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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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  • Changing our machinery inside cells
    Authors Paul Brackley Source Cambridge Independent 7th March 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject How new insights into how key proteins in our bodies has earned Madan Babu a Blavanik Award Keywords Madam Babu; GCPR’s; Blavanik Award;
  • Chem@cam
    Authors News team Source 2018 Chemistry at Cambridge Magazine Year 2018
    Details Subject Professor Mark Bretscher (Gonville and Caius, 1958- 64), an alumnus who went on to spend almost his entire research career at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Biology, also recalls an interview with Todd that didn't go quite as anticipated. Keywords Gonville and Caius; Sir John Sulston; Organic Chemistry
  • Conformers Confirmed: Structure of Pick’s Tau Distinct from AD Tau
    Authors ALZFORUM Source ALZFORUM 31 August 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject Researchers led by Michel Goedert and Sjors Scheres in collaboration with Bernardino Ghetti and colleagues at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, provide the first molecular-level proof that aggregating protein can fold up into different toxic shapes, giving rise to distinct neurodegenerative diseases Keywords Michel Goedert; Sjors Scheres; Pick’s disease; tau tangles; cryo-EM; Alzheimer’s disease; filaments; Ben Falcon; fold; amyloid core
  • Crescendo Biologics pioneers a new approach to using antibodies in fight against cancer
    Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 23 June 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject Crescendo Biologics is a company that is taking the early antibody research of Georges Köhler, César Milstein and Greg Winter and applying further innovation to create cancer drugs Keywords Crescendo Biologics; Humabody; Humira; Greg Winter; Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT); Peter Pack; antigens; Fab; ‘humanising’; VH domains; immunogloblins; cancer drugs; Georges Köhler; César Milstein; monoclonal antibodies; Michael Neuberger; Campath; therapeutic
  • Daniel McGillivray Brown. 3 February 1923 – 24 April 2012
    Authors Michael J Gait’s Source Royal Society 7 November 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject Michael Gait’s Biographical Memoir about Dan Brown Keywords Dan Brown; nucleic acid; nucleosides; hydroxylamine on cytidine; ‘bis-adduct’; RNA; X-ray crystallography; Brian Clark; Sydney Brenner; John Karn; David Loakes; Daniela Rhodes; Brian Sproat; Paul Kong; Naveen Anand; John Walker; mis-pairing; bicyclic deoxyriboside (dP); memoir; John Smith; oligodeoxyribonucleotides; base-pairs; mutagenesis
  • Decades of discovery set to revolutionise healthcare
    Authors MRC/UKRI News Source MRC/UKRI News 1 November 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject A summary of key milestones that show how discovery science has been translated into a novel technology set to revolutionise healthcare. Keywords Jim Watson; Francis Crick; Maurice Wilkins; Rosalind Franklin; double helix; X-ray diffraction; crystallography; Fred Sanger; Human Genome Project; ‘Sanger method”;bacteriophage virus; dideoxy chain; Nobel Prize; Sydney Brenner; John Sulston; C. elegans; sequencing; Nanopore sequencing; MinION
  • Dr Jan Löwe on the next frontier for MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge
    Authors Paul Brackley Source Cambridge Independent 12 December 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject Part one of an interview with Jan Löwe describes how a long-term vision has had such success for the LMB and how such an approach could be used by LMB scientists to map the brain Keywords Jan Löwe; Greg Winter; Richard Henderson; Nobel Prize factory; Hugh Pelham; cryo-electron microscopy; Aaron Klug; CT scanners; Sjors Scheres; 3D structure; X-ray crystallography; Venki Ramakrishnan; ribosome; Sydney Brenner; neurons; human brain
  • Dr Jan Lowe reveals next big challenge for ‘Nobel Prize factory’
    Authors Paul Brackley Source Cambridge independent 5th December 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject Science Keywords Jan Lowe discusses the ground breaking technology the LMB uses to explore the next frontier for it’s scientists.
  • Dr Jan Löwe says he’s ‘humbled’ to take over as director of MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
    Authors Paul Brackley Source Cambridge Independent 14 February 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject Deputy Director, Jan Löwe, will be taking over from Hugh Pelham as Director of the LMB this spring Keywords Jan Löwe; new director; Hugh Pelham; “excited and humbled”; ‘Nobel Prize factory’; Richard Henderson
  • Dr M Madan Babu of MRC LMB wins prize for insights into the machinery inside our cells
    Authors Paul Brackley Source Cambridge Independent 21 March 2018 Year 2018
    Details Subject In the first year that the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists have been extended to the UK, M. Madan Babu is named Life Sciences Laureate for his work on the structure of proteins, including G-protein coupled receptors which are major drug targets, and disordered regions. Keywords Blavatnik Award; Madan Babu; Life Sciences Laureate; G-protein coupled receptors (GCPRs); ‘intrinsically disordered regions’ IDR; computational biology; ‘pocket’; proteins; mutation
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