Dr Venki Ramakrishnan, Joint Head of the LMB’s Structural Studies Division, has been honoured with a knighthood in the New Year Honours List 2012. The award is for services to molecular biology. Venki’s research focuses on the structure and function of the ribosome. This complex structure, found in multiple copies in every living cell, translates […]
Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan honoured with Knighthood
Cutting edge chemistry in 2011
“The RNA world hypothesis also got a boost this year with work from Philipp Holliger’s team at the Medical Research Laboratory in Cambridge, UK. The hypothesis, first suggested by Francis Crick in 1968, suggests that life on Earth began with a self-replicating RNA molecule but has remained unproved. Holliger went back…” More…
Is a cure for the common cold on the way?
“BBC science review article looks at recent developments in cold and flu virus research, quoting LMB’s Leo James.” More…
Are the days of incurable diseases really over?
“Are the days of incurable diseases really over? Not quite, when diseases such as tuberculosis are seeing a resurgence, said biologist Ramakrishnan, Joint Head of the Structural Studies Division at the Medical Research Council, Cambridge. He was delivering a lecture on ‘How antibiotics illuminate Ribosome function and vice versa.’” This article is only available in […]
New master named for Cambridge college
“The Queen has approved that Sir Gregory Winter CBE FRS be appointed Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University, in succession to Lord Rees of Ludlow who retires on 30 June 2012.” More…
Christian Münch Receives British Neuroscience Association Postgraduate Award
Christian Münch, a postgraduate student working in Anne Bertolotti’s group in the LMB’s Division of Neurobiology has been awarded the 2011 British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Postgraduate Award. This is awarded annually to one student considered to have made a significant contribution to neuroscience and to have achieved an outstanding performance in their viva voce. The […]