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• Celia Milstein obituary
  Authors 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 Sharpe
  Authors 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 right
  Authors 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 reagents
  Authors 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
• Coronavirus: How the virus works
  Authors Highfield, Roger Source Science Museum Group 22 May 2020 Year 2020
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  Subject Science Museum blog: The development of COVID-19 treatments, tests, drugs and vaccines will be accelerated by molecular understanding of the COVID-19 virus. Roger Highfield, Science Director, looks at what is happening in the LMB Keywords COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Yorgo Modis; ‘Nobel prize factory’; virus; coronavirus; electron microscopy; Richard Henderson; cryo-EM; X-ray crystallography; John Briggs; Andrew Carter; Leo James; Sjors Scheres; cells; ‘non-structural protein’ (NSP); RNA; Sean Munro; ACE2; spike; polyprotein; Julian Sale; immune response; Jan Löwe; Radu Aricescu; Harvey McMahon; David Barford; John Sutherland; antibodies; Avigan; Remdesivir; Chris Oubridge; Felix Randow; Lori Passmore; Venki Ramakrishnan; Phil Holliger; phages; Madeline Lancaster; ‘mini brains’; organoids; Julian Gough; risk factors; genetics; genotype; protein reagents
• Coronavirus: The Spike
  Authors Highfield, Roger Source Science Museum Group 25 November 2020 Year 2020
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  Subject Many COVID-19 drugs, vaccines and tests depend on ‘the spike’. Roger Highfield, Science Director, talks to John Briggs and finds out all there is to know about 2020’s most infamous protein Keywords COVID-19; John Briggs; SARS-CoV-2; atomic level; virus; cryo-EM; X rays; 3D reconstruction; spike; coronavirus; angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2); ‘Brownian motion’; ‘hook’; receptor binding domain (RBD); hijack the cell; glycoprotein; neutralising antibodies; immune system; vaccines; RNA; ‘vectors’; adenovirus; Julian Sale; ‘druggable pocket’; Radu Aricescu; Andrew Carter; Leo James; Yorgo Modis; Jan Löwe; Sjors Scheres; diagnostic reagent; D614G; immunoglobulin G (IgG); IgM; IgA; John Meurig Thomas; ‘Nobel prize factory’
• Cryo-electron microscopy reaches resolution mileston
  Authors Peplow, Mark Source C&EN 27 September 2020 Year 2020
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  Subject Detailed protein structures are fueling drug-discovery efforts Keywords Cryo-EM; Richard Henderson; GABAA: COVID-19; Titan Krios microscopes; X-ray crystallography; Radu Aricescu; Sjors Scheres; Christopher Russo; SARS-CoV-2; 100 keV; protein
• Did life emerge in the ‘‘primordial soup’’ via DNA or RNA? Maybe both
  Authors MRC Source Cambridge Network 04 June 2020 Year 2020
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  Subject The research, led by scientists from Laboratory of Molecular Biology, shows for the first time how some of the building blocks of both DNA and RNA could have spontaneously formed and co-existed in the 'primordial soup' on Earth. Keywords DNA RNA
• Dr. Jailson Brito Querido
  Authors Ferro, Diana Source RNA Society 22 September 2020 Year 2020
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  Subject RNA Society Spotlight features Jailson Brito Querido, a postdoctoral researcher in Venki Ramakrishnan’s group. Jailson describes how he became interested in RNA biology, why he wanted to come to the LMB, and who his scientific hero is Keywords Jailson Brito Querido; Venki Ramakrishnan; RNA Society; Marie Curie; helcases; translation; elF4A; career
• Dr. Kelly Nguyen
  Authors Keane, Sarah Source RNA Society 3 July 2020 Year 2020
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  Subject RNA Society Spotlight has a feature on Kelly Nguyen, a Group Leader in the Structural Studies Division. Kelly describes the inspirations that led to her working in RNA structural biology, her experience of starting her group, and her advice for younger scientists Keywords Kelly Nguyen; Tom Steitz; Kiyoshi Nagai; Jade Li; cryo-EM; telomerase structure; mentor; Davos; RNA Society