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Michele Vendruscolo taken by Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge

Researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques to massively accelerate the search for Parkinson’s disease treatments.

Prof Dame Clare Grey, Xinyu Liu and Dr Alex Forse, taken by Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge

The energy density of supercapacitors – battery-like devices that can charge in seconds or a few minutes – can be improved by increasing the ‘messiness’ of their internal structure.

Klavs Jermakovs & Hussein Murtada taken by Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge.

Klavs Jermakovs and Hussein Murtada are studying Parkinson's disease, how it behaves, and potential new drug candidates.

Image courtesy the Gairdner Foundation

Professors Sir David Klenerman and Sir Shankar Balasubramanian have been named as two of the five recipients of the 2024 Canada Gairdner International Award.

ReactWise founders Daniel Wigh (left) and Alexander Pomberger at the company launch

Two PhD students from our department have launched a start-up which will democratise access to advanced optimisation strategies with a new, no-code software platform.

Professor Matyjaszewski, courtesy Carnegie Mellon and National Academy of Science

Professor Kris Matyjaszewski of Carnegie Mellon University will deliver our prestigious Melville Lectures on 14 and 16 May in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

Professor Erwin Reisner, courtesy Cambridge Festival

Professor Erwin Reisner has been awarded a prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies.

The Santander winners, courtesy Lambda Energy

Lambda Agri, a company embedded in Professor Dominic Wright’s research group, has received another prestigious award for its light-management technology that is used to increase crop yields.

Kelly Chibale (Queens’ 1989), who completed his PhD in synthetic organic chemistry with Stuart Warren, already has a string of honours and awards to his name and he’s just received two more.

Professor Erwin Reisner, courtesy Cambridge Festival

Professor Erwin Reisner will show how his group is developing ways to turn carbon dioxide, biomass and plastic waste into precious resources to underpin a solar-powered economy at his Open Day lectures in the Wolfson Theatre on Saturday 16 March.

Klenerman (left) and Balasubramanian in front of the pub where it all happened.

Professors Sir David Klenerman and Sir Shankar Balasubramanian have been awarded the 2024 Novo Nordisk prize for their co-invention of Next Generation DNA Sequencing, which has transformed medicine and science.

Courtesy Cambridge Science Festival

The next Alex Hopkins memorial lecture will be held Friday 22 March from 5pm - 6:15pm in the BMS lecture theatre.

Single molecular light field microscope, courtesy Michael Webb © Michael Webb University of Cambridge

Three-dimensional single-molecule localisation microscopy made faster than ever using microlenses to ‘see around corners.’ Researchers have used this to observe living white blood cells at the nanoscale.

A solution of the new molecule glowing under UV light, credit Craig Yu & Petri Murto

A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge has found a new way to simplify the structure of high efficiency blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), which could lead to longer-lasting and higher definition television screens.

Learning new research skills in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

Two new widening participation schemes will provide research experience to students from underrepresented groups and support their postgraduate applications.

Gonçalo Bernardes, courtesy Nathan Pitt, ©University of Cambridge

As part of NOVA-MRI (Novel Applications in 19F Magnetic Resonance Imaging), scientists have designed new molecules that identify particular cells accurately, for example, identifying cancer cells instead of healthy cells.

This breakthrough provides a basis for designing therapeutic antibodies, which could be used in new and improved therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Department taken by Gabriella Bocchetti, ©University of Cambridge

Join us in welcoming the five new group leaders in the department. Find out who they are, their research and their plans for their groups.

David Klenerman taken by Michael Webb ©University of Cambridge

Researchers in the Klenerman group have developed a new biomarker for Parkinson’s disease that paves the way to an early-diagnosis blood test and more effective treatment.

Sona Krajkovicova for Chem@Cam taken by Nathan Pitt ©University of Cambridge

Sona Krajcovicova, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Spring group, works on stabilising peptides for safe and stable drug delivery.