Royal Society of Chemistry prizes won by LCN researchers
Professor Fuchter won the prize for the development of chemistry-led approaches to interrogate function in chemistry, materials and medicine. Professor Fuchter also receives £5000 and a medal and Dr Wilton-Ely won the prize for contributions to the application of...
Mass of human chromosomes measured for the first time
For the study, published in Chromosome Research, researchers including the LCN Professor Ian Robinson and Archana Bhartiya used a powerful X-ray beam at the UK’s national synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, to determine the number of electrons in a spread of...
Rapid isothermal amplification diagnostic test to detect multiple COVID-19 genes
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of testing to limit the spread of the virus, and the need for rapid nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) to widen access to testing, particularly in low resource settings. In response to this challenge, the UCL...