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Read more at: Researchers visit Kenya to study 12 million year old fossil

Researchers visit Kenya to study 12 million year old fossil

Dr Silvia Vignolini working with Dr Job Kibii and Ms. Cecila Kathenya at the National Museums in Kenya, courtesy Rox Middleton

Oct 3 2016

Dr Silvia Vignolini and PhD student Rox Middleton have visited the National Museums in Kenya to study a Pollia fossil.

Read more at: Shankar Balasubramanian profiled in Nature Methods

Shankar Balasubramanian profiled in Nature Methods

Courtesy Department of Chemistry

Oct 3 2016

"It's good to consider many ideas and reject most, even all of them, on thinking them through," says Professor Shankar Balasubramanian in a recent feature article in Nature Methods.  

Read more at: University Postgraduate Open Day 2 November

University Postgraduate Open Day 2 November

Image of postgrad student poster exhibition courtesy Department of Chemistry Photography

Oct 1 2016

The department is taking part in the first University of Cambridge Postgraduate Open Day on 2 November.

Read more at: Researchers discover vital role of Parkinson's Disease protein

Researchers discover vital role of Parkinson's Disease protein

Image courtesy Alfonso De Simone

Sep 20 2016

Department of Chemistry researchers and their collaborators have identified important clues about what may be happening to patients when a protein associated with Parkinson's Disease malfunctions.

Read more at: Researchers welcome young scientists from the UK and Japan

Researchers welcome young scientists from the UK and Japan

Image of students preparing podcast courtesy Department of Chemistry

Sep 12 2016

Researchers from the Vignolini and Scherman groups hosted a workshop in July for students from schools in England and Japan.

Read more at: Chemistry spin-out Fluidic Analytics raises £5.3 million

Chemistry spin-out Fluidic Analytics raises £5.3 million

Image courtesy Fluidic Analytics

Sep 12 2016

Fluidic Analytics Limited, a company founded by Professor Tuomas Knowles in the department, has raised £5.3 million in Series B financing.

Read more at: 4-stranded DNA helix points to possible new cancer treatments

4-stranded DNA helix points to possible new cancer treatments

Image courtesy Jean-Paul Rodriguez and Giulia Biffi

Sep 12 2016

Researchers in the Balasubramanian Group have identified the role that a four-stranded version of DNA may play in the progression of cancer, and suggest that it may be used to develop new targeted cancer therapies.

Read more at: Professor David Klenerman awarded Royal Society Research Professorship

Professor David Klenerman awarded Royal Society Research Professorship

Image courtesy Department of Chemistry Photography

Sep 6 2016

Professor David Klenerman of the Department of Chemistry has been awarded the Royal Society GSK Research Professorship.

Read more at: Nobel Laureate Roger Y Tsien 1952- 2016

Nobel Laureate Roger Y Tsien 1952- 2016

UC San Diego Health

Sep 5 2016

Rogert Tsien, a former Todd Professor in this Department and co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, died 24 August 2016. 

Read more at: Chemistry to hold inaugural Chemistry Networks event

Chemistry to hold inaugural Chemistry Networks event

Image courtesy Department of Chemistry Photography

Sep 1 2016

Members of local industry can discover more about ways to work with the department at its first ever Chemistry Networks event in September.

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