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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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  • Sir Gregory Winter joins Biosceptre Board
    Authors PRNewswire Source PRNewswire 31 May 2016 Year 2016
    Details Subject Biosceptre announces that Sir Gregory Winter, has joined the Board as a non-executive Director. Keywords Greg Winter; Biosceptre; therapeutic antibody; nfP2X7; Domantis; Scientific Advisory Board; Cambridge Antibody Technology; Bicycle Therapeutics Limited; humanised antibodies; master of Trinity College
  • Soft Landings Project – The Medical Research Council
    Authors Agha-Hossein, Michelle Source BSRIA 16 June 2016 Year 2016
    Details Subject Details of the Soft Landings project for the new LMB building, including a summary of the building’s special features, the design and construction process and post occupancy evaluation Keywords Soft Landings Project; new building; The Queen; RMJM architects; BAM construction; “golden thread’; £212 million
  • Stem cells: a dish of neurons
    Authors Marx, Vivien Source Nature Methods August 2016 Year 2016
    Details Subject Labs can generate neurons from pluripotent stem cells to study basic biology and to model disease. Protocols are getting more robust, and labs add personal preferences. Keywords Madeline Lancaster; induced pluripotent stem stem cells (iPSCs); serotonin neurons; brain organoids;
  • The Puzzle of Cell Signaling
    Authors AcademiaNet Source AcademiaNet 4 January 2016 Year 2016
    Details Subject Interview with Mariann Bienz on the mechanisms behind the signalling pathways that switch on gene transcription and how their dysfunction can ultimately cause cancer Keywords Mariann Bienz; cancer; embryonic development; Pygo; ChiLS; Beta-catenin; Wnt signalling; Dishevelled molecules; puzzles; adenomatous polyposis coli APC protein
  • The Author File: Jason W.Chin
    Authors Marx, Vivien Source Nature Methods 28 January 2016 Year 2016
    Details Subject How to combine biology, chemistry and synthetic biology to add synthetic amino acids to a protein, and why creativity matters. Profile of LMB group leader, Jason Chin and his research. Keywords Jason Chin; synthetic biology; epigenetics; tRNA; chromatin; Chemical Biology; amino acids; Alan Hollinghurst; The Line of Beauty; Haruki Murakami; David Mitchell; Clause 28
  • The field that came in from the cold
    Authors Eisenstein, Micheal Source Nature Methods 4 January 2016 Year 2016
    Details Subject Recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy are enabling researchers to solve protein structures at near-atomic resolutions. This looks at the development of the technique, which includes work by the LMB’s Richard Henderson, Sjors Scheres and Venki Ramakrishnan. Keywords cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM); X-ray crystallography; Aaron Klug; Richard Henderson; 3D structures; Venki Ramakrishnan; Sjors Scheres
  • The Plastic fantastic brain: Why losing one sense rewires others
    Authors Tompa, Rachel Source Fred Hutch News 19 January 2016 Year 2016
    Details Subject A study finds worms that can’t feel are better smellers – and the phenomenon is reversible. The collaborative study includes William Schafer’s group at LMB. Keywords Ithai Rabinowitch; “super senses”; Caenorhabditis elegans; optogenetics; William Schafer; roundworms; sensory plasticity; sound; super‑smellers
  • The prion principle
    Authors Makin, Simon Source Nature 27 October 2016 Year 2016
    Details Subject A controversial theory that could revolutionise our understanding of Parkinson’s disease is gaining ground. But not everybody is convinced that misfolded proteins that spread in the brain are the cause of the disease. Keywords Parkinson’s disease; Lewy bodies; Alzheimer’s; neurodegenerative disease; misfolded α-synuclein; Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD); Michel Goedert; Maria Grazia Spillantini; Stanley Prusiner; prion protein (PrP); ‘mad cow’; amyloid­-β; Braak staging hypothesis; anosmia
  • Top female Cambridge scientists will battle it out at city’s Soapbox Science Festival
    Authors Leng, Freya Source Cambridge News 28 June 2016 Year 2016
    Details Subject The Soapbox Science Festival took place at Cambridge Market Square and featured the LMB’s Nicola Smyllie Keywords Soapbox Science; Nicola Smyllie; women in science; Market Square; career in science; Guidhall
  • Two hundred steps
    Authors Drew, Liam Source Nature 27 October 2016 Year 2016
    Details Subject A look at how understanding and management of Parkinson’s disease over the 200 years since it was first described has changed. There are however, some secrets about the disease yet to be unlocked. Keywords James Parkinson; “the shaking palsy”; neurological condition; Alois Alzheimer; Frederic Lewy; Michel Goedert; Maria Grazia Spillantini; α-synuclein; post-encephalitic parkinsonism; Awakenings; dopamine; ‘Braak staging’; prions
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