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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; -
Sir Aaron Klug OM FRS (1926-2018)Authors Crowther, R.A. Source Acta Crystallographica Section D, May 2019 Year 2019
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Subject Obituary by Tony Crowther about Aaron Klug who died on 20 November 2018 Keywords Aaron Klug; X-ray diffraction; ‘The Microbe Hunters”; X-ray crystallography; Rosalind Franklin; Birkbeck College; tobacco mosaic virus (TMV); John Finch; Royal Society; icosahedral viruses; Fourier; Donald Caspar; tRNA; filaments; tangles -
Spotlight on early-career investigators: an interview with Benjamin FalconAuthors Neuronet Source Neuronet 17 September 2019 Year 2019
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Subject Newly recruited Group Leader weighs in on various aspects of Alzheimer’s Disease, from the clinical implications of deciphering Tau filaments in brains of people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases, to designing precise drugs Keywords Ben Falcon; Michel Goedert; Neurodegenerative Disease; protein tau; chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE); Alzheimer’s disease; abnormal filaments; cryo-EM; Pick’s disease; IMPRiND; PET ligands; 3D -
Sydney BrennerAuthors John White Source Royal Society Biographical Memoir Year 2019
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Subject A biographical memoir about Sydney Brenner’s early life, his scientific career and achievements. Keywords Africa; Mutations; DNA Helix; Caenorhabditis elegans; -
Sydney Brenner obituaryAuthors Ferry, Georgina Source The Guardian 5 April 2019 Year 2019
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Subject Georgina Ferry’s obituary for Sydney Brenner who died on 5 April 2019 Keywords Sydney Brenner; “enfant terrible of molecular biology”; C. elegans; John Sulston; Robert Horvitz; Francis Crick; Leslie Barnett; genetics; Salk Institute; La Jolla; John White; Nicol Thompson; worm; genome -
Sydney Brenner, mRNA Discoverer, DiesAuthors Grens, Kerry Source The Scientist 4 April 2019 Year 2019
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Subject Sydney Brenner obituary in The Scientist magazine Keywords Sydney Brenner; C. elegans; mRNA; Francis Crick; obituary; alumni; Salk Institute; Jonathan Hodgkin; nematode; genetics; codons -
Sydney Brenner: a master of science and witAuthors Lawrence, Peter. A Source The Company of Biologists 9 May 2019 Year 2019
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Subject Emeritus Group Leader Peter Lawrence shares a selection of Sydney Brenner’s deep and original insights into biology and genetics, alongside many brilliant quotes that display his unique wit. Keywords Sydney Brenner; Oscar Wilde; Francis Crick; alumni; obituary; genetics; c. elegans; nematode