2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Richard Henderson
Courtesy MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
The department would like to congratulate Dr Richard Henderson of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, for being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Jacques Dubochet and Joachim Frank.
Head of Graduate Education Dr Deborah Longbottom introduces student prizewinners, courtesy Department of Chemistry Photography
The Department of Chemistry threw open its doors to researchers from academia and industry when it held its annual Chemistry Networks event at the end of September – a get-to-know-us day for current and prospective research partners
Research Fellow’s Start-Up Company wins Commendation
Courtesy Department of Chemistry Photography
A company started up by a Research Fellow to develop robust, small and cheap sensors for detecting toxic gases has just won a commendation in a new awards scheme.
Cambridge-AstraZeneca PhD Programme in Chemical Synthesis
Courtesy University of Cambridge
Applications are invited for a four-year PhD programme based in the Department of Chemistry in connection with the new AstraZeneca Global Research and Development Centre at Cambridge.
The Returning Carers Scheme assists returning carers to build up their research profiles or other academic activity following a break in their career or a period of leave for caring responsibilities.
The Chemistry Cricket team have finished their 8-match season with only one victory, but many happy memories of playing in such a quintessential English summer sport.
New fabrication route for plasmonic metasurfaces is simple and scalable
Image courtesy Vignolini group
A team of researchers including Dr Silvia Vignolini from the Department of Chemistry and scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, have demonstrated a ‘truly scalable’ fabrication route for producing plasmonic metasurfaces.
Open Cambridge to showcase North West Cambridge development
Courtesy University of Cambridge
A showcase of Eddington, the University of Cambridge’s new district in North West Cambridge, will take place as part of Open Cambridge on Saturday 9 September.
Chemists from the department's Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis and architects from the Department of Architecture have developed an improved method of making synthetic spider silk.
