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Gitta Stockinger awarded 2014 Feldberg Foundation Prize
31 January 2013
Gitta Stockinger of the Division of Molecular Immunology has been awarded the Feldberg Prize for 2014.
Guy Dodson, 1937-2012
29 January 2013
Guy Dodson died on 24 December 2012, aged 75. He was head of NIMR's Division of Protein Structure for 11 years, and established X-ray crystallography at NIMR.
Evolution of influenza virus binding receptors
21 January 2013
Researchers at NIMR have shown that recent influenza A(H3N2) viruses have very different receptor binding properties compared with older viruses. The research is published in PNAS.
Mill Hill Lecture by Carol Robinson on Wed 23 January 2013
18 January 2013
Carol Robinson from University of Oxford will give a Mill Hill Lecture on Wednesday 23 January 2013 at 4.15pm. The title of the lecture is Mass spectrometry - a new phase for structural biology. This is the Medawar Lecture.
MRC Centenary videos feature NIMR
08 January 2013
NIMR is featured in BBC news reports on the MRC centenary.
NIMR Human Biology Essay Competition 2013 is now open
08 January 2013
The 2013 NIMR Human Biology Essay Competition is now open. The closing date for the 2013 competition is 23rd April 2013.
A novel set of mycobacterial antigens
03 January 2013
NIMR researchers have explored a novel means to identify antigenic targets that might contribute to a vaccine against TB. The research is published in Journal of Immunology and is a featured article.
Culture and transfection of an emerging malaria pathogen
02 January 2013
Researchers at NIMR have adapted Plasmodium knowlesi to continuous culture in human erythrocytes, providing a new, genetically tractable model for malaria research. The work is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA.
Paul Burgoyne retirement symposium
19 December 2012
A symposium to mark Paul Burgoyne's retirement will take place on 25 January 2013 at NIMR. The theme of the symposium is "Sex chromosomes, infertility and germ line development".
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