The 2022 Blavatnik Awards ceremony for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom was hosted at the Victoria & Albert Museum on the 28th February 2022.

Professor Jonathan Nitschke has been awarded the International Izatt-Christensen Award in Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry for 2022.

Researchers here have developed an efficient concept to turn carbon dioxide into clean, sustainable fuels, without any unwanted by-products or waste.

The breakfast on the 16th February was the ideal spot for coffee, croissants and chemistry.

Amongst the twenty three selected US Scholars-elect is Nisita Dutta who will start a PhD in chemistry in 2022. We offer a warm welcome to Nisita who will join the Bernardes lab.

We handed the keys of @ChemCambridge to PhD student Sandile Mtetwa to celebrate the UN International Day for Women and Girls in Science. Mtetwa researches metallicity and sustainable fuels, and is a co-chair of the organisation Africans in STEM.

Researchers have imaged protein aggregates in blood for the first time, which could lead to a new diagnostic tool for Parkinson’s disease.

We are delighted that not one, but two of the Chemistry Department’s scientists are finalists for the Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom.

PhD student Katherine Gibson’s chemistry journey reflects her desire to learn from a wide range of influences: from other students, through working in industry, as a researcher, and most recently at a prestigious international summer school.

Professor Dominic Wright was our postgraduate students’ choice for Outstanding Supervisor this year.

Plant cell walls are made of cellulose fibres laid down on top of each other like plywood. In many cells, each layer is laid down with a twist from the one before - but why?

Researchers from the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry have developed a jelly-like material that can withstand the equivalent of an elephant standing on it, and completely recover to its original shape, even though it’s 80% water.

Scientists have developed a new approach for observing mechanochemical reactions, which could be used when making new compounds and materials potentially suitable for many industries.

Researchers here have created a model which can describe and predict how biomolecules self-organise into compartments inside living cells, leading the way towards a better understanding of the causes of some neurodegenerative diseases and cancers.

The University Chemical Society, better known as ChemSoc, started Michaelmas term with a figurative bang by recruiting a Nobel laureate to speak.