Department of Chemistry
Latest news from YSBL
2020
University of York scientists receive prestigious awards
June 2020
The family structure: building innovative science at York
February 2020
By royal appointment – Vice-Chancellor receives prestigious award on behalf of University at Buckingham Palace
February 2020
2019
York laboratory awarded Queen's Anniversary Prize
November 2019
Structure of heat-loving virus revealed
February 2019
2018
New insights into insulin physiology and insect-transmitted diseases
September 2018
Chemistry Professor awarded Haworth Memorial Lectureship
September 2018
Making artifical metalloenzyme assembly reversible
August 2018
New method provides insight into disease
June 2018
New hope for cold cure
May 2018
Unlocking wood biomass
February 2018
2017
Food flavour on a molecular scale
October 2017
New cellular imaging paves way for cancer treatment
June 2017
Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship renewed
May 2017
YSBL team publishes human enzyme key to understanding brain diseasesMarch 2017
YSBL leads successful £1.6M bid for state-of-the-art equipmentMarch 2017
Seishi Shimizu's paper selected for special issue of J Phys Chem BMarch 2017
News archive
2016
Gideon Davies wins industry award for work on enzymes for biofuels
November 2016
Gideon Davies awarded prestigious Royal Society Research Professorship
September 2016
Dr Kevin Cowtan's research on climate data published in Nature Climate Change
July 2016
Breakthrough in the treatment of inherited genetic disease
April 2016
New theoretical work helps access extracts from nature
April 2016
YSBL researchers publish new findings in biofuels quest
March 2016
New discovery reveals how living organisms use sulphur
February 2016
2015
YSBL research team reveals structure of key cancer target enzyme
November 2015
New software led by YSBL researcher brings sugars into the limelight
November 2015
YSBL scientist publishes new report on global warming data
November 2015
"Thermodynamics teapot" featured on cover of RSC journalOctober 2015
Professor Tony Wilkinson honoured by Slovak Academy of Sciences
September 2015
Professor Gideon Davies awarded 2015 Royal Society Davy Medal
July 2015
Research paper sheds new light on the molecular interactions in your teaJuly 2015
YSBL researcher leads study explaining inaccuracies in climate modellingJuly 2015
New EU training network "Fragnet" awarded
July 2015
New theoretical insight helps understanding of protein folding
May 2015
YSBL scientists find flaws in structural data on carbohydrate molecules
April 2015
Crystallographic methods expert helps debunk climate change myths
April 2015
YSBL researchers in Nature paper on yeast-eating bacteria
January 2015
New findings on starch-degrading enzymes published in Nature Communications
January 2015
2014
YSBL scientists lead the way in carbohydrate researchOctober 2014
Professor Tony Wilkinson publishes new research into disease-causing enzyme
September 2014
YSBL scientists publish new findings on biomass breakdownJune 2014
Professor Gideon Davies elected to Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences
May 2014
Professor Gideon Davies awarded RSC's Khorana Prize
May 2014
YSBL researcher wins prestigious Early Career award
March 2014
Funding boost for biological chemistry researchJanuary 2014
York scientists investigate the fibre of our being
January 2014
2013
YSBL researchers in biofuels advance
December 2013
Malaria drug target raises hopes for new treatments
December 2013
Missing heat in the climate system
November 2013
Launch of the Guy Dodson Fund
November 2013