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Raúl Padrón Elected to National Academy of SciencesAuthors University of Massachusetts Medical School Source University of Massachusetts Medical School March 2019 Year 2019
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Subject Raúl Padrón, Senior Research Scientist in Radiology, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences as a foreign associate Keywords Raúl Padrón; elected; National Academy of Science; cryo-EM; award; alumni; Roger Craig; foreign associate; muscle structure -
Researcher of the yearAuthors Paul Brackley Source Cambridge Independent 11 September 2019 Year 2019
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Subject Dr Benjamin Falcon has learnt to perform cryo-electron microscopy; Dr Julius Fredens how the total geonome on E. Coli was synthesised from scratch Keywords Dr Benjamin Falcon; cryo-electron; tau filaments -
Rising star Dr Ben Falcon at MRC LMB explores role of tau in dementiaAuthors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 22 May 2019 Year 2019
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Subject Benjamin Falcon, Neurobiology Division, talks to the Cambridge Independent about his work on the structures of tau filaments in different types of dementia after winning the Alzheimer’s Research UK Rising Star Award for his work in this area Keywords Ben Falcon; Michel Goedert; Sjors Scheres; tau filaments, dementia; Alzheimer’s, Pick’s disease; chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE); toxic; neurodegeneration; filament structure; C-shape; J-shape; contact sports; boxers; American football player; Richard Henderson; cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM); cortical sulci; blood vessel; aggregates -
RNA Society/Scaringe Graduate Student Award for Max WilkinsonAuthors MRC Life Source MRC Life April/May 2019 Year 2019
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Subject Max Wilkinson a graduate student in Kiyoshi Nagai’s group is one of the winners of the RNA Society/Scaringe Graduate Student Awards Keywords Max Wilkinson; RNA Society/Scaringe Graduate Student Awards; young investigators; spliceosome; Kiyoshi Nagai -
Robert C. Sheppard (1932-2019)Authors Eric Atherton; John D. Wade Source Journal of Peptide Science Year 2019
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Subject A memoir of Robert Sheppard and his legacy to Peptide Science Keywords Peptide Chemistry; Peptide synthesis; Robert C. Sheppard -
Robert C. Sheppard ObituaryAuthors Source Wiley Journal of Peptide Science Year 2019
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Subject Robert Sheppard former head of peptide chemistry has passed away at the age of 87. His legacy to peptide science is a substantial body of work on the development of novel solid supports. Keywords Peptide Science; Robert Sheppard; -
Science Image winners have microscopic eye for detailAuthors Gemma Gardner Source Cambridge Independent July 31st 2019 Year 2019
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Subject School children across the cambridgeshire have captured the beauty of everyday life for 2019’s Science image award as part of the LMB’s outreach project Keywords Brad Amos; Butler Academy infant and junior School; Simon Bullock; St Paul’s Church of England Primary School; St Andrew’s Church of England Primary School -
Scientists among thousands marching to demand say on BrexitAuthors Else, Holly Source Nature 23 March 2019 Year 2019
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Subject Scientists took to the streets of London as part of a major demonstration calling for the terms of Brexit to be put to the British people for a vote. Stephen McLaughlin from the LMB was among them. Keywords Brexit; protest; EU; Stephen McLaughlin; referendum; Venki Ramakrishnan -
Scientists grow ‘mini-brain on the move’ that can contract muscleAuthors Devlin, Hannah Source The Guardian 18 March 2019 Year 2019
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Subject Researchers in Madeline Lancaster’s group have developed a method of growing cerebral organoids, or mini-brains, that allows longer-term development and showed that these mini-brains can stimulate muscle contraction Keywords Madeline Lancaster; miniature brain; spinal cord; brain organoid; human stem cell; mouse embryo; motor neurone disease; epilepsy; schizophrenia; muscle tissue -
Sir Aaron Klug OMAuthors Tony Crowther Source FRS FMEdSci Year 2019
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Subject Sir Aaron Klug Biographical Memoir Keywords Birbeck College; South Africa; Electron Micrographs; Tobacco mosaic virus; RNA Structures; DNA and Chromatin; Zinc fingers;