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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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  • 2018 ISCB Innovator Award M. Madan Babu
    Authors International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Source ISCB 15 February 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject The Award is given to a leading scientist who is within a decade and half of receiving their PhD degree, and has consistently made outstanding contributions to the field and continues to forge new directions. Keywords Award; Madan Babu; ISCB innovator award; cellular regulation; signalling proteins;
  • 2018 Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science Leadership in RNA biology and in scientific mentorship
    Authors Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation Source The Lasker Foundation 13 September 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject Joan Argetsinger Steitz, a former post-doctoral researcher at the LMB, has been awarded the 2018 Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science for four decades of leadership in biomedical research and in scientific mentorship Keywords Joan Argetsinger Steitz: Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science; mRNA: alumni; mentoring; women in science; Jim Watson; mammalian cells; snurps
  • 2018 Vallee Scholars Appointed
    Authors The Vallee Foundation Source The Vallee Foundation 3 October 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject LMB alumni Susan Shao and Tanmay Bharat are two of the five scientists to be awarded prestigious Vallee Scholarships in 2018. Keywords Vallee Foundation; Vallee Scholars; Tanmay Bharat; electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM); tomography (cryo-ET); Jan Löwe; John A.G. Briggs; Group Leader; alumni; Sichen (Susan) Shao; Ramanujan Hegde; ribosome
  • 2019 Award Winners
    Authors Biochemical Society Source Biochemical Society 23 April 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject Melina Schuh formerly in Cell Biology, has been awarded the Biochemical Society 2019 Colworth medal. Keywords Melina Schuh; award; biochemical Society; Colworth Medal; meiotic divisions; oocytes; Trim-Away; spindle; embryo
  • 62 life scientists elected as EMBO Members
    Authors Kiessling, Tilmann Source EMBO 14 May 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject LMB alumni Luca Jovine and Leonid Sazanov have been newly elected as members of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), on the basis of their scientific excellence and outstanding research contribution Keywords EMBO; members; Luca Jovine; Leonid Sazanov; elected
  • £6M Cryo-EM facility at University of Leicester unveiled today
    Authors Fisher, Steve Source Business Link East Midlands 10 April 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject Richard Henderson opened new state-of-the art cryo-EM facility at the University of Leicester. Keywords Richard Henderson; Cryo-EM; University of Leicester; John Schwabe; 3D structures; Christos Savva; Midlands Innovation partnership
  • A parliamentary lab meeting
    Authors Masson, Glenn Source MRC insight 13 June 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject Glenn Masson, postdoc in the PNAC Division, took part in this year’s Royal Society Parliamentary Pairing Scheme. Read Glenn’s blog to find out more about his experience on the scheme. Keywords Glenn Masson; Daniel Zeichner MP; Royal Society’s Parliamentary Pairing Scheme; funding; structural mass spectrometry; Jan Lowe; research; shadow; return visit
  • Alcohol can cause irreversible genetic damage to stem cells, says study
    Authors Devlin, Hannah Source The Guardian 3 January 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject Link between drinking and cancer clarified by study – led by KJ Patel’s group in the LMB’s PNAC Division – which indicates alcohol causes cancer by scrambling DNA in cells, eventually leading to mutations. Keywords KJ Patel; alcohol; cancer; acetaldehyde; DNA damage; aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2); flushing mutation; stem cells; blood cells
  • Alzheimer’s disease will become manageable like HIV, say award-winning scientists
    Authors Knapton, Sarah Source The Telegraph 6 March 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject 2018 Brain Prize winner Michel Goedert, group leader in the Neurobiology Division, who discovered the importance of tau protein in Alzheimer’s said he could see a time when dementia became a chronic illness like HIV. Keywords Michel Goedert; Brain Prize; tau protein; Alzheimer’s; HIV; dementia; Lundbeck Foundation; amyloid; neurodegenerative disease; John Hardy; Bart De Strooper; Christian Haass
  • Bacteria rule the planet – and we need to understand them, says MRC LMB director Dr Jan Löwe
    Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 19 December 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject In the second part of the interview with Jan Löwe, he describes his group’s research on the bacterial cytoskeleton and its importance in the fight against antimicrobial resistance Keywords Jan Löwe, director; bacteria; Antonie van Leeuwenhoek; “animalcules”; Royal Society; FtsZ; MreB; cytoskeleton; tubulin; actin; “homologue”; proharyotes; antibiotic; AZ-LMB Blue Sky Fund; computers; bioinformatics; Sjors Scheres; cryo-electron microscopy; eukaryotes
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