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18 Schools participate in RSC Schools' Analyst Regional Heat
The Royal Society of Chemistry Schools’ Analyst East Anglian Regional Heat was held in the School of Chemistry in April, welcoming 18 schools from the region to participate in an exciting day of analytical chemistry challenges in the University Chemistry teaching laboratories. Read more
Wed, 2 May 2012
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Drug-testing firm wins £2m investment
Intelligent Fingerprinting Ltd, a UK-based spin-out company from the University of East Anglia, has developed a unique technology for the simultaneous detection of personal identity and contact with illicit substances from fingerprints has just raised £2m in funding from a consortium of private US-based investors. Read more
Tue, 13 Mar 2012
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Dr Greg Wildgoose and the world's first calibration-free, solid-state pH meter
Senova Systems, a Californian spin-off company based on pH sensing technology co-invented by Dr Wildgoose (School of Chemistry, UEA), has announced the release of it's first generation of revolutionary solid-state, calibration-free pH sensors that will begin shipping in the third quarter of 2012. Read more
Mon, 12 Mar 2012
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The Chemistry and Pharmacy Summer School 27th and 28th June 2012
Are you thinking about studying Chemistry or Pharmacy at university? Would you like to know more about university life? Read more
Sun, 11 Mar 2012
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Funding boost for femtochemistry at UEA
Chemical bonds are formed or broken incredibly quickly – on the femtosecond (one million billionth of a second) time scale. Femtochemistry, the study of chemical reactions in real time, provides detailed insights into chemical reactivity. The femtochemistry group at UEA was recently awarded more than £1m to pursue new research directions in this area. Read more
Thu, 23 Feb 2012
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Fresh insights into programmed cell death
Apoptosis is the biologically regulated suicide program used by irreparably damaged, genetically modified or obsolete cells for their safe self-removal, the malfunctioning of which has severe implications for human health. Read more
Tue, 24 Jan 2012
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Forensic science could hold key to Sandringham murder
UEA's Dr Stephen Day talks about how forensic science could unlock the mystery of the body found at the Queen's residence. Read more
Tue, 17 Jan 2012
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Lecturer in Forensic Science Appointed
Steve Day has recently joined the School of Chemistry as a lecturer in Forensic Science after 30 years in the Forensic Science industry with the Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratory and then the Home Office’s Forensic Science Service. Read more
Mon, 9 Jan 2012
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UEA Chemistry student nominated as Olympic torchbearer
Chemistry student James Colley has been nominated as a torchbearer in the 2012 Olympic relay. Read more
Wed, 30 Nov 2011
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Chemistry & Pharmacy staff raise money for Air Ambulance
Over £300 raised. Read more
Wed, 30 Nov 2011
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Hand-held drug testing prototype launched
The world's first prototype of a hand-held fingerprint drug testing device has been created by University of East Anglia spin-out company Intelligent Fingerprinting. Read more
Wed, 16 Nov 2011
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Leverhulme Trust support for multidisciplinary nanochemistry project
Manfred Bochmann, Andrew Cammidge, Yimin Chao and Greg Wildgoose have received 3 years funding from the Leverhulme Trust to support a multi-disciplinary project aimed at constructing new materials from nanoparticle building blocks. Manfred Bochmann was also awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship. Read more
Mon, 17 Oct 2011
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Transatlantic award for microbiology student
PhD student Daniel Tromans has received the Heatley-Payne Award from the Society of General Microbiology, which has allowed him to travel to the US to carry out a short research visit and present his work at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology (ASM). Read more
Thu, 29 Sep 2011
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Fun, accessible chemistry in South Africa
CHE's Dr Stephen Ashworth brings his science show to the Western Cape. Read more
Mon, 12 Sep 2011
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David Andrews writes for the American Physical Society
David Andrews, Professor of Chemical Physics at UEA, has written an invited Viewpoint in 'Physics', the American Physical Society publication that publishes expert opinion on exceptional research. Read more
Wed, 10 Aug 2011
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A successful Chemistry Research Colloquium
What do photodynamic therapy, tailored nanoparticles and antibiotic synthesis have in common? They were a few of the topics discussed at the 2011 Chemistry Research Colloquium held on Tuesday 12th July. Read more
Tue, 26 Jul 2011
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Drug driving test at your fingertips
A fingerprint is all you need to determine whether someone is under the influence of drugs. Paul Yates from Intelligent Fingerprinting, a company spun out from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, and colleagues (incuding CHE's Professor David Russell), have developed a handheld device that police can use to detect breakdown products from drugs excreted through sweat pores in the fingertips. Read more
Tue, 26 Jul 2011
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Year 12 students discover Chemistry and Pharmacy
50 year 12 students from across the UK and Belgium joined the schools of Chemistry & Pharmacy for a two-day residential event in July. Read more
Thu, 21 Jul 2011
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Putting sunshine in the tank
Scientists from the University of East Anglia are working on how to use the energy of the sun to make fuels, which could help to solve the world’s escalating energy crisis. Read more
Tue, 5 Jul 2011
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2011 open day success
Against a record number of pre-registrations for the university’s Summer Open Days, we in Chemistry were well-prepared to meet and greet many prospective students and the general public last Friday and Saturday. Read more
Tue, 5 Jul 2011
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RSC Coordination Chemistry Discussion Group
This is the International Year of Chemistry and UEA is marking 2011 by hosting an international meeting of Coordination Chemists on 7th and 8th July. Read more
Tue, 5 Jul 2011
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Chemical magic for East Anglian pupils
Youngsters from around East Anglia will be taking part in a range of scientific challenges, as well as solving a murder and witnessing a ‘fun with food’ science show at the University of East Anglia this week. Read more
Mon, 9 May 2011
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Centre for Molecular & Structural Biochemistry Spring Meeting
The Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry (CMSB) will hold its Spring meeting on 6th May. Read more
Wed, 4 May 2011
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Novartis School of Chemistry Student Hardship Fund
Through the generosity of Novartis AG limited funds are available to support students studying with the School of Chemistry who find themselves experiencing financial hardship in the course of their studies. Read more
Mon, 11 Apr 2011
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Lectureship for Dr Garth Jones
The School of Chemistry is delighted with the appointment of Dr Garth Jones to a new lectureship. Read more
Tue, 5 Apr 2011
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Novartis summer studentships
A number of summer studentships are available in Chemistry through the generosity of Novartis AG. Read more
Fri, 1 Apr 2011
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Year 12 Residential event – Applications Open
Are you a Year 12 student with an interest in studying Chemistry or Pharmacy at University? Read more
Fri, 18 Mar 2011
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Count the electrons for Comic Relief
Students in second year Inorganic Chemistry module CHE-2C32 are participating in an "Electron Counting Competition" in aid of Comic Relief today. Read more
Thu, 17 Mar 2011
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Science in Norwich day – The Forum Saturday 19th March
Join the Schools of Chemistry and Pharmacy at this year’s ‘Science in Norwich’ Day part of the National Science and Engineering week. Read more
Thu, 17 Mar 2011
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CarbonCrew success in Chemistry and Pharmacy
The CarbonCrew is celebrating a success in the schools of CHE and PHA where environmentally-minded staff are reducing their water use. Read more
Wed, 2 Mar 2011
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UEA spin out gets £300,000 funding
University of East Anglia scientists who found a way to identify illegal drug use and a person’s identity simultaneously through a simple fingerprint test have secured £300,000 of investment to help develop their business. Read more
Mon, 21 Feb 2011
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University of East Anglia top three in the UK for student experience
The University of East Anglia has been named as one of the best places in the UK to be a student. Read more
Thu, 17 Feb 2011
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Chemistry NMR Refurbishment in full swing
The NMR facilities at UEA are used in e.g. determining molecular structure and conformation, studying reaction mechanisms and intermolecular interactions and dynamics. They are widely exploited across the Norwich Research Park to study small inorganic and organic systems, through to larger molecules including proteins, protein-ligand interactions and the interactions and function of membrane proteins. Read more
Mon, 14 Feb 2011
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Spectroscopy Showcase events Spring Summer 2011
Spectroscopy Showcase Events aim to give 6th formers up close and personal contact with the spectrometers that they are learning about in their post-16 syllabuses. Read more
Tue, 8 Feb 2011
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Early Years Researchers' Colloquium @ UEA
The Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry (www.cmsb.eu) will hold its inaugural Early Years Researchers’ Colloquium at UEA. Read more
Thu, 3 Feb 2011
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Head of Chemistry publication ranks in all time top 40
Prof. Manfred Bochmann (Head of Chemistry) is ranking third in the all time "Top 40" cited papers to mark 40 years of Dalton Transactions. Read more
Tue, 18 Jan 2011
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"Hot Article" for Professor Page
A paper by Prof Phil Page and collaborators has been selected as an Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Hot Article. Read more
Wed, 12 Jan 2011
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Sensing stress in bacterial cells: biological switches that sense nitric oxide
A team of UEA researchers has uncovered the details of the reaction by which an important family of bacterial regulatory proteins sense the stress-inducing toxic molecule nitric oxide. Read more
Tue, 11 Jan 2011
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CHE Open Day success
Anticipation was high after hearing that around 6,000 people had pre-registered for the university’s Autumn Open Day as we in Chemistry prepared to meet and greet many prospective students and the general public last Saturday. Read more
Mon, 11 Oct 2010
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MacMillan charity success for Chemistry & Pharmacy
Cakes and coffee for MacMillan Cancer Support. Read more
Wed, 6 Oct 2010
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Intelligent Fingerprinting shortlisted for award
The shortlisted candidates for the Times Higher Education Awards 2010, unveiled today, include the CHE spin-off Intelligent Fingerprinting, headed by Professor David Russell. Read more
Fri, 1 Oct 2010
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New rankings show UEA is 'truly world class'
A new global rank order of universities, published in today's (16.09.10) Times Higher Education, sees the University of East Anglia as one of only 29 UK universities in the world's top 200, at 174th place. Read more
Tue, 21 Sep 2010
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Molecular Interactions at the Interface between Chemistry and Biology
A Royal Society of Chemistry sponsored regional one day Workshop, to be held at UEA on Thursday Sept 23rd 2010, will focus on the extensive range of research at chemistry-biology interface going on in the Eastern region. Read more
Wed, 11 Aug 2010
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CHE Graduation Day
Our Chemistry students graduated in the Norfolk sunshine and some received special prizes for their work. Read more
Sun, 8 Aug 2010
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Year 12 invasion of Chemistry & Pharmacy!
The schools of Chemistry and Pharmacy were hosts to 42 year 12 students on the 8th /9th July for the two day residential event ‘Discover Chemistry and Pharmacy’. Read more
Mon, 2 Aug 2010
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Summer studentships in the CMSB
During the summer, the Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry (CMSB) is hosting within its research laboratories, 11 undergraduate summer students who have obtained funding from a range of sources. Read more
Tue, 20 Jul 2010
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School children take on science challenges
More than 800 youngsters from Norfolk and Suffolk pitted their intellect against each other in a Science Olympiad at the University of East Anglia last week. Read more
Mon, 12 Jul 2010
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The School of Chemistry’s 2010 Research Colloquium
The breadth and quality of science presented at this year’s Research Colloquium proved more tempting than sunshine last monday as more than 100 members of the School met to discuss their latest findings. Read more
Mon, 5 Jul 2010
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Prominent feature for Prof David Andrews' research team
Professor David Andrews and his post-doctoral associate Dr David Bradshaw are currently featured on the Newsroom front page of the International Society for Optical Engineering website, for their work on the “Optical control of excited-state lifetimes”. Read more
Mon, 28 Jun 2010
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Chemistry student wins Katritzky Award
CHE Masters student Tony Abou Fayed has won the prestigious Katritzky Prize. Read more
Mon, 21 Jun 2010
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Dr Simon Lancaster wins prestigious teaching award
Dr Simon Lancaster has been awarded one of this year’s prestigious UEA Excellence in Teaching awards, the Sir Geoffrey and Lady Allen Prize. Read more
Fri, 18 Jun 2010
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Dr Vasily Oganesyan’s Research receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust
Faculty member Dr Vasily Oganesyan has been awarded a research grant by the Leverhulme Trust entitled: “Molecular Dynamics and EPR spectroscopy: new structural tools for biology”. Read more
Mon, 24 May 2010
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UEA hosts Salter's Festival of Chemistry
More than 150 children from across the region visited the University of East Anglia in May to compete in this year's Salters' Festival of Chemistry. Read more
Tue, 11 May 2010
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UEA to host RSC Awards Symposium in May
UEA is hosting a Royal Society of Chemistry Awards Symposium on 12th May, to be held at the John Innes Centre. Read more
Mon, 10 May 2010
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Professor Chris Pickett receives Ludwig Mond Medal
Professor Chris Pickett gave the Ludwig Mond Award Lectures at Dublin, Southampton, Bristol and Warwick Universities in March and April. Read more
Wed, 28 Apr 2010
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UEA Chemistry Research - New catalysts for Biodegradable Polymers
Plastic materials are essential in our every day life and find use in almost all domestic and industrial appliances. Low density, low cost, combined with high versatility have made such materials ideal substitutes for ferrous and non-ferrous metallic materials. Read more
Wed, 14 Apr 2010
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The UEA Alchemy Society
The UEA Alchemy Society currently enjoys the membership of over 150 socially active chemists, from first year undergraduates right through to final year PhD students – as well as a number of the more young at heart faculty. Read more
Wed, 31 Mar 2010
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World-Class Chemistry Research at UEA
13 of the UEA's Chemistry Faculty have recorded over 961 citations. Read more
Wed, 31 Mar 2010
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Profs Thomas Nann & Chris Pickett - Energy Research: Nanophotoelectrode for Hydrogen Production
A novel nanophotocathode for hydrogen production which is based on a multi-layer array of InP quantum dots activated with a synthetic iron-based electrocatalyst related to the subsite of an hydrogenase is described by Thomas Nann, Chris Pickett and their colleagues in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Volume 49, Issue 9, Date: February 22, 2010, Pages: 1574-1577, DOI 10.1002/anie.200906262. Read more
Mon, 15 Mar 2010
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CHE Undergraduate teaching laboratory improvements will be ready for the next academic year 2010-2011
The School of Chemistry Laboratory Manager Mrs Carol Boags, has confirmed that important improvements in the undergraduate teaching laboratories are well underway. Read more
Mon, 15 Mar 2010
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Centre for Forensic Provenancing (School of Chemistry) at the UEA assists with murder investigation
A team of forensic scientists from the UEA are helping Police with an unsolved murder enquiry. Read more
Tue, 9 Mar 2010
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UEA Chemistry research published in Science
The February 12 edition of the pre-eminent journal Science published a study of the vibrations of aqueous alkali halide solutions (DOI: 10.1126/science.1183799) reported by Dr Ismael Heisler and Prof. Steve Meech (UEA Chemistry). Read more
Tue, 23 Feb 2010
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Spring 2010 meeting of the Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry (CMSB)
The 2010 Spring meeting will be the first under the newly appointed Director of the UEA Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, Dr. Nick Le Brun. Read more
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
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UEA Chemistry research on the cover of JACS
Research from the group of Professor Steve Meech in the School of Chemistry at UEA was recently featured on the front cover of the prestigious Journal of the American Chemical Society. The work was communicated in Volume 132, Issue 5, p 1452 (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja907690g). Read more
Mon, 8 Feb 2010
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EPSRC Grant Awarded to Profs Meech and Page (UEA Chemistry)
Profs Steve Meech and Phil Page have been awarded an EPSRC grant to investigate ‘Photodynamics in Second Generation Fluorescent Proteins’. Read more
Wed, 20 Jan 2010
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Porphyrin Award to Professor Mike Cook
Professor Mike Cook has been awarded the 2010 Linstead Career Award in Porphyrin Chemistry. Read more
Mon, 18 Jan 2010
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EPSRC Grant for UEA Chemistry faculty member Dr Oganesyan
Dr. Vasily Oganesyan (CHE) has recently been awarded an EPSRC grant entitled "Bridging the gap between Molecular Dynamics and EPR spectroscopy: Application to Liquid Crystal systems" Read more
Fri, 1 Jan 2010
