Author: Rohde, Maggi
Title: The glamour of the molecule: discovery of the double helix
Reference http://home.intranet.org/~maggi/dna.html
Year: 1994
Type: DNA - Structure
Subject: The lack of recognition of Rosalind Franklin in the discovery of the DNA double helix
Keywords: Sir Lawrence Bragg; Wendy Champness; Francis Crick; Jerry Donohue; Rosalind Franklin; R. G. Gosling; Sandra Harding; Aaron Klug; Linus Pauling; Larry Snyder; James D. Watson; Maurice Wilkins
Photographs:Author: Perutz, Max
Title: Sir Lawrence Bragg
Reference New Scientist and Science Journal 8 July 1971, p.67
Year: 1971
Type: Obituary
Subject: Sir Lawrence Bragg
Keywords: Bohr; Lady Bragg; Sir W. Lawrence Bragg; Francis Crick; Marie Curie; Einstein; John Kendrew; North; Linus Pauling; Max Perutz; Phillips; Rutherford; James Watson
Photographs: Sir Lawrence BraggAuthor: Perutz, Max
Title: The birth of molecular biology
Reference New Scientist 21 May 1987, pp.38-41
Year: 1987
Type: Historical - LMB History
Subject: Forty years ago, the Medical Research Council set up a unit in Cambridge for "the study of the molecular structure of biological systems." It was to become an enormously productive laboratory
Keywords: Gilbert Adair; Bill Astbury; Sir Joseph Barcroft; J. D. Bernal; P. M. S. Blackett; Alexander Borgia; W. L. Bragg; Sydney Brenner; Martha Chase; Francis Crick; Dorothy Crowfoot (Hodgkin); Jack Dunitz; Isidor Fankuchen; Hans Fischer; General Franco; Jean Hanson; Felix Haurowitz; Alfred Hershey; Sir Harold Himsworth; Sir Cyril Hinshelwood; Adolf Hitler; Quintin Hogg (Lord Hailsham); Barbara Holmes; F G Hopkins; Hugh Huxley; Horace Judson; David Keilin; John Kendrew; Kaj Linderstrom Lang; Salvador Luria; Sir Edward Mellanby; Joseph Mitchell; Neville Mott; Leslie Orgel; Linus Pauling; Max Perutz; Pope Pius XI; Lord Rutherford;T he Queen; Fred Sanger; Theo Svedberg; A Landsborough Thomson; Arne Tiselius; James Watson; Warren Weaver
Photographs: Cavendish Hut; New Laboratory 1962; The Queen with Kendrew and others; Max Perutz by model; Max Perutz and John Kendrew with "forest of rods" model; John Kendrew examines his model of myoglobinAuthor: de Chadarevian, Soraya
Title: Of worms and programmes: Caenorhabditis Elegans and the study of development
Reference Stud. Hist. Phil. Biol. & Biomed. Sci. 29: 81-105, 1998
Year: 1998
Type: Historical - LMB History; Science
Subject: The early history of the construction of C.elegans as a model organism and laboratory tool for the study of development, and the place of this work in the history of molecular biology
Keywords: Horace Barlow; Seymour Benzer; Sydney Brenner; Caenorhabditis Genetics Center (Univ Missouri); Francis Crick; E. C. Dougherty; W. Dove; EMBL; The Hardy Club; Sir Harold Himsworth; Alan Hodgkin; Jonathan Hodgkin; Human Genome Project; Andrew Huxley; Francois Jacob; John Kendrew; R. Darwin Keynes; B. Lush; Monod; Max Perutz; Project K; Sanger Centre; Eileen Southgate; Gunther Stent; G. Streisinger; John Sulston; Nichol Thompson; John von Neumann; Conrad Waddington; Jim Watson; John White; Norbert Wiener; Maurice Wilkins
Photographs: Micrograph of the nematode of C. elegans; C. elegans embryo, 260 min. old. Dorsal view; Part of the cell lineage of C. elegans; Connectivity diagram of a nerve cell of c. elegans; The subdivision of C. elegans; Cover of C. elegans newsletterAuthor: Thomas, Sir John Meurig
Title: Peterhouse, The Royal Society and Molecular Biology
Reference Rec. R. Soc. Lond. 54: 369-385, 2000
Year: 2000
Type: Historical - LMB History
Subject: The origins of the subject of Molecular Biology may be located in various places or periods, but Peterhouse, a Cambridge college, was a hothouse of the subject.
Keywords: E. N. da C. Andrade; U. A. Arndt; W. T. Astbury; Fred Bawden; Seymour Benzer; John Desmond Bernal; Sir W. Lawrence Bragg; Sir William Bragg; Sydney Brenner; Jo Butler; Chris Calladine; Donald Casper; Melvin Calvin; Erwin Chargaff; Francis Crick; Tony Crowther; David De Rosier; Richard Dickerson; Suzanne Dickson; Howard Dintzis; Paul Doty; Horace Drew; EMBO; Isadore Fankuchen; Alan Fersht; John Finch; Rosalind Franklin; J. S. Griffith; Ieuan Harris; Brian Hartley; Richard Henderson; A. V. Hill; Dorothy (Crowfoot) Hodgkin; Kenneth Holmes; Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins; E. A. Moelwyn Hughes; Sir Andrew Huxley; Hugh Huxley; Vernon Ingram; Sophie Jackson; Francois Jacob; Journal of Molecular Biology; Lord Kelvin; Kelvin Club (Peterhouse); John Kendrew; Aaron Klug; Arthur Kornberg; Roger Kornberg; Andrew Lever; Professor Lindstrom-Lang; Salvador Luria; A. J. P. Martin; A. D. McLachlan; Sir Peter Medawar; Matthew Meselson; J. Miller; Earl Mountbatten of Burma; Leslie Orgel; Linus Pauling; Peter Pauling; Richard Perham; Max Perutz; Phillips; N. W. Pirie; Alexander Rich; Tim Richmond; Lord Rutherford; Fred Sanger; Malcolm Ferguson Smith; R. L. Synge; Jean Thomas; Nigel Unwin; Gabriele Varani; John Walker; James D. Watson; Warren Weaver; A. F. Wells; Maurice Wilkins; R. C. Williams; Carl Woese
Photographs: John Desmond Bernal; Max Perutz, Gisela Perutz & John Kendrew; Max Perutz with model of haemoglobin and John Kendrew with myoglobin model, c.1950's; Old Court, Peterhouse; Perutz, Kendrew, Watson, Crick, Wilkins and John Steinbeck at Nobel Ceremony, 1962; Perutz, Crowther, Klug, Finch, Kendrew, Butler, taken at Klug's retirement; Schematic of mode of action of DNAAuthor: Farrar, Steve
Title: 'Beast' at heart of human genome
Reference Cambridge Evening News, 16 December 1997
Year: 1997
Type: Science
Subject: A robotic lab worker dubbed The Beast is poised to help a team of scientists produce a map of the human genetic code
Keywords: Alan Bankier; Paul Dear; Human Genome Project; Mike Piper; The Beast
Photographs:Author: Cambridge Evening News
Title: Scientists gather to say farewell
Reference Cambridge Evening News, 15 October 1997
Year: 1997
Type: Biographical
Subject: Scientists gathered to say farewell to laboratory manager Michael Fuller
Keywords: Megan Davies; Michael Fuller; John Kendrew; Aaron Klug; Cesar Milstein; Max Perutz; Fred Sanger
Photographs: Michael FullerAuthor: Dayton, Leigh
Title: When hormones say it's time to fight
Reference New Scientist, 9 January 1993
Year: 1993
Type: Science
Subject: The molecular key to nature's "fight or flight" response may have been found by scientists in the US
Keywords: John Funder; Robert Graham; Richard Henderson
Photographs: Man being attacked by a bearAuthor: Cambridge Evening News
Title: Nobel prize-winning scientist dies aged 80
Reference Cambridge Evening News, 27 August 1997, p.2
Year: 1997
Type: Obituary
Subject: Sir John Kendrew
Keywords: EMBL; EMBO; Sir John Kendrew; Max Perutz
Photographs:Author: Thomas, John Meurig
Title: Sir John Kendrew
Reference The Independent, 12 September 1997, p.18
Year: 1997
Type: Obituary
Subject: Sir John Kendrew
Keywords: J. D. Bernal; Bijvoet; Sir Lawrence Bragg; Adolf Butenandt; Dorothy Crowfoot (Hodgkin); Richard Dickerson; Howard Dintzis; EMBL; Friedrich-Freska; E. A. Moelwyn Hughes; Jacob; Journal of Molecular Biology; Ephraim Katchalski-Kazir; John Kendrew; Aaron Klug; Ole Maalo; Golda Meir; Linus Pauling; Max Perutz; J. M. Robertson; Fred Sanger; Leo Szilard; James Watson; Sir Robert Watson-Watt; Vicki Weisskopf; Jeffries Wyman
Photographs: Kendrew with pipe peering over modelAuthor: Rockefeller University
Title: Lewis Thomas Prize Honors Max Perutz
Reference www.rockefeller.edu/pubinfo/ltprize97.nr.html
Year: 1997
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: Max Perutz is the recipient of the 1997 Lewis Thomas Prize, which honors scientists for their literary achievements
Keywords: Freeman Dyson; Francois Jacob; Gerald Kaufman; John Kendrew; Abraham Pais; Max Perutz; Rockefeller University; Lewis Thomas; Hugh Trevor-Roper; Torsten N Wiesel
Photographs:Author: Larsson, Ulf (Editor)
Title: Conversation after conversation: Francis Crick and James D Watson
Reference Cultures of Creativity: The centennial exhibition of the Nobel Prize. pp.158-159. Science History Publications
Year: 2001
Type: Nobel Prize; DNA - Structure
Subject: Discovery of the structure of the DNA molecule
Keywords: Francis Crick; Rosalind Franklin; Linus Pauling; James Watson; Maurice Wilkins
Photographs: X-ray photograph taken by Rosalind Franklin; James Watson presenting the structure of the DNA molecule at Cold Sping Harbor in 1953; James Watson & Francis Crick at their model of the DNA molecule at the Cavendish Laboratory; Francis Crick dancing at the Nobel Banquet, 1962Author: Larsson, Ulf (Editor)
Title: Hard work's reward
Reference Cultures of Creativity: The centennial exhibition of the Nobel Prize. pp.92-95. Science History Publications
Year: 2001
Type: Nobel Prize
Subject: Max Perutz's quest to discover the structure of hemoglobin
Keywords: M. J. Buerger; Francis Crick; John Kendrew; Max Perutz
Photographs: Buerger Precession Camera; X-ray diffraction photograph; Max Perutz with his model of hemoglobin & John Kendrew with his model of myoglobin; Bror Strandberg & Richard Dickerson with the output from Edsac II; Contour maps of the density of electrons in sections through the hemoglobin molecule; Model of the hemoglobin molecule; Max Perutz showing his model of hemoglobinAuthor: Vines, Gail
Title: Harry Potter and the philosopher's genome
Reference The Independent, 7 February 2002, p.5 (Review Section)
Year: 2002
Type: Book Review
Subject: ‘The Common Thread’ by John Sulston and Georgina Ferry. Bantam Press
Keywords: Celera Genomics; Human Genome Project; Georgina Ferry; Harry Potter; Sanger Centre; John Sulston; Craig Venter; James Watson
Photographs:Author: McKie, Robin
Title: The Jedi Knight of DNA: How a motorbiking radical saved the human genome from big business
Reference The Observer, 3 February 2002
Year: 2002
Type: Book Review
Subject: ‘The Common Thread’ by John Sulston and Georgina Ferry. Bantam Press
Keywords: ABI, Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode), Celera, Cobbett, Georgina Ferry, Human Genome Project, Hitler; 'Ben Kenobi'; National Portrait Gallery; Paine; Marc Quinn; Sanger Centre; John Sulston; Craig Venter; ‘Darth' Venter; Jim Watson; Wellcome Trust
Photographs: John Sulston with the DNA portrait of himself created by Marc QuinnAuthor: Watts, Susan
Title: Trust hopes to end 'brain drain'
Reference The Independent, 28 July 1992
Year: 1992
Type: Funding
Subject: The Wellcome Trust hopes to revitalise biomedical research in Britain with tens of millions of pounds of extra cash
Keywords: Douglas Fearon; Medical Research Council; Bridget Ogilvie; Sanger Centre; Fred Sanger; John Sulston; Wellcome plc; Wellcome Trust
Photographs:Author: Brown, Phyllida
Title: A Wellcome injection of cash
Reference New Scientist, 1 August 1992, pp.12-13
Year: 1992
Type: Funding
Subject: The world's biggest medical charity is about to double its research budget
Keywords: Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC); Cancer Research Campaign; Douglas Fearon; Robert Fleming & Co; Hammersmith Hospital; Imperial Cancer Research Fund; John Hopkins University; Medical Research Council; Bridget Ogilvie; Michael Peckham; Dai Rees; Sanger Centre; Bill Stewart; John Sulston; University of Cambridge; William Waldegrave; Henry Wellcome; Wellcome plc; Wellcome Trust
Photographs: Bridget OgilvieAuthor: Cambridge Evening News
Title: Top scientists greet leading US journal
Reference Cambridge Evening News, 7 June 1993
Year: 1993
Type: Media Events
Subject: Top scientists were among guests at the official opening in Cambridge of the European headquarters of Science, the leading US specialist journal
Keywords: Alexander Graham Bell; Thomas Edison; Aaron Klug; Daniel E Koshland, Jr
Photographs: Richard Gallagher, Julie Eastland & Daniel E Koshland, JrAuthor: Independent, The
Title: Royal Society
Reference The Independent, 13 March 1993
Year: 1993
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: The Royal Society elected the following new Fellows on 11 March
Keywords: (LMB Names Only): Richard Anthony Crowther; Michael Samuel Neuberger
Photographs:Author: Sunday Times
Title: Diffusing knowledge at the Royal Institution
Reference The Sunday Times, 1 June 1958
Year: 1958
Type: Media Events
Subject: Dr J. C. Kendrew of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, is speaking on the protein molecule
Keywords: Dr H. Anthony; Lord Brabazon; Sir Lawrence Bragg; Cavendish Laboratory; Mr E. Davis (Kodak Research); Dr A. Gaydon (Imperial College); Professor Alexander Haddow; Brig H. Hopthrow (ICI); Mr L. Jolley (GEC Labs); J. C. Kendrew; Professor Ronald King; Dr H. Lowery; Royal Institution
Photographs: John Kendrew and audience at the Royal InstitutionAuthor: Thomas, Merrilyn
Title: Hidden Cambridge: sculpture is clue to house's history
Reference Cambridge Evening News, 26 September 1997
Year: 1997
Type: DNA - Structure
Subject: 19 Portugal Place, the former home of Francis Crick
Keywords: Archie Scott Brown; Lord Butler of Saffron Walden; Mario Castiglione; Francis Crick; Odile Crick; Francis Hinsley; Allama Muhammad Iqbal; Maypole Pub; 19 Portugal Place; James Watson; Maurice Wilkins
Photographs: 19 Portugal Place; Plaque on the wall of 17 Portugal Place (Iqbal)Author: Farrar, Steve
Title: New hope in fight against Parkinson's
Reference Cambridge Evening News
Year: [1990's]
Type: Science
Subject: Scientists have isolated a rogue protein which they believe may hold the key to tackling Parkinson's Disease and a major form of dementia
Keywords: Alpha-synuclein (Protein); Alzheimer's Disease; Dementia with 'Lewy Bodies'; Michel Goedert; Ross Jakes; MRC Centre for Brain Repair; Parkinson's Disease; Maria Grazia Spillantini
Photographs:Author: Gillespie, Fulton & Jowitt, Matthew
Title: Laboratory wins award
Reference Cambridge Evening News
Year: [1990]
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: LMB wins Queen's Awards for Export and Technology for developing a revolutionaty new laser microscope
Keywords: Brad Amos; Bio-Rad Microscience Ltd; Confocal Microscope; Richard Durbin; Mick Fordham; Aaron Klug; Cesar Milstein; Fred Sanger; John White
Photographs: Aaron Klug; Brad Amos, John White, Mick FordhamAuthor: Gray, John
Title: Sir Harold Himsworth
Reference The Independent, 9 November 1993
Year: 1993
Type: Obituary
Subject: Harold Himsworth, Secretary of the MRC, who played a major part in the establishment of the LMB
Keywords: Charlotte Gray; Harold Himsworth; Lord Haldane
Photographs: Himsworth: a portrait by John Ward, 1969Author: Connor, Steve & Wilkie, Tom
Title: Hunters of the double helix - 40 years on
Reference The Independent on Sunday, 25 April 1993
Year: 1993
Type: DNA - Structure
Subject: The story of DNA and the team of scientists that revealed its structure
Keywords: Cavendish Laboratory; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Francis Crick; Einstein; Rosalind Franklin; King's College, London; Linus Pauling; Salk Institute; US Human Genome Project; James Watson; Maurice Wilkins
Photographs: The way they were: James Watson and Francis Crick; And how they are: the two scientists at a symposium to mark 40 years of molecular genetics