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Coffee and conversation at Researcher Café

The team members who created the café, courtesy University of Cambridge

A new online “café” has been created as a way for PhD students to converse with researchers from across the university.


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Following the hops of disordered proteins could lead to future treatments of Alzheimer’s disease

Beta-Amyloid Plaques and Tau in the Brain, courtesy National Institute on Aging, NIH

Researchers here have demonstrated how to determine the elusive motions of proteins that remain disordered.


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BP Sustainability Lectures 13th & 14th January

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This year's BP Sustainability Lecturer will be Emily Weiss, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University (USA).


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Sustainable hydrogen production a step closer

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The creation of hydrogen from sunlight and waste has received funding to support development towards commercialisation.


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Annual Diversity in Chemistry webinars open to all

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Our annual Diversity in Chemistry event has moved online to two interactive webinars on 11 February.


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Lightning strikes twice for Molecule of the Year

Artist's interpretation of the new molecule, courtesy Cambridge Photography

For the second year running, researchers in the Nitschke group have had a molecule crowned as C & EN’s Molecule of the Year.


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Zhang recognised for re-wiring photosynthesis research

Portrait of Dr Jenny Zhang, courtesy Gabriella Bocchetti

Dr Jenny Zhang has been awarded the 2020 Royal Society of Chemistry Biotechnology Medal for her work in combining electrochemistry with natural photosynthesis to find sustainable ways to fuel the planet.


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Major gift secures the Department's future

Dr Yusuf Hamied, courtesy University of Cambridge

The Department has received a major gift from alumnus Dr Yusuf Hamied which will support research and teaching for generations to come, and will secure the Department's leading position into the future.


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Click here to change RNA

Sigitas Mikutis courtesy Madoka Hazemi and Unnikrishnan Bindu

Researchers in the Bernardes lab have created a new tool to modify RNA in living cells, which opens new possibilities for drug discovery and medical treatments.


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Postdoc makes Impossible Materials possible

Lukas working remotely during the pandemic

Dr Lukas Schertel was awarded third prize in this year’s Postdoc Business Plan Competition for his spin-out Impossible Materials, which has developed eco-friendly cellulose-based white pigments.


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Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas, 1932-2020

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It is with sadness that we announce that Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas ScD FRS FREng FRSE passed away on Friday 13 November, 2020.


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Bernardes wins Young Chemical Biologist Award

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Dr Gonçalo Bernardes has been selected to receive the 2020 International Chemical Biology Society Young Chemical Biologist award.


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Targeting a shape-shifting 'undruggable' protein in Alzheimer's disease

Beta-Amyloid Plaques and Tau in the Brain, courtesy National Institute on Aging, NIH

A new study suggests that it is possible to design drugs that can target a type of shape-shifting protein involved in Alzheimer's disease, which was previously thought to be undruggable.


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Studentship Commemorates Stuart Warren

Stuart Warren

Earlier this year we announced the sad news of the death of our colleague Stuart Warren. Now we’ve created a studentship to mark his life and achievements.


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Black Scientists Matter

Sandile Mtetwa and James Keeler, courtesy Department of Chemistry

A Black Legacies in STEM exhibition which highlights Black scientists past and present from around the world has been held to mark Black History month.