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NOBELini AwardsAuthors MRC Clinical Sciences Centre Source MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, 25 September 2009 Year 2009
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Subject The NOBELini scheme paired 30 young scientists with 30 design students in a bid to celebrate scientific discovery. The winners included Ev Yemeni from LMB Keywords Marta Archanco; Carol Collet; Dana Centre; Amanda Fisher; Ioannis Gousias; Berit Greinke; Ben Hammersly; Tim Hunt; Celine Marcq; Tara Mooney; Solenne Morigaud; Elaine Ng; Nobel Textiles; NOBELini scheme; Steve Nurrish; Science Museum; Holly Stead; Jay Stone; Matthew Waugh; Ursula Weiss; Ev Yemeni -
NOBELini Awards 2009Authors MRC Network Source MRC Network, November/December 2009, p.16 Year 2009
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Subject Article celebrating the NOBELini Awards 2009. (Design students team up with young scientists to celebrate scientific discovery). LMB’s Ev Yemeni is among the winners Keywords Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design; Ioannis Gousias; Berit Greinke; Celine Marcq; Elaine Ng; NMRC Clinical Sciences Centre; OBELini Awards; Jay Stone -
On the shoulders of biology’s giantsAuthors Rutherford, Adam Source BBC News, 20 August 2009 Year 2009
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Subject The “grand unifying theories” of biology, with particular reference to the DNA double helix Keywords Francis Crick; Charles Darwin; DNA; Rosalind Franklin; Antonie van Leeuwenhoek; Johann Friedrich Miescher; Isaac Newton; James Watson -
Product of a “Nobel Prize Plantation”Authors Weber, Kate Source The Triple Helix, Issue 6: Lent 2009 – 800th Anniversary Edition, p.29 Year 2009
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Subject Profile of Aaron Klug’s work in the context of the Nobel Prize, written by LMB scientist Kate Weber Keywords Francis Crick; electron microscopy; Aaron Klug; Roger Kornberg; Cesar Milstein; Nobel Prize; nucleosome; Max Perutz; Royal Society; tRNA; Kate Weber -
‘Publish or perish’ factor in spiralling retractions [Retractions up tenfold]Authors Corbyn, Zoë Source Times Higher Education, 20 August 2009 Year 2009
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Subject The rate at which scientific journal articles are being retracted has increased roughly tenfold over the last two decades. The article looks at the reasons for the increase. LMB’s Peter Lawrence is quoted. Keywords Aubrey Blumsohn; Daniele Fanelli; journals; Peter Lawrence; Harvey Marcovitch; James Parry; publishing; Jan Hendrik Schon; Thompson Reuters; UK Research Integrity Office; Liz Wagner; Peter Williams -
Revealed: how Alzheimer’s infects the brainAuthors Connor, Steve Source Independent, 8 June 2009 Year 2009
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Subject A scientific breakthrough in the understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease may spread across the brain might lead to novel ways of treating senile dementia Keywords David Allsop; Alzheimer’s; Alzheimer’s Research Trust; Alzheimer’s Society; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD); dementia; Michel Goedert; Suzanne Sorensen; tau; Rebecca Wood -
Rogue protein ‘spreads in the brain’Authors BBC News Source BBC News, 7 June 2009 Year 2009
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Subject Scientists have shown a rogue protein thought to cause Alzheimer’s can spread through the brain. LMB scientist Michel Goedert worked on the study. Keywords David Allsop; Alzheimer’s; Michel Goedert; Nature Cell Biology; ; Susanne Sorensen; vCJD; Rebecca Wood -
Sanger SequencingAuthors Zhang, Yuemei Source The Triple Helix, Issue 6: Lent 2009 – 800th Anniversary Edition, p.13 Year 2009
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Subject Brief article about the impact of Fred Sanger’s DNA sequencing method. Keywords DNA; Human Genome Project; Frederick Sanger; sequencing -
Scientists model disorder in bloodAuthors Cambridge News Source Cambridge News, 24 November 2009, p.5 Year 2009
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Subject Cambridge scientists have generated the first model of a human blood disorder Keywords anaemia; 5qsyndrome; Leukaemia Research; Andrew McKenzie -
Scientists oppose plan to fund research according to economic valueAuthors Sugden, Joanna Source Times, 23 October 2009 Year 2009
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Subject Hundreds of eminent scientists including six Nobel prize winners are campaigning against plans to put an end to university research that is deemed worthless Keywords Donald Braben; Lawrence Bragg; [Francis] Crick; Richard Dawkins; Higher Education Funding Council; Sally Hunt; Tim Hunt; Research Excellence Framework (REF); University and College Union; John Walker; [James] Watson