A research team that includes scientists in this department has identified a strategy for rapidly detecting the DNA of pathogens – the microorganisms that cause disease – that could be relevant to the diagnosis of the COVID-19 virus.

We are very sad to be sharing the news that our colleague Dr Stuart Warren passed away on Sunday 22nd March.

Researchers here have come up with a strategy to make a transition metal-catalysed chemical reaction enantioselective through the use of a chiral cation. 

We are sorry to announce that Chemistry Open Day on Saturday 14 March has been cancelled. Dr Wothers' three public demonstration lectures during the day have also been cancelled.

"There is a role and a need for more women in STEM and things are getting rapidly and noticeably better for those who follow this path," says Dr Maria Russo, a Research Associate in our Centre for Atmospheric Science.

A technique based on the principles of MRI and NMR has allowed researchers to observe both how next-generation batteries for large-scale energy storage work, but also how they fail, aiding the development of strategies to extend battery lifetimes.

At an event last week we debated the need for more diversity in Chemistry with speakers from the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Proud Science Alliance, the BBC and Cambridge University Press.

"My career path has seen less linear progression and more Brownian motion," joked Professor Catherine J Murphy as she offered careers advice, and tips on getting the most out of their time, to our postgraduate students. 

The Winter 2019 edition of Chem@Cam magazine honours the legacy of research into neurodegenerative disorders left to us by our late colleague, Professor Sir Chris Dobson.

The breakthrough antiaromatic nanocage created by researchers working here has been named 'Molecule of the Year' in a poll by the American Chemical Society's Chemical & Engineering News.

Research Fellow Dr Jenny Zhang is the latest researcher to be profiled in the University of Cambridge 'Women in STEM' series.

The structure of water – and the molecular-level insights needed to solve some of the world's water problems – is what interests Angelos Michaelides, our new 1968 Professor of Chemistry.

Five of our colleagues have been identified as among the world's most influential researchers by the Web of Science for being most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade.

Chemistry PhD student David Izuogu is one of a team of researchers whose new anti-counterfeit technology has won them an entrepreneurship award. 

Researchers working in the Nitschke group here have successfully created the first self-assembled nanocage to have antiaromatic walls.