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Read more at: Nitschke group awarded ERC Advanced Grant

Nitschke group awarded ERC Advanced Grant

Photo of Nitschke Research Group courtesy LIsa Masters

Apr 28 2016

Professor Jonathan R. Nitschke’s research group has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for research into the Functional Systems of Capsules. 

Read more at: Green Impact Day

Green Impact Day

Image of postdoc Michelle Cain and University of Cambridge Environmental Coordinator Peter Lumb courtesy Gabriella Bocchetti, Department of Chemistry

Apr 4 2016

The department held a Green Impact Day on Friday 1 April, with activities designed to encourage department members to think of creative ways to reduce their carbon footprint.

Read more at: Nobel Laureate Robert H Grubbs to speak in Department

Nobel Laureate Robert H Grubbs to speak in Department

Courtesy Chemical Heritage Foundation

Mar 30 2016

Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Grubbs will give a seminar in the department on Thursday 7 April at 3:30 pm.

Read more at: Department of Chemistry rated number one in UK

Department of Chemistry rated number one in UK

Image of Graduate Admissions Day courtesy Nathan Pitt

Mar 22 2016

The Department of Chemistry has once again been rated as the top chemistry department in the UK by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016.

Read more at: Professor Timothy M. Swager to give Lewis Lecture

Professor Timothy M. Swager to give Lewis Lecture

Photo courtesy MIT

Mar 22 2016

Professor Timothy M. Swager of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will give this year’s Lewis Lectures in the Wolfson Theatre on 27 and 29 April.

Read more at: Professor Steven Ley's 70th Birthday Symposium 8 April

Professor Steven Ley's 70th Birthday Symposium 8 April

Courtesy Department of Chemistry

Mar 21 2016

A symposium in honour of Professor Steven Ley's 70 birthday will be held in the department on Friday 8 April 2016.

Read more at: Roxanne Middleton wins Silver in SET for BRITAIN poster competition

Roxanne Middleton wins Silver in SET for BRITAIN poster competition

Image of Roxanne with Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner courtesy SET for BRITAIN

Mar 21 2016

Chemistry Department PhD student Roxanne Middleton was awarded the Silver Award for her research poster at the SET for BRITAIN exhibition of posters by early-career research scientists at Westminster on 7 March 2016.

Read more at: Gonçalo Bernardes wins Emerging Investigator Lectureship 2016

Gonçalo Bernardes wins Emerging Investigator Lectureship 2016

Image courtesy Nathan Pitt, Department of Chemistry.

Mar 18 2016

Dr Gonçalo Bernardes has won the Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Lectureship 2016 in Chemical Biology, which recognises emerging scientists who have made a significant contribution to their research field.

Read more at: Dr Yusuf Hamied receives Alumni Medal

Dr Yusuf Hamied receives Alumni Medal

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz presents Yusuf Hamied with his Alumni Medal. Image courtesy of Nathan Pitt, © University of Cambridge

Mar 17 2016

There was standing room only in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre as friends, family, postdocs, students and academics watched Yusuf Hamied receive the inaugural Alumni Medal from The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz.

Read more at: Salters' Festival of Chemistry 2016

Salters' Festival of Chemistry 2016

Image courtesy of Gabriella Bocchetti, © University of Cambridge

Mar 17 2016

80 pupils from 20 schools in the local area enjoyed a competitive day in the teaching lab here in the department.

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