UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have published a 3-D atomic structure of the ion channel found in mammals that is implicated in a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disease in humans. The work marks the first such structure determined using the university’s $17 million electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) facility that opened last year. Xiaochen Bai, an Assistant Professor […]
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Cell lineage tracing – from pioneer John Sulston, to today’s ground-breaking research
John Sulston, Nobel prize winner in 2002, determined the cell lineage of the nematode worm C. elegans. Using new cutting-edge technologies, researchers across the world are now aiming to trace cell lineages in a variety of other organisms. More…
Genome pioneer John Sulston enters elite club
British genome pioneer Sir John Sulston has been elevated to the Companion of Honour in the Queen’s birthday list. Only 65 people, including the sovereign herself, can hold the distinction at any one time. More…
Maria Leptin welcomed as Leopoldina member
The German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, has welcomed EMBO Director Maria Leptin as one of its members. Election to the Leopoldina membership is the highest academic honour awarded by an institution in Germany and it is bestowed on scientists who are experts in their fields. This article is no longer available from the source […]
Wojciech Galej receives Early Career Research Award from the Biochemical Society
Wojciech Galej has been awarded the 2018 Early Career Research Award for Molecular Structure and Function by the Biochemical Society. Wojciech has made outstanding contributions to the understanding of the molecular mechanism of pre-mRNA splicing through his structural analysis of the spliceosome and its components using X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy. More…
LMB alumnus, Jonathan Hodgkin, wins Novitski Prize
Professor Jonathan Hodgkin has been awarded the prestigious Edward Novitski prize for 2017 by the Genetics Society of America, in recognition of his “extraordinary creativity and intellectual ingenuity in solving significant problems in genetics research”. During his time at the LMB, Jonathan undertook pioneering work in the field of C. elegans genetics. More…