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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) -
Celia Milstein obituaryAuthors Lawrence, Peter Source The Guardian 16 December 2020 Year 2020
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Subject Peter Lawrence recalls his friend Celia Milstein who has died at the age of 92. Keywords Celia Milstein; obituary; César Milstein; monoclonal antibodies; Babraham research campus -
Cell scientist to watch – Hayley SharpeAuthors Cristo, Inês Source Journal of Cell Science 8 December 2020 Year 2020
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Subject Hayley Sharpe, a former PhD student with Sean Munro’s group in the Cell Biology Division, is interviewed by the Journal of Cell Science about her career so far, how she ended up studying phosphatases Keywords Hayley Sharpe; alumni; Sean Munro; Peter Lawrence; Babraham Institute; ultimate Frisbee; phosphatases; EMBO Young Investigator; Lister Institute Research Prize; career; lockdown -
Charles Darwin’s hunch about early life was probaly rightAuthors Marshall, Michael Source BBC Future 11 November 2020 Year 2020
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Subject BBC FUTURE article looking back at origin of life research breakthroughs, including key research by John Sutherland that utilised UV light to form the building blocks of life from simple carbon-based chemicals Keywords Charles Darwin; natural selection; On the Origin of Species; Claudia Bonfio; amino acids; nucleobases; protein; John Sutherland; building blocks; “fluctuating volcanic hot spring pool”; meteorite crater; wet-dry cycles -
Consortium including MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology to provide Covid-19 protein reagentsAuthors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 21 May 2020 Year 2020
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Subject The LMB is part of a consortium helping to provide vital reagents for free to enable Covid-19 research Keywords Covid-19; reagents; Protein Portal; SARS-CoV-2; Jan Löwe; CPPC; virus; antibodies