A study, published in the journal Nature and carried out by researchers based at the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research at UCL, LMB’s Tiago Branco and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, succeeded in making incredibly challenging electrical and optical recordings directly from the tiny dendrites of neurons in the intact brain while […]
Smart neurons: single dendrites can perform computations
Michael Neuberger 1953 – 2013
Professor Michael Neuberger, who has died aged 59, was a brilliant biochemist and immunologist whose work helped to launch a revolution in biomedical research. More…
Michael Neuberger (1953 – 2013)
Michael Neuberger, Deputy Director of the LMB and Head of Division of Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry died on Saturday 26 October, after several months of serious illness. He was an outstanding and brilliant scientist. Michael was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College Cambridge, received a first class honours degree in Natural Sciences (Biochemistry), […]
2013 John Kendrew Lecture to be given by Joan Steitz
Joan Steitz will give the John Kendrew Lecture 2013 on Friday 1st November at 4.15pm in the LMB’s Max Perutz Lecture Theatre. The title of the lecture is ‘Non-coding RNAs: with a viral twist.’ This event is open to anyone in the local area who is interested in attending. Joan Steitz is interested in the […]
MRC Annual Review 2012 – 13
Jason Chin and Phil Holliger’s research is featured in the Economy section of the new MRC Annual Review. More…
Discovery of the genetic basis of a rare immune disease
Work led by Sergey Nejentsev and Alison Condliffe from the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Roger Williams’ group in the LMB’s PNAC Division and Klaus Okkenhaug’s group at the Babraham Institute has discovered a rare genetic disease which predisposes patients to severe respiratory infections and lung damage. They have also identified how the genetic […]