“Excessive drinking while pregnant is known to cause foetal alcohol syndrome, which can cause life-long learning disabilities, behavioural problems and sometimes physical abnormalities in affected babies. Researchers at LMB say that their current study provides a potential biological link between DNA damage and this syndrome.” This article is no longer available from the source website.
Alcohol may damage a babys DNA
Digitization of visual signals in the retina
Vision is perhaps the most important sense by which we understand the world. Visual information is transmitted by nerve cells sending signals to each other through special connections called synapses. But how does this happen? Leon Lagnado’s group in the Neurobiology Division of the LMB is investigating how visual signals are transmitted between neurons in […]
Jason Chin hosts Corday-Morgan Prize Symposium
On the 24th June 2011 there will be a symposium in the LMB’s Max Perutz Lecture Theatre where Jason Chin will be presented with his medal for winning the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Corday-Morgan 2010 prize. The award was made in recognition of Jason’s “pioneering work on genetically encoding the synthesis of novel polymers in […]
Tim Hunt in conversation with Hugh Pelham
“In the third of the Biochemical Society’s video interviews with Honorary Members, Tim Hunt talks to Hugh Pelham about discovering the protein that disappeared.” More…
Philip Heard awarded Cambridge Regional Colleges Best Overall Learner for 2011.
Philip Heard from the LMB’s Mechanical Workshop has been awarded Cambridge Regional College’s annual award for Best Overall Learner. It is awarded to the person who has been the most outstanding student throughout the year on his course. Philip received his award at the Academy of Engineering’s award ceremony held at Cambridge Regional College on […]
Jason Embleton takes to water in boat made of bottle tops
“The LMB’s Jason Embleton has successfully built and sailed a boat made from milk bottle tops to raise money for the WRVS.” This article is no longer available from the source website: Cambridge News 13 June 2011