Chemists discuss new therapies for serious diseases
Courtesy New Therapeutics Forum
Three Department of Chemistry scientists will be discussing their latest research at the Cambridge New Therapeutics Forum on Thursday 1 February in the department's BMS Lecture Theatre.
Researchers use algae to create greener fuel cells
Image courtesy University of Cambridge
Two researchers from the Department of Chemistry, Professor Tuomas Knowles and Kadi Liis Saar, have helped design a new type of solar cell using algae.
The Winter 2017 Chem@Cam magazine features scientists associated with the Department of Chemistry whose work has been recognised at the highest level by the award of the Nobel Prize.
Professor Vendruscolo's 'distinguished work' honoured
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For his "distinguished work", Professor Michele Vendruscolo has received the Giuseppe Occhialini Medal and Prize, awarded jointly by the Institute of Physics and the Italian Physical Society.
Three-year collaboration to predict Black Swans in medicine
A 'black swan' is the toxic effect of a compound which could have been predicted in hindsight
The first project of the Cambridge Alliance on Medicines Safety will be a three-year collaboration to predict the safety of current and future medicines.
Image of Alumni Medal courtesy Department of Chemistry Photography
Sir John Sulston – who worked on the sequencing of the very first animal genome and went on to lead the UK research in the Human Genome Project – was awarded the Department of Chemistry Alumni Medal in October 2017.
Petals produce a ‘blue halo’ that helps bees to find flowers
The base of the petals of daisy Ursinia speciosa contains a dark pigment but appears blue due to the presence of disordered striations on the cell surface. Image: Fred Lewsey, University of Cambridge
An interdisciplinary group of researchers which includes the department's Dr Silvia Vignolini, has found that 'messy' microscopic structures on the petals of some flowers manipulate light to produce a blue colour effect that is easily seen by bees.
PhD student Jerelle Joseph in the gym at Churchill College (photo: Nick Saffell)
Jerelle Joseph wasn’t sure she wanted to leave Dominica to take a PhD in Computational Chemistry in chilly Cambridge. Now she runs a mentoring scheme to encourage others from the Caribbean to pursue their ambitions.
Image of Professor Cech with students courtesy of the Department of Chemistry
Nobel Laureate Professor Tom Cech came to the Department of Chemistry on 16th October, to give the 2017 Herchel Smith Lecture: 'Shedding some Light on the Dark Matter of the Genomic Universe.'
