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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

 
Read more at: Memorial Service for Service for Professor Nicholas Handy FRS (1941-2012)

Memorial Service for Service for Professor Nicholas Handy FRS (1941-2012)

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday 24th November at 2.30 p.m in St Botolph's Parish Church (just across the road from St Catharine’s College) because of the large number of people expected to attend.


Read more at: Supramolecular chemistry gets knotted

Supramolecular chemistry gets knotted

Work from Jeremy Sanders’ lab has generated novel molecules that assemble and link together to tie themselves in knots.  The results, published in Science in November, represent a major step forward towards understanding the complex non-covalent chemistry that determines the assembly of larger molecules such as proteins.


Read more at: Daan Frenkel elected Associate Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World

Daan Frenkel elected Associate Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World

Head of department Daan Frenkel has been elected as an Associate Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, or TWAS. The honour has been conferred in recognition of his outstanding contribution to science and its promotion in the developing world.


Read more at: 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Professors. Robert J. Lekowitz of Duke University & Brian K. Kobilka of Stanford have been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their studies of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).


Read more at: Death of Professor Nicholas C. Handy, FRS

Death of Professor Nicholas C. Handy, FRS

It is with great sadness that we announce that Professor Nicholas C. Handy FRS died on the 2nd of October 2012 after a short illness.


Read more at: Alessio Ciulli awarded an ERC Starting Grant

Alessio Ciulli awarded an ERC Starting Grant

Alessio Ciulli has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. The five-year grant will support his group's research on druggability of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) within multisubunit and multidomain protein complexes.


Read more at: Macro Group Young Researchers Meeting

Macro Group Young Researchers Meeting

The Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis is hosting a two day meeting of the Marco Group UK for young scientists.  For more information please click here.


Read more at: Hydrogen evolution from water under real-world conditions

Hydrogen evolution from water under real-world conditions

Reisner group discovers that a homogeneous cobalt catalyst evolves H2 electro- and photocatalytically under industrially relevant conditions: at room temperature, in pH-neutral water and in the presence of atmospheric O2.


Read more at: New chemistry gives slower drug delivery

New chemistry gives slower drug delivery

Chemistry from Oren Scherman’s group in the Melville Lab can give sustained release of drugs over a period of up to six months. This could have a huge impact on patients who need long-term injections, such as diabetics.


Read more at: Research Fellowships in Chemistry

Research Fellowships in Chemistry

The deadline for the submission of Expressions of interests is 5pm, Thursday 13th September 2012.