Babraham Institute
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Undertakes innovative biomedical research to discover the molecular mechanisms that underlie normal cellular processes and functions, and how, over lifetime, their failure or abnormality may lead to disease
The Babraham Institute is located six miles south-east of the university city of Cambridge, UK. We undertake innovative biomedical research to discover the molecular mechanisms that underlie normal cellular processes and functions, and how, over lifetime, their failure or abnormality may lead to disease. The Institute is a registered charity, sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), to underpin its national responsibilities for healthcare research and training.
Our research is also supported by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and many medical charities and other organisations.
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A dissection of class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase signalling in mouse embryonic fibroblasts and prostate organoids
(2018-07-21)Class I PI3Ks are a family (α, β, δ and γ) of ubiquitous lipid kinases that can be activated by cell surface receptors to 3-phosphorylate PI(4,5)P2 (phosphatidylinositol(4,5)-bisphosphate) and generate the signalling lipid ... -
Investigation of transcription factor binding at distal regulatory elements
(2018-07-20)Cellular development and function necessitate precise patterns of gene expression. Control of gene expression is in part orchestrated by a class of remote regulatory elements, termed enhancers, which are brought into contact ... -
CHARACTERISING A ROLE FOR ACETYLCOENZYME A SYNTHETASE 2 IN THE REGULATION OF AUTOPHAGY
(2018-01-10)The important role of the central intermediary metabolite acetyl-coenzyme A (AcCoA)for several anabolic and catabolic pathways is well characterised. However, the role of AcCoA as the only known donor of acetyl groups for ... -
Interrogating novel functions of the I kappa B kinases via CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing and small molecule inhibition
(2018-10-20)The NF-kB signalling pathway is a critical mediator of the cellular responses to inflammatory cytokines. The IκB kinase (IKK) complex, which is composed of two catalytic subunits (IKKα and IKKβ) and one regulatory subunit ...
