When the Cohen lab discovered GSK3 in the late 1970s the idea that it might revolutionize dentistry or perhaps be beneficial for the treatment of Alzheimer’s would have sounded like science fiction. …more
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Open Biology, recently celebrated its 5th anniversary. Amongst the Editor’s picks was the journal’s most cited article by former PhD student, Chandana Kondapalli, which to date has garnered 240 citations since it was published in 2012. …more
We are delighted to announce that from December 1, Mahima takes up a Programme Leader position in the MRC PPU to better study the function and regulation of intraepithelial lymphocytes. …more
A group of Parkinson’s patients and carers visited the unit last week to explore ways to best share information about the on-going PPU research. …more
Tom Deegan, who has been working as a postdoctoral fellow in Karim Labib's laboratory since May 2015, has been awarded a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship (£250,000 over 4 years). …more
We are organising a 'Dundee-Crick' Signalling meeting on 12-14 November 2017, that will take place at the Francis Crick Institute in London. …more
The Affinity-directed PROtein Missile (AdPROM) system, described by the Sapkota lab in Open Biology, combines the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology and proteolysis to achieve a robust degradation of potentially any endogenous protein in cells. …more
Miratul Muqit, a Wellcome Trust Clinical Investigator and PI based at the MRC-PPU has been selected for the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organisation Young Investigator Programme (EMBO YIP). …more