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Dimitris Kioussis elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society
15 May 2009
NIMR scientist, Dimitris Kioussis, has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society.
NIMR scientists at heart of influenza sequencing
11 May 2009
Scientists at NIMR have been collaborating with scientists in Israel, Portugal and the UK in the past week to gain a better understanding of the genetic characteristics of the swine-like human influenza A(H1N1) viruses responsible for outbreaks in Europe.
NIMR scientists discuss swine-like human influenza A H1N1
02 May 2009
Dr Alan Hay, Director of the WHO World Collaborating Centre on Influenza at NIMR, and Dr John McCauley, from NIMR's Division of Virology, gave a press conference at NIMR on 1st May 2009.
NIMR scientist elected as Academy of Medical Sciences fellow
01 May 2009
NIMR scientist, François Guillemot, has been elected as a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
A(H1N1) virus samples on their way to NIMR World Influenza Centre
28 April 2009
Virus isolates from American and Mexican patients are on their way to the National Institute for Medical Research for analysis.
Analysing swine flu
27 April 2009
NIMR scientists are preparing to receive samples of the H1N1 swine flu virus from the USA.
NIMR scientists join in global fight against swine flu
27 April 2009
NIMR scientists are preparing to receive samples of the swine influenza virus A(H1N1) from the USA.
Shedding light on a neurodegenerative genetic disease
07 April 2009
NIMR scientists have discovered the function of the protein frataxin and its role in the neurodegenerative disease Friedreich's ataxia. The research is published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology.
Secretion from Weibel-Palade bodies
26 March 2009
NIMR scientists have revealed the behaviour of proteins involved in clotting and inflammation. The research is published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
FHA domain binding capacity and regulatory functions
26 March 2009
NIMR scientists have discovered a new twist on the activity and regulation of a ubiquitous class of signaling domains. The research is described in Science Signaling.
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