Madeline Lancaster from the LMB’s Cell Biology Division has been announced as the joint winner of this year’s 3Rs Prize competition, run by the NC3Rs, and sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). This Prize is awarded to an original research paper published within the last three years that has outstanding scientific or technological potential to replace, reduce or refine the use of animals in research.
Madeline Lancaster wins the 2015 3Rs Prize for 3D tissue models
2016 Francis Crick Lecture to be given by Adrian Bird
Adrian Bird will give the 2016 Francis Crick Lecture on Tuesday 16th February 2016 at 11.30am in the Max Perutz Lecture Theatre at the LMB. The lecture, entitled “DNA Sequence and the Epigenome Entwined” is open to anyone in the local area who is interested in attending.
Adrian is Buchanan Professor of Genetics at the University of Edinburgh. His group’s research focuses on the basic biology and biomedical significance of DNA methylation.
LMB raises over £1300 for Cancer Research UK
Hugh Pelham presents Catherine Cope from CRUK with the LMB’s donation
The LMB’s annual charity Christmas raffle took place in December 2015. Staff at the LMB raised a total of £1372.85 for Cancer Research UK. This year’s charity was chosen in memory of their late colleague, Neil Marshall, who sadly lost his fight with cancer earlier in 2015.
LMB receive highly commended prize at Understanding Animal Research Openness Awards
Representatives from across the UK life science community joined Understanding Animal Research at the Wellcome Collection in London recently to celebrate the 79th Paget Lecture and the second annual Openness Awards. At the event, the LMB Biological Services Group received the highly commended prize for its Named Persons posters that demonstrate the responsibilities and work areas of all named roles working with animals within a facility, clearly connecting a face to a job title.
2015 César Milstein Lecture to be given by Lewis Cantley
Dr Lewis Cantley will give the 2015 Milstein Lecture on Monday 14th December 2015 at 4.15pm in the LMB’s Max Perutz Lecture Theatre. The lecture, entitled “Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase and Cancer Metabolism” is open to anyone in the local area who is interested in attending.
Lewis is currently Director at the Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York.
LMB staff success in MRC CEO Awards
Xiaochen Bai from the LMB’s Structural Studies Division has won the 2015 MRC CEO Team Player Award, with Mark Wing and Jason Fox, both from the LMB’s PNAC Division, being runners up in the Rising Star and Team Player categories, respectively.
The MRC CEO Award Scheme recognises contributions from employees for outstanding effort and commitment to both their work and the MRC. For the fourth year running, a fantastic number of nominations were received from across the organisation.