MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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LMB In The News

Nobel prize winning Cambridge scientist Max Perutz given new stamp of approval

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The LMB’s founder, Max Perutz, who was honoured on the centenary of his birth with a Royal Mail Stamp, has now also had a postmark created for the occasion, which will appear on letters and parcels delivered around Cambridge this week. This article is no longer available from the source website: Cambridge News 20 May […]

Jason Chin discusses synthetic biology on Guardian Science Weekly Podcast

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In this Science Weekly podcast, Jason Chin, programme leader at MRC LMB, is interviewed by Guardian science correspondent Ian Sample. Jason explains his own work in the field and why synthetic forms of DNA are crucial both for furthering our understanding of fundamental biology and for creating a new generation of tools for medical science. […]

Max Perutz: science communicator

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Max Perutz, the Austrian-born molecular biologist who founded the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in 1962, won the Nobel Prize for his work deciphering the structure of the blood protein haemoglobin. But he was also a passionate writer and speaker committed to revealing the intricacies of science to new audiences. As we launch the 2014 […]

Speaking at the LMB, George Osborne backs science funding for Cambridge

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The Chancellor George Osborne visited the LMB on 25th April to announce that the science budget would continue to back research in Cambridge, saying that scientific achievement in Cambridge was “one of Britain’s greatest and most exciting success stories”. This article is no longer available from the source website: Cambridge News 25 April 2014