Ashutosh Jogalekar reports on Serge Haroche words of wisdom for fostering a good research environment, and makes reference to the recent Nature article about LMB… More…
Advice on running a world-class lab
LMB research features in BBC2’s ‘Secret Universe’ programme
Susanna Bidgood, a researcher in Leo James’ group in the LMB’s PNAC division, helped to explain the inner workings of the human cell system, in a new, popular science programme screened on BBC2 at 8pm on Sunday 22 October. ‘Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell’ used a range of interviews with experts and […]
BBC2 programme on the cell features TRIM21 research
There is an battle playing out inside your body right now. It started billions of years ago and it is still being fought in every one of us every minute of every day. It is the story of a viral infection – the battle for the cell… More…
The proteasome: a vital amino acid recycling machine
The proteasome is essential for the controlled degradation of a large number of unwanted or damaged proteins in all cells and thereby controls virtually every cellular process. While it has long been known that inhibition of proteasome degradation is lethal, the underlying mechanisms have remained elusive. Anne Bertolotti’s group, in the LMB’s Neurobiology Division, have […]
Double Nobel Success – 50 Years of Inspiration
On the 18th October 1962, a Post Office Telegram was sent to Francis Crick at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, telling him that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Just two weeks later, another telegram arrived for Max Perutz and John Kendrew: they had been awarded the Nobel Prize […]
First insight into peptide-receptor interaction
LMB scientists, Chris Tate and Yoko Shibata, have collaborated with researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA, to provide the first detailed description of how a neuropeptide hormone, neurotensin, interacts with its receptor. Neurotensin modulates nerve cell activity in the brain. When bound to its receptor it commences a series of reactions in […]