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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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  • Re-designing the molecules of life
    Authors MRC Annual Review 2012‑13 Source MRC Annual Review 2012-13 22 October 2013 Year 2013
    Details Subject Phil Holliger’s research is featured in the Economy section of the new MRC Annual Review Keywords Phil Holliger; aptamer therapies; cancer; inflammatory disease; man-made molecule; diagnostics
  • Redirecting the rules of attraction in fruit flies
    Authors MRC News Source MRC News 19 December 2013 Year 2013
    Details Subject Greg Jefferis group have discovered a biological switch that determines which part of the fruit fly’s brain responds to pheromones, depending on whether it is male or female. Keywords Fruit fly; pheromones; Greg Jefferis; cVA; ‘fruitless’ gene; Hugh Perry; biological switch; brain wiring
  • Renowned scientist dies at 95
    Authors Cambridge News Source Cambridge News 21 November 2013 Year 2013
    Details Subject Double Nobel Prize winner Fred Sanger dies at the age of 95 Keywords Fred Sanger; insulin; sequencing; Sanger Institute; Wellcome Trust; human genome
  • ‘Role model and inspiration for young scientists’
    Authors Elliott, Chris Source Cambridge News November 2013 Year 2013
    Details Subject Death of Fred Sanger pioneer of research into the human genome at the age of 95. Keywords Fred Sanger; human genome; Sanger Institute; Wellcome Trust; Venki Ramakrishnan; DNA Sequencing; John Sulston; insulin
  • Science is a winner for Britain – cutting it would be folly
    Authors Ramakrishnan, Venki Source Wellcome Trust Blog 9 May 2013 Year 2013
    Details Subject Venki Ramakrishnan explains the importance of research funding and not cutting the budget for this. Keywords Venki Ramakrishnan; research funding; science budget; economic growth; Chancellor; ring-fenced; spending review
  • Science is a winner for Britain. Cutting it would be folly
    Authors Ramakrishnan, Venki Source The Times 8 May 2013 Year 2013
    Details Subject Venki Ramakrishnan explains the importance of research funding and not cutting the budget. Especially as China, US and Germany are increasing theirs. Keywords Venki Ramakrishnan; research funding; science budget; economic growth; Chancellor; spending review; British science; deficit
  • Should we call time on turning back clock in winter?
    Authors Ehren, Leanne Source Cambridge News 26 October 2013 Year 2013
    Details Subject It is almost 100 years since British Summer Time was first introduced and yet the debate about whether we should be turning our clocks back for winter continues Keywords Michael Hastings; “morning lark or night owl”; jet lag; body clock
  • Smart neurons: single dendrites can perform computations
    Authors UCL News Source UCL News 28 October 2013 Year 2013
    Details Subject A study at UCL, LMB’s Tiago Branco and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, succeeded in making incredibly challenging electrical and optical recordings directly from the tiny dendrites of neurons in the intact brain while the brain was processing visual information Keywords dendrites; computation; Michael Hausser; neurons; bursts of spikes; “toolkit”
  • Sniffing Pheromones
    Authors Lamble, Kate Source The Naked Scientist 26 November 2013 Year 2013
    Details Subject Smell is important to allow us to taste our food, and can even trigger memories. But in some animals, special molecules called pheromones can also trigger certain types of behaviour, such as mating. Kate Lamble spoke to Greg Jefferis who investigates the pathways between smell and behaviour in the fruit fly Keywords Pheromones; Greg Jefferis; olfactory epithelium; smell; fruit flies; receptor genes; cva cis-Vaccenyl Acetate; Darren Logan; smelly t-shirt; androstenone; Ginny Smith
  • Souvenir Edition – A day for all
    Authors Cambridge News Source Cambridge News 24 May 2013 Year 2013
    Details Subject Souvenir edition of the paper marking the Queens visit to Cambridge that included the opening of the new LMB building Keywords Queen; official opening; “cathedral of science”; new building
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