Author: Exley, Stephen
Title: ‘Flagship institution for science’ looks to future
Reference Cambridge News 21 October 2010
Year: 2010
Type: Funding
Subject: LMB to receive a share of £220 million funding as it is announced that the science budget remain the same for the next four years.
Keywords: Hugh Pelham; Comprehensive Spending Review; Vince Cable, MP; Julian Huppert, MP; David Willetts, MP;
Photographs: David Willetts on the balcony of the new LMB, at the topping-out ceremonyAuthor: Lane, Thomas
Title: Laboratory of Molecular Biology: Master of science
Reference Building.co.uk 29 October 2010
Year: 2010
Type: Architecture & Buildings
Subject: MRC’s new chromosome-shaped lab in Cambridge is an example of how attention to detail and planning can deliver complex buildings on time and on budget.
Keywords: Jim Power; David Julian; Salk Institute; Adams Kara Taylor; Colin Moses; John Risley; BAM;
Photographs: 8 images of the constructionAuthor: Sample, Ian
Title: Immune discovery opens up new line of attack against viruses
Reference The Guardian 1 November 2010
Year: 2010
Type: Science
Subject: The immune system found to target viruses inside cells, suggesting new strategies against infections including the common cold and winter vomiting bug.
Keywords: Leo James; TRIM21; Greg Winter; rotavirus; rhinovirus; proteasome; Proceedings of the National Academy of sciences
Photographs:Author: Connor, Steve
Title: A cure for the common cold may finally be achieved as a result of a remarkable discovery in a Cambridge laboratory.
Reference The Independent 2 November 2010
Year: 2010
Type: Science
Subject: Scientists able to show for the first time that the body’s immune defences can destroy the common cold virus after it has invaded the inner sanctum of a human call.
Keywords: norovirus; rotavirus; Leo James; TRIM21; Greg Winter; rhionvirus; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Photographs: Image of virus and antibodies in the bloodstreamAuthor: Peck, Tom
Title: Tom Peck: Yet another triumph for the place they call ‘the Nobel Prize factory’
Reference The Independent 2 November 2010
Year: 2010
Type: Nobel Prize
Subject: The lab got its 14th Nobel award last year. It traces its roots back to the discovery of the DNA double helix.
Keywords: Francis Crick; Jim Watson; Max Perutz; Gisela Perutz; Fred Sanger; Richard Henderson; John Sulston; Sydney Brenner; Robert Horovitz; John Kendrew
Photographs:Author: BBC News
Title: Virus breakthrough raises hope over ending common cold.
Reference BBC News 2 November 2010
Year: 2010
Type: Science
Subject: Scientists say they have made a landmark discovery which could pave the way for new drugs to beat illnesses like the common cold.
Keywords: Leo James; TRIM21; Greg Winter; winter vomiting; PNAS
Photographs: Video image of virusAuthor: Clarke, Tom
Title: Cell science breakthrough could beat common cold
Reference Channel 4 News 2 November 2010
Year: 2010
Type: Science
Subject: New research suggests the immune system can fight viruses from within healthy cells.
Keywords: Leo James; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS); TRIM21:
Photographs: One image Video of antibodies attacking virusAuthor: Independent.ie
Title: Facebook check ‘before lights out’
Reference Independent.ie 5 December 2010
Year: 2010
Type: Science
Subject: Experts have warned that online activity performed from bed is affecting people’s sleep.
Keywords: Michael Hastings; sleep; social networking
Photographs:Author: Ross, Sage
Title: The Secret of Max Perutz’s Life
Reference Chemical Heritage, Vol 27, No. 2, Summer 2009 p42-43
Year: 2009
Type: Book Review
Subject: Review of Georgina Ferry’s book entitled Max Perutz and the Secret of Life.
Keywords: Max Perutz: Georgina Ferry; J.D Bernal; crystallography; Project Habbakuk; Geoffrey Pyke; Hemoglobin
Photographs: Portrait of Max Perutz drawn by William Lawrence Bragg, Picture of Max Perutz with John Kendrew. (both copyright LMB)Author: MRC Network
Title: Building the MRC community
Reference MRCNetwork May/June 2010 p5
Year: 2010
Type: Events/Celebrations
Subject: MRC Fellows recently had a chance to get together and quiz senior staff and discuss issues around strategic policy and support for scientists at BMA House in London
Keywords: Sir Leszek Borysiewicz; MRC Fellows’ Symposium and Dinner; Dr Venki Ramakrishnan; MRC Question Time
Photographs: Dr Venki Ramakrishnan speaking at the eventAuthor: Cambridge News
Title: Key discovery in battle to beat asthma
Reference Cambridge News 16 March 2010 p5
Year: 2010
Type: Science
Subject: Breakthrough in fight to cure asthma by LMB scientists
Keywords: asthma; nuocyte; immune system; [Andrew McKenzie]
Photographs:Author: Cambridge News
Title: Bioventures boost as campus expands
Reference Cambridge News 23 November 2010 p24
Year: 2010
Type: Biotechnology Companies
Subject: Julian Huppert opened a further 8,000 sq ft of bioincubator facilities at Babraham Research Campus. Greg Winter gave the 2010 bioenterprise lecture at the event
Keywords: Julian Huppert, MP; Babraham Research Campus; Maia; Sir Gregory Winter; Kymab; The Wellcome Trust; Sanger Institute; Bicycle Therapeutics; Recombinant Antibody Technologies; Crescendo Biologics
Photographs: Picture of Sir Greg Winter and MP Julian HuppertAuthor: EMBO
Title: EMBO Gold Medalist for 2010. Jason Chin wins prestigious research prize
Reference EMBO encounters Autumn 2010 p5
Year: 2010
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: Jason Chin was awarded the EMBO Gold Medal 2010 at the EMBO meeting in Barcelona
Keywords: Jason Chin; designer amino acids; Damon Runyon Fellow; Scripps Research Institute; Francis Crick Prize Lecture; Kim Nasmyth; Sir Paul Nurse; Venki Ramakrishnan
Photographs: Jason Chin giving a lecture at the award ceremony in BarcelonaAuthor: Peterhouse Newsletter
Title: A Distinguished Occasion
Reference Peterhouse Newsletter, No. 4, Easter Term 1997 p11
Year: 1997
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: The text of the speech made by the Master of Peterhouse at the commemoration lunch for Sir Aaron Klug on receiving the Order of Merit.
Keywords: Sir Aaron Klug; Lord Kelvin; Royal Society; [Oliver] Goldsmith’s Deserted Village; Fellow of Peterhouse; Order of Merit
Photographs: The Master of Peterhouse [John Meurig Thomas] with Sir Aaron Klug and Lady KlugAuthor: Peterhouse Newsletter
Title: The Nobel Prize: Before, During and After
Reference Peterhouse Newsletter, No.4, Easter Term 1997 p7
Year: 1997
Type: Talks/Lectures
Subject: Public lecture given by Max Perutz at Peterhouse College to mark the sixtieth anniversary of his arrival in Cambridge.
Keywords: Max Perutz; Science is No Quiet Life; Haemoglobin; breathing molecule; Lewis Thomas prize; Rockefeller University; Kelvin Club
Photographs: Small picture of Max Perutz (still from video)Author: Elliott, Chris
Title: Public right behind us, says Heath Secretary
Reference Cambridge News 21 October 2010 p6
Year: 2010
Type: Funding
Subject: People will understand the Government’s cost cutting strategy. Good news for science as funding is protected (mentions LMB)
Keywords: Andrew Lansley, MP; George Osborne; National Health Service (NHS);
Photographs: Andrew Lansley/Addenbrooke’s siteAuthor: Swain, Mike
Title: Scientific breakthrough may cure common cold
Reference Mirror 2 November 2010
Year: 2010
Type: Science
Subject: Scientists may have finally found a cure for the common cold.
Keywords: Leo James; rhinovirus; Sir Greg Winter; David Nieman
Photographs:Author: University of Cambridge
Title: ‘Masters of the universe’ feature in new exhibition
Reference University of Cambridge 12 October 2010
Year: 2010
Type: Exhibitions
Subject: Churchill College celebrates its 50th anniversary with special free lectures and events about the achievements of it’s scientists and engineers.
Keywords: Francis Crick; DNA; Robert Edwards; Henning Sirringhaus; Plastic Logic; Dr Mark Goldie: Barry Phipps; Steve O’Rahilly; Janet Thornton
Photographs:Author: Peterhouse Annual Record
Title: Molecular Biology and Peterhouse
Reference Peterhouse Annual Record 1998/1999, pp.97-108
Year: 1998/1999
Type: Historical - LMB History
Subject: Peterhouse College and its influence in the field of molecular biology
Keywords: J.D Bernal; Max Perutz; Sir Gowland Hopkins; Cavendish Laboratory; Haemoglobin; Sir William (W.H.) Bragg; X-ray crystallography; Dorothy Crowfoot (Hodgin); Isadore Fankuchen; Professor Lindstrom-Lang; John Kendrew; Rosalind Franklin; Aaron Klug; John Finch; Ken Holmes; chymotrypsin; Lawrence Bragg; Linus Pauling; I.C.I Fellowship; myoglobin; The Journal of Molecular Biology (JMB); James Watson; EMBO; Birkbeck College; Fred Sanger; Kelvin Club; RNA; Leslie Orgel; DNA; Maurice Wilkins: Erwin Chargaff; Chris Calladine; zinc fingers; Richard Dickerson; Horace Drew; Sophie Jackson; Vernon Ingram; sickle-cell anaemia; polar zippers; Jo Butler;
Photographs: Max Perutz, Gisela Perutz and John Kendrew (1962); Nobel Prize winners (1962); Group photo Perutz, Klug, Kendrew, Crowther, Finch, Butler (1990); Group photo Meurig Thomas, Pauling, Watson, Calladine (1997)Author: Cambridge News
Title: Researchers find drug which alters body clock
Reference Cambridge News 24 August 2010
Year: 2010
Type: Science
Subject: Research on a novel body clock drug could lead to new remedies for jet lag and bipolar disorder.
Keywords: Dr Mick Hastings; casein kinase 1; circadian clock; circadian rhythms; PF-4800567; PF-670462; Professor Andrew Loudon; University of Manchester; Pfizer
Photographs:Author: Dickens, Andrew
Title: City at pinnacle of Nobel Prize league
Reference Cambridge News 6 October 2010, p.6
Year: 2010
Type: Nobel Prize
Subject: Cambridge is the most decorated Nobel-winning institution in the world.
Keywords: Lord Rayleigh; Venki Ramakrishnan; John Walker; Hugh Pelham; Sir Martin Evans; John Sulston; Sydney Brenner; Bob Horvitz; Sir Martin Rees; Trinity College;
Photographs: Crick and Watson; John Sulson; Prof. Robert EdwardsAuthor: MRC Network
Title: LMB scientist follows in Crick’s footsteps
Reference MRC Network January/February 2010, p.21
Year: 2010
Type: Talks/Lectures
Subject: Dr Jason Chin selected to deliver the Royal Society’s annual Francis Crick Lecture.
Keywords: Jason Chin; Francis Crick; polymer synthesis; BBSRC; protein therapeutics;
Photographs:Author: Broadwith, Phillip
Title: Biology’s Nobel molecule factory
Reference Chemistry World November 2009, pp.42-44
Year: 2009
Type: Nobel Prize
Subject: Nobel prize for chemistry goes to three scientists who have revealed the structure and workings of the ribosome.
Keywords: Venki Ramakrisnan; Ada Yonath; Tom Steitz; ribosomes; Max Perutz; John Kendrew; myoglobin; haemoglobin; cryo-crystallography; isomorphous replacement; Roger Kornberg; Rib-XPharmaceuticals; Francis Crick
Photographs: Venki Ramakrishnan, Tom Steitz, Ada YonathAuthor: Henderson, Mark
Title: Medical research safe, but the sky could fall in on astronomy
Reference The Times 21 October 2010, p.10
Year: 2010
Type: Funding
Subject: Medical research will be the only area of science to be protected completely against the cuts over the next four years.
Keywords: David Willetts, MP; Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS); Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR); Sir Mark Walport; Sir John Savill
Photographs:Author: Brown, Raymond
Title: Science leaders march against cuts to funding
Reference Cambridge News 12 October 2010, p.15
Year: 2010
Type: Funding
Subject: Cambridge scientists went on the march in London against Government cuts to research.
Keywords: Vince Cable; Andrew Holding; Sir Patrick Moore; science budget; cuts; spending review;
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