NewsContensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.ukhttp://live-uon.cloud.contensis.com/chemistry/news.aspx?SyndicationType=22024-03-29T09:24:02ZProfessor Nick BesleyAndrew TealeIt is with deep regret that we have to inform you that Professor Nick Besley passed away on Sunday 27th June. Nick worked within the School of Chemistry at the University for 21 years. For students and staff affected by this news Tom Elgood (tom.elgood@nottingham.ac.uk) is available to provide guidance to support services.2021-07-01T22:30:00Z2021-07-07T23:00:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/professor-nick-besley.aspxGlobalise your degree courseMichael LoxtonStudents can diversify their degree course by choosing a language module for credits. We offer 10 credit modules in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Spanish. The levels range from Stage 1 (complete beginners) to Stage 6 (near native speaker competence). It is possible to improve existing skills or start a new language.2019-09-17T14:00:00Z2019-09-17T14:03:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/enrolment-dates-for-language-centre-modules-in-welcome-week.aspxCoffee collaboration has all the elements for the perfect blendEmma Halford-BusbyChemistry and the art of coffee making have been blended by the University of Nottingham to create an exclusive new roast, 'Poliakoffee' that is launched across campus today (1 April).2019-04-01T08:45:00Z2019-04-01T08:38:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/poliakoffee.aspxFOSAC reviewGeorgina BarclayScience was bringing smiles to the faces of people in Nottingham this weekend as the Festival of Science and Curiosity hit the streets, shopping centres and libraries.2019-02-21T16:31:00Z2019-02-21T15:47:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/fosac-review.aspxChemistry student to present at the American Chemical Society National Meeting and ExpoGeorgina BarclayPeter Walton, a chemistry student who is currently on placement with Optibrium, has been invited to present his work at the American Chemical Society National Meeting and Expo in Orlando, Florida.2019-02-21T14:40:00Z2019-02-21T14:37:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/chem-student-acs.aspxNottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity - 13-20 FebruaryEmma Halford-BusbyUniversity of Nottingham academics are taking part in a festival celebrating science, technology, engineering and maths across Nottingham.2019-02-08T08:38:00Z2019-02-08T08:35:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/fosac.aspxNew funding for five Centres for Doctoral TrainingEmma Halford-BusbyThe University has won new funding for five centres that will train the brightest postgraduate researchers to tackle pressing global challenges.2019-02-04T08:30:00Z2019-02-04T08:26:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/new-cdts.aspxNottingham Periodic Table - have your say!Emma Halford-BusbyTo mark the International Year of the Periodic Table, the University of Nottingham is creating a Nottingham version of the Periodic Table and is asking people to help by providing their suggestions of Nottingham related replacements for the chemical elements.2019-01-29T08:30:00Z2019-01-29T08:27:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/nottingham-periodic-table.aspxPride in STEM Research Showcase - Loughborough UniversityEmma Halford-BusbyThe Pride in STEM Research Showcase at Loughborough University on 13 February 2019 will present some of the diverse research being carried out by LGBT+ researchers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) fields.2019-01-23T16:43:00Z2019-01-23T16:41:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/pride-in-stem.aspxIngenuity19Georgina BarclayIngenuity19 is the University of Nottingham's annual innovation event designed to discover and develop enterprising ideas to transform our future. It's a brilliant opportunity for disruptors, entrepreneurs and community innovators to come together, and explore key challenges facing society.2019-01-23T11:47:00Z2019-01-24T10:01:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/ingenuity19.aspx1-5m EPSRC Fellowship for Professor Neil ChampnessEmma Halford-BusbyNeil Champness, Professor of Chemical Nanoscience, has been awarded a £1.5m Established Career Fellowship by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.2019-01-18T09:20:00Z2019-01-23T13:49:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/1-5m-epsrc-fellowship-for-professor-neil-champness.aspxLanguage Centre Module Enrolment: Spring semester 2019Susie SmithurstStudents can diversify their degree course by choosing a language module for credits. At the Language Centre we focus on providing language modules with the emphasis on communication. The modules are supported by the virtual learning environment Moodle, digital classrooms and a Self Access Centre for independent learning.We offer 10 credit modules in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Slovene and Spanish. The levels range from Stage 1a (complete beginners) to Stage 6 (near native speaker competence). It is possible to improve existing skills or start a new language.2019-01-07T13:26:00Z2019-01-28T09:15:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/enrolment-dates-for-language-centre-modules-in-spring-semester.aspxKEI-awardsGeorgina BarclayThe discovery of new bacteria-resistant plastics to reduce the incidence of hospital acquired-infections, one of the UK's most significant heritage regeneration projects, a one-in-a-million snail and keyhole surgery for jet engines were some of the research projects recognised at the University's Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards 2018.2018-11-28T15:24:00Z2018-11-28T15:06:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/kei-awards.aspxNottingham Student Experience Survey – win £200Georgina BarclayThe Nottingham Student Experience Survey is your chance to make a difference at the University of Nottingham.2018-11-21T16:54:00Z2018-11-21T16:54:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/nses-–-win-200.aspxOptibrium and University of Nottingham Collaborate on Innovative Teaching ProgrammeGeorgina BarclayOptibrium's StarDrop software will now be available for some fourth year projects on the MSci in exciting new collaboration.2018-11-01T13:47:00Z2018-11-01T13:34:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/optibriumuon-collaboration.aspxYouTube channels nominated for Times Higher Education awardsEmma Halford-BusbyUse of ground-breaking short YouTube videos to engage people in Science and STEM subjects has been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education awards.2018-09-07T10:32:00Z2018-09-07T10:28:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/the-award.aspxRSC awardGeorgina BarclayDr Deborah Kays, who works at the University of Nottingham, is the Royal Society of Chemistry Chemistry of Transition Materials winner for 2018.2018-05-08T13:32:00Z2018-05-08T13:24:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/rsc-award.aspxAward success for Faculty of Science PhD studentsGeorgina BarclayDr Chao Chen and Dr Wen Yun have been awarded the 2017 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad.2018-04-19T15:20:00Z2018-04-19T14:14:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/award-success-for-faculty-of-science-phd-students.aspxLord Dearing Award winnersGeorgina BarclayCongratulations to all Lord Dearing Award winners, including faculty colleagues Andrew Armour, Tom Wicks, Lisa Coneyworth and the Enterprise for Chemists team.2018-03-21T14:05:00Z2018-03-21T13:57:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/lord-dearing-award-winners.aspxNottingham patients to benefit from £30 millionMichael LoxtonAs one of six sites in the UK awarded funding from Health Data Research UK the Midlands partnership, made up of the Universities of Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham, Warwick, and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, aims to make pioneering improvements in people's health.2018-02-09T09:36:00Z2018-02-26T15:23:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/nottingham-patients-to-benefit-from-30-million.aspxSpring Semester 2018: Language Centre module enrolmentSusie SmithurstStudents can diversify their degree course by choosing a language module for credits with the Language Centre.2018-01-09T13:24:00Z2018-01-17T11:44:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/spring-semester-2018-enrolment-sessions-for-language-centre-modules.aspxERC Success -- Dr. Andy Teale awarded ERC Consolidator GrantAndy Teale, an Assistant Professor and Royal Society University Research Fellow within the School of Chemistry, has been awarded a major €2M Consolidator Grant (CoG) from the European Research Council (ERC).2017-11-30T13:02:00Z2017-12-25T22:20:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/erc-success-dr.-andy-teale-awarded-erc-consolidator-grant.aspxAre discarded cigarette butts the next high performing hydrogen storage material?Discarded cigarette butts are a major waste disposal and environmental pollution hazard. But chemists at the University of Nottingham have discovered that cigarette butt-derived carbons have ultra-high surface area and unprecedented hydrogen storage capacity.2017-11-01T14:04:00Z2017-12-25T22:01:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/are-discarded-cigarette-butts-the-next-high-performing-hydrogen-storage-material.aspxProbing Molecular Chirality -- New Photoelectron Circular Dichroism Techniques developed in School of Chemistry and Soleil/DESIRS collaborationA long-standing collaboration between scientists from the University of Nottingham (UK) and Soleil/DESIRS group has pioneered and developed a powerful new technique.2017-09-26T21:10:00Z2017-12-25T22:43:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/powis-photoelectron-circular-dichroism.aspxProf. Robert Mokaya receives prestigious Royal Society Wolfson-Merit Award for the development of alternative energy sourcesRobert Mokaya, Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of Nottingham's School of Chemistry is one of 25 new Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award Holders.2017-09-26T21:08:00Z2017-12-25T22:52:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/rmokaya-wolfson-merit.aspxCracking a 20-year puzzle -- unravelling the mechanism of organo-copper catalystsGroundbreaking research led by Simon Woodward, a professor of synthetic organic chemistry at the University of Nottingham, has proved how a catalyst in organo-copper chemistry works.2017-09-26T20:54:00Z2017-12-25T23:14:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/woodward-organo-copper.aspxProf. Sir Martyn Poliakoff elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of EngineeringProfessor Sir Martyn Poliakoff CBE FRS, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering for his pioneering work in supercritical fluids which was judged "to combine engineering and chemistry in a highly imaginative way". Election to the Royal Academy of Engineering is one of the highest honours for an engineer in the UK, and there are now 10 Fellows at Nottingham including emeritus professors, underlining the quality of engineering research at the University.2017-09-26T20:41:00Z2017-12-25T22:42:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/poliakoff-raeng.aspxReactions in tiny containers – towards the world's smallest coaxial cableA team in the School of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham have developed a new approach for the preparation of a coaxial cable around 50,000 times narrower than the width of a human hair. This miniscule wire – comprising a carbon nanotube located inside a boron nitride nanotube – can be produced on a preparative scale and may represent an important step towards the miniaturisation of electronic devices.2017-08-17T10:19:00Z2017-12-25T22:28:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/khlobystovrancecoaxial.aspxVersatile Routes to Functional RAFT chain transfer agentsThe paper 'Versatile Routes to Functional RAFT Chain Transfer Agents through the Passerini Multicomponent Reaction' has just been published in ACS Macro Letters and is now available online2017-07-10T15:02:00Z2018-01-11T04:51:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/news/archive/2017/versatile-routes-to-functional-raft-chain-transfer-agents.aspxSchool of Chemistry receives Athena SWAN Silver AwardInformation on School of Chemistry receives Athena SWAN Silver Award2017-05-08T01:58:00Z2017-12-25T22:57:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/school-of-chemistry-receives-athena-swan-silver-award.aspxNobel prize for inspirational Honorary ProfessorProfessor Sir Fraser Stoddart, an Honorary Professor in the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham, has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.2016-10-06T16:06:00Z2018-01-09T09:30:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/science/news-events/news/nobel-prize-for-inspirational-honorary-professor.aspx2016-2017 Language Centre module enrolmentDates of Enrolment Sessions for Spring Semester modules:Monday 23 January:11.00-1.00pm in Trent C66 (Self Access Centre)Wednesday 25 January: 11.00-1.00pm in Trent C66Friday 27 January: 11.00-1.00pm in Trent C662016-08-18T15:02:00Z2017-12-26T08:02:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/about/news-and-events/news/news-archive/2016-2017-enrolment-sessions-for-language-centre-modules.aspxCelebrating Stephen Wallwork's 91st BirthdayInformation on Celebrating Stephen Wallwork's 91st Birthday2016-04-20T09:17:00Z2017-12-25T22:06:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/celebrating-stephen-wallwork's-91st-birthday.aspxCelebrating 75 years of the Eley-Rideal mechanismInformation on Celebrating 75 years of the Eley-Rideal mechanism2016-04-19T11:53:00Z2017-12-25T23:17:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/frontpage/celebrating-75-years-of-the-eley-rideal-mechanism.aspxDeveloping drugs to treat myotonic dystrophyInformation on Developing drugs to treat myotonic dystrophy2016-02-18T15:58:00Z2017-12-25T23:09:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/untitled.aspxRemembering a great chemistInformation on Remembering a great chemist2015-11-09T09:16:00Z2017-12-25T22:50:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/remembering-a-great-chemist.aspxInstallation of the new DNP MAS NMR spectrometer in the Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre.Information on Installation of the new DNP MAS NMR spectrometer in the Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre.2015-10-14T12:43:00Z2017-12-25T22:27:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/installation-of-the-new-dnp-mas-nmr-spectrometer-in-the-sir-peter-mansfield-magnetic-resonance-centre.aspx5th Congress of the Federation of African Chemical Societies Is Well UnderwayInformation on 5th Congress of the Federation of African Chemical Societies Is Well Underway2015-09-10T10:22:00Z2017-12-25T21:56:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/5th-congress-of-the-federation-of-african-chemical-societies-is-well-underway.aspxChemistry at Nottingham Joint Third in the Russell Group Student SatisfactionChemistry at Nottingham Joint Third in the Russell Group Student Satisfaction2015-08-24T11:59:00Z2017-12-25T22:06:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/chemistry-at-nottingham-joint-third-in-the-russell-group-student-satisfaction-.aspxCongratulations Dr Kyle GallowayDr Kyle Galloway has won the Lord Dearing Award for his outstanding contribution to the development of teaching and student learning. The prize was presented to Dr Galloway by the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Karen Cox, at the School of Chemistry's Graduation Ceremony on the 8th July 2015.2015-07-17T14:02:00Z2017-12-25T22:14:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/congratulations-dr-kyle-galloway.aspxTreble First!The first students to graduate on the jointly taught East China University of Science and Technology(ECUST)/University of Nottingham dual BSc(Hons) degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Sciences have successfully completed their courses.2015-07-08T15:06:00Z2017-12-25T23:06:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/treble-first!.aspxASPIRE PROJECT AWARD FOR RESEARCH AND NETWORKINGCongratulations to Professor Katharine Reid, our head of Physical Chemistry and Professor Ivan Powis who have been awarded a grant of €3.2m for their cross-national networking project, Angular Studies of Photoelectrons in Innovative Research Environments (ASPIRE).2015-06-26T12:59:00Z2017-12-25T22:02:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/aspire-project-award-for-research-and-networking.aspxSoftly does itPublished in the leading journal Nature Chemistry, recent work by Ben Gardner, a postdoctoral researcher in the research group led by Prof. Steve Liddle, has reported the first examples of uranium with covalent single, double, and triple bonds to arsenic.2015-06-19T12:12:00Z2017-12-25T22:59:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/softly-does-it.aspxTwo RSC Corday Morgan Prizes awarded to Prof's Steve Liddle and Andrei KhlobystovTwo University of Nottingham chemists have joined the ranks of illustrious winners of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Corday-Morgan Awards. Forty seven previous winners of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Awards have gone on to win Nobel Prizes for their pioneering work, including Harry Kroto, Fred Sanger and Linus Pauling.2015-05-07T13:20:00Z2017-12-25T23:07:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/two-rsc-corday-morgan-prizes-awarded-to-profs-steve-liddle-and-andrei-khlobystov.aspxFrom the Teaching Lab to the European ChampionshipsAnna Bertram, the School of Chemistry's Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory Manager, is travelling to Alcobendas in northern Madrid to compete in the European Duathlon Championships on 26th April where she will be representing Great Britain.2015-04-23T11:26:00Z2017-12-25T23:17:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/frontpage/from-the-teaching-lab-to-the-european-championships.aspxResearch publication for Year in Industry student, James GibsonDr Yantao Chen (AstraZeneca, Sweden) and Year in Industry undergraduate, James Gibson, have published a one-pot synthesis of sulfonimidamides in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal, RSC Advances. This study provides a new structural modification approach for sulfonamides, which might in the future be of benefit drug discovery and development.2015-02-12T12:09:00Z2017-12-25T22:51:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/research-publication-for-year-in-industry-student,-james-gibson.aspxNew chemical sponge has potential to lessen the carbon footprint of oil industryScientists from the School of Chemistry have discovered a ground-breaking technique with the potential to dramatically reduce the amount of energy used in the refinement of crude oil. Professor Martin Schröder and Dr Sihai Yang have led a multi-disciplinary team of scientists from Nottingham, ISIS Neutron Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Diamond Light Source, to discover a porous material that works like a chemical sponge to separate a number of important gases from mixtures generated during crude oil refinement.2015-01-27T11:03:00Z2017-12-25T22:33:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/new-chemical-sponge-has-potential-to-lessen-the-carbon-footprint-of-oil-industry.aspxNottingham/GSK drug discovery research publishedWork towards a treatment for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) carried out by 4th year MSci students in the School in collaboration with GSK has recently been published in ACS Medicinal Chemistry letters.2015-01-15T17:51:00Z2017-12-25T22:23:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/further-nottinghamgsk-drug-discovery-research-published.aspxProfessor Poliakoff knighted in New Year's Honours listProfessor Martyn Poliakoff has been knighted in the Queen's New Year Honours 2015.2014-12-31T13:49:00Z2017-12-25T22:47:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/professor-poliakoff-knighted-in-new-years-honours-list.aspxRoaring Success for PressureSynA high pressure reactor, designed by chemists and engineers in the School of Chemistry and marketed worldwide by Asynt, won the Lab Innovations Lions' Lair competition for the best piece of new laboratory technology in 2014.2014-11-15T14:09:00Z2017-12-25T22:53:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/roaring-success-for-pressuresyn.aspxNottingham-Oslo collaboration leads to new advances in DFTRecent work has shown how mathematical ambiguities in the foundations of DFT may be removed, placing it on rigorous grounds. The paper describing this work available free at http://tinyurl.com/qgxyx5a as one of the most accessed in J. Chem. Phys. in 2014.2014-11-04T16:29:00Z2017-12-25T22:39:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/nottingham-oslo-collaboration-leads-to-new-advances-in-dft.aspxCareers Evening 2014The annual School of Chemistry careers evening took place on Thursday, October 16th, featuring five excellent talks from School of Chemistry alumni.2014-10-22T18:37:00Z2017-12-25T22:55:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/school-of-chemistry-careers-evening-2014.aspxNottingham/GSK drug discovery research publishedOver the last three years, medicinal chemists at GSK have been collaborating with staff and students in the School, to discover a new treatment for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) a life threatening lung disease. The research, which was carried out by 4th yr MSci chemistry students, has now been published in a prestigious journal (DOI: 10.1021/ml5002079).2014-10-16T12:14:00Z2017-12-25T22:37:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/nottinghamgsk-drug-discovery-research-published.aspxChemSoc pub quiz raises £165 for charity!A big thank you to ChemSoc for organising and running the Charity ChemSoc Pub Quiz on Tuesday 7th October.2014-10-13T11:03:00Z2017-12-25T22:12:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/chemsoc-pub-quiz-raises-165-for-charity!.aspxCongratulations Dr Karen Syres on a lectureship appointment!Dr Karen Syres, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Physical Chemistry, has recently accepted a Lectureship in Physics at the University of Central Lancashire.2014-10-10T14:58:00Z2017-12-25T22:13:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/congratulations-dr-karen-syres-on-a-lectureship-appointment!.aspxPhD Student selected to present at J-NOST-10Congratulations, Johnny Moore, PhD student with John Moses, selected to present at J-NOST-10 conference in Chennai, India in December 2014.2014-10-09T11:27:00Z2017-12-25T22:40:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/phd-student-selected-to-present-at-j-nost-10.aspxEnergy efficient polymerisations: £300K new EPSRC funding for Prof Steve Howdle's teamSteve Howdle working with Matthew Davidson (University of Bath) has been awarded £300K under the EPSRC's "Energy Resilient Manufacturing" call.2014-10-07T14:12:00Z2017-12-25T22:19:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/energy-efficient-polymerisations-300k-new-epsrc-funding-for-prof-steve-howdles-team.aspxThe PressureSyn reactor-the safe way to react under pressure.A high pressure reactor, designed and developed by chemists and staff in the engineering workshop in the School of Chemistry, has been brought to market in collaboration with Asynt.2014-10-03T14:38:00Z2017-12-25T23:03:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/the-pressuresynreactorthesafewaytoreactunderpressure.aspxCongratulations, Dr Emily Smith!Emily Smith, manager of the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy facility at the Nottingham Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Centre (NNNC) successfully defended her PhD thesis last week.2014-10-01T15:15:00Z2017-12-25T22:12:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/congratulations,-dr-emily-smith!.aspxPick and mix superficial molecular allsortsA powerful combination of surface-activated chemistry and submolecular imaging by scanning tunnelling microscopy has allowed the linking of aromatic hydrocarbons and porphyrins and the identification of the myriad of products that result.2014-10-01T15:15:00Z2017-12-25T22:41:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/pick-and-mix-superficial-molecular-allsorts.aspxNational Student Survey 2014100% satisfaction for MSci Chemistry at Nottingham in the 2014 National Student Satisfaction Survey.2014-09-03T13:27:00Z2017-12-25T22:32:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/national-student-survey-2014.aspxSchool celebrates final year PhD student colloquiaThe School of Chemistry would like to congratulate its final year PhD students who recently presented their research to their fellow students and colleagues. The annual PhD colloquia are a great opportunity to hear about the research going on across the School and to acknowledge the hard work and achievements of those students coming to the end of their studies.2014-06-20T10:28:00Z2017-12-25T22:55:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/school-celebrates-final-year-phd-student-colloquia.aspxSustainable Research SymposiumResearchers from across the University of Nottingham came together to talk about how their research could lead to the greener and more sustainable production of chemicals and materials.2014-05-14T10:56:00Z2017-12-25T23:02:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/sustainable-research-symposium.aspxPrestigious European Research Council Consolidator Grant Awarded to ChemistrySteve Liddle, a Professor and Royal Society University Research Fellow within the School of Chemistry, has been awarded a major €2.1M Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council.2014-01-16T14:49:00Z2017-12-25T22:43:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/prestigious-european-research-council-consolidator-grant-awarded-to-chemistry.aspxTop choice for graduate employersThe University of Nottingham was targeted by the largest number of top employers in 2013-14; Cambridge University was the third most-targeted, and Oxford fourth.2014-01-14T11:17:00Z2017-12-25T23:05:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/top-choice-for-graduate-employers.aspxSchool of Chemistry Winter PrizegivingThe School of Chemistry held its annual Winter Prize Giving Ceremony on Wednesday 20 November. The Prizes were presented by Robert Ficken (Ficken Award), Dr John Clough from Syngenta (Syngenta Awards) and School of Chemistry Academic Staff.2013-12-05T11:37:00Z2017-12-25T22:58:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/school-of-chemistry-winter-prizegiving.aspxHappy 500 to the Periodic Table of VideosThe University of Nottingham's chemistry-themed Periodic Table of Videos is firmly established as an internet heavyweight — attracting more than 350,000 YouTube subscribers in the last five years — and is celebrating this success in style with its 500th video.2013-12-03T12:13:00Z2017-12-25T22:25:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/happy-500-to-the-periodic-table-of-videos.aspxUniversitas 21 Award for InternationalisationUniversitas 21 (U21) has announced the recipients of this year's U21 Awards for Internationalisation, recognising individual efforts which further internationalisation and build relations between U21 members.2013-11-08T15:31:00Z2017-12-25T23:09:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/universitas-21-award-for-internationalisation.aspxNottingham Extends Links with GSKThe University of Nottingham is collaborating with industry and research partners in a new centre in Brazil to develop greener drugs. GlaxoSmithKline's partnership with the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) will create a new Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Chemistry, with Professor Chris Moody, from the University's Faculty of Science, playing an integral role.2013-11-04T10:40:00Z2017-12-25T22:37:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/nottingham-extends-links-with-gsk.aspxSchool of Chemistry Careers Evening 24th October 2013The annual School of Chemistry careers evening took place on Thursday, October 24th, featuring five excellent talks from School of Chemistry alumni.2013-10-28T15:01:00Z2017-12-25T22:56:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/school-of-chemistry-carrers-evening-24th-october-2013.aspxSchool Supports Creation of East Midlands Chemistry Using Business ForumOn 17th September the School of Chemistry hosted the inaugural East Midlands Chemistry Using Business Forum (EMCUBF). Our aim is to create a regional network between chemical using businesses and those in affiliated sectors, allowing members to share their knowledge and experience. A similar network already exists in north-west England (Chemicals North-West) and EMCUBF hopes to mirror its success. Whereas as the north-west contains much heavy industry, most of the chemical companies in the East Midlands are small and niche, although there are larger businesses such as Alliance Boots, Reckitt Benckiser and Fisher Scientific in the region. Meetings will aim to reflect the needs of the region's businesses, including funding opportunities, training and advice on legal and IP related issues.2013-10-17T15:24:00Z2017-12-25T22:58:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/school-supports-creation-of-east-midlands-chemistry-using-business-forum.aspxRe-writing the research on the treatment of infectionA major breakthrough in the search for alternatives to antibiotics and the treatment of infection could provide microbiologists with a whole new insight into the way germs co-exist with or attack humans. The discovery led by a team in Schools of Life Sciences and Chemistry at The University of Nottingham has revealed that bacteria are 'hijacking' the human body's own immune defences to adapt their life style inside our body and survive our immune response or build up their own attack.2013-10-11T13:11:00Z2017-12-25T22:52:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/re-writing-the-research-on-the-treatment-of-infection.aspxProfessor Awarded Aston MedalProfessor Tony Stace has been awarded the Aston medal from the British Mass Spectrometry Society for an outstanding contribution to scientific knowledge relating to mass spectrometry.2013-10-11T12:53:00Z2017-12-25T22:46:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/professor-awarded-aston-medal.aspxIt's square U CResearch published in the leading journal Nature Communications has reported the first examples of four-membered carbon-based rings bonded to uranium. Cyclobutadienyl rings are a fundamentally important type of aromatic system which until now have predominantly been utilised in organometallic transition metal chemistry.2013-09-20T15:04:00Z2017-12-25T22:27:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/its-square-u-c.aspxLord Dearing award for Excellence in Teaching and LearningDr Rossana Wright has been awarded the 2013 Lord Dearing Award for excellence in teaching and learning and received her award at the School of Chemistry's Graduation Ceremony on the 15th July 2013.2013-07-22T16:15:00Z2017-12-25T22:29:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/lord-dearing-award-for-excellence-in-teaching-and-learning.aspxRemarkable findings about the interaction of circularly polarized light with chiral moleculesNottingham researchers working with colleagues, including a former Nottingham PhD student, at Soleil (the French national synchrotron source), have just published some remarkable findings about the interaction of circularly polarized light (CPL) with chiral molecules (Nature Communications 2013 4, 2132).2013-07-19T15:07:00Z2017-12-25T22:50:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/remarkable-findings-about-the-interaction-of-circularly-polarized-light-(cpl)-with-chiral-molecules-.aspxChemistry Careers- What's Next?The School recently hosted "Chemistry Careers – What's Next?", showcasing the diversity of careers options open outside academia to people with a chemistry research background. The event was organised by the members of the School's PhD and Post-doc Forums and Business Partnership Unit, and was attended by 100 PhD and post-doctoral research staff.2013-07-10T16:01:00Z2017-12-25T22:07:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/chemistry-careers--whats-next.aspxInorganic Cricket win the Staff and PostGrad Cricket LeagueToday might be the start of the eagerly anticipated Ashes but last night our cricket team did the School proud by winning the University's staff and post-grad cricket tournament.2013-07-10T15:18:00Z2017-12-25T22:27:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/-inorganic-cricket-win-the-staff-and-postgrad-cricket-league.aspxStaff Awarded for Long Service to ChemistryThe School of Chemistry was delighted with the awards being presented to two members of its technical staff for long service.2013-05-24T14:12:00Z2017-12-25T23:00:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/staff-awarded-for-long-service-to-chemistry.aspxUranium-nitride discovery throws up surprise insight into chemical bondingPublished in the leading journal Nature Chemistry, recent work by David King, a PhD student in the research group led by Dr Steve Liddle, has shown that uranium can engage in chemical bonding that is surprisingly covalent. Remarkably, the findings have shown that uranium can behave in much the same way as its counterparts in the well-known transitional metals such as chromium, molybdenum and tungsten.2013-05-07T12:39:00Z2017-12-25T23:11:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/uranium-nitride-discovery-throws-up-surprise-insight-into-chemical-bonding.aspxDavid King awarded prize for research excellenceThe School of Chemistry congratulates David King, a PhD student in the research group of Steve Liddle, who has been awarded a prestigious Dean Moore Scholarship by the University of Nottingham. This postgraduate prize award recognises David's research on uranium-nitride triple bonds in order to better understand the chemical bonding and reactivity of uranium.2013-05-07T11:29:00Z2017-12-25T22:15:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/david-king-awarded-prize-for-research-excellence.aspxDr Sihai Yang awarded prize for research excellenceThe School of Chemistry congratulates Dr Sihai Yang, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, who has been awarded the prestigious B T M Willis Prize for 2013 by the Institute of Physics and the Royal Society of Chemistry Neutron Scattering Group. The award recognises Dr Yang's outstanding research in the application of neutron scattering science to understand gas storage and separation properties of porous materials.2013-04-11T14:46:00Z2017-12-25T22:19:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/dr-sihai-yang-awarded-prize-for-research-excellence.aspxMaking Science Public research programme officially launchedInformation on Making Science Public research programme officially launched2013-03-26T15:10:00Z2018-01-14T22:59:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sciencetechnologyandsociety/news-and-events/news/making-science-public-research-programme-officially-launched.aspxChemists go to Parliament!Two researchers from the School of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham have fought off stiff competition from across the country to be selected to present their research at an exhibition and reception in the House of Commons.2013-03-01T15:08:00Z2017-12-25T22:11:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/chemists-go-to-parliament!.aspxNottingham Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Centre postdoctoral competition winnersDr. Graham Rance and Dr. Tom Chamberlain have been announced winners of the Nottingham Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Centre postdoctoral competition, 2013. Their joint proposal, titled "Exploring the complementarity of microscopy and spectroscopy for controlled transformations of carbon at the nanoscale", was awarded £1000 worth of instrument time in the NNNC.2013-02-21T12:04:00Z2017-12-25T22:38:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/nottingham-nanoscience--nanotechnology-centre-postdoctoral-competition-winners.aspxPioneering chemists are taking part in the biggest-ever European research programmePioneering chemists from The University of Nottingham are taking part in the biggest-ever European research programme to speed up the discovery of new drugs. The scientists will be working with leading drug discovery services partner, Sygnature Discovery in BioCity Nottingham, as part of a new European Lead Factory – a huge innovative collaboration between several of Europe's largest pharmaceutical companies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and academic researchers. The project will bring €6.2m from the European project into the City of Nottingham.2013-02-07T12:51:00Z2017-12-25T22:41:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/pioneering-chemists-are-taking-part-in-the-biggest-ever-european-research-programme-.aspxNew Year Honours for DiversityThe School of Chemistry is proud to announce that Dr June McCombie was awarded an MBE for her work on the Institute of Physics' Widening Participation/Diversity programme and particularly her Chairmanship of the Juno project from 2008-2012.2013-01-17T09:26:00Z2017-12-25T22:34:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/new-year-honours-for-diversity.aspxChancellor's Achievement Award for Staff and StudentsThe School of Chemistry was extremely proud of the announcement that Zena Marsh, Teaching Technician, had received a Chancellor's Achievement Award in the 2012 presentations.2013-01-11T13:14:00Z2017-12-25T23:12:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/vice-chancellors-achievement-award-for-staff-and-students.aspxFrom the Teaching Lab to the Triathlon World ChampionshipsUndergraduate Teaching Laboratory Manager Dr Anna Bertram travelled to Auckland in October 2012 as part of the Great Britain Age Group Team to compete in the International Triathlon Union World Championships. In this truly international field were athletes from New Zealand, USA, Australia, Great Britain, Mexico, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa and many other up and coming triathlon nations.2012-11-29T13:43:00Z2017-12-25T22:22:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/from-the-teaching-lab-to-the-triathlon-world-championships-.aspxAnnual Careers Evening in the School, 2012The annual careers evening provided an excellent opportunity for current students to learn about the career decisions of the School's alumni.2012-10-19T11:04:00Z2017-12-25T22:00:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/annual-careers-evening-in-the-school,-2012.aspxStudy reveals the secret to a sea sponge's toxicityThe solution to a biochemical puzzle over the molecular make-up of a coral reef sea sponge (Theonella swinhoei) has revealed the origin of its extremely toxic agents. A team of international scientists, including academics at The University of Nottingham, have discovered that polytheonamides — highly toxic and chemically complex compounds which are key to the sponge's defences — are produced by the organism in disguise. And in a final twist they found that the polytheonamides are not even made by the sponge itself but by a bacterium living with it in symbiosis.2012-10-04T18:58:00Z2017-12-25T23:00:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/study-reveals-the-secret-to-a-sea-sponges-toxicity.aspxScientific discovery offers 'green' solution in fight against greenhouse gasesA low-cost new material that could lead to innovative technologies to tackle global warming has been discovered by scientists at The University of Nottingham.2012-09-25T18:07:00Z2017-12-25T22:59:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/scientific-discovery-offers-green-solution-in-fight-against-greenhouse-gases.aspxDr Elena Bichoutskaia awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research CouncilCongratulations to Dr Elena Bichoutskaia, an EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellow and a Lecturer in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, who was awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her project entitled "Theory of Fundamental Interactions at the Nanoscale".2012-09-25T18:01:00Z2017-12-25T22:16:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/dr-elena-bichoutskaia-awarded-a-starting-grant-from-the-european-research-council.aspxTwo Nottingham chemists selected as Games Makers in 2012 Olympics.Two Nottingham chemists were among the 70,000 volunteers selected to contribute to the Olympic Games as "Games Makers". Dr Samantha Tang, Public Awareness Scientist and James Scragg, Postgraduate Student, were "the public face of the Games".2012-08-16T10:21:00Z2017-12-25T23:07:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/two-nottingham-chemists-selected-as-games-makers-in-2012-olympics-.aspxDr Sihai Yang receives two awards for research excellenceThe School of Chemistry congratulates Dr Sihai Yang, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, who has been awarded two prestigious prizes in recognition of his outstanding research.2012-07-12T15:11:00Z2017-12-25T22:19:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/dr-sihai-yang-receives-honourable-mention-in-iupac-prize-for-young-chemists-2012.aspxA Celebration of Inorganic ChemistryOn June 1st, the Royal Society of Chemistry Dalton Division and the School of Chemistry co-hosted a symposium entitled "A Celebration of Inorganic Chemistry" to mark the 70th birthday of Professor Dave Garner, Professor Emeritus in the School of Chemistry and a past President of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and its Dalton Division. Dave Garner's research has been concerned with several aspects of Inorganic Chemistry, notably the role of d-transition metals in biological systems, and this symposium reflected these interests. Also, Dave has a strong connection to each of the seven speakers, notably because of their common research interests.2012-07-11T18:20:00Z2017-12-25T21:57:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/a-celebration-of-inorganic-chemistry.aspxUranium-Nitride BreakthroughResearch led by Dr Steve Liddle has resulted in publication of the first uranium-nitrogen triple bond, which has eluded scientists for decades, in the leading journal Science. Molecules which contain multiple bonds between a metal and elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen have attracted intense interest over many years. This is due to interest in their bonding, and the fact that such molecules find major applications in synthesis as exemplified by the 2005 Nobel Prize for Olefin Metathesis which involves metal-carbon multiple bonds.2012-06-29T15:50:00Z2017-12-25T23:10:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/uranium-nitride-breakthrough.aspxCareer Skills for Chemists 2012, Nottingham Advantage AwardA second group of students have just completed the School's Nottingham Advantage Award module, "Career Skills for Chemist." This extra-curricular course focused on developing a number of transferable skills (oral presentation, interview, CV writing, team-working, job applications and the ability to identify career path options). The course was delivered by an exceptional group of tutors including members of Ernst & Young, the UoN Careers and Employability Service, the UoN Business Partnership Unit and Teach First.2012-06-27T12:45:00Z2017-12-25T22:05:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/career-skills-for-chemists-2012,-nottingham-advantage-award.aspxSupercomputing set to boost region's competitivenessA £3.5 million supercomputing hub is set to power growth and innovation in the Midlands and London by opening up its vast number-crunching power to local firms. The University of Nottingham is one of four top universities in the region to launch MidPlus, a state-of-the-art high-performance computing centre, to help SMEs and larger firms with the modelling, simulation and analysis needed to design world-leading products and services. MidPlus will also significantly extend the current computing power available within the region's universities.2012-06-21T16:14:00Z2017-12-25T23:01:00Zhttps://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/news/supercomputing-set-to-boost-regions-competitiveness.aspx