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Field trip unfolds DNA mysteries

Thu, 11/01/2024 - 12:19

Chromatin Consortium courtesy of the Marine Biological Laboratory at the University of Chicago.

Jan 11 2024

Members of the Collepardo lab took part in a month-long ’Chromatin Consortium’ to help unfold the mysteries of the material that makes up our chromosomes.

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New discovery contradicts textbook models

Thu, 21/12/2023 - 15:07

Graphic representation of the liquid/air interface in a sodium chloride solution, courtesy Yair Litman

Jan 15 2024

Textbook models will need to be re-drawn after a team of researchers found that water molecules at the surface of salt water are organised differently than previously thought.

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Herchel Smith Fellowship extended application deadline

Mon, 18/12/2023 - 12:02

Herchel Smith Fellow in the Gaunt Group Dr Alexander Fawcett (middle row, far right) is now a Senior Scientist at a local pharma company.

Dec 18 2023

We have extended the application deadline for a three-year Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Organic or Biological Chemistry to 31 December 2023.

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Nano insights: exploring the quantum forces between water and carbon

Thu, 14/12/2023 - 15:54

Stephen Cox and Anna Bui in the botanical gardens

Feb 1 2024

It has been one year since Dr Stephen Cox became a Royal Society University Research Fellow. Since then, he and his growing team have been busy figuring out the fundamentals of friction between individual atoms.

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Academics share their research

Mon, 11/12/2023 - 17:25

Professor Angelos Michaelides, courtesy Chemistry Photography

Dec 11 2023

1968 Professor of Theoretical Chemistry Angelos Michaelides FRS has given the first talk in a lecture series which will give academics the opportunity to share their research with other department members.

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Department entrepreneurs garner recognition

Mon, 11/12/2023 - 10:03

Finalists in the competition, Mark Carrington (left) and Dr Kamil Sokowlowski (right) at the awards ceremony, courtesy Cambridge Enterprise

Dec 11 2023

Two members of our department made it to the finals of the Chris Abell Postdoc Business Plan competition in November.

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