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Harnessing computer power to understand biologyAuthors Pain, Elizabeth Source Science 7 July 2015 Year 2015
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Subject Former LMB Group Leader Sarah Teichmann talks about how she was inspired by computational biology by Cyrus Chothia, with whom she did her PhD. Keywords Sarah Teichmann; EMBL-EBI; European Molecular Biology Organization Gold Medal; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; bioinformatics; Cyrus Chothia; computational biology; Ras; career; ‘wet-dry’ -
How to grow a ‘brain’Authors Martynoga, Ben Source MRC Insight 2 July 2015 Year 2015
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Subject A look at Madeline Lancaster’s research growing rudimentary brain tissue in the lab which means that researchers can study organ development and disease. But how do you go from stem cells to a ‘mini-brain’ Keywords Madeline Lancaster; ‘mini-brain’; cerebral organoids; microcephaly; stem cells; glial cells; Long + Short -
Image of the Week: Structure of the dynactin complexAuthors Wellcome Trust Source Wellcome Trust Blog 27 March 2015 Year 2015
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Subject The structure of the dynactin complex, solved by Andrew Carter’s group at the LMB, is the cover story on this week’s Science and is the Wellcome Trust’s Image of the week. Keywords Wellcome Trust; dynein; dynactin; neurodegenerative diseases; motor neuron diseases; dementias; Parkinson’s disease; Andrew Carter; cryo-electron microscope; Bicaudal-D2; microtubule; image of the week -
In the beginning was the U1A protein: a personal reflectionAuthors Nagai, Kiyoshi Source RNA 17 March 2015 Year 2015
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Subject Kiyoshi Nagai looks back on his research on the spliceosome, RNA-protein interactions and the RNA recognition motif, U1A protein, for RNA journal. Keywords Tom Steitz; Kiyoshi Nagai; Chris Oubridge; Jade Li; Joan Steitz; Adelaine Leung; U1 snRNP; Andy Newman; Kelly Nguyen; Wojtek Galej; Yasushi Kondo; Marike van Roon; ‘hairpin’; RRM; ribosome; Christian Kambach; Stephan Walke; Robert Young -
India needs to invest in infrastructure: Venkatraman RamakrishnanAuthors Sharma, Anuradha Source The Indian Express 26 July 2015 Year 2015
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Subject Venki talks about climate, and why individuals cutting down on their energy consumption will not be enough. Keywords Venki Ramakrishnan; climate change; United Nations; India; China; global emissions; solar power; Royal Society -
It’s small, but perfectly formed for Dr AmuntsAuthors Cambridge News Source Cambridge News 9 October 2015 Year 2015
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Subject Alexey Amunts has been awarded the 2015 George Palade Award by the Microscopy Society of America Keywords Alexey Amunts; Churchill College; The Microscopy Society of America; electron cryo‑microscopy -
Joan A. Steitz: A Place In The Lab, and In Biochemistry HistoryAuthors Haar, Dan Source CTNOW 28 May 2015 Year 2015
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Subject Looking at the work of LMB Alumnus Joan Steitz’s and how her time at the LMB studying ribosomes led to her important discoveries in RNA research. Keywords Joan Steitz; Francis Crick; James Watson; RNA; snRNPs; snurps; Thomas Steitz; ribosomes; Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Rib-X Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Melinta -
Lab landAuthors Porter, David Source Cambridge Business March 2015 Year 2015
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Subject Architectural photographer, David Porter, explores LMB for Cambridge Business magazine Keywords Cambridge Biomedical Campus; Herceptin; Humira; RMJM Architects; Queen; building; architecture; £212 million -
Lasting memorial at ‘Father of DNA sequencing’s’ former homeAuthors Cambridge News Source Cambridge News 9 March 2015 Year 2015
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Subject Blue plaque has been installed at the former home of Fred Sanger Keywords Fred Sanger; blue plaque; Hills Road; Society of Biology; Julian Parkhill; Wellcome Trust; Sanger Institute; Robin Sanger; sequencing -
LMB CamAWiSE annual ‘What next in your career’ eventAuthors LMB News Team Source MRC LMB Alumni News 24 June 2015 Year 2015
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Subject The LMB and CambridgeAWiSE held their 9th annual ‘What next in your career’ event at the LMB. Three recent LMB alumni returned to discuss their respective career experiences. Keywords Milka Sarris; Career event; Katherine Brown; Alex Betz; alumni; Elise Bernard; Greg Winter; Bicycle Therapeutics; EMBO Journal; scientific editor: alumni