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  • Constructive Bio gets $15m to ‘write genomes from scratch’
    Authors Mike Scialom Source Cambridge Independent 17 August 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject Constructive Bio are producing synthetic genomes and reprogramming the genetic code of living organisms. It has launched with the $15m in seed investment. Keywords Constructive Bio $15 Million Professor Jason Chin Genetic code
  • Cooperating geonomes
    Authors Andrew Travers Source Cambridge University Press 03 February 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject The essence of biological complexity is communication – a transmission of information between the component parts of an association. But what is the nature of this information and how do genomes co-operate to form a complex web? Keywords Mycelia Mycorrhizal fungus Fungi
  • Cryo-EM Unveils Distinct Aß42 Fibril Structures for Sporadic, Familial AD
    Authors ALZFORUM Source ALZFORUM 14 January 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject A recent structural study led by Sjors Scheres, Michel Goedert and Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon’s groups has used cryo-EM to detect two main types of Aβ42 filaments from both sporadic and familial Alzheimer’s disease Keywords Cryo-EM; Aß42; Sjors Scheres; Ben Ryskeldi-Falcon; Michel Goedert; S Shapes; Fibrils; filaments; tauopathies; luminescent conjugated oligothiophenes (LCOs); neurodegenerative diseases; Tau
  • Crystalloprapher who defined rules of virus structure
    Authors Lee Makowski Source Physics Today Collection 6 January 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject Donald Casper defined the rules that govern self assembly of simple viruses This laid the foundations for a new way of thinking about the molecular systems that regulate and drive all living cells. Keywords Donald Casper Viruses DNA RNA Protiens
  • Didier Queloz and John Sutherland lead £10m Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe
    Authors Trinity College Cambridge Source Trinity College Cambridge 13 January 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject The Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe to support international and cross-disciplinary research on planetology and life beyond Earth is being established with, John Sutherland, being appointed as Associate Director of the centre Keywords John Sutherland; Didier Queloz; The Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe; University of Cambridge; chemistry of life; Mars; Planetary Science and Life in the Universe (IPLU); prebiotic; Astrophysics; interdisciplinary
  • Discovery over receptors could change our understanding of molecular neuroscience
    Authors Brackley, Paul Source Cambridge Independent 8 April 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject A recent paper from Radu Aricescu’s group was a structural investigation into type A gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors has found that their subunit arrangements are far more varied than previously thought Keywords Radu Aricescu; GABAA receptors; type A gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors; Andrija Sente; Jonas Miehling; Tomas Malinauskas; Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics; cryo-EM; Katerina Naydenova; computational strategy; signalling; drug targets; central nervous system; inhibitory neurotransmission; ‘action potential’; neuron
  • Five researchers join EMBO
    Authors Paul Brackley Source Cambridge Independent 13 July 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject 5 Cambridge researchers have been among 58 new members of the Molecular Biology Organisation. Among them is Dr Madeline Lancaster from the LMB Keywords EMBO Dr Madeline Lancaster Cerebral Organoids Stem cells Menna Clatworthy
  • Francis Crick Medal and Lecture 2023 winner
    Authors The Royal Society Source The Royal Society 26 August 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject Tiago Branco is the 2023 recipient of The Royal Society’s Francis Crick Medal and Lecture in recognition of his research into molecular, cellular and circuit bases of neuronal computation. Keywords Tiago Branco; Francis Crick Medal; neuronal computation; animal decision behaviour; award; alumni; Royal Society
  • “Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize” Honors Research on Brain Diseases
    Authors DZNE Source DZNE 16 May 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject To mark the award of the Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize for his ground-breaking research into the molecular basis of neurodegenerative diseases, DZNE have released a video portrait of Michel Goedert Keywords Michel Goedert; neurodegenerative disease; Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE Prize; Alzheimer’s; Parkinson’s; Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE; tau; alpha-synuclein protein
  • Holgar karmer obituary
    Authors MRC LMS institute news Source MRC LMS Institute News 23 September 2022 Year 2022
    Details Subject Dr Holger Kramer died suddenly on 23 August 2022. He was appointed head of Mass Spectrometry at the LMB after leaving Mass spectometry for 5 years at LMS. Keywords Mass Spectrometry London Institute of Medical Sciences Proteomics Facility Holger Kramer