Archived News Articles from 2021
- Breakthrough for Optogenetics
- 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
Published: 26 January 2021 - Compound screening for anti-viral activity
- 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
Published: 15 February 2021 - 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 proteins derived from the virus and spike proteins derived from a viral vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate
Published: 15 February 2021 - 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 human cells.
Published: 25 February 2021 - Matt Higgins awarded the 2021 C. A. Wright Medal of the British Society for Parasitology
- Matt Higgins has been awarded the 2021 C. A. Wright Medal of the British Society for Parasitology
Published: 19 May 2021 - New therapeutic possibilities at the ‘heart’ of SARS-CoV-2 life cycle
- A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Glasgow, and University of Heidelberg, uncovers the interactions that SARS-CoV-2 RNA establishes with the host cell, paving the way for the development of new therapeutic strategies
Published: 25 May 2021 - Structure of the folate transporter paves the way for improved anticancer drugs
- A new study from the Newstead group, published in Nature, reveals the structure of the folate transporter, laying the foundation for developing targeted anticancer drugs
Published: 25 May 2021 - Stephan Uphoff’s Colworth medal lecture
- For his recent Biochemical Society Colworth medal, Stephan Uphoff delivered an award lecture that has been recorded is now available on youtube
Published: 7 June 2021 - Prof Robert Klose elected an EMBO Member
- We are delighted to announce that Prof Robert Klose has been elected as an EMBO Member
Published: 8 June 2021 - Professor Tony Watts elected President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics
- Professor Tony Watts has been elected President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics which represents some 61 biophysical societies worldwide
Published: 10 June 2021 - Newstead group to present their research on tackling Body Odour at the Royal Society Summer Science festival
- The free Summer Science online event runs from the 8th to 11th July
Published: 11 June 2021 - Journey of a Molecular Detective
- To honour Professor David Sherratt's recent retirement after 50 years as a PI, the Department of Biochemistry is organising a one-day Symposium, ‘Journey of a Molecular Detective’, on Monday September 20th 2021
Published: 26 August 2021 - One cell, two genomes? Coordination between mitochondria and the nucleus in cancer
- New paper from the Peter Sarkies research group
Published: 3 December 2021
