A new online exhibition, sponsored by the MRC as part of its centenary, explores where monoclonal antibodies came from and how they began to be applied to improve our understanding of disease and to advance treatment.
The story of monoclonal antibodies – online
Celebrating ‘100 years of life-changing discoveries’
As one of the Medical Research Council’s major research institutes, the LMB will be playing a key role in helping to celebrate the MRC’s Centenary this year.
The year-long MRC Centenary programme taking place across the UK and in Africa, will provide events and online activities for people of all ages and all levels of scientific knowledge.
Sarah Teichmann to deliver 2012 Francis Crick Lecture for the Royal Society
Sarah Teichmann, a Group Leader from the Structural Studies Division at the LMB, will deliver the annual Francis Crick Lecture at the Royal Society on 21 November 2012.
During the lecture, entitled “Finding patterns in genes and proteins: decoding the logic of molecular interactions”, Sarah will look at the high-throughput methods that are now providing a deluge of data about genes and proteins.
Three LMB Scientists receive EMBO Young Investigator Programme Awards
Three LMB scientists, Andrew Carter, Greg Jefferis and Melina Schuh, have been elected into the EMBO Young Investigator Programme for three years, starting on 1 January 2013.
This prestigious programme identifies some of the brightest young researchers in Europe, providing academic, practical and financial support. The LMB scientists are three of a group of 22 who have been elected this year, and they join a vibrant network of more than 200 Young Investigators from all over Europe.
Crystal growing winners visit the LMB
Pupils from The Perse School for Girls in Cambridge and Laxton Junior School in Peterborough scooped the top prizes in this year’s Eastern Region Crystal Growing Competition.
Competition participants were asked to grow the best crystal of potash alum possible, over a five-week period. The crystals were then judged, on both size and quality, to identify the winners (in the Key Stage II and III competition categories).
LMB research features in BBC2’s ‘Secret Universe’ programme
Susanna Bidgood, a researcher in Leo James’ group in the LMB’s PNAC division, helped to explain the inner workings of the human cell system, in a new, popular science programme screened on BBC2 at 8pm on Sunday 22 October.
‘Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell’ used a range of interviews with experts and dramatic computer animations to explain what happens when a viral infection takes hold and how the body works to combat infection.