Human Genome Project; RNA; eukaryotes; Kiyoshi Nagai; Max Perutz; “Nobel Prize factory’; Chris Oubridge; Aaron Klug; haemoglobin; sliceosome; snRNPS (‘snurps’); Shaoxia Chen; Krios; introns; splicing; spinal muscular atrophy (SMA); X-ray crystallography -
Are some people at greater genetic risk from Covid-19? MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology seeks DNA volunteersAuthors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 15 May 2020 Year 2020
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Subject Cambridge Independent feature story on Julian Gough’s new phenotype prediction genome data study, which is also exploring whether DNA genotype can be used to predict Covid-19 risk factors. Julian is asking those who have had consumer DNA tests to aid the research by volunteering their data Keywords Covid-19; Julian Gough; 23andMe; AncestryDNA; genotype; risk factors; genetic; coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2 virus; ACE2 gene; immune system; BAME; ethnic groups -
Astronomers find possible sign of life in clouds above VenusAuthors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 16 September 2020 Year 2020
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Subject An international team of scientists, including the LMBs Paul Rimmer, have announced the discovery of a rare molecule in the planet’s atmosphere called phosphine that could indicate the presence of microbes. Keywords Paul Rimmer; phosphine; Venus; life; James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT); “biosignature”; gas of life; oxygen; PH3; Cavendish Astrophysics; Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)