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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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  • Synthetic ‘upgrade’ for fruit fly’s DNA
    Authors Geddes, Linda Source New Scientist 13 August 2012 Year 2012
    Details Subject Genetic code of the fruit fly Drosophila has been hacked into allowing it to make proteins with properties that don’t exist in the natural world. Keywords Drosophila; Jason Chin; amino acids; Paul Freemont; Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation; enzymes; codons; fruit fly
  • Synthetic XNA molecules can evolve and store genetic information, just like DNA
    Authors Discover Magazine Source Discover Magazine 20 April 2012 Year 2012
    Details Subject Phil Holliger's group has developed six alternative polymers called XNAs that can also store genetic information and evolve through natural selection Keywords Vitor Pinheiro; XNA; natural selection; synthetic genetics; Phil Holliger; synthetic nucleic acids; polymerases; aptamers; HNA; CeNA, FANA; TNA; LNA; ANA; Alex Taylor; Steve Benner; Gerald Joyce
  • The LMB at 50
    Authors Holding, Andy Source MRC insights 12 June 2012 Year 2012
    Details Subject Andy Holding who is a researcher at LMB writes about what it is like to work at such an historic institution as it prepares to move to a new home. Keywords The Eagle; Addenbrooke’s; Watson; Crick; 50 years; the Queen; Sean Munro; Venki Ramakrishnan; Max Perutz
  • The New Master
    Authors Le Moignan, Mick Source Once a Caian Michaelmas 2012 Year 2012
    Details Subject Interview with Alan Fersht the new Master of Gonville & Caius college Keywords Alan Fersht; Master; Gonville & Caius; protein engineering; biotechnology; therapeutics; Francis Crick; Gregory Winter; cancer; Cesar Milstein
  • The other side of the screen
    Authors Holding, Andrew Source Medical Research Council – Insight 19 October 2012 Year 2012
    Details Subject LMB scientist Andrew Holding reports on his experience being part of the crew of BBC Horizon Keywords Andrew Holding; British Science Association Media Fellowship; Horizon; BBC; Brian Cox
  • Unnatural amino acids and protein modification
    Authors Chem@Cam Source Chem@Cam Autumn 2012 Year 2012
    Details Subject After setting up his own group at the LMB he is now focussed on synthesising new types of amino acids and then engineering the cell to use them to create new proteins. Keywords Proteins; Amino acids; Ribosomes ; Polymers
  • What makes a great lab?
    Authors William Bynum Source Nature Volume 490 4th October 2012 Year 2012
    Details Subject The LMB is celebrating 50 years since it got it’s own building and 50 years since four of it’s scientists were awarded Nobel prizes. Keywords Max Perutz; John Kendrew, James Watson; Francis crick; Laboratory;
  • World Changing Ideas – New Life-Forms, No DNA Required
    Authors Jabr, Ferris Source Scientific American 13 November 2012 Year 2012
    Details Subject Phil Holliger’s work on XNA is listed in Scientific American’s ’10 innovations that are radical enough to alter our lives Keywords Xeno nucleric acid (XNA); Philipp Holliger; polymerase enzymes; anhydrohexitol nucleic acid (HNA); RNA; J. Craig Venter; Steven Benner; twisted ladder; protocells
  • 2011 Max Perutz Science Writing Award shortlist annonced
    Authors MRC Website Source MRC Website 26 July 2011 Year 2011
    Details Subject Samuel Bjork from MRC LMB is shortlisted for this year’s Max Perutz Science Writing Award. Keywords Max Perutz Science Writing Award; writing competition; PhD students; non-scientific audience; Guardian; Sir John Savill; Alok Jha; Georgina Ferry; Professor Mahesh Parmar; Nicola Illingworth; Samuel Bjork; Are You Chicken?;
  • 75th stories: Sir John Sulston and the Human Genome Project
    Authors Henderson, Mark Source Wellcome Trust 5 May 2011 Year 2011
    Details Subject To mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Wellcome Trust a look at people have been significant in its history, with an piece looking at Sir John Sulston. Keywords Sir John Sulston; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; The Human Genome Project; Bob Waterston; Eric Lander; Francis Collins; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cancer; Renato Dulbecco; Robert Sinsheimer; US Department of Energy; US National Institutes of Health (NIH); The Human Genome Project (HUGO); Washington University; Fredrick Bourke; Aaron Klug; Bridget Oglvie; Michael Morgan; Hinxton Hall; Sanger Centre; Sir Fred Sanger; Baylor; MIT; Craig Venter; Celera; Norton Zinder; PerkinElmer; Vesalius; Mike Stratton; Plexxicon; BRAF; Roche; SNP Consortium; HapMap; genome-wide association study (GWAS); FTO; Plavix; Peter Donnelly; University of Oxford
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