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EMBO Gold for Tanmay BarrattAuthors Paul Brackley Source 4th June 2025 Cambridge Independent Year 2025
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Subject Tanmay Bharat, from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology has been awarded the prestigious EMBO Gold Medal in recognition of his research in the field of structural microbiology. Keywords EMBO Gold; Tanmay Barratt; Microbiology; Microorganisims; -
Endometriosis innovation earns Trinity Bradfield Prize 2025Authors Mike Scialom Source 29th January 2025 Cambridge Independent Year 2025
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Subject Start up company Demetria wins the popular Trinity Bradfield prize awarded by Sir Greg Winters Keywords Greg Winters; Trinity Bradfield Prize; Demetria; Lorna Maclean -
James Watson dies at 97Authors Paul Brackley Source 12th November 2025 Cambridge Independent Year 2025
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Subject LMB’s Nobel laureate and controversial scientist who co- discovered the structure of DNA- James Watson has died Keywords The Double Helix; DNA; The secret of Life; Human Genome project -
Life, Simplified; Rewrite of the genetic code is most radical yetAuthors Paul Brackley Source 6th August 2025 Cambridge Independent Year 2025
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Subject Jasons Chins group represents a radical rewrite of the genetic code. It was proved life can exist with seven fewer codons than usual. Keywords Codons; Jasons Chin; Amino acids; Syn57; Genetic Code -
Madeline and Julian named as new joint heads of divisionAuthors Paul Brackley Source 8th October 2025 Cambridge Independent Year 2025
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Subject Two new heads of division have been announced. Madeline Lancaster has been appointed joint head of cell biology and Julian Sale joint head of PNAC. Keywords Madeline Lancaster; Cell Biology; PNAC; Group leaders -
Man-made manAuthors Martin Bagot Source 27th June 2025 Daily Mirror Year 2025
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Subject British Scientists are launching a controversial project to create the first synthetic human DNA in a laboratory. Keywords Super humans; The synthetic Human genome project; DNA -
New cryo-EM frontier opens at -260C thanks to LMB researchAuthors Paul Brackley Source 30th April 2025 Cambridge Independent Year 2025
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Subject An important advancement in the development of electron cryo-microscopy has been achieved at the LMB. Keywords Chris Russo; Cryo- microscopy; Helium; Cryo- EM -
Nobel Prize winner Sir John Gurdon dies at 92Authors Paul Brackley Source 15th October 2025 Cambridge Independent Year 2025
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Subject Sir John Gurdon dies at 92. He won a Nobel prize and founded the Cambridge university’s Gurdon Institute. He is described a Inspirational and visionary in the field of of developmental biology. Keywords John Gurdon; Nobel prize; Christ church; Eton College; Stem Cell; IVF; Mouse genetics -
Outsee starts reformatting how genomic disease treatments are identifiedAuthors Mike Scialom Source 29th January 2025 Cambridge Independent Year 2025
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Subject Dr Julian Gough describes how he moved from academia to Nomaly, a new hypothesis- free platform for drug discovery. Keywords Julian Gough; Outsee; Nomaly; FINBB -
Project to write human DNA from scratch brings hope- and concernAuthors Sam Rucker Source 27th June 2025 The I Paper Year 2025
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Subject Rewriting human DNA from scratch attracting excitement and concern from the scientific community Keywords DNA; SynHG; Tom Ellis; Editing