Author: The Times
Title: Court Circular - Buckingham Palace
Reference The Times 24 May 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Events and Celebrations
Subject: Announcement in Court Circular of the visit by The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh to open the new LMB building
Keywords: The Queen; The Duke of Edinburgh; Hugh Pelham; Lord Sainsbury of Turville; Sir John Savill; Guided Bus; officially opened
Photographs:Author: Havergal, Chris
Title: The Queen to ride on guided bus. Her Majesty and Prince Philip to visit Cambridge for official opening of MRC lab and Rosie Hospital
Reference Cambridge News 10 May 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Events and Celebrations
Subject: The Queen and Prince Philips visit to Cambridge to officially open the new LMB.
Keywords: Queen; Duke of Edinburgh; guided busway; bus pass; official opening
Photographs: Picture of the QueenAuthor: Pelham, Hugh
Title: Point of View: Building for the future
Reference eLIFE 3 June 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Miscellaneous
Subject: As we settle into our new building the director Hugh Pelham explains the challenges of living up to its prestigious past
Keywords: Hugh Pelham; Max Perutz; Aaron Klug; Fred Sanger; John Kendrew; Francis Crick; James Watson; Greg Winter; humanized monoclonal antibodies; Venki Ramakrishnan; ribosome; interstitial zones; flexible funding; £212m; new building; ethos
Photographs: External and internal image of the new buildingAuthor: Nightingale, Katherine
Title: The great coffee breakthrough
Reference MRC insight 6 June 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Miscellaneous
Subject: Importance of the tea/coffee break
Keywords: Richard Henderson; tea room; canteen; coffee; share ideas; Max Perutz; ‘coffee culture’; Robin Perutz; Lori Passmore; unexpected discoveries
Photographs: Max Perutz (with Cesar Milstein and Aaron Klug); Coffee break on the canteen balconyAuthor: Nightingale, Katherine
Title: Behind the picture: Gisela Perutz and the LMB canteen
Reference MRC insight 14 June 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Miscellaneous
Subject: Story behind the photograph of Gisela Perutz and how she was central to the canteen
Keywords: Gisela Perutz; Canteen; Max Perutz; Vivien Perutz; Robin Perutz; ‘coffee culture’
Photographs: Gisela Perutz with bouquet of flowers (LMB)Author: Ridley, Matt
Title: TRIM21 turns immunity upside down. Unexpectedly, antibodies work inside cells to defeat pathogens
Reference Matt Ridley’s Blog 28 May 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Science
Subject: The work by Leo James’ group on how antibodies work inside cells to defeat pathogens, is explained by science writer Matt Ridley
Keywords: TRIM21; Leo James; William McEwan; Immune system; virus; antibodies; danger signals; adenovirus; lupus; autoimmune diseases
Photographs:Author: Elliott, Chris
Title: Cambridge labs to open up their doors to the public as Medical Research Council celebrates 100th anniversary
Reference Cambridge News 19 June 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Events and Celebrations
Subject: To celebrate 100 years of the Medical Research Council, MRC laboratories in Cambridge open their doors to the public.
Keywords: cathedral; Cavendish Laboratory; James Clerk Maxwell; JJ Thomson; Ernest Rutherford; Open Week; Adrian Penrose; National Insurance Act
Photographs:Author: ASM Society
Title: Marc Torrent - 2013 ICAAC Young Investigator Award Laureate
Reference ASM Society 26 June 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Awards, Honours, Prizes
Subject: Dr Marc Torrent from Structural Studies Division has been honoured as a recipient of a 2013 ICAAC Young Investigator Award for his work to predict antimicrobial regions in proteins
Keywords: Marc Torrent; ICAAC Young Investigator Award; Luis Rivas; antimicrobial peptide; tRNA; Ester Boix
Photographs: Image of Marc Torrent at deskAuthor: Gibney, Elizabeth
Title: MRC: 100 years of gratitude
Reference Times Higher Education 20 June 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Events and Celebrations
Subject: As the MRC celebrates its centenary, THE looks at what has been achieved and how the MRC is funded
Keywords: National Insurance Act 2011; tuberculosis; Hugh Pelham; ‘Nobel prize factory’; Dr Tony Peatfield; Francis Crick; James Watson
Photographs: Photo of Francis Crick and Jim Watson with DNA modelAuthor: Harrop, Sarah
Title: What’s in a workspace? Brad Amos and his basement
Reference MRC Insight 15 May 2013
Year: 2013
Type: History - Reminiscences
Subject: Brad Amos showed Sarah Harrop around the basement room he has worked in at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) for the last three decades
Keywords: Brad Amos; Mesolens; flea engraving; Papier mache head; Gnat sketch; Model; collagen molecule; Beetles; circular polariser; sea cucumber; confocal microscope; Crystal; pale blue sapphire; Ulli Arndt; X-ray crystallography; Steffi Reichelt; Professor Gail McConnell; scientific equipment
Photographs: Brad Amos in his room; papier mache head; gnat sketch; model; beetles; jars and bottles; crystal; photo of Brad with Ulli Arndt and Steffi Reichelt; old scientific equipmentAuthor: Mansell, Peter
Title: Cancer Research Technology teams with Forma for DUB exploration
Reference PharmaTimes 9 July 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Science
Subject: David Komander is part of collaborative consortium including FORMA Therapeutics and Cancer Research Technology, aiming to discover cancer drugs targeting deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs)
Keywords: Cancer Research Technology (CRT); Cancer Research UK; Forma Therapeutics; deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs); Discovery Laboratories (CRT-DL); protein homeostasis; small-molecule cancer therapies; collaborative consortium
Photographs:Author: Ramakrishnan, Venki
Title: Science is a winner for Britain - cutting it would be folly
Reference Wellcome Trust Blog 9 May 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Funding
Subject: Venki Ramakrishnan explains the importance of research funding and not cutting the budget for this.
Keywords: Venki Ramakrishnan; research funding; science budget; economic growth; Chancellor; ring-fenced; spending review
Photographs: Venki Ramakrishnan at the Diamond Light Source 2010Author: Ramakrishnan, Venki
Title: Science is a winner for Britain. Cutting it would be folly
Reference The Times 8 May 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Funding
Subject: Venki Ramakrishnan explains the importance of research funding and not cutting the budget. Especially as China, US and Germany are increasing theirs.
Keywords: Venki Ramakrishnan; research funding; science budget; economic growth; Chancellor; spending review; British science; deficit
Photographs:Author: University of Cambridge
Title: Drug developed in Cambridge approved for treatment of multiple sclerosis
Reference University of Cambridge News 17 September 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Science
Subject: Approval concludes nearly 40-year epic journey from fundamental research to discovery of an effective treatment for active relapsing multiple sclerosis
Keywords: Multiple Sclerosis (MS); The European Medicines Agency (EMA); Alemtuzumab; Campath-1H; Lemtrada; César Milstein; George Kohler; monoclonal antibodies; Herman Waldmann; Geoff Hale: Mike Clark; Greg Winter; Lutz Riechmann; Alastair Compston; Alasdair Coles; Genzyme; autoimmune disease
Photographs:Author: Barford, Eliot
Title: Biological clocks defy circadian rhythms: Two marine animals have tidal and monthly timekeepers that work independently of daily cycle
Reference Nature 26 September 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Science
Subject: Mick Hastings is amongst a group of scientists that have shown marine animals have tidal and monthly timekeepers that work independently of daily cycle
Keywords: Bristle worm; Platynereis dumerilii; Chris Chabot; ‘circatidal’; speckled sea louse; Eurydice pulchra; ‘circalunar’; circadian; Charalambos Kyriacou; Michael Hastings; Kristin Tessmar-Raible; University of Vienna
Photographs: Images of bristle worm and sea louseAuthor: MRC News
Title: 2013 Max Perutz Science Writing Award shortlist
Reference MRC News 4 October 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: Clara Sidor, CDF in the LMB’s Cell Biology Division, is shortlisted for the Max Perutz Science Writing Award
Keywords: Max Perutz Science Writing Award; Times Higher Education; Science Museum; Donald Brydon; Jon Snow; Clara Sidor; Shaping up; Centenary Challenge; Centenary Prize;
Photographs:Author: Morgan, James; Amos, Jonathan
Title: Computer chemists win Nobel prize
Reference BBC News 9 October 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry has gone to three scientists who “took the chemical experiment into cyberspace.” All three men spent varying periods at the LMB, in particular Michael Levitt who started his PhD at LMB at the end of the 1960s
Keywords: Michael Levitt; Martin Karplus; Arieh Warshel; pharmaceuticals; Max Perutz; Computer; Computational Chemistry; Richard Henderson; Moore’s Law; mathematical models
Photographs: Michael Levitt; Martin Karplus; Arieh Warshel; New LMB buildingAuthor: MRC Annual Review 2012-13
Title: Re-designing the molecules of life
Reference MRC Annual Review 2012-13 22 October 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Science
Subject: Phil Holliger’s research is featured in the Economy section of the new MRC Annual Review
Keywords: Phil Holliger; aptamer therapies; cancer; inflammatory disease; man-made molecule; diagnostics
Photographs:Author: MRC Annual Review 2012-13
Title: A Synthetic Biology Revolution
Reference MRC Annual Review 2012-13 22 October 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Science
Subject: Jason Chin research is featured in the Economy section of the new MRC Annual Review
Keywords: Jason Chin; proteins; Ambrx; amino acids; therapeutics; ‘soup-up’; neurodegenerative disease
Photographs:Author: The Telegraph
Title: Professor Michael Neuberger
Reference The Telegraph 30 October 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Obituary
Subject: Obituary for Michael Neuberger, the biochemist and immunologist whose work helped to launch a revolution in biomedical research.
Keywords: Michael Neuberger; lymphocytes; César Milstein; George Köhler; Therapeutic antibodies; ‘affinity maturation”; Mariann Bienz
Photographs: Michael Neuberger in office (LMB Picture)Author: Daily Mail
Title: New honour at Britain’s ‘factory’ for Nobel prizes
Reference Daily Mail 10 October 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: Michael Levitt who started his PhD at LMB at the end of the 1960s is one of three scientist to will the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Keywords: Michael Levitt; Chemistry; Martin Karplus; Arieh Warshel
Photographs:Author: The Times
Title: Hugh Huxley: Biologist who, with the help of frogs caught in the Cambridge fenlands, explained how muscles contract
Reference The Times 5 September 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Obituary
Subject: Obituary for Hugh Huxley, who shed light on the structure of muscle fibres and the mechanism by which muscles contract
Keywords: Hugh Huxley; “sliding filament model”; “Swinging Cross-bridge Model”; Jean Hanson; John Kendrew; British Humanist Association
Photographs: Hugh Huxley in the labAuthor: Ehren, Leanne
Title: Should we call time on turning back clock in winter?
Reference Cambridge News 26 October 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Science
Subject: It is almost 100 years since British Summer Time was first introduced and yet the debate about whether we should be turning our clocks back for winter continues
Keywords: Michael Hastings; “morning lark or night owl”; jet lag; body clock
Photographs: Michael Hastings picture in the labAuthor: Cambridge News
Title: Nobel Prize medal and letter sale makes $7.5m
Reference Cambridge News 12 April 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Miscellaneous
Subject: Letter written to his son by Francis Crick and his Nobel Prize medal sell in auction for $7.5 million
Keywords: Francis Crick; Letter; auction; Christie’s; James Watson; Maurice Wilkins; Francis Crick Institute; Nobel medal
Photographs: Francis and Odile CrickAuthor: Devlin, Hannah
Title: Nobel scientists join the calls for three-parent IVF to be legalised
Reference The Times 21 March 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Science
Subject: Nobel laureates including John Sulston have called on the Government to legalise ‘three-parent IVF”
Keywords: “three-parent IVF”; Mitochondria; Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA); John Sulston; Letter; Times; Department of Health; “batteries”
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