Laboratory of Molecular Biology
research institute in Cambridge, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) is a research institute in Cambridge, England. It was involved in the revolution in molecular biology which occurred in the 1950–60s. It is a major medical research laboratory with a broad focus.[1]
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Coordinates | 52.1763°N 0.1430°E / 52.1763; 0.1430 |
Director | Jan Löwe |
Parent organization | Medical Research Council |
Website | www2 |
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A new £212m replacement building constructed close by to the original site on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus was opened in May 2013.[2] The road outside the new building is named Francis Crick Avenue after the 1962 joint Nobel Prize winner, who co-discovered the helical structure of DNA in 1953.[3]
Scientific staff of the LMB who have been awarded Nobel prizes are: [4][5][6]
- Frederick Sanger 1958 & 1980 (1980 was shared with Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert)
- John Kendrew 1962 (shared with Max Perutz)
- Max Perutz 1962 (shared with John Kendrew)
- Francis Crick 1962 (shared with Maurice Wilkins and Jim Watson)
- Jim Watson 1962 (shared with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins)
- Aaron Klug 1982
- César Milstein 1984 (shared with Georges Köhler and Niels Jerne)
- Georges Köhler 1984 (shared with César Milstein and Niels Jerne)
- John Walker 1997 (shared with Paul D. Boyer and Jens Christian Skou)
- Sydney Brenner 2002 (shared with Robert Horvitz and John Sulston)
- Robert Horvitz 2002 (shared with Sydney Brenner and John Sulston)
- John Sulston 2002 (shared with Sydney Brenner and Robert Horvitz)
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan 2009 (shared with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath)
- Richard Henderson 2017 (shared with Jacques Dubochet and Joachim Frank)
Visitors who received a Nobel prize for work done, or started at the LMB and alumni include:
- Sidney Altman 1989 (shared with Thomas R. Cech)
- Richard J. Roberts 1993 (shared with Phillip Allen Sharp)
- Michael Smith 1993
- Roger Kornberg 2006
- Andrew Fire 2006 (shared with Craig C. Mello)
- Elizabeth Blackburn 2009 (shared it with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak)
- Thomas A. Steitz 2009 (shared with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada E. Yonath)
- Marty Chalfie 2008 (along with Osamu Shimomura and Roger Y. Tsien)
- John Gurdon 2012 (along with Shinya Yamanaka)
- Michael Levitt 2013 (along with Martin Karplus and Arieh Warshel)
- Martin Karplus 2013 (along with Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel)
- Arieh Warshel 2013 (along with Martin Karplus and Michael Levitt)