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Biography of NIMR physiologist published
23 May 2013
A biography of Griffith Pugh, the NIMR physiologist who advised the 1953 Everest expedition, has just been published.
Iris Salecker elected as EMBO member
21 May 2013
Iris Salecker has been elected as an EMBO member. Election as an EMBO Member is a tribute to her significant contribution to the advancement of science.
NIMR’s prize-winning students
21 May 2013
Two NIMR PhD students won prizes at a recent international conference on malaria.
A new Ngn3 conditional knockout model for studying the genetics of obesity in mice
21 May 2013
Researchers at NIMR have developed a new mouse model to study how development processes in the hypothalamus influence obesity. The research is published in Disease Models & Mechanisms.
Iron-Sulfur Cluster Proteins Discussion Meeting 2013
20 May 2013
The Iron-Sulfur Cluster Proteins Discussion Meeting 2013, organised by Annalisa Pastore and Salvatore Adinolfi, was held at NIMR on 19 April.
Training grant for Developmental and Computational Biology
17 May 2013
Two NIMR research groups will benefit from a share of a €4 million European training grant.
B cells use mechanical energy to discriminate antigen affinities
17 May 2013
NIMR researchers have shown that B lymphocytes mechanically scan antigen-presenting surfaces for high-affinity foreign antigens. The research is published in Science.
Mill Hill Lecture by Mark Krasnow on Wed 22 May 2013
13 May 2013
Mark Krasnow from Stanford University will give a Mill Hill Lecture on Wednesday 22 May 2013 at 4.15pm. The title of the lecture is Dissecting lung stem cells and cancer at single cell resolution. This is the Beddington Lecture.
NIMR to be a pilot site for Athena SWAN project
13 May 2013
NIMR has been selected to be the MRC pilot site for the Athena SWAN Research Institutes project.
A spumaviral Gag-Env complex
10 May 2013
Structural and virological studies by NIMR scientists have revealed the nature of an essential Gag-Env interaction that is required for spumaretrovirus egress from the cell. The research is published in PLOS Pathogens.
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