Third year PhD student Alex Rafaniello, a founding member of the Queer in Chemistry Network, took over our Twitter account @ChemCambridge on 16 March 2023.

Bespoke antibodies designed and tested in the lab are a promising tool to speed up drug design.

After a three-year absence, the Chemistry Open Day makes a welcome return on Saturday 18 March.

Congratulations to Dr Stephanie Smith who received the Pilkington Prize in recognition of her excellence in teaching.

Introducing Dr Victoria Steadman and Dr Teagan Stockdale, two alumni from the Paterson group and where they are today.

It is with sadness that we announce the death of Dr Olga Kennard, founder of the Cambridge Structural Database and Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre.

PhD student Oluwatomi Akingbade founded the Black Women in Science Network when she was an undergraduate at the University of Nottingham in 2018.

Postdoctoral researchers hosted poster presentations alongside coffee and pastries to celebrate the IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast on 14 February.

Dr Peter Wothers gave a fascinating talk on pioneering science writer Jane Marcet at our annual alumni lecture on 11 February,

Mr R. Derek Finlay (Emmanuel 1952) has given another £2 million to promote further innovation in the Department’s Centre for Misfolding Diseases (CMD), located in our Chemistry of Health building.

Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ English wanted to connect with other women in neuroscience but couldn’t find quite the right organisation. So she started the Women in Neuroscience Network in the UK.

“We will be working to advance the performance of fast charging, long life batteries for automotive,” explains Dr Israel Temprano, who has received a grant as part of a collaboration to research ultra-fast charging batteries.

Professor Robert Phipps has been awarded a European Research Council consolidator grant for research into enantioselective radical chemistry.

Researchers at Balasubramanian Group spin-out Cambridge Epigenetix have found a new way to sequence genetic and epigenetic information in the same work flow, which could help detect diseases like cancer.

Professor Hanadi Sleiman spoke on her work on DNA nanostructures and how they can be applied to drug design and delivery at the 2023 Cambridge Energy Transition Lecture here in January.