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£5.4m award

New funding from the BBSRC will help researchers to identify new techniques for manipulating proteins - the chemical building blocks of life

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Our world-leading research cuts across the fields of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. The themes of our research groups are all at the disciplinary interfaces of chemistry, with: physics, geology and biology, physics and mathematics, biology and medicine, materials science, medicine and chemical engineering.

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Solute-solvent interactions

Solubility prediction problem addressed

A landmark paper in solubility prediction in organic solvents and water by…

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Understanding the way proteins shapeshift

The University of Leeds has secured a £5.4 million grant to identify new…

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Astronomers explain centuries-old mystery of dying stars

Astronomers have discovered why dust clouds around fading stars form unique…

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Success for Leeds in National Teaching Fellowships

Paul Taylor, Professor of Chemical Education at Leeds, has been awarded a…

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Postgraduate Virtual Open Days

Monday 30 November 2020 - Saturday 5 December 2020

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Adventures in non-covalent chemistry: from self-assembly to protein-surface recognition

Thursday 10 December 2020, 13:00 - 14:00

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