News in 2016
- Chemistry graduate opens UK’s first independent science incubator 20 March 2017 Congratulations to Chemistry PhD graduate Dr Harry Destecroix who has just launched Unit DX, a revolutionary innovation centre for scientific enterprise
- Bristol Tackles Global Challenges Week 20 March 2017 Well done to everybody who took part in Bristol Tackles Global Challenges Week which saw BristolBridge and BrisSynBio host 46 investigators from 14 universities and institutes across Thailand, Malaysia and Kenya to develop collaborative international partnerships to address global challenges.
- Stephen Hill wins prize at Symposium on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 16 December 2016 Congratulations also to PhD student Stephen Hill (Carmen Galan’s group) and a member of the Chemical Synthesis CDT who was awarded best Oral Presentation at the 6th Annual Postgraduate Symposium on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- Aggarwal Group publish in Angewandte Chemie 16 December 2016 Well done to post-doctoral research associates Roly Armstrong and Cristina García-Ruiz, Research Officer Eddie Myers and Varinder Aggarwal for their recent paper in Angewandte Chemie
- Lydia Dewis wins ChemMedChem poster presentation award 16 December 2016 Congratulations to Chemical Synthesis PhD student Lydia Dewis who won a poster presentation award at the Protein-Protein Interactions 2016 conference
- Yahui Wang wins poster prize at 'New Challenges in Organic Synthesis' conference 16 December 2016 Very well done to Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Yahui Wang (Varinder Aggarwal's group) for winning a Poster Prize for his poster at the International Conference on New Challenges in Organic Synthesis
- Women in Innovation prizes for former School of Chemistry students 1 December 2016 Congratulations to School of Chemistry alumni Becky Sage and Emma Sceats who have both been awarded Women in Innovation prizes run by Innovate UK worth £50,000
- Dr Dave Glowacki awarded PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship 25 November 2016 Congratulations to Dr Dave Glowacki who is to be the inaugural recipient of the Emerging Investigator Lectureship associated with the RSC journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
- Rebecca Ingle wins best poster prize at the Stereodynamics 2016 conference 25 November 2016 Congratulations PhD student Rebecca Ingle who won a best poster prize at the Stereodynamics 2016 conference which took place a in Taiwan
- Steven Street wins "I'm a scientist, get me out of here" - drug discovery zone 22 November 2016 Congratulations to PhD student Steven Street from the Galan Group who was the last person standing in the Drug Delivery Zone of the online outreach event "I'm a scientist, get me out of here"
- Update from the Women in Science Working Group 18 November 2016 The Women in Chemistry Working Group provided a hands-on demonstration at a Women in Science & Engineering Outreach event for 80 students from 6 local schools
- Regional asynchronicity in dairy production and processing in early farming communities of the northern Mediterranean 17 November 2016 Congratulations to Post-Doctoral Research Associate Mélanie Roffet-Salque, PhD student Helen Whelton and Professor Richard P. Evershed who have published a paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS).
- Aleks Marsh awarded prize at the Annual Aerosol Society Conference 11 November 2016 Congratulations to 3rd year PhD student Aleks Marsh who was awarded a prize for the best oral presentation by an early career researcher at the Annual Aerosol Society Conference in Birmingham this week
- Toward direct laser writing of actively tuneable 3D photonic crystals 11 November 2016 Congratulations to Carl Hu, a PhD student in Professor Charl Faul's group who along with collaborators published a paper in Advanced Optical Materials
- Emily White awarded internship with the Government Office for Science 11 November 2016 Congratulations to 3rd Year PhD student Emily White who has been awarded one of twelve 3-month internships with the Government Office for Science (GO-Science)
- Bristol chemists publish in Nanoscale 4 November 2016 Well done to Chemical synthesis CDT student Stephen Hill, Postdoctoral Research Associate David Benito, David Morgan (Cardiff) Monica Berry, Sean Davis and M. Carmen Galan on their recent publication on Nanoscale.
- Bristol chemists publish in Nature Communications 2 November 2016 Well done to Dr Paddy Royall and Dr Jade Taffs for their paper in Nature Communications entitled ‘The Role of Fivefold Symmetry in Suppressing Crystallization’
- Dr John Bower and Dr Dave Glowacki both awarded Philip Leverhulme Prizes 14 October 2016 Congratulations to Dr John Bower and Dr Dave Glowacki who have both been awarded prestigious Leverhulme Trust Philip Leverhulme Prizes
- Hot Paper in "Chemistry - A European Journal" 11 October 2016 Congratulations to PhD student Ben Mills, Dr Natalie Fey and Professor Charl Faul and collaborators from France, Germany and Poland who have just had a hot paper for publication in “Chemistry - A European Journal”
- Dr Pierangelo Gobbo awarded 2016 Governor General's Gold Medal 11 October 2016 Congratulations to Dr Pierangelo Gobbo a visiting research associate in Professor Steve Mann's group who has been awarded the prestigious Governor General's Gold Medal at Western University Canada
- PhD student Steve Street to take part in "I'm a Scientist, get me out of here" 7 October 2016 Steve Street will be competing in November 2016 in the Drug Discovery Zone, talking about his project on selective carbohydrate based ligands for G-quadruplex DNA
- Research published in the Journal of American Chemical Society (JACS) 7 October 2016 Congratulations to Dr John Bower's research group who have just published a paper in the Journal of American Chemical Society (JACS)
- Small droplets feel the vibe 7 October 2016 A team of researchers from the Schools of Chemistry, Engineering & Physics have used ultrasonic forces to accurately pattern thousands of microscopic water-based droplets. Each droplet can be designed to perform a biochemical experiment, which could pave the way for highly efficient lab-on-a-chip devices with future applications in drug discovery and clinical diagnostics.
- Laser Group publish in Nature Chemistry 4 October 2016 The translational, rotational and vibrational relaxation dynamics of a solute molecule
- Protocells on the hunt 4 October 2016 Researchers at the University of Bristol have designed a synthetic community of artificial cells that collectively displays a simple form of predatory behaviour. The work provides a new approach to designing complex life-like properties in non-living materials.
- Research published online in Geology 29 September 2016 Congratulations to Dr David Naafs and Prof Rich Pancost who have just published a paper in Geology
- "I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here" Winner Creates Chemistry Outreach Calendar 28 September 2016 Congratulations to PhD student Thomas Farrugia who has distributed calendars to secondary schools via Bristol ChemLabS after receiving funding from 'I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here'
- Chemistry Explored- Autumn 2016 22 September 2016 The latest edition of the School of Chemistry Magazine 'Chemistry Explored' is now available
- Ikenna Ndukwe Wins Poster Prize at SMASH 2016 21 September 2016 Congratulations to final year PhD student, Ikenna Ndukwe who won a poster prize at SMASH 2016 in La Jolla, California
- Research published in the Journal of American Chemical Society (JACS) 6 September 2016 Capture–collapse heterocyclization: 1,3-diazepanes by C–N reductive elimination from rhodacyclopentanones
- Giacomo Crisenza is selected to attend J-NOST-12 6 September 2016 Congratulations to Chemical Synthesis PhD student Giacomo Crisenza (working with Dr John Bower) who has been selected by the Royal Society of Chemistry to attend J-NOST-12 at the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) in Lucknow in India in November this year.
- Professor Ian Manners' group publish in Nature Communications 24 August 2016 Congratulations to Professor Ian Manners and colleagues for their recent paper which has been published in Nature Communications.
- Professor Ian Manners' group publish in Nature Chemistry 24 August 2016 Congratulations to Professor Ian Manners and Rebecca Musgrave for their recent paper which has been published in Nature Chemistry
- Rebecca Ingle awarded a British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG) Scholarship 22 August 2016 Congratulations to 3rd Year Chemistry PhD Student, Rebecca Ingle, who has been awarded a British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG) Scholarship
- Computational Chemistry Gordon Research Conference 2016 10 August 2016 Members of the School of Chemistry Computation Chemistry Group attended the 2016 Computational Chemistry Gordon Research Conference
- Dr John Bower's group publish in Angewandte Chemie 28 July 2016 Congratulations to Dr John Bower's Group who have just published a paper in Angewandte Chemie
- Professor Jonathan Clayden's Group publish a VIP paper in Angewandte Chemie 22 July 2016 Congratulations to Professor Jonathan Clayden's Group who have published a VIP paper in Angewandte Chemie
- Professor Steve Mann awarded prestigious 2016 Royal Society Davy Medal 19 July 2016 Very many congratulations to Professor Steve Mann who has been honoured by the Royal Society for his outstanding contribution to the field of chemistry.
- School of Chemistry eco friendly 'snow' to premiere in Hollywood and beyond 15 July 2016 Lizzie Mould, a Chemistry MSc by Research student in Dr Wuge Briscoe's research group, creates eco friendly 'snow' for Hollywood and beyond
- Matt Goodwin Wins First Prize at the South West Structural Biology Consortium 13 July 2016 Congratulations to Matt Goodwin, an Industrial partnership PhD student with Professor Matt Crump and UCB, who won first prize for best oral presentation for his talk entitled ‘Fragment-based drug discovery by microlitre volume NMR’ at the 2016 South West Structural Biology Consortium Conference