Philip Cohen, a Programme Leader in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC-PPU), has been awarded the 2014 ALBERT EINSTEIN World Award of Science from the World Cultural Counc …more

Congratulations to Lina Herhaus and Mazin Al-Salihi, of Gopal Sapkota's lab, for publishing a paper in Open Biology that describes how USP15 regulates the BMP pathway by deubiquitylating the type I BMP receptor, ALK3.



BMPs bel …more

Several MRC-PPU researchers took part in this weekend's Monikie 10k run

Results from left to right were:

Sambit Nanda 01:12:13
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A quick google search for ‘kinase profiling' yields the International Centre for Kinase Profiling (ICKP), housed in the MRC-PPU as the top-hit. Established as a service in 1998, the ICKP works with academic labs, biotechnology and pharmaceut …more

Much research in the MRC-PPU has focused on understanding the regulation and function of two related protein kinases termed NUAK1 and NUAK2 that are activated by the LKB1 tumor suppressor. LKB1 phosphorylates these enzymes at their T-loop residues st …more

Scientists and support staff from the MRC PPU recently enjoyed a visit with a P3 class at Forthill Primary for a fun morning of hands on experiments with a Superhero theme.

Laura  …more

Dr Kris Clark has been awarded a prestigious fellowship from Arthritis Research UK that will support his groundbreaking work developing new treatments for inflammatory arthritis over the next five yea …more

Philip Cohen has been elected a Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science, one of only 27 scientists from around the world to hold the honour.

Philip was recognised for hi …more

Exactly 10 years ago mutations in a little studied kinase called PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) were discovered in patients with early-onset Parkinson's disease [Ref 1]. PINK1 is uniq …more

Many congratulation to Axel Knebel who has just received the CLS Innovator of the Year Prize for the development of a novel affinity purification tag termed the 'Dac-tag'.



Axel, runs the MRC-PPU Protein Production and Assay D …more