http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news News from the MRC National Institute for Medical Research in London, including our research, awards and grants, prizes and honours, publications, events at NIMR including the Mill Hill Lectures, our public engagement programme which includes the NIMR Schools Days and Human Biology Essay competition, the Research Summer School, funded by Nuffield Bursaries, and the future of NIMR. en webteam@nimr.mrc.ac.uk Copyright 2015 2015-03-13T08:04:46+00:00 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/research-honour-for-robert-wilkinson/ http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/research-honour-for-robert-wilkinson/#When:07:04Z Robert Wilkinson has been awarded the South African National Research Foundation's highest rating. Awards, Staf 2015-03-13T07:04:46+00:00 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/three-new-european-research-council-awards/ http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/three-new-european-research-council-awards/#When:14:26Z Three NIMR programme leaders have been awarded prestigious ERC consolidator grants. Fundin 2015-03-12T14:26:34+00:00 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/mill-hill-lecture-by-eleni-conti-on-18-march-2015/ http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/mill-hill-lecture-by-eleni-conti-on-18-march-2015/#When:07:08Z Elena Conti, from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, will give a Mill Hill Lecture on Wednesday 18 March 2015 at 4.00pm. The title of the lecture is Molecular mechanisms of RNA degradation. Event 2015-03-12T07:08:20+00:00 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/tools-of-the-trade-objects-that-tell-a-story/ http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/tools-of-the-trade-objects-that-tell-a-story/#When:13:00Z The Francis Crick Institute has been awarded a grant to help conserve a collection of scientific objects, most of them collected at NIMR. Art and science, Histor 2015-02-27T13:00:11+00:00 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/moving-towards-a-multi-stage-malaria-vaccine/ http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/moving-towards-a-multi-stage-malaria-vaccine/#When:11:16Z Researchers at NIMR have shown that immunity to malaria is not necessarily specific for a particular life-cycle stage. The research is published in eLife. Researc 2015-02-26T11:16:46+00:00 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/cutting-off-wnts-fatty-tail/ http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/cutting-off-wnts-fatty-tail/#When:16:04Z Research by scientists from NIMR, Oxford and CRUK has identified a mechanism that controls Wnt signaling. The work is published in Nature. Researc 2015-02-25T16:04:46+00:00 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/patrick-piggot-1941-2014/ http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/patrick-piggot-1941-2014/#When:06:08Z Patrick J. Piggot died on 25th August 2014, aged 73. He was a former Programme Leader in NIMR's Division of Microbiology (1974-1985). Staf 2015-02-24T06:08:46+00:00 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/host-protease-inhibitor-helps-block-influenza-virus-spread/ http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/host-protease-inhibitor-helps-block-influenza-virus-spread/#When:15:16Z NIMR scientists contributed to a study that identified an extracellular protease inhibitor as a novel type of host factor inhibiting influenza spread. The work is published in Cell. Researc 2015-02-12T15:16:24+00:00 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/new-research-programmes-in-stem-cell-biology-and-developmental-genetics/ http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/new-research-programmes-in-stem-cell-biology-and-developmental-genetics/#When:09:57Z Vivian Li and Kathy Niakan are two new programme leaders who joined the Institute in 2013, working in the Division of Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics. Staf 2015-02-11T09:57:10+00:00 http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/seven-phd-projects-open-for-applications/ http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/news/seven-phd-projects-open-for-applications/#When:14:10Z Seven PhD projects in the Crick PhD programme at Mill Hill are still open for applications. Jobs and stud 2015-02-10T14:10:58+00:00