Author: Paul Brackley
Title: Researcher of the year
Reference Cambridge Independent 11 September 2019
Year: 2019
Type: Science; Prizes& Awards
Subject: Dr Benjamin Falcon has learnt to perform cryo-electron microscopy; Dr Julius Fredens how the total geonome on E. Coli was synthesised from scratch
Keywords: Dr Benjamin Falcon; cryo-electron; tau filaments
Photographs:Author: Paul Brackley
Title: 365 project captures life and work at the LMB.
Reference Cambridge Independent May 15th 2019
Year: 2019
Type: Science
Subject: The LMB posts an image a day on it’s website about it’s life and work, both past and present for 365 day’s a year.
Keywords: nematode worm C; human cerebal organoid; Drosophilia; Embryo; LMBees
Photographs: LMBAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: ‘A great loss to Science’ - ‘s computational biology pioneer dies.
Reference Cambridge Independent 4th December 2019
Year: 2019
Type: Obituary
Subject: Cryus Chothia, a pioneer of of techniques that have helped drive revolutions in geonomics and structural biology has died.
Keywords: Bioformatics; EMBO member; Proteins
Photographs: MRC LMBAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: Unravelling protein structures found in the brains of dementia patients
Reference Cambridge Independent April 3rd 2019
Year: 2019
Type: Science; Awards & Prizes
Subject: Ben Falcon has won a rising start award from Alzheimer’s Research UK for his work, which could aid the diagnosis and eventually the treatment of diseases including Alzeimer’s and CTE.
Keywords: Ben Falcon; Rising start award; CTE.
Photographs: Keith HeppellAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: From biomedical researcher to patient
Reference Cambridge Independent 10 July 2019
Year: 2019
Type: Science
Subject: Dr Tony Crowther went from researcher to patient when he was diagnosed with Leukaemia. He was put on trial for a new AstraZeneca drug.
Keywords: ACEND trail AstraZeneca; BTK; Tony Crowther
Photographs:Author: Gemma Gardner
Title: Science Image winners have microscopic eye for detail
Reference Cambridge Independent July 31st 2019
Year: 2019
Type: Awards and Prizes
Subject: School children across the cambridgeshire have captured the beauty of everyday life for 2019’s Science image award as part of the LMB’s outreach project
Keywords: Brad Amos; Butler Academy infant and junior School; Simon Bullock; St Paul’s Church of England Primary School; St Andrew’s Church of England Primary School
Photographs: Keith HeppellAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: How the timing of meals affects our body clocks
Reference Cambridge Independent May 8th 2019
Year: 2019
Type: Science
Subject: Scientists have now discovered the mechanism by which our meal times are communicated to our body clock
Keywords: Circadian Rhythms; John O Neil
Photographs:Author: Paul Brackley
Title: Worlds first synthetic organism with full recoded DNA is created at the LMB
Reference Cambridge Independent 22nd May 2019
Year: 2019
Type: Science
Subject: Tge entire geonome of E. Coli has been synthesised and given a new genetic code by Jason Chin and his group at the LMB
Keywords: E. COli; Mycoplasma; DNA; Amino Acid;
Photographs: Keith HeppellAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: Housekeeping secrets of our cells discovered by MRC LMB
Reference Cambridge Independent 27th November 2019
Year: 2019
Type: Science
Subject: Inside our cells, natural processes take place every day. Our cells tightly control levels of activity to maintain a smooth operation.
Keywords: RNA; Cells; Turbulins; TTC5;
Photographs:Author: Paul Brackley
Title: A vision for next generation of Nobel prize-winning technology
Reference Cambridge Independent 30th October 2019
Year: 2019
Type: Science
Subject: Cyro electron microscopy has revolutionised how biological molecules are imaged, enabling scientists to to resolve structures that were previously beyond reach.
Keywords: Cyro- EM; Microscopes; Richard Henderson;
Photographs: Keith HeppellAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: Tributes following the death of the LMB’s Kiyoshi Nagai at 70
Reference Cambridge Independent 9th October 2019
Year: 2019
Type: Obituary
Subject: Nagai’s legacy. The scientist who played a leading role in what is described as one of the greatest achievements in modern molecular biology
Keywords: E. Coli; Richard Henderson; RNA; DNA; Spliceome;
Photographs: MRC LMBAuthor: Rodger Highfield
Title: Dawn of a new era for synthetic life
Reference Science Museum 25th January 2024
Year: 2024
Type: Science
Subject: A toolkit to reengineer life has been assembled by scientists Cambridge, marking a new era of synthetic biology
Keywords: Proteins; Constructive Bio; DNA; E.Coli;
Photographs: National Institutes of Health.Author: Micael Peel & Clive Cookson
Title: Science reprogramme microbes in quest to create new materials
Reference Financial Times 11th January 2024
Year: 2024
Type: Science
Subject: Scientists have broken an ‘evolutionary deadlock’ by genetically engineering microbes with the potential to develop a vast range of new projects from drugs to detergents and household plastics.
Keywords: Synthetic Biology; Jason Chin; Amino Acids; Genetic Code
Photographs: MRC LMBAuthor: Dr M. F. Perutz
Title: Support for Nobel Prize winners
Reference The Times 1963
Year: 1963
Type: MRC- History
Subject: David kremlin has died. One of the first pioneer’s to the practicalities of a physical approach to Biochemistry
Keywords: Cavendish laboratory;
Photographs:Author: Hugh McLeave
Title: ‘Secrets of life’ men share £17,000 prize
Reference [Herald] 2nd November 1962
Year: 1962
Type: Prizes & Awards; MRC- History
Subject: Max Perutz and John Kendrew have won the Nobel prize for the study of complex cells.
Keywords: Nobel Proze; Heamoglobin; Myoglobin;
Photographs:Author: Rodney Tibbs
Title: Spider’s webs aid science in a micro-mini world
Reference Cambridge Evening News 29th June 1972
Year: 1972
Type: Prizes & Awards; MRC- History
Subject: Nigel Unwin has developed a method improving the performance of a £20,000 electron microscope- by means of spider’s web found in his garden shed.
Keywords: Miscopy; Spider’s web; Electron Microscope; Unwin
Photographs:Author: Pearce Wright
Title: Genetic find may help to explain ageing
Reference The Times 19th July 1976
Year: 1976
Type: Science; MRC- History
Subject: The next big advance in understanding the genes which govern indivduality in physical appearance and behaviour is near
Keywords: DNA; Chromosomes; Genetic code
Photographs:Author: Fulton Gillesipe
Title: Secrets of our nerves unlocked
Reference Cambridge Evening News 1993
Year: 1993
Type: Science
Subject: Nigel Unwin has found a way to look inside a key component of the nervous system implicated in diseases like Parkingson’s and Alzheimer’s
Keywords: Unwin; Receptor Molocule;
Photographs:Author: W.L. Bragg
Title: The Emigration of Scientists
Reference London Times 5th March 1953
Year: 1953
Type: MRC-Reminisces
Subject: W.L. Bragg gives a brief account of Scientists tempted to leave England due to lack of funding. Bragg takes on Max Perutz as his assistant in the 1960’s.
Keywords: Max Perutz; Cavendish Laboratory;
Photographs:Author: Cambridge Evening News
Title: MRC Laboratory chief to retire after 30 years
Reference Cambridge Evening News 25th April 1977
Year: 1977
Type: MRC-Obituary
Subject: Dr Max Perutz leader of the LMB for 30 years retires in 1979.
Keywords: Dr Syney Brenner; CBE; Cancer; Genetics
Photographs:Author: Cambridge Evening News
Title: Cambridge Scientist lands top job
Reference Cambridge Evening News
Year: 1974
Type: MRC-History General
Subject: A Cambridge scientist who has worked for the LMB for the past 13 years has been appointed Professor of Biochemistry at Imperial College London.
Keywords: Hartley; Biochemistry; Imperial College London
Photographs:Author: New Scientist
Title: Restoring the third dimension
Reference New Scientist 19 March 1970
Year: 1970
Type: History-MRC
Subject: Using powerful techniques, it’s becoming possible to unscramble various sorts of information contained in an electron microscope image, and to reconstruct the full 3 dimensional structure of the original object.
Keywords: Electron microscope; Dr Arron Klug; Diffraction patterns; Bacteriophage T4
Photographs:Author: Pearce Wright
Title: Expenditure cuts at top research centre
Reference Times 22nd April 1971
Year: 1971
Type: MRC- History; Funding
Subject: Cuts in research are to made at the LMB. Along with other research councils the LMB faces curbs on government expenditure for research
Keywords: Government Expenditure; Perutz; Kendrew; Sanger; Crick
Photographs:Author: Cambridge Evening news
Title: London Exhibition for city lab’s work
Reference Cambridge Evening news 17th March 1988
Year: 1988
Type: MRC-History
Subject: An exhibition of Cambridge ‘s world leading work in the origin’s of life has opened at the science museum in London. The exhibition ‘living molecules will run for a year to mark the founding of the LMB.
Keywords: Living Molecules; Exhibition; Organisms
Photographs:Author: Fulton Gilsepe
Title: Leading scientist joins elite corps
Reference Cambridge Evening News 16th February 1988
Year: 1988
Type: Awards & Prizes; MRC- History
Subject: Dr Max Perutz has been awarded the order of Merit by the Queen. The prestigious award is restricted to an elite corps of 24 eminent people and is only given when vacancies arise through the death of a member
Keywords: Elite corps; Order of Merit; Max Perutz; Nobel prize
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