Author: Katy Pallister
Title: Ultrastructure of growing neurons in lab-grown brain 'organoids' revealed with fluorescence and electron microscopy combination
Reference Biomedical Picture of the day- MRC 7 December 2021
Year: 2021
Type: Science
Subject: Structure of growing neurons
Keywords: Nervous system Axon Electron cryo-tomography
Photographs: MRCAuthor: Nicoletta Lanese
Title: Scientists reprogrammed bacteria to be immune to viruses
Reference Live Science 03 June 2021
Year: 2021
Type: Science
Subject: Scientists created a synthetic genome for a bacterium by stringing together building blocks of DNA — and the new genome made the microbe immune to viral infection.
Keywords: E.coli Bacteria Wesley Robertson Amino Acids DNA Chromosones TCG TCA
Photographs: W. RobertsonAuthor: Stephen Kearsey
Title: Larissa Wakefield obituary
Reference The Guardian 20 October 2020
Year: 2020
Type: Obituary
Subject: Larissa Wakefield, who has died aged 61, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, was a naturalist, scientist and potter. She had a highly successful research career both before and after a 10-year break, during which she devoted herself to bringing up children and running a pottery.
Keywords: Larissa Wakefield; Pottery; Sir John Gurdon; Parkinson's disease
Photographs: Stephen KearseyAuthor: MRC
Title: Did life emerge in the ‘‘primordial soup’’ via DNA or RNA? Maybe both
Reference Cambridge Network 04 June 2020
Year: 2020
Type: Science
Subject: The research, led by scientists from Laboratory of Molecular Biology, shows for the first time how some of the building blocks of both DNA and RNA could have spontaneously formed and co-existed in the 'primordial soup' on Earth.
Keywords: DNA RNA
Photographs:Author: Linton M. Traub, Frances M. Brodsky
Title: Ernst Joachim Ungewickell: 1950-2020
Reference Journal Of Cell Biology Vol.219; No.011
Year: 2020
Type: Obituary
Subject: Ernst, contributor to our knowledge of intracellular transport coats, died in Hanover on 19 August, 2020. He spent a year at the MRC in 1982
Keywords: Ernst Ungewickell Germany Branton Laboratory: Barbara Pearse
Photographs: Ernst UngewickellAuthor: Chemistry World
Title: the weirdness of water; Cryo EM detector will produce better data with less energy.
Reference Chemistry World April 2020
Year: 2020
Type: Science
Subject: An new project aims to lower the energy requirements for cryo- electron microscopy studies and make the technique more accessible for U K researchers
Keywords: Cryo- EM Richard Henderson Chris Russo Jan Lowe
Photographs:Author: Paul Brackley
Title: Steroids ‘can improve outcomes outcomes for sickest coronavirus patients’
Reference Cambridge Independent 22 September, 2020
Year: 2020
Type: Science
Subject: The survival chances for severely ill Covid patients are improved by treating them with the steroid hydrocortisone, research involving Cambridge University Hospitals has shown.
Keywords: SARS-Cov-2 REMAP-CAP Hydrocortisone
Photographs: LMBAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: Nobel Prize Winning work that has changed lives across the work
Reference Cambridge University 20 February 2019
Year: 2019
Type: Science
Subject: Greg Winter won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in recognition of his work on antibodies. He realised they all have the same basic structure, with only small changes making them specific for one target. This discovery led to antibody therapies for cancer and diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis, which have changed the lives of patients across the world- we hear from four people who worked with and benefitted from Greg's discoveries.
Keywords: Greg Winter; Theresa Langford; Antibodies;
Photographs: MRC LMBAuthor: Mark Terry
Title: Women’s History month: 10 Women Biopharma Pioneers
Reference Biospace 18 March 2019
Year: 2019
Type: History-LMB
Subject: 10 female pioneers in Biotechnology share their experiences
Keywords: Rosalind Franklin
Photographs:Author: Alyssa Botelho
Title: Sydney Brenner: Biologist who won a Nobel prize for bringing a worm to the attention of Scientists.
Reference Cambridge Independent 11 April 2019
Year: 2019
Type: Obituary
Subject: The South African, who studied in Britain, found in the microscopic Caenorhabditis elegans a model organism to aid the fields of neuroscience and animal development
Keywords: Sydney Brenner; South Africa
Photographs: Cambridge IndependentAuthor: Eric Atherton; John D. Wade
Title: Robert C. Sheppard (1932-2019)
Reference Journal of Peptide Science
Year: 2019
Type: Obituary
Subject: A memoir of Robert Sheppard and his legacy to Peptide Science
Keywords: Peptide Chemistry; Peptide synthesis; Robert C. Sheppard
Photographs:Author: Sarah Knapton
Title: Drinking alcohol raises risk of cancer by snapping DNA, scientists find.
Reference The Telegraph 03 January 2018
Year:
Type: Drinking alchohol
Subject: Drinking alcohol raises risk of cancer by damaging DNA, leading health experts to call for people to cut down on their consumption
Keywords: Acetaldehyde; DNA
Photographs: MATT CARDY GETTYAuthor: Ben Comber
Title: Brexit ‘will hit research, curb investment and delay new medicines’
Reference Cambridge Independent 24 January 2018
Year: 2018
Type: Politics; Science
Subject: Cambridge University, Astrazeneca and Cancer Research UK among those warning of their concerns as Brexit Commitee visits the city.
Keywords: Cambridge University; Astrazeneca; Cancer Research UK;
Photographs: MRC LMBAuthor: Emma Stoye
Title: Nobel laureate and molecular biology pioneer Aaron Klug dies
Reference Chemistry World 23 November 2018
Year: 2018
Type: Obituary
Subject: Aaron Klug, who received the chemistry Nobel prize in 1982, has died aged 92.
Keywords: crystallographic electron microscopy; DNA; RNA;
Photographs: MRC LMBAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: IONTAS founder attends Nobel Prize ceremony with Sir Greg
Reference Cambridge Independent 19 December 2018
Year: 2018
Type: Awards & Prizes; Science
Subject: IONTAS founder and CEO John McCaffety was invited to attend the Nobel Prize award ceremony in recognition of his pivotal contribution to the to the development of antibody phage display technology
Keywords: Sir Greg Winter; John McCafferty Nobel Prize award ceremony; Antibody phage display; IONTAS
Photographs: Dr McCafferty; Sir Greg WinterAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: ‘Not in my wildest dreams’- DR Jan Lowe on being appointed director of MRC LMB
Reference Cambridge Independent 07 February 2018
Year: 2018
Type: Science; LMB History
Subject: Currently the deputy director of the institute and joint head of its structural studies division has been appointed director of the LMB
Keywords: Nobel prize factory
Photographs: Jan Lowe MRC LMBAuthor: Mike Scialom
Title: ‘Science isn’t a zero sum game,’ hears life science summit
Reference Cambridge Independent January 24 2018
Year: 2018
Type:
Subject: ‘How has Cambridge become the capital of UK life Sciences?’ conference took place at Homerton College. The introductory address was given by LMB professor Sir Hugh Pelham
Keywords: Sir Hugh Pelham; Life Science; AstraZeneca; Brexit
Photographs: Keith HeppellAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: Scientist, GP trainee and police chief honoured by Queen
Reference June 13 2018
Year: 2018
Type:
Subject: Leading Scientist Richard Henderson was amongst the Queen’s birthday honours list
Keywords: Queens Birthday Honours; Cryro- electron microscopy; Sir Richard Henderson
Photographs: Henderson_2018Author: Paul Brackley
Title: Neurologist appointed to head up MRC
Reference 23 August 2023 Cambridge Independent
Year: 2023
Type: Science; MRC-History
Subject: Professor Patrick Chinnery head of Clinical Neurosciences at Cambridge university will become executive chair of the MRC from October.
Keywords: Patrick Chinnery; Mitrochondrial disorders; Neurosciences
Photographs:Author: Paul Brackley
Title: LMB to host free public open day
Reference June 21 2023 Cambridge Independent
Year: 2023
Type: Events& Celebrations
Subject: Cambridge’s Nobel prize factory opens it doors to the public for an open day on July 1st.
Keywords: Nobel prize factory; Cambridge Biomedical Factory; Tours; Talks;
Photographs:Author: Paul Brackley
Title: LMB researchers enter the Unknome inside us.
Reference Cambridge Independent August 16th 2023
Year: 2023
Type: Science
Subject: Scientists at the LMB have taken a leap into the unknown- or rather the Unknome to show just how little we know about thousands of proteins that make up our cells and tissues.
Keywords: Proteins; Geonome; Sean Munro; Tim Stevens
Photographs: Sean Munro; MRC LMBAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: Big wins for microscopic entries in LMB’s school competition.
Reference Cambridge Independent July 26th 2023
Year: 2023
Type: Events & Celebrations
Subject: More than 600 pupils from 18 schools took part in the 2023 Microscopes for Schools Competition, organised by the LMB. The competition is designed to encourage scientific curiosity.
Keywords: Microscopes4Schools; Shraddha Nayak; Madeline Lancaster; Brad Amos Hartford Junior; Highfield Littleport Academy; The Round House Academy
Photographs: Hartford Junior; Highfield Littleport Academy; The Round House AcademyAuthor: Tony Crowther
Title: Sir Aaron Klug OM
Reference FRS FMEdSci
Year: 2019
Type: Obituary
Subject: Sir Aaron Klug Biographical Memoir
Keywords: Birbeck College; South Africa; Electron Micrographs; Tobacco mosaic virus; RNA Structures; DNA and Chromatin; Zinc fingers;
Photographs: Aaron Klug; MRC LMBAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: Greg becomes joint head of LMB’s Neurobiology Division as connectomics grows
Reference 10th October Cambridge Independent
Year: 2023
Type: Science
Subject: Greg Jefferies is to join Anne Bertolotti as Joint head of the Neurobiology Division where they will spearhead its exspansion. Group leader Greg will take over from Hastings who led the division for 10 years.
Keywords: Connectomics; Greg Jefferies; Mick Hastings; Anne Bertolotti
Photographs: MRC LMBAuthor: Newsdesk Cambridge
Title: Eagle plaque change to honour Franklin’s DNA discovery role.
Reference Cambridge Independent August 30th 2023
Year: 2023
Type: Events & Celebrations; Visitors
Subject: A blue plaque on the Eagle pub in Cambridge which commemorates the discovery of the structure of DNA is being changed to include the forgotten female scientist Rosalind Franklin.
Keywords: Blue Plaque; Rosalind Franklin; Francis Crick; James Watson; Corpus Christi College
Photographs: Keith Heppell