Inside the Lab: Undergrads Share Their Summer Research Stories
Last year our Chemistry@Cambridge Opportunity Fund and alumni gifts supported four undergrads to experience what it’s like to complete a project in a research group. Two of them report on their experience.
Klavs Jermakovs and Hussein Murtada are our first two Una Finlay scholars. They are studying Parkinson's disease, how it behaves, and potential new drug candidates.
Undergrad Daniel Leong completed a summer project in the Grey Lab and won a prize for his research poster. Daniel’s project was funded through the Faraday Undergraduate Summer Experience (FUSE), which funds undergrad placements in battery research.
Award recognises global impact of next generation sequencing
Image courtesy the Gairdner Foundation
Professors Sir David Klenerman and Sir Shankar Balasubramanian have been named as two of the five recipients of the 2024 Canada Gairdner International Award.
SynTech CDT students launch start-up to accelerate chemical synthesis
ReactWise founders Daniel Wigh (left) and Alexander Pomberger at the company launch, courtesy Chemistry Photography
Two PhD students from our department have launched a start-up which will democratise access to advanced optimisation strategies with a new, no-code software platform.
NAS Award winner in Chemical Sciences to give Melville Lectures
Professor Matyjaszewski, courtesy Carnegie Mellon and National Academy of Science
Professor Kris Matyjaszewski of Carnegie Mellon University will deliver our prestigious Melville Lectures on 14 and 16 May in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre.
Kelly Chibale recognised for drug discovery research
Kelly Chibale (Queens’ 1989), who completed his PhD in synthetic organic chemistry with Stuart Warren, already has a string of honours and awards to his name and he’s just received two more.
Klenerman (left) and Balasubramanian in front of the pub where it all happened.
Professors Sir David Klenerman and Sir Shankar Balasubramanian have been awarded the 2024 Novo Nordisk prize for their co-invention of Next Generation DNA Sequencing, which has transformed medicine and science.
Professor Erwin Reisner, courtesy Cambridge Festival
Professor Erwin Reisner will show how his group is developing ways to turn carbon dioxide, biomass and plastic waste into precious resources to underpin a solar-powered economy at his Open Day lectures in the Wolfson Theatre on Saturday 16 March.
Lambda recognised for its light-management technology
The Santander winners, courtesy Lambda Energy
Lambda Agri, a company embedded in Professor Dominic Wright’s research group, has received another prestigious award for its light-management technology that is used to increase crop yields.
Three-dimensional single-molecule localisation microscopy made faster than ever using microlenses to ‘see around corners.’ Researchers have used this to observe living white blood cells at the nanoscale.
Brighter, cheaper blue light could revolutionise screen technology
A solution of the new molecule glowing under UV light, credit Craig Yu & Petri Murto
A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge has found a new way to simplify the structure of high efficiency blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), which could lead to longer-lasting and higher definition television screens.
New schemes aim to widen participation in postgrad education
Learning new research skills in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry
Two new widening participation schemes will provide research experience to students from underrepresented groups and support their postgraduate applications.
