Author: The Daily Telegraph
Title: Obituaries - Frederick Sanger
Reference The Daily Telegraph 24 November 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Obituary
Subject: Pioneering biochemist and one of only four people to win two Nobel prizes Fred Sanger dies.
Keywords: Fred Sanger; human genome; amino acids; sequencing; Quaker; insulin
Photographs:Author: The Times
Title: Obituaries - Frederick Sanger
Reference The Times 21 November 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Obituary
Subject: Unassuming British biochemist whose pivotal and far-reaching discoveries made him one of the handful of double Nobel prizewinners dies.
Keywords: Fred Sanger; sequencing; amino acids; Quaker; Max Perutz; Sanger institute; genetic code; insulin; Order of Merit
Photographs: Fred Sanger in the labAuthor: Daily Express
Title: A double genius of the genes
Reference Daily Express 23 November 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Obituary
Subject: Fred Sanger twice Nobel Prize winner dies aged 95
Keywords: Fred Sanger; Human Genome project; amino acid; insulin; Sanger Institute; sequencing
Photographs: Young Fred Sanger in lab; Image of Fred in later yearsAuthor: The Daily Telegraph
Title: Obituaries - Frederick Sanger, OM
Reference The Daily Telegraph 21 November 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Obituary
Subject: Fred Sanger who revolutionised science and medicine through DNA and protein sequencing has died aged 95
Keywords: Fred Sanger; Human Genome Project; amino acids; sequencing; “killer chemical”; genes; insulin; Albert Neuberger; Max Perutz; Order of Merit; Sanger Institute
Photographs: Fred in lab holding up autoradiographAuthor: The Times
Title: Inspiring figures are awarded the stamp of approval
Reference The Times 24 March 2014
Year: 2014
Type: Miscellaneous
Subject: Max Perutz features on a stamp along with 9 other ‘remarkable’ people whose birth centenaries fall in 2014.
Keywords: Stamp; Max Perutz; Royal Mail; centenary; remarkable lives
Photographs: Some of the stamps that have been issued including the one featuring MaxAuthor: Perham, Richard
Title: Dr Frederick Sanger OM FRS, 1918-2013 Obituary
Reference The Eagle 2014 Volume 96 2014
Year: 2014
Type: Obituary
Subject: Obituary for Fred Sanger that appeared in The Eagle a volume for members of St John’s College
Keywords: Fred Sanger; Quaker; Charles Chibnall; Albert Neuberger; amino acids; insulin; sequencing; Max Perutz; John Kendrew; Sydney Brenner; Francis Crick; Sanger Institute; Order of Merit
Photographs: Portrait by Paul Hodgson, 2007; Fred in lab in early 1980’sAuthor: The Times
Title: Obituary Professor Michael Neuberger
Reference The Times 8 January 2014
Year: 2014
Type: Obituary
Subject: Pioneering immunologist whose techniques to produce ‘surrogate’ antibodies are used in drugs for cancer, arthritis and HIV/Aids dies aged 59
Keywords: Michael Neuberger; immunochemistry; Albert Neuberger; César Milstein; “mouse model”; APOBEC; HIV/Aids; Activation Induced Deaminase (AID); immunology
Photographs: Michael Neuberger cutting the cake at the 50th Anniversary of the LMBAuthor: Mollon, John
Title: Caius remembers Crick
Reference Once a Caian.... Michaelmas 2013
Year: 2013
Type: Miscellaneous
Subject: Caius College unveils a memorial to Francis Crick with the ceremonial ribbon being cut by Jim Watson.
Keywords: Francis Crick, Caius College; Alan Fersht; James Watson; salk Institute; serpents; K.J Patel; Julian Sale; memorial; Cardozo Kindersley Workshop;
Photographs: Alan Fersht addresses the assembly gathered for the unveiling; Jim Watson Cutting the Ceremonial ribbonAuthor: Havergal, Chris
Title: Osborne backs Papworth move and research ship
Reference Cambridge News 26 April 2014
Year: 2014
Type: Funding
Subject: The Chancellor George Osborne visited the LMB to announce that the science budget would continue to back research in Cambridge
Keywords: George Osborne; Papworth; Addenbrooke’s; Cambridge; ‘rocket boosters’; research ship; budget;research “clusters”
Photographs: Chancellor George Osborne in the lab with Melina SchuhAuthor: Dickinson, Eleanor
Title: City scientist Sjors really makes it matter
Reference Cambridge News 27 December 2014
Year: 2014
Type: Science
Subject: Sjors Scheres named by Nature journal as one of the top 10 people “who mattered” in 2014.
Keywords: Sjors Scheres; Nature; cryo-electron microscopy; “who mattered”; 3D images; “blob-ology’; RELION
Photographs: Sjors in his officeAuthor: Connor, Steve
Title: Arsenal owner buys Nobel Prize - then hands it back
Reference Independent 10 December 2014
Year: 2014
Type: Miscellaneous
Subject: James Watson sells his Nobel medal for £3m
Keywords: James Watson; Nobel medal; auction; Alisher Usmanov; Russian billionaire
Photographs: Small image of James WatsonAuthor: Rutten, Virginia
Title: Frederick Sanger
Reference Bluesci Easter 2014
Year: 2014
Type: History - Reminiscences
Subject: A review of the life of Fred Sanger after his death.
Keywords: Fred Sanger; Quaker; sequencing; amino acids; genomes; insulin; phiX174; St John’s College; Sanger Institute
Photographs: Detail of DNA model; image of Fred Sanger; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute windowAuthor: Research Horizons
Title: NICE approves MS drug
Reference Research Horizons 2014
Year: 2014
Type: Science
Subject: A new drug based on decades of research including that of César Milstein has been approved for use in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
Keywords: Multiple Sclerosis (MS); NICE; Alemtuzumab; Lemtrada; Campath-1H; Herman Waldmann; César Milstein; monoclonal antibodies
Photographs:Author: University of Cambridge
Title: ‘Hairclip’ protein mechanism explained
Reference University of Cambridge News 22 December 2014
Year: 2014
Type: Science
Subject: A new study, involving LMB researchers and former LMB group leader, Sarah Teichmann, describes a fundamental mechanism regulating a protein’s shape and function, with potential applications in biotechnology and drug development.
Keywords: Sarah Teichmann; European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI); mutations; Science journal; Jane Clarke: Tina Perica; Yasushi Kondo
Photographs: Image of Microstructures made from designer proteinsAuthor: Branson, Tom
Title: Who made these covers and what are they doing here?
Reference chemistryworldblog 15 January 2015
Year: 2015
Type: Miscellaneous
Subject: A cover image designed by Stephen Wallace from Jason Chin’s group at the LMB and Paul Margiotta from the LMB’s visual aids department is included in the Royal Society of Chemistry blog on cover art and the people who make it.
Keywords: Stephen Wallace; Jason Chin; Paul Margiotta; Chemical Science; cover design
Photographs: Cover imageAuthor: Ramakrishnan, Venki
Title: Q&A: The end of the antibiotic age?
Reference World Economic Forum 23 January 2015
Year: 2015
Type: Science
Subject: In an interview with Katia Moskvitch, Venki tells her about the importance of gaining a better understanding of the use and misuse of these drugs.
Keywords: Antibiotics; Venki Ramakrishnan; resistance; penicillin; soil bacterium; bacteriophages; Vaccine; virus
Photographs:Author: Leng, Freya
Title: Basic research could lead to fertility improvements, says Cambridge scientist Dr Melina Schuh
Reference Cambridge News 17 February 2015
Year: 2015
Type: Science
Subject: The Cambridge News highlights Melina Schuh’s work on the development of mammalian oocytes into fertilisable eggs.
Keywords: Melina Schuh; immune system; pregnancy; Down’s syndrome; oocyte; chromosome; ‘Lens on Life’; Lethaby Gallery; Rob Kesseler
Photographs: Melina SchuhAuthor: Royal Mail
Title: Royal Mail launches ‘Inventive Britain’ special stamp to celebrate eight key inventions of the past century
Reference Royal Mail News 19 February 2015
Year: 2015
Type: Miscellaneous
Subject: DNA sequencing technique developed by Fred Sanger features on a Royal Mail stamp set that highlight eight key inventions
Keywords: stamp; Fred Sanger; sequencing technique; ‘Inventive Britain’; Sanger Method; human genome
Photographs: Image of stamps in setAuthor: Porter, David
Title: Lab land
Reference Cambridge Business March 2015
Year: 2015
Type: Architecture and Buildings
Subject: Architectural photographer, David Porter, explores LMB for Cambridge Business magazine
Keywords: Cambridge Biomedical Campus; Herceptin; Humira; RMJM Architects; Queen; building; architecture; £212 million
Photographs: images of building taken by David PorterAuthor: Roland, Denise
Title: British biotech Heptares snapped up by Japan’s Sosei in $400m deal
Reference The Telegraph 25 February 2015
Year: 2015
Type: Biotechnology
Subject: LMB spin-out company Heptares has been acquired by Japanese pharmaceutical company Soseito.
Keywords: Heptares; Alzheimer’s; biotech; Sosei; Richard Henderson; Christopher Tate; G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs)
Photographs:Author: Nagai, Kiyoshi
Title: In the beginning was the U1A protein: a personal reflection
Reference RNA 17 March 2015
Year: 2015
Type: History - Reminiscences
Subject: Kiyoshi Nagai looks back on his research on the spliceosome, RNA-protein interactions and the RNA recognition motif, U1A protein, for RNA journal.
Keywords: Tom Steitz; Kiyoshi Nagai; Chris Oubridge; Jade Li; Joan Steitz; Adelaine Leung; U1 snRNP; Andy Newman; Kelly Nguyen; Wojtek Galej; Yasushi Kondo; Marike van Roon; ‘hairpin’; RRM; ribosome; Christian Kambach; Stephan Walke; Robert Young
Photographs:Author: Extance, Andy
Title: Reaction map suggests meteorite chemistry route to life
Reference Chemistry World 17 March 2015
Year: 2015
Type: Science
Subject: LMB scientists have found a reaction network that they believe shows that ‘pretty much everyone’ working on life’s molecular origins is wrong – but also ‘right, in a sense’.
Keywords: John Sutherland; ribonucleotides; hydrogen cyanide; Dougal Ritson; ‘extremely elegant’; meteorites; glycerol
Photographs:Author: Webb, Jonathan
Title: Biologist Venki Ramakrishnan to lead Royal Society
Reference BBC News 18 March 2015
Year: 2015
Type: Awards & Prizes
Subject: Venki Ramakrishnan is announced as the next president of the Royal Society.
Keywords: Venki Ramakrishnan; Royal Society; Paul Nurse; Colin Blakemore; president
Photographs: Venki RamakrishnanAuthor: Business Wire
Title: FORMA Therapeutics and Cancer Research Technology Form Two Virtual Companies to Advance Deubiquitination Assets
Reference Business Wire 23 March 2015
Year: 2015
Type: Biotechnology
Subject: FORMA Therapeutics and Cancer Research Technology, Ltd (CRT) have announced the formation of two new virtual Asset Discovery and Development Companies (ADDCos) to represent the collective efforts of the consortium in the field of deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs).
Keywords: FORMA Therapeutics and Cancer Research Technology Ltd. (CRT); virtual; Asset Discovery and Development Companies (ADDCos); deubiquitination enzymes (DUBs); Cancer Research UK; Steven Tregay; drug discovery; network; David Komander
Photographs:Author: Wellcome Trust
Title: Image of the Week: Structure of the dynactin complex
Reference Wellcome Trust Blog 27 March 2015
Year: 2015
Type: Science
Subject: The structure of the dynactin complex, solved by Andrew Carter’s group at the LMB, is the cover story on this week’s Science and is the Wellcome Trust’s Image of the week.
Keywords: Wellcome Trust; dynein; dynactin; neurodegenerative diseases; motor neuron diseases; dementias; Parkinson’s disease; Andrew Carter; cryo-electron microscope; Bicaudal-D2; microtubule; image of the week
Photographs: Image showing a model of a tiny protein machine that moves things around within our cells. (Janet Iwasa, University of Utah)