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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.

These articles are the copyright of the originating organisation. They may be accessed for reference-only purposes at the LMB. Alternatively, you can contact the copyright holder for direct requests to access or use their articles.

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  • From mysterious cysts to CSF-in-a-dish
    Authors Pellegrini, Laura Source The Company of Biologists, The Node 21 September 2020 Year 2020
    Details Subject Laura Pellegrini posted about the importance of looking closer if something unusual happens to your experiments. There may be something new to be learned from these results. Keywords Laura Pellegrini; cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); brain; choroid plexus (ChP); Madeline Lancaster; cerebral organoids; dorsal cortex; cysts; Serpin Family F Member 1 (SERPINF1); clusterin (CLU); Claudia Bonfio; NMR; L-dopa; dopamine; Sephin 1; circadian cycle regulation
  • Hayley Sharpe wins a 2020 Lister Institute Research Prize
    Authors The Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine of Source The Lister Institute 13 August 2020 Year 2020
    Details Subject Hayley Sharpe, a former PhD student with Sean Munro’s group in the Cell Biology Division, is one of four researchers to be awarded a 2020 Lister Institute Research Prize Keywords Hayley Sharpe; alumni; Lister Institute Research Prize; The Babraham Institute; tyrosine; phosphatase signalling; research
  • How the first life on Earth survived its biggest threat-water (The water paradox and the origins of life)
    Authors Marshall, Michael Source Nature 9 December 2020 Year 2020
    Details Subject Living things depend on water, but it breaks down DNA and other key molecules. So how did the earliest cells deal with the water paradox? Keywords NASA; Perseverance; Jezero Crater; Lake; liquid water; John Sutherland; Mars; first biological cells; carbon based chemicals; wet and dry; Primordial soup; cyanamide; proteins; lipids; warm pond; Claudia Bonfio; prebiotic chemistry
  • Larissa Wakefield obituary
    Authors Stephen Kearsey Source The Guardian 20 October 2020 Year 2020
    Details Subject Larissa Wakefield, who has died aged 61, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, was a naturalist, scientist and potter. She had a highly successful research career both before and after a 10-year break, during which she devoted herself to bringing up children and running a pottery. Keywords Larissa Wakefield; Pottery; Sir John Gurdon; Parkinson's disease
  • Lost connections in the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s restored by MRC LMB in Cambridge
    Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 11 September 2020 Year 2020
    Details Subject The astonishing work by scientists at the LMB and their international collaborators offers long-term hope of helping patients with a range of conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, spinal injury and epilepsy Keywords Radu Aricescu; spinal cord; brain; neurological disorders; Alzheimer’s disease; epilepsy; ‘molecular bridge’; repair; cerebellin-1; CPTX; Jonathan Elegheert; Amber Clayton; cerebellar ataxia; neuronal cells; synapses
  • Meet the 10 brilliant Cambridge scientists elected as fellows of the Royal Society in 2020
    Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 30 April 2020 Year 2020
    Details Subject An extraordinary 10 out of the 62 newly-elected fellows of the Royal Society are Cambridge scientists. This included Bill Schafer a group leader in Neurobiology. Keywords William Schafer; Royal Society; Fellow; C. elegans; nematode worm; Denise Walker; genetic mutations; neurons; Venki Ramakrishnan
  • Missing link in puzzle of how hearing work found by MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
    Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 7 May 2020 Year 2020
    Details Subject Missing pieces to the puzzle of how hearing works at the basic molecular level have been identified by scientists at the LMB Keywords William Schafer; hearing loss; sensory neurons; UNC-44; CALM-1; worm; ankyrins; cytoskeleton; C. elegans; gating spring
  • Mogrify enters research collaboration with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
    Authors Mogrify/MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Source Mogrify Press Release 11 January 2020 Year 2020
    Details Subject Exploratory research project aims to develop novel protein expression systems via cell reprogramming Keywords Mogrify; ex vivo cell therapies; protein expression systems; LifeArc; Julian Gough; collaboration; project
  • National Academy of Sciences Elects New Members
    Authors National Academy of Sciences News Source National Academy of Sciences 27 April 2020 Year 2020
    Details Subject The National Academy of Sciences of the USA recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original scientific research by election to membership and has recently elected 120 members and 26 international members including Anthony Hyman Keywords Anthony Hyman; alumni; Nation Academy of Sciences USA; Newly elected; award; Director; Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics; member
  • New molecule to repair and restore brain and spinal cord function
    Authors Quested, Tony Source Business Weekly 1 September 2020 Year 2020
    Details Subject A molecule created by a team of researchers lead by Radu Aricescu, can restore lost connections in the spinal cord and brain of mice with neurological disorders including cerebellar ataxia, Alzheimer’s disease and spinal cord injury. Keywords Radu Aricescu; cerebellin-1; ‘molecular bridge’; CPTX; spinal cord; brain; Alzheimer’s disease; epilepsy; cerebellar ataxia; neuronal cells
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