Photosynthesis 'hack' could lead to new ways of generating renewable energy
image of cells and electrons during photosynthesis
Mar 22 2023An in-depth study of photosynthesis could lead to new ways of generating clean fuel and renewable energy.
Alex Rafaniello takes over our Twitter account
Twitter takeover banner. University of Cambridge.
Mar 20 2023Third year PhD student Alex Rafaniello, a founding member of the Queer in Chemistry Network, took over our Twitter account @ChemCambridge on 16 March 2023.
Designer antibodies
Dr Pietro Sormanni (left) and Dr Xing Xu in the lab taken by Nathan Pitt, ©University of Cambridge
Mar 15 2023Bespoke antibodies designed and tested in the lab are a promising tool to speed up drug design.
Internship Opportunities via The Faraday Institution FUSE scheme
10 March 2023
Studying a STEM degree? Wondering what career to pursue? Interested in finding out more about the battery sector? Keen to spend time with a dynamic community of pioneering battery researchers seeking to find solutions to support a fully electric future?
The Department of
...Chemistry Open Day 18 March 2023
Slime pond at Chemistry Open Day, courtesy @Cambridge Photography
Mar 9 2023After a three-year absence, the Chemistry Open Day makes a welcome return on Saturday 18 March.
Where are they now?
Dr Victoria Steadman. Sai Life.
Mar 8 2023Introducing Dr Victoria Steadman and Dr Teagan Stockdale, two alumni from the Paterson group and where they are today.
Roscoe Medal for Chemistry awarded to Bea Jones, PhD student
08 March 2023
On International Womens' Day 2023, we are celebrating the news that Bea Jones, a 3rd year PhD student in the Photoactive Materials group in the Department of Materials Science and the B21 beamline at Diamond Light Source, was awarded the Roscoe Medal (Gold prize) for Chemistry at the 2023 STEM...
Stephanie Smith receives Pilkington Prize
Dr Stephanie Smith, taken by Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge
Mar 8 2023Congratulations to Dr Stephanie Smith who received the Pilkington Prize in recognition of her excellence in teaching.
Dr Olga Kennard OBE FRS, 1924-2023
Dr Olga Kennard giving opening remarks at the CCDC's CSD 50th celebration
Mar 6 2023It is with sadness that we announce the death of Dr Olga Kennard, founder of the Cambridge Structural Database and Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre.
Black Women in Science Network marks Black History Month
Tomi Akingbade, Black women in science
Feb 23 2023PhD student Oluwatomi Akingbade founded the Black Women in Science Network when she was an undergraduate at the University of Nottingham in 2018.
Coffee and chemistry: global women’s breakfast
Global Womens Breakfast Feb 2023 taken by Michael Webb ©University of Cambridge
Feb 22 2023Postdoctoral researchers hosted poster presentations alongside coffee and pastries to celebrate the IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast on 14 February.
New study finds flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet more complex than thought
Conversations on Chemistry: watch Dr Peter Wothers alumni lecture
Dr Peter Wothers presentation 11th Feb 2023 taken by Michael Webb ©University of Cambridge
Feb 15 2023Dr Peter Wothers gave a fascinating talk on pioneering science writer Jane Marcet at our annual alumni lecture on 11 February,
New gift for Alzheimer’s disease research
Chemistry of Health opening ceremony, Nathan Pitt, University of Cambridge.
Feb 14 2023Mr R. Derek Finlay (Emmanuel 1952) has given another £2 million to promote further innovation in the Department’s Centre for Misfolding Diseases (CMD), located in our Chemistry of Health building.
The women in neuroscience network and its student founder
Elizabeth English representing ISTAART at the the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. ISTAART.
Feb 9 2023Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ English wanted to connect with other women in neuroscience but couldn’t find quite the right organisation. So she started the Women in Neuroscience Network in the UK.
New book from Professor Kumar
08 February 2022
As well as being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry at the end of last year, Professor R. Vasant Kumar, Distinguished Research Fellow, completed editing of "Rechargeable Ion Batteries", which was published by Wiley-VCH in December 2022. This book also includes four chapters co-...
Chemistry Spin-out creates better sequencing method
Image of DNA courtesy Epigenetix
Feb 6 2023Researchers at Balasubramanian Group spin-out Cambridge Epigenetix have found a new way to sequence genetic and epigenetic information in the same work flow, which could help detect diseases like cancer.
European Research Council consolidator grant for organic chemistry
Robert Phipps during graduate open day 2017, Nathan Pitt, ©University of Cambridge
Feb 6 2023Professor Robert Phipps has been awarded a European Research Council consolidator grant for research into enantioselective radical chemistry.
Grant awarded to research high performance and long-life fast charging batteries for electric vehicles
Dr Israel Temprano in his lab, Gabriella Bocchetti©University of Cambridge
Feb 6 2023“We will be working to advance the performance of fast charging, long life batteries for automotive,” explains Dr Israel Temprano, who has received a grant as part of a collaboration to research ultra-fast charging batteries.
Early career researcher recognised for her antibody research
Courtesy @Chemistry
Feb 2 2023Bernardes Group researcher Dr Yanira Méndez Gómez has won the Otto Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award.