Author: Nature Times
Title: Close heat in t-RNA race
Reference Nature Times news
Year: 1968
Type: Science
Subject: American scientists ahead of the LMB in a race to discover the structure of a transfer- RNA. The knowledge is expected to reveal much about how the molecules perform their delicate task in living cells.
Keywords: Transfer RNA; Wisonsin’ X-Ray; Protein
Photographs:Author: Dr Peter Stubbs
Title: Visualizing giant molecules
Reference New Scientist 30th December 1965
Year: 1965
Type: Science; MRC- History
Subject: At a conference scientists faced the difficulties of extending to more complex molecules, the techniques of structure analysis that have already been applied to simpler proteins and comparable biological molecules.
Keywords: J. Kendrew; X-Ray; Cystallopgraphers
Photographs:Author: The Yorkshire Post
Title: Scientist who ‘died’ wins Nobel prize
Reference The Yorkshire Post November 1962
Year: 1962
Type: Prizes & Awards; MRC- History
Subject: A soviet scientist has been awarded a Nobel prize for Physics. The Chemistry prize was awarded to Max Perutz and John Kendrew. Both prizes are worth £17,739.
Keywords: John Kendrew; Max Perutz; PIonner; Ice Expert
Photographs:Author: Pearce Wright
Title: International control of research safety standards urgently needed, Nobel Prize winner says.
Reference The Times 3rd March September 1974
Year: 1974
Type: Science; MRC-History
Subject: The state of genetic engineering techniques was likened by Sir Kendrew giving presidential address to the British Association for Advancement of Science’s meeting at Stirling University to the situation in nuclear physics.
Keywords: Genetic engineering; Sir John; Nobel prize; Nuclear physics; Atomic bomb
Photographs:Author: Peter Newmark
Title: Prizes (at last)for Immunnology
Reference News and Views
Year: 18th October 1984
Type: Prizes &Awards; Science
Subject: Ceasar Milstein wins this years Nobel prize. It comes less than 10 years after monoclonal antibodies, already produced commerically as diagnostic reagents.
Keywords: Ceasar Milstein ; monoclonal antibodies
Photographs:Author: Paul Brackley
Title: ‘Not in my wildest dreams’- Dr Jan Lowe on being appointed director of MRC LMB
Reference Cambridge Independent 7th February 2018
Year: 2018
Type: Science; MRC- General
Subject: Dr Jan Lowe is excited and humbled to made the new director of the LMB.
Keywords: Nobel prize factory; Hugh Pelham; DNA
Photographs: Jan Lowe- MRC LMBAuthor: Nicola Davis
Title: Briton wins chemistry Nobel for new enzymes
Reference The Guardian 04.10.2018
Year: 2018
Type:
Subject: British biochemist Sir Greg Winters is among 3 other scientist who have won the Nobel prize in Chemistry for their work in harnessing evolution to create new enzymes and antibodies.
Keywords: Greg Winters; Enzymes; Antibodies;
Photographs:Author: Cambridge News
Title: Pupil’s city art display
Reference Cambridge news 15th December 2010
Year: 2010
Type: MRC-General
Subject: Four Painting’s by Mu-Chun Chiang will be on display at the MRC Neuroscience Unit in Cambridge. Mu-Chung hopes her work will go on show for the MRC Microbiology Unit opening in 2012.
Keywords: Ley’s; Painting’s; MRC Microbiology; Brain
Photographs:Author: MRC Network
Title: Out of Focus; A little less conservation, A little more science
Reference MRC Network
Year: 2010
Type: Memoir
Subject: Memoir of Jerry Lingrels sabbatical
Keywords: Gurdon; John Lingrell;
Photographs: Dan DavenportAuthor: Cambridge Evening News
Title: CAT’s losses rocket to £6.4m
Reference Cambridge Evening News 29th May 1997
Year: 1997
Type: Biotechnology & Technology Transfer
Subject: Cambridge Antibody technology has announced hugely increased losses of £6.4 m in 6 months. Half the losses were due to the £2.9m paid in shares to the MRC in return for rights to jointly developed technology.
Keywords: CAT; Antibody
Photographs:Author: Fulton Gillsespie
Title: Breakthrough in medical Science
Reference Cambridge Evening News 6th December 1990
Year: 1990
Type: Science
Subject: Cambridge Scientists have scored a spectacular world first in antibody technology
Keywords: Andrew Griffiths; Greg Winter; Antibody; Cambridge Antibody Technology
Photographs:Author: Brenda Maddox
Title: Our DNA heritage goes on block
Reference The Daily Telegraph 5th February 2003
Year: 2003
Type: Science; MRC-History
Subject: An Archive of British scientific documents could return home from California if the British Library or collector can meet the price.
Keywords: Jeremy Norman; Molecular Biology; Max perutz; Francis Crick; Aaron Klug; Christies
Photographs:Author: News & Views
Title: Crystals to grow bigger
Reference Nature 21 September 1968
Year: 1968
Type: Science
Subject: Klug and other scientists have been able to crystalize a species of transfer RNA.
Keywords: RNA; Crystals; proteins; X-Ray
Photographs:Author: {Reuter}
Title: Two Britons win share of Nobel prize
Reference The Times 18.10.1962
Year: 1962
Type: Science; Prizes & Awards
Subject: Crick and Watson have been awarded this year’s Nobel prize for heredity research.
Keywords: Crick; Wtason; Nobel; Code
Photographs:Author: Cell tech
Title: Queens Award
Reference Cell tech MRC News June 1985
Year: 1985
Type: Prizes & Awards
Subject: It was announced in April that the Queens award for technological achievement has been given to cell tech for its work in establishing a production process for mono-clonal antibodies
Keywords: Queens Award; Cell tech; alpha interferon
Photographs:Author: Freya Leng
Title: City to host a science debate
Reference Cambridge News 28 June 2016
Year: 2016
Type: Science
Subject: 12 top female scientists will compete for attention at the Soapbox science event in Cambridge’s market square.
Keywords: Soapbox event; Nicola Symyllie
Photographs:Author: Paul Brackley
Title: LMB’S Sofia earns award for amyloid work
Reference Cambridge Independent 13th March 2024
Year: 2024
Type: Prizes & Awards; Science
Subject: Post doc Sofia is one of the winners for the Harold M Weintraub graduate student award for new treatments for neurodegenrative diseases
Keywords: Amyloid filaments Sofia Lovestam
Photographs: LMB MRCAuthor: Tony Quested
Title: Cambridge startup Outsee LTD aims to uneaarth new drug target with its AI geonomics tech
Reference Business weekly 13th March 2024
Year: 2024
Type: Science; Biotech & Technology Transfer
Subject: Dr Julian Gough has founded Outsee Ltd to exploit large scale geonomics datasets by using it proprietary AI geonomics technology for novel frug target discovery and validation
Keywords: AI; Julian Gough; geonomic data; BioMedTech; Chang Lu
Photographs: MRC LMBAuthor: Mark Henderson
Title: Nobel prizewinner Venki Ramakrishnan warns on risks of immigration cap
Reference The Times 06.11.2010
Year: 2010
Type: Science
Subject: Venki took 40% pay cut due to new Visa immigration cap
Keywords: Immigration cap Venki; ribosome
Photographs: Chris HarrisAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: Greg becomes joint head of LMB’s Neurobiology Division as connectomics grow
Reference Cambridge Independent 11th October 2023
Year: 2023
Type: Science
Subject: Greg Jefferies joins Anna Bertolottias jpint head of the Neurobiology division. Greg aims to link genes, neural circuits and behaviour in the fruit fly.
Keywords: Connectomics; Drosaphila;
Photographs: MRC LMBAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: LMB welcomes new electron microscope under labs new funding
Reference Cambridge Independent 17th May 2023
Year: 2023
Type: Science; Funding
Subject: New electron microscope, enables proteins to be seen in atomic detail has been installed as part of a £103 million investment across a host of leading UK science institutions
Keywords: Cryro-electron microscope; goverment investment; Sjors Scheres; Secretary of state
Photographs: MRC LMBAuthor: Paul Brackley
Title: New era of lower cost, lower energy cyro-EM ushered in by LMB.
Reference Cambridge Independent 29th November 2023
Year: 2023
Type: Science; Funding
Subject: Cyro- EM has already revolutionised the study of biological structures. the new microscopes was built at a fraction of the multi billion pound cost and size of current models by overturning conventional thinking about their operation.
Keywords: cyro- EM; microscope; Chris Russo
Photographs: MRC LMBAuthor: Chris Elliot
Title: Bioscience pioneer is new master of Trinity
Reference Cambridge news 17 December 2011
Year: 2011
Type:
Subject: Sir Greg Winter has been picked as the new master of Trinity college
Keywords: Greg Winter; Trinity; pioneer; Master
Photographs:Author: Nature
Title: Thomas Authur Steitz Lunchtime Science
Reference Nature
Year: 2011
Type: Interview
Subject: An Interview with Thomas, a biophysicist from Yale University who spent some time at the LMB shares the 2009 Nobel prize in Chemistry for the knowledge of the structure and function of the ribosome
Keywords: Yale University; Nobel prize; Ribosome; HIV DNA polymerase; Antibacterials
Photographs:Author: Rachel Allen
Title: Taking on mother of all marathons
Reference Cambridge News 9th November 2011
Year: 2011
Type: Events; Science
Subject: LMB Scientist runs marathon in Athens for Alzheimer’s research UK
Keywords: Philippa Smith; Athens marathon; Alzheimer’s research UK;
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