{"id":192,"date":"2026-05-06T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/?page_id=192"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:34:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:34:53","slug":"50th-25th-anniversaries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/50th-25th-anniversaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Testimonials<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Congratulations to LASR on your 50th anniversary<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Professor Mardia and the LASR Community,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Warmest congratulations to you and LASR as you celebrate 50 years of interdisciplinary<\/em><br \/>\n<em>collaboration. This milestone reflects a sustained commitment to bringing together diverse<\/em><br \/>\n<em>perspectives and advancing research at the intersection of complex fields.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It is particularly inspiring to see a focus on protein structure prediction with its 25th<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Anniversary. As the field continues to evolve rapidly, your work underscores the<\/em><br \/>\n<em>importance of the foundational discussions and global expertise that LASR has championed<\/em><br \/>\n<em>for decades. We also recognise the historic significance of Leeds University, where Astbury\u2019s<\/em><br \/>\n<em>pioneering breakthroughs laid such vital foundations for modern structural biology.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We wish LASR 2026 every success and look forward to your continued achievements in the<\/em><br \/>\n<em>years ahead.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Best regards,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Pushmeet Kohli, Vice President, Science &amp; Strategic Initiatives, Google DeepMind<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>30\/3\/2026<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-197\" src=\"http:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-132250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-132250.png 655w, https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-132250-250x316.png 250w, https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-132250-120x152.png 120w, https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-132250-400x505.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Flip through the years!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Take a look at the Silver LASR Anniversay leaflet in 2006 <a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/05\/LASR2006-Silver-Anniverssary-Leaflet.pdf\">LASR2006 Silver Anniverssary Leaflet<\/a><br \/>\nand LASR 2015 Leaflet <a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/05\/LASR2015-Workshop-Leaflet.pdf\">LASR2015 Workshop Leaflet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Testimonials Congratulations to LASR on your 50th anniversary Dear Professor Mardia and the LASR Community, Warmest congratulations to you and LASR as you celebrate 50 years of interdisciplinary collaboration. This milestone reflects a sustained commitment to bringing together diverse perspectives and advancing research at the intersection of complex fields. It is particularly inspiring to see...","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-192","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192\/revisions\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conferences.leeds.ac.uk\/lasr2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}