Author: The PEW Charitable Trusts
Title: Exceptional Early-Career Scientists Named Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences
Reference The PEW Charitable Trusts News 9 June 2016
Year: 2016
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: The Pew Charitable Trusts have named 22 exceptional early-career scientists as Pew scholars in the biomedical sciences, including Lauren Parker Jackson and Kristian Andersen , both former LMB PhD students.
Keywords: The Pew Charitable Trusts; Lauren Parker Jackson; Kristian Anderson; biomedical scholars; early-career scientists; pew scholars; flexible funding; alumni
Photographs:Author: Kiessling, Tilmann
Title: 58 life science researchers elected as new EMBO Members
Reference EMBO News 23 May 2016
Year: 2016
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: Two former LMB group leaders have been named as new EMBO members. Jernej and Ian are among 58 new members to join EMBO, who elect new members annually on the basis of scientific excellence and outstanding research contributions.
Keywords: EMBO Members; elected; Ian Tomlinson; Jernej Ule; Melina Schuh: alumni
Photographs:Author: Houston, Karyn
Title: Brenner Named Fellow of Scientific Society
Reference Berkeley News 24 March 2016
Year: 2016
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: Former LMB PhD student Steven Brenner has been named a fellow by a prestigious computational biology association for his groundbreaking research in protein analysis and genetics.
Keywords: Steven Brenner; Fellow international Society for Computational Biology (ISCB); UC Berkeley; Cyrus Chothia; Michael Levit; computational biology: alumni
Photographs: Head shot of Steven and picture of him workingAuthor: Thompson, Beth
Title: Data protection: how medical researchers persuaded the European Parliament to compromise
Reference The London School of Economics 19 February 2016
Year: 2016
Type: Alumni - Career Structure
Subject: Former PhD student, Beth Thompson, now works as a Senior Policy Advisor at the Wellcome Trust, focusing on the regulation of research. Beth led Wellcome’s advocacy work on the impact of the EU Data Protection Regulation, and writes about the outcome of that work.
Keywords: Beth Thompson; Data Protection Regulation; Europe; data privacy laws; European Commission; Edward Snowden; research; alumni; Brexit
Photographs: Head shot of BethAuthor: Callaway, Ewen
Title: The trickiest family tree in biology - Scientists are striving for a deeper view of development, from embryo to adult, cell-by-cell
Reference Science 5 July 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Science
Subject: John Sulston determined the cell lineage of the nematode worm C. elegans. Using new cutting-edge technologies, researchers across the world are now aiming to trace cell lineages in a variety of other organisms.
Keywords: John Sulston; C. elegans; worms; drawings; ‘cell-lineage tree’; Rubik’s cube; maps; alumni
Photographs:Author: Kaplan, Marc
Title: Case Western Reserve researcher awarded Drexel Prize in Translational Medicine
Reference EurekAlert 8 September 2016
Year: 2016
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: Former group leader Jonathan Karn has been awarded the 2016 Drexel Prize in Translational Medicine for work on both how HIV multiplies and how it persists in the body despite powerful therapy.
Keywords: Jonathan Karn; Drexel Prize; Translational Medicine; Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease; HIV; “remain silent”; award, alumni
Photographs:Author: Bobrowska, Anna
Title: Cell scientist to watch - Sabine Petry
Reference Journal of Cell Science - 17 November 2016
Year: 2016
Type: Career Structure
Subject: Former PhD student Sabine Petry career so far and research is discussed in an interview with the Journal of Cell Science
Keywords: Sabine Petry; Venki Ramakrishnan; structural studies; organelles; career; cell biology; PhD; scientist to watch: alumni
Photographs: Head shot of SabineAuthor: Cancer Research UK
Title: Creating a genomic map of the immune response
Reference Cancer Research UK 15 December 2016
Year: 2016
Type: Science
Subject: Former LMB programme leader Dr Sarah Teichmann, Head of Cellular Genetics of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, and Dr Jacqui Shields, from the MRC Cancer Unit in Cambridge, have teamed up to make the most of their complementary skills in immunology and cancer research
Keywords: Sarah Teichmann; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; Jacqui Shields; cancer research; ‘million dollar question’; immune response map; genomics; immunology; drug development; alumni
Photographs:Author: Garman, Elspeth
Title: Prof. Alison Woollard appointed as Academic Champion for Public Engagement with Research
Reference University of Oxford 10 February 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Alumni- Career Structure
Subject: Former LMB Postdoctoral Fellow Professor Alison Woollard, Department of Biochemistry and Fellow of Hertford College, has been appointed as the University of Oxford’s next Academic Champion for Public Engagement with Research.
Keywords: Alison Woollard; University of Oxford; Public Engagement; Research; Academic Champion; alumni
Photographs: Professor Alison Woollard (Credit: Paul Wilkinson)Author: Woollard, Alison
Title: Novitski Prize for Jonathan Hodgkin
Reference University of Oxford 24 March 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: Professor Jonathan Hodgkin has been awarded the prestigious Edward Novitski prize for 2017 by the Genetics Society of America,. During his time at the LMB, Jonathan undertook pioneering work in the field of C. elegans genetics.
Keywords: Jonathan Hodgkin; Edward Novitski prize; genetics research; C. elegans; epistasis analysis; Genetics Society of America; extraordinary creativity; intellectual ingenuity; award; alumni
Photographs: Head shot Jonathan HodgkinAuthor: Biochemical Society
Title: Early Career Research Awards Winners 2018
Reference Biochemical Society 11 April 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: Wojciech Galej who was in Structural Studies has been awarded the 2018 Early Career Research Award for Molecular Structure and Function by the Biochemical Society.
Keywords: Wojciech Galej; Biochemical Society; Early Career Research Award; Molecular Structure and Function; molecular mechanism; pre-mRNA splicing; X-ray crystallography; cryo-electron microscopy; Prp8 protein; Kiyoshi Nagai; alumni
Photographs: Head shot of WojciechAuthor: Kiessling, Tilmann
Title: Maria Leptin welcomed as Leopoldina Member
Reference EMBO News 17 May 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: The German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, has welcomed EMBO Director Maria Leptin as one of its members.
Keywords: Maria Leptin; EMBO; Leopoldina membership; Heidelberg; European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL); Michael Wilcox; Drosophila; Cell Biology; German National Academy of Sciences; alumni
Photographs:Author: BBC News
Title: Genome pioneer John Sulston enters elite club
Reference BBC News 16 June 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: John Sulston has been elevated to the Companion of Honour in the Queen’s birthday list.
Keywords: John Sulston; Queens Birthday Honours; Companion of Honour; Sydney Brenner; genome; worms; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; alumni
Photographs:Author: kingsley, Jeremy
Title: First Person. Practical science: The lab technician
Reference TheLong+Short
Year: 2014
Type: Biography
Subject: Pat Edwards
Keywords: Pat Edwards
Photographs: Pat EdwardsAuthor: Cyclehoop
Title: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology tell us how much they love to ride!
Reference Cyclehoop 18 April 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: The LMB won the National Cycling Challenge for the 200-499 employees category in 2016. The LMB has now received the prize – a cycle repair station for all staff to use
Keywords: National cycle challenge; love to Ride; Cyclehoop; deluxe repair station; Alison Turnock; Hugh Pelham
Photographs: Deluxe Repair StationAuthor: Edge
Title: Soul of a Molecular Machine - A Conversation with Venki Ramakrishnan
Reference Edge 4 May 2017
Year: 2017
Type: History - Reminiscences
Subject: Conversation with Venki Ramakrishnan taking about his research, and looking at the past and future of structural biology.
Keywords: Venki Ramakrishnan; ribosome; atomic; mitochondrial; viruses; hepatitis C; Max Perutz; Royal Society; machine learning; Francis Crick; RNA; Bayesian algorithms; structural biologist; Tony Crowther; Aaron Klug; Joachim Frank; Marin van Heel; amino acids
Photographs: Head shot of VenkiAuthor: British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB)
Title: The People Behind the 2017 Winning Images
Reference BSCB 8 May 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: Mo Moffateh’s image of beautifully repeated segments of Drosophila melanogaster embryonic nervous system, picked as joint third in British Society for Cell Biology’s 2017 winning images.
Keywords: Mohammad Moffateh; Simon Bullock; Drosphilia melanogaster; Ank2-L; embryonic nervous system; confocal microscope; 3rd prize; British Society for Cell biology (BSCB); image
Photographs: Head shot of MohammadAuthor: Brackley, Paul
Title: AstraZeneca and LMB in Cambridge use one of world’s most advanced microscopes to make breakthrough
Reference Cambridge Independent 14 June 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Biotechnology
Subject: Using the pioneering technique of cryo-EM, scientists at AstraZeneca and LMB have made a ground-breaking biological discovery that could help develop new cancer treatments.
Keywords: AstraZeneca; Titan Krios; Cryo-electron microscope; cancer drugs; crystallography; FEI; IMED Biotech Unit; Nanoscience Centre; Chris Phillips; Cambridge Biomedical Campus; GlaxoSmithKline; Heptares Therapeutics; Astex Pharmaceutical; UCB; Roger Williams; Domagoj Bareti; human ataxia telangiectasia mutated; ATM Biology; Sjors Scheres
Photographs: Chris Phillips with cryo-EM microscope; The cryo-electron microscope at the Nanoscience Centre on Cambridge University's West Cambridge site; The topping out ceremony for AstraZeneca HQAuthor: Research Features
Title: Challenges and solutions: G protein-coupled receptors as novel drug targets
Reference Research Features 19 June 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Science
Subject: Chris Tate – co-founder of Heptares Therapeutics, a company established to commercialise research from the LMB – discusses his work on G-protein coupled receptors
Keywords: Chris Tate; G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs); Heptares Therapeutics; salbutamol; asthma; β1-adrenergic receptor (β1AR); StaR; cancer; dementia; obesity; AstraZeneca; Alzheimer’s disease; drug targets
Photographs:Author: Gallagher, James
Title: Sharp focus on Alzheimer’s may help target drugs
Reference BBC News 5 July 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Science
Subject: Abnormal deposits that build up in the brain during Alzheimer’s have been pictured in unprecedented detail in research led by Sjors Scheres and Michel Goedert
Keywords: Alzheimer’s; Sjors Scheres; Michel Goedert; beta amyloid; Parkinson’s; alpha synuclein; tau; neurodegenerative disease;”resolution revolution”; tangles; Nature journal
Photographs: Artists image of a tangle of tau (LMB)Author: Brackley, Paul
Title: How Cambridge scientists are exploring the incredible transport system inside our cells
Reference Cambridge Independent 12 July 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Science
Subject: Simon Bullock discusses his research into intracellular trafficking of RNA, and talks about the importance of science outreach in inspiring the next generation of young scientists.
Keywords: Simon Bullock; tiny machines; motor proteins; cargo; cells; RNA; cytoskeleton; microtubules; viruses; neurodegeneration; fruit flies; cryo-electron microscope; dynein; Andrew Carter; AstraZeneca; Mathias Pasche; Microscopes4Schools; vesicles; Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Photographs: Simon Bullock in lab; picture of the lab taken from the front of the buildingAuthor: Alzforum
Title: Tau Filaments from the Alzheimer’s Brain Revealed at Atomic Resolution
Reference Alzforum 7 July 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Science
Subject: Tau filaments isolated from an Alzheimer’s brain are the latest, high-profile exploit of cryo-electron microscopy. Using his technique his, Sjors Scheres, teamed up with Michel Goedert,to solve 3.4-Angstrom resolution structures of both straight and paired helical filaments of tau
Keywords: Alzheimer’s; Sjors Scheres; Michel Goedert; tau; Cryo-EM microscopy; fibrils; β-helix; C-shaped protofilament monomer; AD; paired helical filaments (PHFs); straight filaments (SFs); N-terminus; “fuzzy coat”; Nature
Photographs:Author: Everts, Sarah
Title: A new view of the spliceosome
Reference Chemical & Engineering News 26 May 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Science
Subject: Kiyoshi Nagai’s group capture important state of cellular machine responsible for making humans more complex than worms
Keywords: Cellular machine; worm; Caenorhabditis elegans; spliceosome; RNA; genome; cryo-electron microscopy; atomic; ribonucleoproteins; Kiyoshi Nagai; Pei-Chun Lin; Clemens Plaschka; Nature journal; splicing
Photographs:Author: ScienceDaily
Title: Building better brains: A bioengineered upgrate for organoids
Reference Science Daily 31 May 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Science
Subject: Study by Madeline Lancaster and collaborators at IMBA is one of the first attempts to combine organoids with bioengineering
Keywords: organoids; bioengineering; Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA); cerebral; Madeline Lancaster; engineered cerebral organoids (enCORs); neurons; PLGA; stem cell
Photographs:Author: University of Cambridge - Research
Title: Leprosy turns the immune system against itself, study finds
Reference University of Cambridge - Research 30 August 2017
Year: 2017
Type: Science
Subject: An international team of scientists, including Lalita Ramakrishnan’s group in the University of Cambridge Molecular Immunity Unit, based at the LMB, have discovered that Leprosy hijacks our immune system, turning an important repair mechanism into one that causes potentially irreparable damage to our nerve cells.
Keywords: Lalita Ramakrishnan; Leprosy; immune system; zebrafish; Mycobacterium leprae; lepromatosis; multiple sclerosis; Guillain–Barré syndrome; Schwann cells; myelin; Department of Medicine; ‘bubbles’; macrophages; ‘big eaters’; ‘Pac-Man’; PGL-1; bacteria; nerve cells; hijacking
Photographs: Hand showing leprosy (drawn)