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« Back to NewsUniversity of Oxford Chemist honoured in annual Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
18 January 2023
Award Chemistry Women in science
Professor of Physical Chemistry, Susan Perkin, has been named Award Laureate in the 2023 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK. The award comes in recognition of her experimental work using a custom-built instrument – known as the Surface Force Balance – to determine the properties of fluids.
RSC outreach grant to support Oxford Chemistry showcase at community events
9 January 2023
The Department of Chemistry has been awarded a grant from the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Outreach Fund to help attract a new generation of young people to study chemistry and continue a successful Science Together pilot collaboration.
Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research hosts event to celebrate fourth anniversary
16 December 2022
Chemistry Engineering Innovation and Enterprise Research
The Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR), the University’s engineering and physical sciences research institute in China, has marked its fourth anniversary with a celebratory event in Suzhou.
Tackling the rising tide of antimicrobial resistance
25 November 2022
Antimicrobial resistance Biology Chemistry Research
As part of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research and Oxford Martin School hosted a symposium on 'The Rising Tide of Antimicrobial Resistance: A high price to pay', bringing together experts from research, industry, policy and finance to discuss the threat and opportunities to address it.
Bacterial armour plating has implications for antibiotics
3 November 2022
Antimicrobial resistance Chemistry Medical science Research
A new study, involving researchers in the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Kavli Institute, sheds light on how Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli construct their outer membrane to resemble body armour, which has far-reaching implications for the development of antibiotics.
Oxford to host Electric Vehicle Summit on growth, investment and decarbonisation
20 October 2022
Chemistry Energy Engineering Innovation and Enterprise MPLS Materials science Physics
The 2022 Oxford Electric Vehicle Summit will focus on growth and investment, as it returns to Oxford University’s Saïd Business School. The event is in partnership with Oxford City Council, Oxfordshire County Council, Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University and aims to deliver on decarbonised transport in the UK, and beyond.
Oxford partners with the Optiver Foundation to launch new international postgraduate scholarship programme for women in STEM
26 August 2022
Chemistry Computer science Engineering Funding Maths Physics Statistics Teaching Women in science
The partnership aims to increase the number of women from low- and middle-income countries who take up offers to study Master's programmes in MPLS departments, with the first Optiver Foundation Scholars joining in October 2023.
Six MPLS researchers honoured with Royal Society medals
24 August 2022
Award Chemistry Engineering MPLS Materials science Maths Physics
Each year, the Royal Society recognises exceptional research achievements through a series of prestigious medals and prizes named after great scientists of the past. This year eight Oxford University researchers, six of them from MPLS Division, have been honoured for their outstanding contributions to science and medicine.
Overcoming drug-resistant cancer mutations with novel inhibitors
18 August 2022
Chemistry Medical science Physical sciences underpinning health Research
A team led by researchers from Oxford Chemistry have recently published a study in Nature Communications investigating the mechanism behind a resistance to the drug ivosidenib that has developed in some types of cancer.
Team from Chemistry named winners of the Oxford University Student Entrepreneurship Programme
17 August 2022
Award Chemistry Innovation and Enterprise
The StEP programme gives students the opportunity to have a go at becoming an entrepreneurs, challenging students to identify an idea for a new business based on a University research project, develop a business plan, and prepare a pitch to real investors - all in just four weeks.
MPLS staff recognised at 2022 Vice-Chancellor’s Environmental Sustainability Awards
14 July 2022
Award Biology Chemistry Climate MPLS Sustainability & the environment Women in science Zoology
Members of MPLS departments were amongst those recognised at the University's seventh Environmental Sustainability Awards today, hosted by Vice Chancellor, Dame Professor Louise Richardson.
Next generation of innovators recognised at inaugural Jamie Ferguson Chemistry Innovation Awards
30 June 2022
Award Chemistry Innovation and Enterprise
Oxford Chemistry students with innovative, game-changing ideas have been highlighted at the inaugural Jamie Ferguson Chemistry Innovation Awards ('The Jamies'), a new annual awards scheme co-developed by the Department of Chemistry and Oxford University Innovation (OUI) in honour of the late Dr Jamie Ferguson.
Oxford scientists win seven new prizes from the Royal Society of Chemistry
7 June 2022
Five individuals and two teams from the University of Oxford have won prestigious prizes at this year’s Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Awards.
Doctoral research funding initiative launched to tackle antimicrobial resistance
1 June 2022
Antimicrobial resistance Chemistry Funding Medical science
Funding to train the next generation of cutting-edge antimicrobial resistance researchers has been announced by Ineos Oxford Institute (IOI), the University of Oxford, and the University of Cambridge.
Chemistry researchers to develop novel energy and bioelectronic materials with new EPSRC Programme Grant
18 May 2022
Chemistry Funding Materials science
Professors Andrew Goodwin and Iain McCullogh in the Department of Chemistry are part of the team of 10 researchers at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge that will be at the forefront of work that on a new generation of soft functional materials.
Seven MPLS researchers elected to the Royal Society
10 May 2022
Award Biology Chemistry Earth sciences Maths Physics Zoology
In all, eight scientists from the University of Oxford have joined the Royal Society as Fellows. All but one are from departments in MPLS Division.
New Biochemistry Building renamed the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building
5 May 2022
Chemistry Medical science Women in science
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin made key contributions to Medical Sciences and was the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Oxford Chemistry launches the inaugural Jamie Ferguson Chemistry Innovation Award
27 April 2022
Award Chemistry Innovation and Enterprise
This award has been created as a legacy to Dr Jamie Ferguson of Oxford University Innovation, who tragically died in August 2020 after succumbing to COVID-19.
New test can identify if a patient has cancer and if it has spread
6 January 2022
Chemistry Medical science Research
A publication by University of Oxford researchers describes a new minimally invasive and inexpensive blood test that can identify cancer in patients with non-specific symptoms.
New resistance-busting antibiotic combination could extend the use of ‘last-resort’ antibiotics
14 December 2021
Antimicrobial resistance Biology Chemistry Research Zoology
Scientists have discovered a new potential treatment that has the ability to reverse antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause conditions such as sepsis, pneumonia, and urinary tract infections.