Award for pioneering work on the structure and function of two RNA-protein complexes

Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators 2022 goes to Thi Hoang Duong Nguyen

08-Jul-2022 - For the 27th time, the Hamburg-based life sciences company Eppendorf SE is awarding its prestigious research prize this year. The independent jury chaired by Prof. Reinhard Jahn selected Dr. Thi Hoang Duong Nguyen, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK as the winner of the Eppendorf ...

New repair mechanism for alcohol-induced DNA damage discovered

Knowledge underlines the link between alcohol consumption and cancer

06-Mar-2020 - Researchers of the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW) in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, United Kingdom, have discovered a new way in which the human body repairs DNA damage caused by a degradation product of alcohol. That knowledge underlines the link ...

Study reveals new link between Alzheimer’s disease and healthy aging

18-Aug-2011 - Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) are two of the most prevalent forms of neurodegenerative disorders. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have analyzed changes in gene expression in the aging and diseased brain, finding new clues to the ...

EMBO Gold Medal 2010 recognizes Jason W. Chin

Synthetic biologist pioneered genetic code reprogramming

12-May-2010 - The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) announced the award of the EMBO Gold Medal 2010 to Jason W. Chin from the Medical Research Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC-LMB). Chin receives the award for his pioneering work on reprogramming the genetic code. Chin’s work ...