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Read more at: Hunter receives RSC Supramolecular Chemistry Award

Hunter receives RSC Supramolecular Chemistry Award

Courtesy Gabriella Bocchetti, Department of Chemistry

Professor Christopher Hunter has been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry 2020 Supramolecular Chemistry Award for his pioneering work in the field.


Read more at: RSC Surfaces and Interfaces Award goes to Michaelides

RSC Surfaces and Interfaces Award goes to Michaelides

Courtesy Nathan Pitt, Department of Chemistry

Professor Angelos Michaelides has been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry 2020 Surfaces and Interfaces award for his outstanding contributions towards the understanding of complex aqueous interfaces and the formation of ice at such interfaces.


Read more at: Abell receives RSC Interdisciplinary Prize

Abell receives RSC Interdisciplinary Prize

Courtesy Nathan Pitt, Department of Chemistry

Professor Chris Abell has received the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2020 Interdisciplinary Prize for his pioneering work on fragment-based drug discovery and microfluidic microdroplets.


Read more at: Diversity and inclusion is a moral imperative

Diversity and inclusion is a moral imperative

We utterly reject the claim made in a now withdrawn Angewandte Chemie article that the drive to improve diversity and inclusion has a negative effect on standards. 


Read more at: Antibody designed to recognise pathogens of Alzheimer's disease

Antibody designed to recognise pathogens of Alzheimer's disease

Courtesy Strittmatter Laboratory, Yale University

Researchers here have found a way to design an antibody that can identify the toxic particles that destroy healthy brain cells - a potential advance in the fight against Alzheimer's disease.


Read more at: Structure Elucidation in One Minute

Structure Elucidation in One Minute

Credit Goodman Group

Researchers in the Goodman group have reduced the time it takes to analyse structures from eight hours to one minute.


Read more at: Protein interactions key to tackling coronavirus

Protein interactions key to tackling coronavirus

Professor Tuomas Knowles in Cambridge before the coronavirus lockdown

Professor Tuomas Knowles and his colleagues are developing a new approach to help better understand the body’s defences against SARS-CoV-2, and ultimately support the development of reliable antibody tests and vaccines.


Read more at: New hope for weight-loss drug without harmful side effects

New hope for weight-loss drug without harmful side effects

Researchers here have developed a potential weight loss drug and shown in mice that it may also avoid the harmful side effects of traditional treatments.


Read more at: Ozone may reduce ambulance turn-around time

Ozone may reduce ambulance turn-around time

Dr Giorio monitoring ozone flow to the fume cupboard.

Researchers in the Centre for Atmospheric Science here have been helping scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to test how ozone could speed up the cleaning of ambulances and potentially save lives.


Read more at: Targeting oligomer dynamics provides hope for new Alzheimer’s therapies

Targeting oligomer dynamics provides hope for new Alzheimer’s therapies

Lead author Dr Thomas Michaels developed a maths model

Researchers have revealed for the first time the surprising behaviour of toxic oligomers in the amyloid aggregation process involved in Alzheimer’s and other  diseases, thus opening up routes for new therapies against these dreaded killers.