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Griff Pugh - the unsung hero of Everest - lecture by Harriet Tuckey

2013-06-10T08:40:29+00:00

Harriet Tuckey will give a lecture on Thursday 27 June 2013 at 4.15pm. The title of the lecture is Griff Pugh - the unsung hero of Everest.

The role of the spleen in combatting malaria

2013-06-07T13:20:19+00:00

Scientists at NIMR have shown how splenic myelopoiesis helps to combat malaria. The research is published in PLOS Pathogens.

Mill Hill Lecture by Susan Mango on Wed 26 June 2013

2013-06-07T07:16:52+00:00

Susan Mango from Harvard University will give a Mill Hill Lecture on Wednesday 26 June 2013 at 4.15pm. The title of the lecture is Dynamic chromatin during pluripotency and organogenesis.

Zebrafish maternal and paternal transcriptomes

2013-05-30T08:07:50+00:00

Researchers report the systematic identification of maternal and zygotic transcriptomes during the zebrafish maternal to zygotic transition. The research is published in Development.

The vector, the parasite and the mammalian immune system

2013-05-30T06:27:53+00:00

NIMR researchers together with scientists from the Sanger Institute have shown that transmission of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium, via the mosquito vector affects disease severity. The research is published in Nature.

Biography of NIMR physiologist published

2013-05-23T06:26:35+00:00

A biography of Griffith Pugh, the NIMR physiologist who advised the 1953 Everest expedition, has just been published.

Iris Salecker elected as EMBO member

2013-05-21T11:16:37+00:00

Iris Salecker has been elected as an EMBO member. Election as an EMBO Member is a tribute to her significant contribution to the advancement of science.

NIMR’s prize-winning students

2013-05-21T08:18:18+00:00

Two NIMR PhD students won prizes at a recent international conference on malaria.

A new Ngn3 conditional knockout model for studying the genetics of obesity in mice

2013-05-21T06:09:56+00:00

Researchers at NIMR have developed a new mouse model to study how development processes in the hypothalamus influence obesity. The research is published in Disease Models & Mechanisms.

Iron-Sulfur Cluster Proteins Discussion Meeting 2013

2013-05-20T08:54:22+00:00

The Iron-Sulfur Cluster Proteins Discussion Meeting 2013, organised by Annalisa Pastore and Salvatore Adinolfi, was held at NIMR on 19 April.