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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.

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  • Cambridge MP welcomes scientist to Parliament in Royal Society pairing scheme
    Authors Cambridge Network Source Cambridge Network 7 December 2017 Year 2017
    Details Subject Glenn Masson spent a week shadowing Daniel Zeichner, MP for Cambridge, through the Royal Society’s Pairing Scheme, an initiative which pairs scientists with MPs to foster exchange of knowledge and understanding of politics, policy and science. Keywords Glenn Masson; Daniel Zeichner; Cambridge MP; Royal Society; Pairing Scheme; Westminister; shadow; Parliament
  • Cara Ellison, a former pupil at Ss Helen and Katharine School in Abingdon, will present her Cambridge PhD research on antibiotic resistance
    Authors Benke, Michael Source The Oxford Times 13 March 2017 Year 2017
    Details Subject Cara Ellison who went to school in Oxford takes part in the STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Maths) for Britain event at Westminster Keywords Cara Ellison; PhD Student: STEM; Parliament; MPs; competition; antibiotic resistance; Scientific Committee
  • Cell scientist to watch – Madeline Lancaster
    Authors Bobrowska, Anna Source Journal of Cell Science 4 January 2017 Year 2017
    Details Subject Madeline Lancaster, group leader in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, is interviewed by the Journal of Cell Science and describes her impetus to pursue a career in science, discusses starting her own lab at the LMB and talks about her current research. Keywords Madeline Lancaster; microcephaly; macrocephaly; mutations; in vitro; organoids; brain; 3D; epithelial-derived organs; mesoderm-derived tissues; tissue engineering
  • Challenges and solutions: G protein-coupled receptors as novel drug targets
    Authors Research Features Source Research Features 19 June 2017 Year 2017
    Details Subject Chris Tate – co-founder of Heptares Therapeutics, a company established to commercialise research from the LMB – discusses his work on G-protein coupled receptors Keywords Chris Tate; G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs); Heptares Therapeutics; salbutamol; asthma; β1-adrenergic receptor (β1AR); StaR; cancer; dementia; obesity; AstraZeneca; Alzheimer’s disease; drug targets
  • City’s Brexit brain drain warning to government
    Authors Brackley, Paul; Comber, Ben Source Cambridge Independent 5 July 2017 Year 2017
    Details Subject Daniel Zeichner visits the LMB and hears about the importance of EU Nationals Keywords Daniel Zeichner; ‘Nobel Prize factory’; Hugh Pelham; Brexit; EU; funding; brain drain
  • Collaboration helps Astrazeneca and LMB uncover key biological secret
    Authors Paul Brackley Source 24th May 2017 Cambridge independent Year 2017
    Details Subject Scientists in Cambridge have been working collaboratively to develop new cancer treatments by using a cryo-electron microscope- the Titan Krios. Keywords Titan Krios; Cryo-electron microscope; Astrazeneca; Crystallography
  • Cryo-electron microscopy used to identify CPF protein structure
    Authors Kassam, Zara Source Drug Target Review 30 October 2017 Year 2017
    Details Subject Lori Passmore and her group have used cryo-electron microscopy to solve the structure of CPF, a protein complex critical for gene expression. Keywords Lori Passmore; gene expression; cleavage and polyadenylation factor (CPF); protein; mRNA; ‘poly-A tail’; influenza; virus
  • Cryo-electron microscopy wins chemistry Nobel
    Authors Cressey, Daniel; Callaway, E. Source Nature 5 October 2017 Year 2017
    Details Subject Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson were awarded the 2017 chemistry Nobel prize for their work in developing cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). Keywords Richard Henderson; Jacques Dubochet; Joachim Frank; Nobel prize; chemistry; cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM); X-ray crystallography; Nigel Unwin; 3D structures; Venki Ramakrishnan; Sjors Scheres
  • Daytime wounds ‘heal more quickly’
    Authors Gallagher, James Source BBC News 9 November 2017 Year 2017
    Details Subject A new study led by John O’Neill and Ned Hoyle shows how bodyclocks in skin cells influence wound healing. Keywords John O’Neill; fibroblasts; "chronotype"; “circadian rhythms”; wounds; healing; body clock; daytime; repair
  • Dementia: Catching the memory thief
    Authors University of Cambridge Research Source University of Cambridge Research News 18 January 2017 Year 2017
    Details Subject New film describing some of the progress now being made against this devastating disease, includes commentary from Michel Goedert, group leader in the Neurobiology Division, who discovered how tau fibres twist together to form tangles, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s, a type of dementia Keywords Alzheimer’s disease; Michel Goedert; ‘dementia tsunami’; ‘tangles’; ‘plaques’; beta-amyloid; ‘neurostatins’; ‘memory thief’; nerodegenerative disease; European Grand Prix; ‘magic bullet’

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