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Andrew Orr-Ewing awarded ERC Advanced Grant to study photochemical mechanisms in microdroplets
17 June 2025
The School of Chemistry's Professor Andrew Orr-Ewing has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant with value of €3.2m over five years to study photochemical reactions in water droplets only a few micrometres in diameter.
- Chemistry breakthrough has potential to make more effective cancer drugs with less harmful side effects 11 July 2025 Researchers from the School of Chemistry have led a study which, for the first time, reports the discovery of a unique way to control and modify a type of compound widely used in medicines, including a drug used to treat breast cancer.
- Dek Woolfson to lead new global Centre for Protein Design 8 July 2025 The School of Chemistry's Professor Dek Woolfson will be leading a new global Centre for Protein Design (CPD) following a major Novo Nordisk Foundation grant.
- Royal Society of Chemistry Prizes awarded in recognition of Research led by the School of Chemistry 26 June 2025 The Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2025 Prize winners include several successes for the School of Chemistry
- Andrew Orr-Ewing awarded ERC Advanced Grant to study photochemical mechanisms in microdroplets 17 June 2025 The School of Chemistry's Professor Andrew Orr-Ewing has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant with value of €3.2m over five years to study photochemical reactions in water droplets only a few micrometres in diameter.
- Varinder Aggarwal awarded Horst Pracejus Prize for 2025 28 May 2025 The School of Chemistry's Professor Varinder Aggarwal has been awarded the Horst Pracejus Prize for 2025 from the German Chemical Society (GDCh).
- Chris Adams Symposium, 27th June 2025 20 May 2025 A symposium in memory of Dr Chris Adams will be held on Friday 27th June 2025, at the School of Chemistry.
- Two School of Chemistry academics elected as Royal Society Fellows 20 May 2025 Our very own Professor Dek Woolfson and Professor Jonathan Clayden have been recognised for their substantial contributions to the advancement of science with Fellowship in the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. Both of these world-leading scientists contribute to understanding structure and function of molecules at the interface of chemistry and biology.
- Rachel Tunnicliffe wins GW4 Open Research Prize in Improving Quality for OpenGHG project 29 April 2025 Dr Rachel Tunnicliffe has won winning the GW4 Open Research Prize in Improving Quality for the OpenGHG project.
- PhD student Olivia Watts helps Bristol to semi-finals of University Challenge 22 April 2025 School of Chemistry PhD student Olivia Watts helped Bristol's team reach the semi-finals of the current series of the iconic BBC Two student quiz programme University Challenge.
- Scientists make water-repellent breakthrough to replace toxic ‘forever chemicals’ 10 April 2025 School of Chemistry Emeritus Professor Julian Eastoe is among an international group of scientists who have invented a substitute for synthetic chemicals, called perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are widely used in everyday products despite being hazardous to health and the environment.