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Colworth Medal awarded to NIMR alumnus
20 March 2009
The 2010 Biochemical Society Colworth Medal will be awarded to Mark Dillingham, partly for work carried out during his postdoc at NIMR.
Integrating signalling and mRNA metabolism
13 February 2009
NIMR scientists have discovered a new way of regulating messenger RNA metabolism. The research is published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology.
Newcomb Cleveland prize awarded to UCL/NIMR research team
29 January 2009
The 2008 AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize has been awarded for a paper published by a research team based at UCL and NIMR.
New understanding of wingless gradient
23 January 2009
NIMR scientists have shown that cells within a field do not read the local morphogen level in isolation. The research is published in Cell.
Interview with James Briscoe - winner of the EMBO Gold Medal 2008
06 January 2009
In an article entitled "Seeing students gain confidence is most rewarding", James has been interviewed for EMBOencounters about his scientific career and life outside the lab.
Genetic diversity driving drug-resistant TB
17 December 2008
NIMR scientists have shown that genetic diversity is driving drug-resistant TB. The research is published in PLoS Biology.
Natural selection in the brain?
10 December 2008
NIMR scientists have proposed a mechanism for copying of neuronal networks, which may be important for memory formation.
T cell antigen receptor–induced proliferation
08 December 2008
NIMR scientists have shown that proteolysis of NF-κB1 p105 is essential for activation of NF-κB in T lymphocytes. The research is published online in Nature Immunology.
Structure of influenza hemagglutinin complex
24 November 2008
NIMR scientists have determined the structure of an influenza hemagglutinin complex in complex with an inhibitor of membrane fusion and shown the nature of the binding site. The research is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA.
Retrovirus-induced pathology prevented by virus-nonspecific regulatory T cells
14 November 2008
NIMR scientists have shown that virus-nonspecific regulatory T (Treg) cells protect the bone marrow from pathology induced by virus-specific pathogenic T cells responding to retroviral infection. The research is published in Immunity.
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