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• The origin of life on Earth explored at MRC LMB in Cambridge using a flask and a lamp
  Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 3 July 2020 Year 2020
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  Subject Nicholas Green is interviewed in the Cambridge Independent about John Sutherland’s group’s recent research suggesting that DNA and RNA building blocks might have co-existed at the dawn of life Keywords UV lamp; primordial soup; Nicholas Green; Jianfeng Xu; Václav Chmela; David Russell; John Sutherland; amino acids; RNA; flasks; Earth; synthetic biology; artificial life
• The protein-imaging technique taking over structural biology
  Authors Callaway, Ewen Source Nature 13 February 2020 Year 2020
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  Subject An interview with LMB scientists Richard Henderson and Sjors Scheres. Estimating that by 2024, more protein structures will be determined by cryo-EM than by X-ray crystallography Keywords Richard Henderson; Sjors Scheres; cryo-EM; 3D; Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB); X-ray crystallography; flash-freezing; microscope; ‘structure sleuths’
• The weirdness of water; Cryo EM detector will produce better data with less energy.
  Authors Chemistry World Source Chemistry World April 2020 Year 2020
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  Subject An new project aims to lower the energy requirements for cryo- electron microscopy studies and make the technique more accessible for U K researchers Keywords Cryo- EM Richard Henderson Chris Russo Jan Lowe
• Tributes paid to ‘talented experimental scientist’ Chris Oubridge, of MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
  Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 18 September 2020 Year 2020
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  Subject Tributes have been paid to talented experimental scientist Chris Oubridge by colleagues at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, following his death Keywords Chris Oubridge; obituary; Kiyoshi Nagai; spliceosome; cryo-EM, snRNA; skit; ‘talented experimental scientist’; Jan Löwe; pre-mRNA; eukaryotic cells
• ‘We need a people’s cryo-EM.’ Scientists hope to bring revolutionary microscope to the masses
  Authors Hand, Eric Source Science 23 January 2020 Year 2020
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  Subject Profiles structural biology scientists at the LMB, including Chris Russo and Nobel Prize winner Richard Henderson, and their work on bringing cryo-EM to hundreds of more labs Keywords Richard Henderson; Chris Russo; cryo-EM; X-ray crystallography; 3D structure; affordable; Krios machines; graphene; 100-KeV; flash-freezing; JEOL; microscope; structural biology
• Women of the Nobel factory share their stories
  Authors Ferry, Georgina Source Nature 15 December 2020 Year 2020
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  Subject From sequencing to stardom — alumnae of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology reflect on how they succeeded in science for Kathleen Weston’s book Keywords Kathleen Weston; ‘sexist ads’; Ahead of the Curve; book review; “discrimination against mediocrity”; interviews; women; Elizabeth Blackburn; Sarah Teichmann; Joan Steitz; Fred Sanger; Max Perutz; Daniela Rhodes; Mariann Bienz; Hugh Pelham; Aaron Klug; Melina Schuh; ‘leaky pipline’; unconscious bias; impostor syndrome; salary disparities
• Yanlan Mao is awarded the 2021 Royal Microscopical Society Medal for Life Sciences
  Authors Royal Microscopical Society Source Royal Microscopical Society 6 August 2020 Year 2020
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  Subject Yanlan Mao, who did her PhD with Matthew Freeman’s group in Cell Biology Division, has been awarded the RMS Medal for Life Sciences in recognition of her important contribution to our understanding of how cells and tissues are shaped and organised during the developmental process Keywords Yanlan Mao; Royal Microscopical Society Medal; alumni; award; Matthew Freeman; winner; Life Sciences
• Max Perutz Science writing Award 2019 winner revealed
  Authors MRC Life Source MRC Life news from the MRC Community December 2019 Year 2019
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  Subject Max Perutz Science writing Award 2019 winner has been announced with Akira Wiberg of the university of Oxford scooping the top prize. Keywords Max Perutz; Akira Wiberg; Science writing award
• 2019 alumni awards
  Authors Carr, Cella Source EMBL etc Alumni 21 February 219 Year 2019
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  Subject Tanmay Bharat, a former post-doctoral researcher in Jan Löwe’s group, and previously a PhD student with John Briggs at EMBL, wins for his novel applications of electron cryo-tomography in visualising the molecular structures of bacterial biofilms Keywords Tanmay Bharat; EMBL alumni; John Kendrew award; cryo-electron tomography; structural biology; cryo-EM; bacteria; John Briggs; Jan Löwe; Sjors Scheres; infection; biofilm
• 365 project captures life and work at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in pictures
  Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 21 May 2019 Year 2019
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  Subject Throughout 2019, the LMB posted an image a day on its website and social media channels about life and work at the LMB, both now and in the past. Keywords Images; social media; beauty of science; Alex Bates; ‘instinct centre’; Katja Roeper; Drosophilia; reflection; AstraZeneca; Laura Pellegrini; human cerebral organoid; ‘mini brains’; cheese scones; LMB mascot; the LMBee; spinning centrifuse; view of building; cyclepath; Technical Instrumentation Workshop; 3D printed model; openSPIM light sheet microscope; Light Microscopy; nematode worm; C. elegans green fluorescence; aluminium holders; Lego model; Bob Senior KJ Tait; LMBeekeeper; honeybees; reproduction DNA model