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30 Jan 2017: Professor Thomas Südhof will give the 2017 Milstein Lecture on Thursday 9th February 2017 at 4pm in the LMB’s Max Perutz Lecture Theatre. The lecture,

31 Jul 2017: When given to mice, Sephin1 prevents two protein misfolding diseases. New work by the group has now uncovered the mechanism underlying this inhibition, opening up the possibility to target other holophosphatases ... Finally, swapping the N- and

6 Oct 2017: Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson were awarded the prize on 4 October for their work in developing electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM),

4 May 2017: 4 May, 2017. Conversation with Venki Ramakrishnan: “We’re at the threshold of a new age of structural biology, where these things that everybody thought were too difficult and would take

4 Oct 2017: The new structures provide important insights into the biological function of the assemblies and, by catalysing the subsequent development of new diagnostic or therapeutic tools, should help to improve the health

20 Sep 2017: A new picture, developed by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), illustrates how the jigsaw pieces fit together. ... new insights into prevention.

19 Dec 2017: An estimated 3 percent of the population have receptors of this type that are so genetically different that they are predisposed to altered, ineffective or adverse responses to medicine, a new

7 Jul 2017: Abnormal deposits that build up in the brain during Alzheimer's have been pictured in unprecedented detail in research led by Sjors Scheres and Michel

5 May 2017: It seeks to promote excellence in science, electing up to 52 new Fellows and up to 10 new Foreign Members each year who have made substantial contributions to the improvement of ... This work has led to the discovery of a new immune cell, called a nuocyte

19 Jun 2017: British genome pioneer Sir John Sulston has been elevated to the Companion of Honour in the Queen’s birthday list.  Only 65 people, including the

13 Jul 2017: Simon Bullock discusses his research into intracellular trafficking of RNA, and talks about the importance of science outreach in inspiring the next

30 Oct 2017: New work by Sean’s group has now revealed the missing link that connects endosome-to-Golgi transport vesicles to the golgin tethers.

14 Dec 2017: Since it began in 2004, funds raised by the ACT Breast Cancer Appeal have been used to provide new specialist technologies to aid and expedite diagnosis and treatment in the Cambridge

13 Mar 2017: Julian Gough is interviewed by the Huffington Post and discusses SUPERFAMILY, his database of structural and functional annotations for proteins and

28 Mar 2017: Professor Jonathan Hodgkin has been awarded the prestigious Edward Novitski prize for 2017 by the Genetics Society of America, in recognition of his

30 Nov 2017: The Basser Center for BRCA at Penn’s Abramson Cancer Centre has announced that Ashok Venkitaraman is the recipient of its fifth annual Basser Global Prize

1 Jun 2017: Study by Madeline Lancaster and collaborators at IMBA is one of the first attempts to combine organoids with bioengineering. More...

14 Dec 2017: Published on. 14 December, 2017. An innovative new study from the University of Surrey and John O’Neill’s group from the LMB’s Cell Biology Division has uncovered the secrets

6 Oct 2017: The Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded to three scientists, Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and the LMB's Richard Henderson, for developing a

8 May 2017: Anne has made outstanding contributions to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underpinning neurodegenerative diseases and discovered a new drug candidate (Sephin1) that brings hope for the treatment of some