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Reproducibility, transparency and access to biomedical research

The Cohn group recently developed a new method for the purification of large DNA repair protein complexes from...

The Cohn group recently developed a new method for the purification of large DNA repair protein complexes from human cells.

Compound screening for anti-viral activity

Prof. Zitzmann and her team in collaboration with other virologists from the University and support of volunteers...

Prof. Zitzmann and her team in collaboration with other virologists from the University and support of volunteers from SGC have set up an initiative for compound/biologics cellular...

Prof. Zitzmann and her team in collaboration with other virologists from the University and support of volunteers from SGC have set up an initiative for compound/biologics cellular screenings

SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein glycosylation: a vaccine quality control method

The Zitzmann lab have been working on the characterisation of the site-specific glycosylation of SARS-CoV-2 spike...

The Zitzmann lab have been working on the characterisation of the site-specific glycosylation of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins derived from the virus and spike proteins derived from a viral...

The Zitzmann lab have been working on the characterisation of the site-specific glycosylation of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins derived from the virus and spike proteins derived from a viral vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine...

The Zitzmann lab have been working on the characterisation of the site-specific glycosylation of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins derived from the virus and spike proteins derived from a viral vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate

Breakthrough for Optogenetics

The structure of a protein used in over 1000 labs worldwide has been resolved for the first time by an international...

The structure of a protein used in over 1000 labs worldwide has been resolved for the first time by an international team lead by the Watts lab

Alumna of the Department as head of the Vaccines Task Force

Biochemistry Alumna produces a report for the UK Government on developing, securing and increasing access vaccines...

Biochemistry Alumna produces a report for the UK Government on developing, securing and increasing access vaccines for the UK and internationally, and building UK vaccine capabilit...

Biochemistry Alumna produces a report for the UK Government on developing, securing and increasing access vaccines for the UK and internationally, and building UK vaccine capability

Keep cool, it might just reset your circadian rhythm

Severe cooling compacts chromatin, changes the subcellular transcriptomes and resets the circadian clock

Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 and zoonotic coronavirus threats by mosaic nanoparticle vaccination

Hung-Jen Wu in the Howarth lab has collaborated on rapid vaccine assembly with Pamela Bjorkman's lab at C...

Hung-Jen Wu in the Howarth lab has collaborated on rapid vaccine assembly with Pamela Bjorkman's lab at Caltech

Early Career Researcher UK Awards 2020

Dr. Yasunori Watanabe wins the 2020 Scopus Early Career Researcher Award in Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular...

Dr. Yasunori Watanabe wins the 2020 Scopus Early Career Researcher Award in Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology

Prize winners of the Postgraduate Symposium 2020

Michaelmas Term Postgraduate Symposium 2020, held remotely, showcases passion commitment and high quality rese...

Michaelmas Term Postgraduate Symposium 2020, held remotely, showcases passion commitment and high quality research

A BBSRC sLola-funded program to understand how shape-shifting proteins control cell division

An ambitious project aiming to decipher the function of intrinsically disordered protein regions (IDRs) has won...

An ambitious project aiming to decipher the function of intrinsically disordered protein regions (IDRs) has won funding from the BBSRC

New COVID vaccine trial

The Serum Institute of India and SpyBiotech have announced clinical trial testing of a new vaccine candidate against...

The Serum Institute of India and SpyBiotech have announced clinical trial testing of a new vaccine candidate against COVID-19

2021 Genetics Society Medal for Professor David Sherratt

Professor David Sherratt has been selected by the Genetics Society to be awarded the 2021 Genetics Society Med...

Professor David Sherratt has been selected by the Genetics Society to be awarded the 2021 Genetics Society Medal