KJ Patel, group leader in the LMB’s Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division, has been elected into the Fellowship of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences. The Academy promotes the translation of advances in medical science into benefits for patients and the population at large. Academy Fellows are elected based on excellence in medical research, […]
KJ Patel elected Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences
Michael Neuberger elected a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences
Dr Michael Neuberger, group leader in the LMB’s Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, has been elected as a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Sciences was created to provide independent, objective advice to the nation on matters related to science and technology. Scientists are elected by their peers as […]
New mechanism in the body’s timekeeping revealed
Our cycle of sleep and wakefulness is controlled by a daily (circadian) body clock in our brain. When this cycle happens in a regular way people function well, but when this cycle is disturbed it can lead to a severely disrupted life. The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is part of the body clock and individual neurons of […]
Understanding the mechanism of the nucleocytoplasmic transport cycle
New research, from a team of scientists in the LMB’s Structural Studies Division and the Texas A&M Health Science Center, illustrates the molecular mechanism behind a fundamental cellular process. The research, published in PNAS, provides new insights into the way in which components of the nuclear protein transport machinery move through nuclear pores. Nuclear pores […]
Huzzah To The Double Helix! It’s International DNA Day
To celebrate the DNA 60 anniversary, several Australian scientists have released statements about the wonders of DNA, including LMB alumnus Professor Suzanne Cory: “The time I spent in his department at the famed MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge marked me indelibly”… More
DNA 60th Anniversary celebrated at Cambridge
On the 25th April 1953, Francis Crick and Jim Watson published their groundbreaking paper in Nature, in which they revealed to the world the double helical structure of DNA. Francis and Jim were working in the MRC Unit for the Study of the Molecular Structure of Biological Systems (now the LMB), housed in the Cavendish […]