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Read more at: Opening the tightly linked grass cell wall polymer network leads to improved biomass properties
Reduction of xylan cross linking

Opening the tightly linked grass cell wall polymer network leads to improved biomass properties

The grass family provides staple foods for billions of people worldwide, feed for animals, and biomass for the production of bioenergy. Plant biomass is primarily composed of lignin and polysaccharides that crosslink and interact with each other, forming complex and tightly knit cell walls. These networks of wall...


Read more at: PomBase joins ELIXIR Core Data Resources
PomBase

PomBase joins ELIXIR Core Data Resources

PomBase , the model organism database (MOD) curating molecular data for the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe , has become one of the first two Cambridge University-based databases, and the first MOD to be selected as an ELIXIR Core Data Resource . PomBase is a collaborative project between the University...


Read more at: Alex Borodavka's project ‘Unlocking RNA secrets’ selected for EMBO Young Investigator Programme
Alex Borodavka’s lab team

Alex Borodavka's project ‘Unlocking RNA secrets’ selected for EMBO Young Investigator Programme

Alex Borodavka is one of 26 scientists from across Europe, India, Singapore, Taiwan and Chile, selected to join the prestigious EMBO Young Investigator Programme . The initiative supports excellent young group leaders in the early stages of their independent careers, offering opportunities to build international...


Read more at: New framework to interrogate the dynamics of the transcriptome and proteome at subcellular resolution will reveal insights into the role of RNA and protein localisation dynamics in disease

New framework to interrogate the dynamics of the transcriptome and proteome at subcellular resolution will reveal insights into the role of RNA and protein localisation dynamics in disease

A paper published in Nature Methods presents the most comprehensive overview to date of RNA and protein subcellular localisation dynamics.

The research groups of Kathryn Lilley in the Biochemistry Department, Cambridge and Anne Willis from the MRC Toxicology Unit together with colleagues in the Structural...


Read more at: Fellowships and Awards 2023
Cambridge Biochemistry Awards 2023

Fellowships and Awards 2023

2023 has been a wonderful year for the Department with some remarkable achievements by our students and faculty.