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Evolution seen in synthetic DNA - 20 April 2012
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"Researchers at LMB have succeeded in mimicking the chemistry of life in synthetic versions of DNA and RNA molecules" More.........
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Synthetic XNA molecules can evolve and store genetic information - 20 April 2012
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"Phil Holliger's group has developed six alternative polymers called XNAs that can also store genetic information and evolve through natural selection" More.........
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LMB has been awarded £49m to study the human brain - 27 March 2012
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"The LMB will receive nearly £170m core funding support from the Medical Research Council over the next five years to pursue its mission of understanding biological processes at the molecular level, including £49m for examining the biology of the brain. The award will also fund an increased focus on the processes affecting cellular damage and ageing, and a new Centre for Chemical and Synthetic Biology." More.........
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ScienceOnline2012 - interview with Josh Witten - 22 March 2012
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"Every year I ask some of the attendees of the ScienceOnline conferences to tell me (and my readers) more about themselves, their careers, current projects and their views on the use of the Web in science, science education or science communication. Today my guest is Josh Witten (blog, Twitter) from the Laboratory of Molecular Biology" More.........
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The invention of the Microscope - 15 March 2012
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"LMB's Brad Amos helps explains the importance of the microscope. Also includes some images from LMB." More.........
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Study identifies new processes that lead to development of novel cell implicated in allergies - 29 February 2012
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"A collaboration between scientists in Trinity College Dublin and the United Kingdom has identified new processes that lead to the development of a novel cell implicated in allergies [...] The work was performed by Professor Padraic Fallon, and Dr Andrew McKenzie of the Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Biology in Cambridge......" More.........
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Cambridge Biotechnology Cluster Thriving - 27 February 2012
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"For all the billions pumped into the local biotech cluster, only one blockbuster drug has ever emerged stamped firmly with a Cambridge kitemark. The accolade belonged to Cambridge Antibody Technology - a company founded by Life Sciences serial entrepreneur Sir Greg Winter in 1989......" More.........
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How new science is transforming the optical microscope - 16 February 2012
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"The 2012 Leeuwenhoek Lecture will be given by Dr Brad Amos FRS......" More.........
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Scientist is knighted - 10 February 2012
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"Hugh Pelham, director of the Medical Research Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours last June . The investiture took place at the palace yesterday......" More.........
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New technology for the rapid, site-specific labeling of proteins - 10 February 2012
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"Jason Chin, Kathrin Lang and Lloyd Davis from LMB and colleagues at the North Carolina State University have created specially engineered mammalian cells to enable researchers to label proteins of interest more efficiently. As reported in Nature Chemistry......" More.........
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Evolution at the Lab Bench - 7 February 2012
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"Interested in overcoming the PCR inhibitors often present in complex environmental samples, Phil Holliger and colleagues decided the best solution to the problem was to re-engineer a better polymerase - an 'evolved' polymerase that offered resistance to the environmental inhibitors. ......" More.........
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Focus on Jason Chin - 27 January 2012
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"EMBO Member Jason Chin, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, talks about reprogramming the genetic code and re-engineering ribosomes and the possibility of building a parallel biological system. He also talks about in-vivo experiments in biochemistry, gives advice to young researchers and how he benefitted from being an EMBO Young Investigator. ......" More.........
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Cutting edge chemistry in 2011 - 22 December 2011
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"The RNA world hypothesis also got a boost this year with work from Philipp Holliger's team at the Medical Research Laboratory in Cambridge, UK. The hypothesis, first suggested by Francis Crick in 1968, suggests that life on Earth began with a self-replicating RNA molecule but has remained unproved. Holliger went back ......" More.........
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