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2014 Who's Who

Dec 12 2013

Peter Wothers and Chris Abell have been included in the latest edition of Who's Who, which lists living notable Britons.

Jonathan Nitschke wins 2013 Bob Hay Lectureship

Nov 27 2013

Jonathan Nitschke has won the 2013 Bob Hay lectureship, awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Macrocycles and Supramolecular Chemistry group.

Quadruplex structures found in RNA

Nov 25 2013

Shankar Balasubramanian’s group has found evidence for the presence of G-quadruplex structures in RNA within the cytoplasm of human cells. The work has been published in Nature Chemistry.

Jason Chin gives Solvay Lecture

Oct 20 2013

Jason Chin gave one of the annual Solvay Public Lectures in Brussels on 20 October.

Jason Chin inducted into European Inventor Hall of Fame

Oct 17 2013

Jason Chin has been inducted into the European Inventor Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Munich celebrating 40 years of the European Patent Convention.

2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Oct 9 2013

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 has been awarded to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel "for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems"

Gonçalo Bernardes wins Young Investigator award

Sep 21 2013

Gonçalo Bernardes has been awarded a RSC/BMOS Young Investigator award

Venture Competition success for chemistry spin-out Aqdot

Sep 5 2013

Aqdot was one of two start-up companies to succeed in the UK rounds of Climate-KIC’s Venture Competition.

Herchel Smith Professor of Organic Chemistry

Sep 2 2013

The department is delighted to announce that Professor Chris Hunter FRS has been elected as Herchel Smith Professor of Organic Chemistry.

Jean-Pierre Hansen FRS receives ALDER-CECAM prize

Aug 28 2013

The Berni J. Alder CECAM Prize recognizes exceptional contributions to the field of microscopic simulation of matter, and is the most prestigious European prize for computer simulations in condensed matter physics/chemistry, statistical physics and physical chemistry.

2014 Who's Who

Jonathan Nitschke wins 2013 Bob Hay Lectureship

Quadruplex structures found in RNA

Jason Chin gives Solvay Lecture

Jason Chin inducted into European Inventor Hall of Fame

2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Gonçalo Bernardes wins Young Investigator award

Venture Competition success for chemistry spin-out Aqdot

Herchel Smith Professor of Organic Chemistry

Jean-Pierre Hansen FRS receives ALDER-CECAM prize

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