Researchers have found that a common plant owes the dazzling blue colour of its fruit to fat in its cellular structure, the first time this type of colour production has been observed in nature.
Dr Olga Kennard FRS has been awarded the 12th Ewald Prize "for her invaluable pioneering contribution to the development of crystallographic databases".
Four-stranded DNA structures found to play role in breast cancer
DNA structure courtesy Thomas Splettstoesser
Four stranded DNA structures – known as G-quadruplexes – have been shown to play a role in certain types of breast cancer for the first time, providing a potential new target for personalised medicine.
Protein engineering pioneer awarded Royal Society Copley Medal
Courtesy Nathan Pitt, Department of Chemistry
Emeritus Professor Sir Alan Fersht of this Department has been named as the 2020 winner of the world's oldest scientific prize, the Royal Society's prestigious Copley Medal.
The new normal: Steve skyping with his PA Jacqui Worster from his home computer
On Monday the 20th of July, Professor Steve Ley celebrated a personal milestone: his 888th paper was published online exactly 50 years after the publication of his first research paper in synthetic chemistry.
As Chairman of Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla, alumnus Dr Yusuf Hamied is increasing the production of Remdesivir and other anti-Covid-19 treatments for millions of sufferers.
Professor Clare Grey awarded Ernst Prize in Magnetic Resonance
Courtesy Department of Chemistry Photography
Professor Clare Grey has been awarded the 2020 Richard R. Ernst Prize in Magnetic Resonance for her contributions to the use of solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods to study paramagnetic materials.
Dr Andreas Bender hopes his research will lead to better cancer treatments (courtesy Department of Chemistry)
Researchers have developed a way to identify rare drug resistance markers in cancer cells, which could open new ways to tackle the increasing problem of cancer drug resistance.
Stephanie Smith receives Innovative Teaching award
Stephanie Smith as she appears on Zoom
Teaching Fellow Dr Stephanie Smith has been honoured for her innovative teaching by the Cambridge University Students’ Union Student-Led Teaching Awards.
Researchers here have shown that hydrogen can be made using garden plants and river water, leading to hopes the green energy source could be manufactured without using fossil fuels.
