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• Another medal for Cambridge’s own Nobel Prize factory
  Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 11 October Year 2017
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  Subject Richard Henderson has been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, alongside Jacques Dubochet and Joachim Frank Keywords Richard Henderson; Nobel prize; Jacques Dubochet; Joachim Frank; cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM); X-ray crystallography; Sjors Scheres; Nigel Unwin; 3D; Hugh Pelham; Fred Sanger
• Antibodies Co-Opt Anti-Microbial Response to Clear Intraneuronal Tau
  Authors Bowman Rogers, Madolyn Source ALZFORUM 13 January 2017 Year 2017
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  Subject Leo James and Michel Goedert, group leaders, recently published work in PNAS providing an explanation for how therapeutic antibodies eliminate pathogenic forms of tau protein. Here, Alzforum explore the background, results and implications of this study. Keywords Michel Goedert; Leo James; TRIM21; tau; William McEwan; HEK293; antibodies; neuroblastoma cell line; SHSY-5Y; cytosolic protein; virus; PNAS
• AstraZeneca and LMB in Cambridge use one of world’s most advanced microscopes to make breakthrough
  Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 14 June 2017 Year 2017
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  Subject Using the pioneering technique of cryo-EM, scientists at AstraZeneca and LMB have made a ground-breaking biological discovery that could help develop new cancer treatments. Keywords AstraZeneca; Titan Krios; Cryo-electron microscope; cancer drugs; crystallography; FEI; IMED Biotech Unit; Nanoscience Centre; Chris Phillips; Cambridge Biomedical Campus; GlaxoSmithKline; Heptares Therapeutics; Astex Pharmaceutical; UCB; Roger Williams; Domagoj Bareti; human ataxia telangiectasia mutated; ATM Biology; Sjors Scheres
• Astrocytes Set the Pace of Our Body Clocks
  Authors Tozer, Adam Source Technology Networks 22 March 2017 Year 2017
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  Subject The Hasting’s group reported their discovery of an entirely unprecedented component of the pacemaker of our body clock Keywords Michael Hastings; hypothalamus; Marco Brancaccio; Astrocytes; glial cells; GABAergic; glutamate; NR2C; Circadian rhythm; pacemaker; gliotransmitter; sleep/week cycle; body clock; Neuron
• Biomaker Fayre showcases 40 open source, low-cost biological instruments
  Authors Biomaker Source Biomaker 3 November 2017 Year 2017
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  Subject The LMB’s Wolfgang Schmied, in collaboration with Stéphanie Polderdijk from the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, won ‘Best Technology’ prize in the 2017 Biomaker Challenge for developing a low-cost chromatography system for protein purification Keywords Wolfgang Schmied; chromatography; protein purification; 2017 Biomaker Challenge; Department of Engineering; 3D-printing; Stéphanie Polderdijk; 3D-printed award
• Book Review: From Durban to the World
  Authors Harrison, Stephen C. Source Cell 26 January 2017 Year 2017
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  Subject Review of Kenneth Holmes book Aaron Klug – A Long Way From Durban: A Biography Keywords Aaron Klug; Kenneth Holmes; “A long way from Durban”; Royal Society; Birkbeck College; J.D. Bernal; Rosalind Franklin; Francis Crick; Max Perutz; tobacco mosaic virus (TMV); Cape Town; John Finch; Liebe; Peterhouse College; zinc fingers; viruses; tRNA; book review
• Breakthrough could lead to new Alzheimer’s treatment
  Authors Cambridge News Source Cambridge News 7 July 2017 Year 2017
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  Subject Michel Goedert and Sjors Scheres lead research on Alzheimer’s using cryo-EM to give the first close up image of tangled proteins in the brain. Keywords Michel Goedert; Sjors Scheres; Alzheimer’s; tau tangles; neurodegenerative disease; cryo-electron microscopy; protein; filaments; transport system
• Breakthrough Prize – “The Oscars of Science” – Celebrates Top Achievements in Physics, Life Sciences & Mathematics, Awards $22 Million in Prizes at Gala Televised Ceremony in Silicon Valley
  Authors Breakthrough Prize Source Breakthrough Prize 6 December 2017 Year 2017
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  Subject Professor Kim Nasmyth has been awarded the 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, which recognises transformative advances towards understanding living systems and extending human life. Keywords Kim Nasmyth; award; Breakthrough Prize; Life Sciences; alumni; Mark Zuckerberg; celebrate; duplicated chromosomes; genetic diseases
• Bringing Artists and Scientists Together Creates Very Exciting Results
  Authors Protein Data Bank in Europe Source Protein Data Bank in Europe 6 March 2017 Year 2017
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  Subject Vivian, student artist who created a painting based on lysenin during Protein Data Bank in Europe’s art-science collaborative project, met with LMB’s Christos Savva, the scientist who discovered the structure of lysenin Keywords The Leys School; PDBe; lysenin; garden earthworm; art; Christos Savva; Michaelhouse Gallery; Vivian; 3D protein structures; exhibition; toxin; Protein Data Bank (PDB)
• Building better brains: A bioengineered upgrate for organoids
  Authors ScienceDaily Source Science Daily 31 May 2017 Year 2017
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  Subject Study by Madeline Lancaster and collaborators at IMBA is one of the first attempts to combine organoids with bioengineering Keywords organoids; bioengineering; Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA); cerebral; Madeline Lancaster; engineered cerebral organoids (enCORs); neurons; PLGA; stem cell