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Professor Eric Jacobsen Delivers 2025 MSD Lectureship

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Image credit: Michael Webb, Photography and Reprographics, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

On 8–9 December 2025, the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry hosted the Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) Lectureship, featuring Professor Eric Jacobsen from Harvard University, a world-leading researcher in enantioselective catalysis. The lectureship programme and symposium were organized and led by Professor Matthew Gaunt and included a supporting lecture by Dr Izzat Raheem of Merck US (MSD).

Scientists capture first molecular-scale images inside biomolecular condensates

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Near-atomistic reconstructions of chromatin condensates, in the left, of 25bp chromatin, with higher molecular valency; and in the right, 30bp chromatin, with lower molecular valency. Credit: Image adapted from Zhou et al., Science 2025. © AAAS

Researchers from Cambridge and UT Southwestern have, for the first time, visualised molecules inside chromatin droplets, revealing how these structures organise and support cell function.