School of Chemistry

Recognition by the Royal Academy of Engineering

Dr Richard Bourne announced as new Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellow in Digital Manufacturing and Discovery of Pharmaceuticals

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Astbury Conversation 2020

Step into the world of macromolecules by joining us at the Astbury Conversation on 23 and 24 March 2020

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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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Bioprocess uk conference attended by Holly Morgan, winner of the best poster award

bioProcessUK Poster Award

Holly Morgan received the Best Poster award at the 16th annual bioProcessUK…

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Dr Richard Bourne from the University of Leeds with equipment that is helping to transform the way medicines and other chemicals are produced

Dr Richard Bourne recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering

Dr Richard Bourne announced as a new Royal Academy of Engineering Senior…

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LITE Director honoured by fellow academics in ‘Festschrift’

LITE Director honoured by fellow academics in ‘Festschrift’

Seventy academics have contributed to 30 chapters to the publication of a…

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Peptides assembling

Understanding how peptides self-assemble

Scientists have developed an integrated computational and experimental…

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Wiring photosynthetic machineries to electrodes for semi-artificial photosynthesis

Dr Jenny Zhang from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge is visiting Leeds to talk about her research.

Wednesday 29 January 2020, 14:00 - 15:00

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Dr James Bull, Imperial College London

Part of Organic Seminar Series.

Thursday 30 January 2020, 13:00 - 14:00

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Postgraduate Open Day

Our next postgraduate open day will be held on Friday 7 February 2020.

Friday 7 February 2020

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Professor Veronique Gouverneur, University of Oxford

Part of the Organic Seminar Series.

Thursday 20 February 2020, 13:00 - 14:00

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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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