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
Photographs:Author: Fulton Gillespie
Title: Dementia research gets big cash boosts
Reference Cambridge Evening news 2nd September 1988
Year: 1988
Type: Funding;
Subject: Cambridge Scientists have teamed up with international drug giant ICIin £300,000 partnership aimed at beating dementia.
Keywords: Future; Families; Dementia; Tangled nerve fibres;
Photographs: MRC-LMBAuthor: Cambridge news
Title: Firm uses city research in. id for cancer cure
Reference Cambridge News 2nd Feb 1988
Year: 1988
Type: MRC- History
Subject: A possible cure for some cancers, based on pioneering research is being put on trail. It is based on the work of Dr Cesar Milstien at the LMB.
Keywords: Cesar Milstien; Greg Winter; Antibodies; Cancer Cure;
Photographs:Author: Fulton Gillespie
Title: Centrally directed research ‘wont work’
Reference Cambridge Evening news 14th July Friday 1989
Year: 1989
Type: Funding
Subject: Threats to scrap the MRC- LMB. The proposals came from a business dominated review body. It’ll be responsible for overseeing and funding of all scientific research.
Keywords: Perutz; Nobel prizes; Klug;
Photographs:Author: Clive Cookson
Title: Big prizes in small packages
Reference Financial Times 19th October 1989
Year: 1989
Type: MRC- History
Subject: New ways of making antibodies developed independently by British and American Scientists promise to increase the scope of the biotechnology industry.
Keywords: Antibodies; Greg Winter
Photographs:Author: The Independent
Title: Antibody achievement
Reference The independent 28th March 1988
Year: 1988
Type: MRC- History
Subject: Cambridge Scientists have invented a new kind of disease and cancer fighting molecule, partly human in origin and partly in rats
Keywords: Greg Winter; Antibody; Rats
Photographs:Author: The Times
Title: Advance in ‘magic bullet’ technology
Reference The Times 24th March 1988
Year: 1988
Type: Science
Subject: Scientists at the LMB have made an advance in using monoclonal antibodies to target and deliver effective drugs against tumours
Keywords: Monoclonal anitibodies; mice; rat; magic bullets; Greg Winter
Photographs:Author: Rodger Highfield
Title: Science’s pioneers in peril
Reference Daily telegraph 23rd September 1987
Year: 1987
Type: Funding; MRC- History
Subject: British Science is under threat by proposals to create a 3 tier university system for research.
Keywords: Nobel prize winner; Perutz; Type T;
Photographs: Tony EllisAuthor: Yorkshire Post
Title: New vaccine hope in fight against AIDS
Reference Yorkshire Post 11th September 1987
Year: 1987
Type: Science
Subject: A new hope in the fight against AIDS has come from leading AIDS researcher Max Perutz. A prototype vaccine may be developed within a year.
Keywords: AIDS; Vaccine; Perutz;
Photographs:Author: Cambridge Evening News
Title: Lab staff evacuate building in scare
Reference Cambridge Evening news 18th December 1987
Year: 1987
Type: History
Subject: 500 staff were evacuated from the LMB in scare after a chemical leak. The drama began when a highly reactive organic chemical broke inside a fridge.
Keywords: Acryloyl Chloride; Fumes; Chemical
Photographs:Author: Rodger Highfield
Title: Brain’s two routes down memory lane
Reference Daily Telegraph 6th October 1997
Year: 1997
Type: Science
Subject: Evidence that the brain uses two different mechanisms to lay down memories has been found. Dr Hilmar Bading told a conference about his findings in Italy
Keywords: Brain; Conference; Brading; Calcium; Memory Lane
Photographs:Author: The Daily Telegraph
Title: Mutant flies hatch clues to cancer
Reference The Daily Telegraph 17th June 1998
Year: 1988
Type: Science
Subject: Dr Freeman has bred fruit flies at the LMB. He will explore the role that cell signalling plays in cancer when cells grow out of control
Keywords: Dr Freeman; Dr Bienz; Fruit flies; Colon cancer
Photographs:Author: Cambridge Evening News
Title: Scientists set up firm to sell ideas
Reference Cambridge Evening News 18th June 1990
Year: 1990
Type: Science; Technology Transfer
Subject: Cambridge scientists have set up their own company to sell antibodies. Cambridge Antibody Technology Ltd (CAT) will commercially exploit the recent rat-human antibody which can kill cancer cells. The new company will also aim to market new discoveries for anti cancer drugs and anti-viral drugs.
Keywords: CAT Sir Aaron Klug; Dr Winter; Monoclonal antibodies; Protein
Photographs:Author: Robin McKie
Title: UK leads in £6bn antibodies race
Reference The Observer 4th October 1992
Year: 1992
Type: Science
Subject: UK Scientists believe they have achieved an important lead over US competitors in the race to patent techniques which use bacteriophages- genetically engineered microbes- to make antibodies
Keywords: Antibody; monoclonal; proteins; bacteriophages
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