Dr Neil Harris and colleagues took part in the prestigious Summer Science Exhibition at the Royal Society in London, which is an annual display for the public of the most exciting new science and technology research from leading UK universities.

Cambridge MP Julian Huppert will visit the Department on 21 July to celebrate the recent £2 million upgrading of its core analytical facilities.

The Department is delighted to announce that Chris Dobson has been awarded the 2014 Feltrinelli International Prize by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.

Tuomas Knowles has been awarded the 2014 British Biophysical Society Young Investigator Medal and Award, and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Young Scientist Prize for Biological Physics.

The pharmaceutical chemist and philanthropist Dr Yusuf Hamied, who received his PhD from the Department,  has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University.

The Head of Department, Professor Daan Frenkel, has great pleasure in announcing this year's Senior Academic and Senior Researcher Promotions.

The Department is delighted to announce that Jeremy Sanders has been awarded with a CBE, for services to Scientific Research.

The Department is delighted to annouce that Peter Wothers has been awarded with an MBE, for services to Chemistry.

The Department will be holding its annual Graduate Admissions Open Day on Friday 24 October 2014 from 10:30-4:30 pm. Please see the Programme of Events for full details.