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Optimising drug compounds

Dr Foster likens his research into optimising drug compounds to solving a Rubik’s Cube – one that is a lot more complex than the well-known puzzle

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Learn about the extraordinary world of everyday chemistry with this collection of five short online courses

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Astbury Conversation: Seeing into cells

The two-day event will bring together leading researchers to discuss the most recent progress in the field of structural molecular biology in its broadest sense

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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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Astbury conversation

The Astbury Conversation 25 -26 April 2022

The Astbury Conversation 2022 welcomes Nobel Prize winner Sir Professor…

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Solving the Rubik's cube of medicinal chemistry

Dr Richard Foster likens his work to solving a Rubik’s Cube – albeit one…

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University sets out its Climate Plan

The University of Leeds is making the single biggest investment in its…

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Applications for Leeds International Summer School 2022 now open

Study at the University of Leeds, a world top 100 university, and immerse…

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The Bragg Exchange 2022

We are delighted to invite you to The Bragg Exchange 2022, the Bragg Centre for Materials Research's 4th annual research symposium.

Tuesday 25 January 2022, 09:00 - 20:00

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Be Curious LATES: something to Bragg about

Join us as we delve into the ground-breaking work of its namesake, Sir William Henry Bragg, which changed the way we understand the world around us, and explore his continued legacy.

Wednesday 2 February 2022, 20:00 - 21:00

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The University community is made up of a wide range of people with diverse backgrounds and circumstances, which we value and regard as a great asset.

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