About one third of all medicine binds to the same type of receptor in the human body. An estimated 3 percent of the population have receptors of this type that are so genetically different that they are predisposed to altered, ineffective or adverse responses to medicine, a new study from the University of Copenhagen and […]
LMB In The News
GPCR structures aided drug design
A decade after a key structural analysis, scientists have a better understanding of the pharmaceutically important family of receptor proteins – G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR). Includes reference to the work done at the LMB by Chris Tate. More…
Potassium is critical to circadian rhythms in human red blood cells
An innovative new study from the University of Surrey and John O’Neill’s group from the LMB’s Cell Biology Division has uncovered the secrets of the circadian rhythms in red blood cells and identified potassium as the key to unravelling the mystery. More…
LMB postdoc, Tobias Wauer, wins the 2017 EMPRIS Award for Research in Brain Diseases
LMB postdoctoral researcher, Tobias Wauer, has won the 2017 EMPRIS Award for Research in Brain Diseases for his work on the molecular causes of Parkinson’s disease. In this interview, he explains his fascination for research. More…
LMB scientist, Glenn Masson, spends a week shadowing MP for Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner, through the Royal Society’s Pairing Scheme
Glenn Masson has spent a week shadowing Daniel Zeichner, MP for Cambridge, through the Royal Society’s Pairing Scheme, an initiative which pairs scientists with MPs to foster exchange of knowledge and understanding of politics, policy and science. This article is no longer available from the source website: Cambridge Network December 2017
Trim-Away: a new technique for depleting proteins and studying their function
Dean Clift from Leo James’ group, in collaboration with LMB alumnus Melina Schuh at the Max Planck Institute, have developed a new technique – Trim-Away – which allows proteins to be rapidly depleted from cells. By harnessing the cells’ protein degradation machinery and TRIM21, the scientists have provided a new technique for studying protein function. […]