César Milstein was born on this day in 1927 in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. He joined LMB in 1963 and worked here until his death in March 2002. On day 281 of #LMB365 he is seen receiving his Nobel Prize Medal for Physiology and Medicine for his development of the technique to produce monoclonal antibodies. On the announcement of the award César commented “we were stuck for a few months, and getting negative results. It is the struggle of that period and all the scientific tension that I remember the most. It was little bits of excitement rather than one moment.” Photo courtesy of Celia Milstein
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LMB 365 – Day 280
Cheers! On day 280 of #LMB365 Venki Ramakrishnan celebrates his 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry in the LMB Restaurant. While the award is limited to three recipients, it is the collective work of many and Venki thanked his dedicated students and postdocs who gave the work their all
LMB 365 – Day 279
In 1982 Aaron Klug was the sole recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Day 279 of #LMB365 shows Aaron and his wife Liebe at the champagne celebration in the LMB Restaurant
LMB 365 – Day 278
On day 278 of #LMB365 we show how John Kendrew and Max Perutz received news of their 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. At the time the telegram was the best way for Stockholm to contact the recipients. This was the LMB’s second Nobel for 1962, Francis Crick and James Watson had already been awarded the Physiology and Medicine Prize for their work on the structure of DNA
LMB 365 – Day 277
In the spotlight on day 277 of #LMB365 is Richard Henderson who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Speaking to the press in the LMB lecture theatre on the day of the announcement, accompanied by then LMB Director Hugh Pelham, it was the first of many press enquiries Richard undertook. He summed up the importance of the technique he helped to develop as “the big thing about cryo-EM is that you can use it for determining all the other unknown structures that have been intractable by the other methods”
LMB 365 – Day 276
As Nobel Prize week approaches we celebrate LMB’s Nobel successes. On day 276 of #LMB365 Greg Winter is seen following the tradition of signing empty champagne bottles for colleagues at his party in the LMB restaurant. Speaking after the announcement of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Greg responded, “It came as a bit of a shock, and I felt a bit numb for a while. It’s almost like you’re in a different universe. For a scientist, a Nobel Prize is the highest accolade you can get, and I’m so lucky because there are so many brilliant scientists and not enough Nobel Prizes to go around”