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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.
What controls egress of the malaria parasite from infected red blood cells?
10 May 2013
NIMR scientists have identified components of a signalling pathway that leads to release of the malaria pathogen from parasitised red blood cells. The research is published in PLOS Pathogens.
A better way to find biomarkers in infectious disease
09 May 2013
NIMR scientists have developed a new statistical technique for exploring infectious diseases. The research is published in PLOS Computational Biology.
Alex Gould elected to Academy of Medical Sciences
08 May 2013
Alex Gould has been elected to become a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Two more Fellows of the Royal Society
03 May 2013
NIMR scientists, Gitta Stockinger and Jean-Paul Vincent, have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society.
How pandemic flu viruses gain the ability to infect humans
24 April 2013
Researchers at NIMR have shown how structural changes mediate the transmissibility of flu viruses in humans. The research is published in Nature.
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