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Winner of the great gene raceAuthors The Times, Eureka 100 Source The Times Eureka 100 October 2010 Year 2010
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Subject John Sulston, pioneer of the Human Genome project included on the Eureka 100 list (at no. 6) of most important contemporary figures in British science Keywords John Sulston; Bill Clinton; Craig Venter; Caenorhabditis elegans; nematode worm; Sir Paul Nurse; genome; DNA -
3 win Nobel for ribosome researchAuthors Overbye, Dennis Source New York Times, 7 October 2009 Year 2009
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Subject Three scientists who showed how the information encoded on strands of DNA is translated into thousands of proteins that make up living matter will share the 2009 Nobel prize for Chemistry, including Venkatraman Ramakrishnan from LMB Keywords Yasir Arafat; Jeremy M. Berg; Joachim Frank; Isabel Kershner; Thomas Lane; Peter Moore; Shimon Peres; Yitzhak Rabin; Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals; ribosome; Thomas A. Steitz; Ada E. Yonath -
A Day in the Life of a PhD StudentAuthors Metcalfe, Ciara Source The Triple Helix, Issue 6: Lent 2009 – 800th Anniversary Edition, p.28 Year 2009
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Subject LMB PhD student Ciara Metcalfe writes about her working day at the lab Keywords [Mariann] Bienz; canteen; Dishevelled; Ciara Metcalfe; PhD -
A Nobel jobAuthors Boström, Majsan Source SR International – Radio Sweden, 14 December 2009 Year 2009
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Subject Patric Nilsson, who works for the Swedish Foreign Ministry, was paired up with Venkatraman Ramakirshnan at the recent Nobel celebrations Keywords Monica Jagerman; Patric Nilsson, Nobel Foundation; Venkatraman Ramakirshnan; ribosome; Michael Sohlman; Swedish Foreign Ministry -
Allison, ThomasAuthors Cambridge News Source Cambridge News, 11 January 2010 (Family Announcements) Year 2009
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Subject Thomas (Tom) Allison passed away 31 December 2009 Keywords Thomas (Tom) Henry Allison -
Bagging 29th Nobel for MRCAuthors Cambridge News Source Cambridge News, 8 October 2009, p.11 Year 2009
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Subject A Cambridge scientist, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, has won the 2009 Nobel prize for chemistry Keywords Lesek Borysiewicz; Venkatraman Ramakrishnan; ribosome; Thomas A. Steitz; Ada E. Yonath -
Biology’s Nobel molecule factoryAuthors Broadwith, Phillip Source Chemistry World November 2009, pp.42-44 Year 2009
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Subject Nobel prize for chemistry goes to three scientists who have revealed the structure and workings of the ribosome. Keywords Venki Ramakrisnan; Ada Yonath; Tom Steitz; ribosomes; Max Perutz; John Kendrew; myoglobin; haemoglobin; cryo-crystallography; isomorphous replacement; Roger Kornberg; Rib-XPharmaceuticals; Francis Crick -
Book of the week: Francis Crick: Hunter of Life’s SecretsAuthors Turney, Jon Source Times Higher Education, 23 November 2009 Year 2009
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Subject Jon Turney reviews Robert Olby’s biography of Francis Crick, “Francis Crick: Hunter of Life’s Secrets” Keywords John Desmond Bernal; Sydney Brenner; Francis Crick; DNA; Georg Freisel; Horace Judson; Aaron Klug; Christof Koch; Robert Olby; Leslie Orgel; Matt Ridley; Jon Turney; James Watson -
‘Brain Tangle’ Clue Raises Hopes of an Alzheimers CureAuthors Willey, Jo Source Daily Express, 8 June 2009 Year 2009
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Subject News of a study in mice demonstrating how tangles of a protein called tau can spread to the brain. LMB scientist Michel Goedert led the study. Keywords Alzheimer’s; Michel Goedert; mice; Nature Cell Biology; tau -
Cambridge chemist wins Nobel prize for showing how proteins are made in cellsAuthors Sample, Ian Source The Guardian, 7 October 2009 Year 2009
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Subject Venkatraman Ramakrishnan shares the Nobel prize for chemistry with Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath for elucidating how cells make proteins Keywords Venkatraman Ramakrishnan; ribosome; Thomas Steitz; Ada Yonath