Divisions of Structural Biology and Cancer Biology
The Institute of Cancer Research
The Institute of Cancer Research surveyed 239 of its researchers to gain insights into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their research, and to point to possible solutions. Read the results here.
Exciting news: our new Glacios cryo-electron microscope has arrived and is being installed. The photo pictures Basil Greber, a new Team Leader in the Division of Structural Biology, with the microscope in its new home. A new era of Structural Biology at the ICR!
In October, we welcomed three new PhD students to the lab: Saira, Ben and Giacomo! Exciting times!
Iona Black, PhD student in the lab, has been interviewed as part of the #KickstartICR appeal. You can read the interview here. To learn more about how you can help ICR to kick-start research after lockdown, please visit the Kick-Start Appeal website.
We are back to the lab since June, with a rotation system to limit occupancy, but our research can go on. Our recent (socially distanced) lab picnic in the nearby Hyde Park was a nice summer treat.
We recently welcomed three new team members: Lucie Vyletova and Paul Hopkins join us for some time as Higher Scientific Officers. Matthew Jessop started his postdoctoral research. Welcome Lucie, Paul and Matthew!
Today we welcome our new Postdoctoral Fellow Nisha Pillay to the group. Nisha joins us from the University of Manchester, having studied the molecular determinants of PARG inhibitor sensitivity for her PhD. Welcome Nisha!
Our latest paper is out: Fragment-based screening identifies molecules targeting the substrate-binding ankyrin repeat domains of tankyrase. Thank you to our collaborators Ian Collins (ICR) and Mark Pfuhl (King’s College London)! Many congratulations to the whole team, in particular first author Katie Pollock on her PhD work! You can read about the work in this ICR press release.
PhD student Yexin Xie has been awarded a place at the EMBO Course “Practical Integrative Structural Biology”. The course takes place at EMBL Hamburg and the Centre for Structural Systems Biology. Congratulations Yexin!
Postdoctoral Fellow Michael Ranes has been awarded a place at the prestigious Pathways to Independence training programme, a joint initiative by the ICR, Sanger, MRC, and Cancer Research UK institutes and the Babraham Institute. The programme provides training for future scientific leaders. Michael has also received a £5,000 Dean’s Award to develop his independent research programme. Congratulations Michael!