Departmental news
Thursday 21 September 2023
In a new partnership the Department of Chemistry, working with colleagues from the Department of Environment and Geography, recently hosted a Ukrainian PhD student as part of an exchange programme between their universities in Kharkiv and the University of York.
Tuesday 19 September 2023
The Society of Chemical Industry Yorkshire and Humber Division has awarded its ‘Science for Society Award 2023’ to Joy Parvin from the University of York’s Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC).
Monday 18 September 2023
The Department of Chemistry has placed 7th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 for the subject of Chemistry. The ranking recognises the quality of our courses, and the experiences and opportunities they provide to our students.
Wednesday 30 August 2023
Air quality scientists have demonstrated that the most deprived areas in England experience the highest levels of air pollution emissions.
Thursday 17 August 2023
The results of a nationwide survey have revealed that the Department of Chemistry is home to some of the happiest chemistry students in the UK.
Wednesday 26 July 2023
A team of researchers from the University of York and Newcastle University have trialled an ‘on-the-fly’ deep neural network (DNN) training protocol that can be used to simulate the spectroscopic signals from ultrafast molecular processes.
Thursday 6 July 2023
A collective team of researchers led by Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL) at the Department of Chemistry, the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) and other research institutes have discovered the first evidence of the absence of nocturnal oxidation chemistry in the urban megacity of Delhi during highly polluted events.
Wednesday 28 June 2023
Chemistry alum Dr Mike Hartshorn and his wife Dr Michelle Jones, have established a fund at York to give emerging scientists the chance to explore new areas of biological chemistry research.
Thursday 8 June 2023
Chemistry at York ranked 7th in the UK according to the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2024).
Tuesday 23 May 2023
A new partnership between the University of York, Croda International Plc and the University of Nottingham has been launched to develop novel, sustainable polymers for liquid formulations.
Tuesday 16 May 2023
The outstanding performance of PhD and PDRA staff members from the Department of Chemistry has been highlighted across the recent Easter conference season.
Tuesday 9 May 2023
The outcomes and lessons learned from an innovative research-led module for final year MChem students in the Department of Chemistry at York has recently been published.
Friday 5 May 2023
The research paper ‘Structural Atlas of a human gut Crassvirus’ by Dr Oliver Bayfield and Professor Fred Antson appeared in Nature in early May.
Tuesday 28 March 2023
Technical specialists from the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York have been successful in funding applications for two new science instrument projects for the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) Airbourne Laboratory.
Friday 24 March 2023
The University of York has partnered with renewable chemicals company, Circa Group, to launch the Circa Renewable Chemistry Institute (CRCI).
Monday 13 March 2023
Recent research from scientists at the Universities of York and Durham has developed new concepts about the shape and dynamic nature of molecules.
Monday 13 March 2023
Researchers at the University of York have been awarded £1.4 million to develop online science materials for schools.
Monday 6 March 2023
Researchers at the University of York have secured funding to run a pioneering £1.2 million three-year project that will become a world-leading facility for the study of indoor air quality – shaping how the homes of the future are built.
Monday 6 March 2023
Recent research from scientists at the Universities of York and Durham twists molecules to their breaking point in order to challenge the understanding of chemical bonds.
Tuesday 28 February 2023
A new synthetic method developed in York that enables the simple synthesis of a wide range of biologically important cyclic sulfur-containing molecules has been discovered.
Wednesday 22 February 2023
Collaborative work between researchers in York has demonstrated a new way to probe the catalytic cycle of molecular heterogeneous catalysts, by combining two areas of expertise in the Chemistry Department: advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods and new methods for the synthesis and reactivity of organometallic complexes in the crystalline phase.
Thursday 16 February 2023
Scientists from the Department of Chemistry in York have developed an innovative way of using gels to stabilise highly reactive organometallic chemicals. This enhances safety and could transform the way chemical reactions are carried out.
Tuesday 14 February 2023
A recent paper presents the innovative teaching approach to organic reaction mechanisms used in the Department of Chemistry at York.
Tuesday 7 February 2023
Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE) postdoctoral researcher, Dan Day, recently took part in the ‘I’m a Scientist’ Plastic Zone outreach event and was voted the winner.
Friday 20 January 2023
Novel catalytic methods developed in York have provided synthetic access to main-group based block co-polymers for the first time, which self-assemble into nanostructured materials.
Thursday 19 January 2023
Scientists have shed new light on the ‘self-cleaning’ capacity of the atmosphere.
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Olivia Dalby (MChem, 2021) has had her MChem project work, providing new insights into adsorption on solid surfaces, published in the journal Langmuir as the lead author.
Wednesday 16 November 2022
A new approach, developed in York, significantly enhances molecular detection in dilute solutions and opens exciting new possibilities in terms of disease diagnosis.
Friday 14 October 2022
The University of York is one of the first UK Universities to sign the Green Chemistry Commitment - a charter to train the next generation of chemists about the key principles of green chemistry.
Tuesday 11 October 2022
A new approach, developed in York, allows the detection of short-lived reactive radicals, and has the potential to enhance understanding of chemical reactions, such as those taking place in Earth’s atmosphere.
Wednesday 28 September 2022
Working with a team from AstraZeneca, academics from the Departments of Chemistry and Biology have developed clean and effective enzyme-mediated synthetic methods for use in the pharmaceutical industry.
Thursday 22 September 2022
An academic in the Department of Chemistry has won a prestigious European Research Council Consolidator (ERC) Grant worth £1.7 million pounds to fund transformative research in NMR spectroscopy.
Tuesday 20 September 2022
York’s department of Chemistry placed 7th in the UK according to the latest release of The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide (2023).
Friday 9 September 2022
Glassblower Abigail Mortimer has been shortlisted for the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Outstanding Technician of the Year Award 2022.
Friday 9 September 2022
Researchers in the Department of Chemistry have pioneered a new experimental method for training graduate students in the safe handling of air-sensitive compounds.
Thursday 14 July 2022
Researchers from the Department of Chemistry have discovered why reducing particle pollution is actually increasing surface ozone pollution in some emerging economies, negatively impacting health, ecosystems and agriculture.
Monday 11 July 2022
The high-quality teaching in the Department of Chemistry has been recognised in the latest National Student Survey (NSS) results.
Tuesday 5 July 2022
Early career academic in the Department of Chemistry, Dr Chris Spicer, has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust Career Development Grant worth £990,000.
Wednesday 15 June 2022
A new synthetic method developed in York, conjugate addition/ring expansion (CARE), enables the simple synthesis of a wide range of cyclic compounds that can incorporate many different functional groups.
Wednesday 15 June 2022
Chemistry at York is ranked as 7th in the UK by the Complete University Guide.
Tuesday 14 June 2022
An innovative method for enhancing benchtop NMR spectroscopic signals has been reported, opening new possibilities for this simple low-cost technology to be used in settings outside the traditional research lab.
Tuesday 7 June 2022
Professor Alastair Lewis has received the prestigious 2022 Lord Lewis Prize from The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Tuesday 7 June 2022
Professor David Smith has received the prestigious 2022 Tilden Prize from The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Monday 6 June 2022
An academic in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York has produced a unique version of the Pride rainbow flag for York Pride celebrations this year and it carries an important additional message.
Thursday 19 May 2022
Recent research has demonstrated how hyperpolarised NMR methods can be developed to follow reaction processes with much enhanced sensitivity, opening the possibility of creating hyperpolarized pharmaceuticals and following their distribution and reactivity in the human body by MRI.
Tuesday 17 May 2022
Researchers have created a comic about green and sustainable chemistry research which will be given to all of York’s primary schools.
Monday 16 May 2022
The outstanding results of REF2021 have indicated that research in the Department of Chemistry at York is in the Top 10 UK Chemistry departments, as ranked by Times Higher Education, with the majority of its research activity being scored as world-leading (4*). Importantly, the Department has taken a uniquely inclusive approach to achieving this research excellence.
Thursday 12 May 2022
An outstanding performance in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 sees the Department of Chemistry in the Top 10 UK chemistry departments in the Times Higher Education’s ranking of the results, with the majority of its research and impact being rated as world leading (4*).
Monday 9 May 2022
More than £2m has been awarded to Professor Simon Duckett to develop a new method that ultimately aims to improve the effectiveness of MRI scanners to detect diseases.
Wednesday 4 May 2022
Recent work performed in collaboration between the Universities of Manchester and York, with input from industrial partners, has uncovered a novel and powerful enzyme capable of synthesising amines with multiple chiral centres.
Tuesday 3 May 2022
Professor Ron Hester, one of the original group of lecturers who set up the Department of Chemistry in York, died last month aged 86.
Friday 1 April 2022
The Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE) in the Department of Chemistry has appointed Professor Helen Sneddon, previously a Scientific Team Director at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), as its new Director.
Monday 21 March 2022
The Society of Chemical Industry Yorkshire and Humber Division has awarded its ‘Science for Society Award’ to a York academic in recognition of their sustained, outstanding and influential contributions to the advancement of science education.
Monday 21 March 2022
Two academics in the Department of Chemistry have received prestigious European Research Council Consolidator Grants worth over £1.5 million pounds each, to support their rapidly growing portfolios of innovative research in the area of chemical biology.
Thursday 24 February 2022
A PhD Student in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York, Harry Maslen, is competing in the heptathlon at the UK Indoor Championships this weekend.
Wednesday 2 February 2022
A method has been developed in York to 3D-print self-assembled gel scaffolds and load them with gold nanoparticles in situ – the presence of gold has been shown to significantly enhance stem cell growth.
Friday 14 January 2022
Professor Alastair Lewis, of the Wolfson Atmospheric Science Laboratories, has been appointed chair of the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Science Advisory Council (SAC).
Thursday 6 January 2022
Professor Lucy Carpenter from the Department of Chemistry received an MBE for services to atmospheric chemistry in the Queen’s New Year Honours.
Thursday 6 January 2022
Landmark research from the Department of Chemistry has developed an innovative synthetic method, able to convert any aromatic halide into a phenol, solving a long-standing problem in organic synthesis.
Friday 26 November 2021
The University of York has been recognised with three Royal Society of Chemistry Prizes.
Wednesday 24 November 2021
Using nature for inspiration, a team of scientists in the UK and China has developed low-friction surfaces that have been designed in such a way they can repair themselves if damaged. These smart materials might one day be used in medical implants, like hip replacements.
Monday 15 November 2021
Twenty seven students from the MSc in Green Chemistry and Sustainable Industrial Technology course met virtually this month to reflect on COP26
Friday 5 November 2021
A University of York graduate student has won a prestigious award at the Yorkshire Asian Young Achiever Awards (YAYAs).
Thursday 4 November 2021
Graduate Student Ruhee Dawood has been shortlisted in the Yorkshire Asian Young Achiever Awards (YAYAs), which seek “beacons of success and achievement”
Wednesday 3 November 2021
New research building on AI algorithms has enabled scientists to create more complete models of the protein structures in our bodies - paving the way for faster design of therapeutics and vaccines.
Monday 1 November 2021
Two recent papers published in Journal of Chemical Education highlight the innovative ways the Department of Chemistry is approaching the training of undergraduate students and graduate teaching assistants.
Friday 29 October 2021
The Department of Chemistry is taking bold steps towards decolonisation
Tuesday 12 October 2021
University of York scientists are part of a team developing new detector technology needed for the next powerful particle accelerator, the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC).
Thursday 9 September 2021
The outstanding performance of six Chemistry Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) has been recognised in this year’s Roger J Mawby Demonstrating Awards.
Tuesday 7 September 2021
Professor Gideon Davies has been awarded a further five year term for his prestigious Royal Society Ken Murray Research Professorship.
Friday 3 September 2021
Dr Glenn Hurst has been recognised for his innovative approach to teaching - in particular his working with students as partners and use of technology enhanced learning.
Friday 13 August 2021
Scientists have identified an unusual enzyme that plays a major role in the infection of plants - and have shown that disabling this enzyme effectively stops plant disease in its tracks.
Monday 9 August 2021
York researchers are leading a team that will receive £450k to create the world's first high throughput two-dimensional infrared (2D-IR) screening facility for the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors.
Thursday 5 August 2021
Glenn Hurst has been recognised with a prestigious Advance HE 2021 National Teaching Fellowships in recognition of his remarkable contributions to higher education teaching and pedagogy.
Thursday 5 August 2021
Recent research from the Department of Chemistry has created gel beads that can spontaneously move when placed in water. By assembling a unique nanoscale network within the particles, the beads become turbo-charged and better able to remove a pollutant dye from the water.
Monday 26 July 2021
Recent research from the Department of Chemistry has shown that the selectivity of palladium-catalysed reactions can be dramatically switched using very small changes in reaction conditions.
Thursday 22 July 2021
A regional collaborative project has won funding to continue for another year.
Monday 12 July 2021
The Department has once again confirmed its place among the UK's most highly regarded departments for the subject of Chemistry. The Department is ranked 8th in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2022.
Tuesday 6 July 2021
Chemistry lecturers, Dr Julia Sarju and Dr Lizzie Wheeldon have received the Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Award 2021 in recognition of ‘excellent contributions’ to learning and teaching activities in the Department of Chemistry.
Tuesday 6 July 2021
Dr Alyssa-Jennifer Avestro has been recognised as ‘PhD Supervisor of the Year’ in the York University Students Union (YUSU) Excellence Awards
Thursday 1 July 2021
Professor Robin Perutz, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Chemistry has been elected to the Council which governs the Royal Society, the oldest and one of the most prestigious scientific institutions in the world.
Tuesday 22 June 2021
An extinct species of dwarf elephant experienced a weight and height reduction of 8,000kg and almost two metres after evolving from one of the largest land mammals that ever lived, a new study has confirmed.
Wednesday 16 June 2021
The Department of Chemistry’s annual Poster competition for PhD students took place on Wednesday 9 June, and this year was held online for the first time.
Tuesday 15 June 2021
Undergraduate student research investigating staff perceptions of a ‘systems thinking’ approach in chemistry education indicates it is viewed positively. In particular, the systems thinking approach has potential advantages in providing benefits to student learning, facilitating interdisciplinary teaching/learning, and enhancing student employability – ultimately leading to societal benefits.
Tuesday 15 June 2021
Scientists from the University of York have been recognised for their pioneering work in the inaugural ‘Horizon Prizes’ awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Tuesday 15 June 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted us all but the consequences have not been felt equally. In a new article, Dr Julia Sarju suggests strategies for the genuine inclusion of disabled scientists and argues that the time has never been more important to take action.
Friday 11 June 2021
Researchers at York, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Manchester, GSK and Prozomix Ltd, have been recognized with one of the inaugural Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prizes.
Wednesday 9 June 2021
An international research team, led by groups at The Crick (UK) and Stanford University (USA) and joined by Dr Jon Agirre (York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry), has been recognised with one of the inaugural Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prizes.
Monday 7 June 2021
Research to explore the mechanistic details of important catalytic reactions, led by two academics in York, has been recognized with one of the inaugural Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prizes.
Thursday 27 May 2021
Professor Eleanor Dodson FRS, an Emeritus of the Department, has been elected as a Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science.
Tuesday 25 May 2021
Scientists at the University of York have made significant progress in the development of a nasal spray treatment for patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Wednesday 19 May 2021
Research led by a University of York scientist is the inspiration behind a new online children’s story.
Friday 7 May 2021
Dr Avtar Singh Matharu, Course Director for the MSc in Green Chemistry and Sustainable Industrial Technology, has been nominated for a prestigious ‘Teacher of the Year’ Award.
Thursday 15 April 2021
The latest winter lockdown did not have the same impact on air pollution levels as the first lockdown of 2020, new research from the University of York shows.
Thursday 15 April 2021
York Academic and Global Green Chemistry Pioneer, Professor James Clark to receive 2021 European Sustainable Chemistry Award (ECSA)
Friday 26 March 2021
Chemistry PhD student, Amelia Gilio, took part in a major national event to engage with school students and was voted the winner.
Friday 19 March 2021
In a landmark study, researchers from the Department of Chemistry have gained new mechanistic insights into C-H activation, a vital chemical reaction process.
Wednesday 3 February 2021
A new technology developed in the Department of Chemistry can fabricate injectable biocompatible microgels, with sub-micrometre diameters, that can release bioactive agents and hence enhance stem cell growth.
Wednesday 27 January 2021
David Rowe, a pioneer of Management and Industry teaching in the Department of Chemistry, passed away on 22 January 2021 aged 95. He is remembered here by Professor Robin Perutz and Dr Tom Halstead.
Tuesday 8 December 2020
Research performed by Masters students in York has provided unique new insights into the unusual structures formed by an exciting new gallium-based catalyst. They demonstrated that gallium(I) triflate is actually a complex mixture of species, generating important information to help direct future catalyst design.
Friday 27 November 2020
The Department of Chemistry’s Teaching Labs’ Chemistree is twice its usual size for its tenth anniversary year, bringing even more colour and light - and a fantastic variety of glassware - to Christmas 2020.
Monday 16 November 2020
Groundbreaking work which began as a Laidlaw summer project in the Department of Chemistry results in publication for two graduating students.
Friday 13 November 2020
An atmospheric chemist from the University of York is runner-up for a major award by a leading science journal.
Friday 6 November 2020
Researchers from the Universities of York and Melbourne have shed new light on how viruses like hepatitis B, dengue and SARS-CoV-2 hijack a cell paving the way for potential anti-viral drugs to stop the virus in its tracks.
Friday 6 November 2020
Professor Ian Fairlamb of the Department of Chemistry at the University of York has been awarded a four-year Royal Society industry fellowship to work in collaboration with Johnson Matthey, on a project that will enable more efficient use of the planet’s natural resources.
Thursday 5 November 2020
A team of scientists - including an academic from the University of York - has been awarded more than £8m (9.1m euros) for a major research programme into how enzymes work on complex sugars.
Wednesday 14 October 2020
Pioneering research at the University of York could help us understand how the latest new antibiotics against tuberculosis (TB) work - and pave the way for improved treatments in the future.
Wednesday 7 October 2020
The under-representation of BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) individuals is a longstanding problem in chemistry and represents an enormous loss of talent. To help address this urgent problem, the Department of Chemistry has recently been awarded £5000 by The Royal Society of Chemistry to survey the lived experiences of BAME chemistry students and staff.
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Chemistry at York in the top ten in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide.
Tuesday 22 September 2020
A computational method developed in York provides an easy way of visualising the aromaticity of important polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon molecules and gives new insights into their bonding.
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Applying circular economy principles to resource recovery from red algae has revealed two unforeseen crystal forms of floridoside – an intriguing natural product.
Wednesday 16 September 2020
The outstanding performance of six Chemistry Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) has been recognised in this year’s Roger J Mawby Demonstrating Awards.
Tuesday 8 September 2020
Chemistry at York is ranked sixth, confirming its place as one of the top Chemistry departments in the UK.
Wednesday 26 August 2020
Rob Ives to receive Chancellor's Leadership Award at this year’s Graduation ceremony
Tuesday 18 August 2020
‘The Chem Collective’ launched on TikTok social media platform
Friday 7 August 2020
A post-lockdown economic recovery plan that incorporates and emphasises climate-friendly choices could help significantly in the battle against global warming, according to a new study.
Tuesday 4 August 2020
An atmospheric chemist from the University of York has been shortlisted for a major award by a leading science journal.
Thursday 16 July 2020
We’re delighted to learn that our chemistry students rated their learning experience highly in the National Student Survey, and are some of the happiest in the UK.
Monday 13 July 2020
A £1.4m grant has been awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to support an international research network led by Dr John Slattery (University of York) and Professor Ken McKendrick (Heriot-Watt University), who will explore the surface structure and catalytic performance of ionic liquids.
Friday 10 July 2020
Air pollution is lower than expected in some of the UK’s towns and cities, despite a return to almost normal traffic levels, new research shows.
Thursday 25 June 2020
There is sadness in the Department of Chemistry this week at the news that one of the victims of the Reading terror attack is a former student.
Tuesday 23 June 2020
Three scientists from the University of York’s Department of Chemistry have received prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) awards.
Friday 19 June 2020
Two high-profile European-Commission-funded projects will bring four early career researchers to the Department of Chemistry, with York research groups collaborating with a wide range of institutions and industrial partners across Europe.
Tuesday 9 June 2020
In rankings released this week the Department continues to be among the UK's most highly regarded departments for the subject of Chemistry. The Department is ranked 5th in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2021.
Monday 8 June 2020
The award, which recognises excellence in teaching and learning support, will be formally conferred later in the year at one of the 2020 graduation ceremonies.
Thursday 28 May 2020
Naturally-occurring analogues of Vitamin C have been used to form deep eutectic solvents for the first time. These environmentally-friendly solvents may have applications as natural antifreezes or antibacterial agents.
Wednesday 6 May 2020
Researchers in Green Chemistry have developed antimicrobial applications for waste citrus peel, potentially enabling the greater use of this resource in a circular economy.
Tuesday 5 May 2020
Researchers at the University of York have synthesised compounds that can bind to one of the key proteins in the COVID-19 virus. The discovery could pave the way for new drug treatments to fight the virus.
Tuesday 5 May 2020
A free online course developed by the Department of Chemistry has been shown to have excellent educational outcomes, with positive student attitudes, high levels of learner engagement and a significant impact on students making the transition to university.
Thursday 30 April 2020
Students and staff from the MSc Green Chemistry and Sustainable Industrial Technology course met virtually this month to mark Earth Day 2020.
Tuesday 28 April 2020
A research team from the Department of Chemistry has synthesised a fascinating new cobalt complex previously considered too reactive to make.
Monday 27 April 2020
Research from the Department of Chemistry in York is providing vital insights into the novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, and may help underpin antibody tests and future therapies.
Friday 24 April 2020
Work carried out by eight University of York Chemistry undergraduates results in a major publication in an international open access chemistry journal.
Friday 24 April 2020
York’s air quality has improved significantly during the coronavirus lockdown, according to research by a University of York academic.
Thursday 16 April 2020
Core shell gel beads can be decorated with silver nanoparticles and show antimicrobial activity against drug-resistant bacteria.
Wednesday 15 April 2020
A University of York academic is leading a national scientific advisory group calling for scientists and researchers to share their data on air pollution during the coronavirus pandemic.
Wednesday 1 April 2020
Genetic information from an 800,000-year-old human fossil tooth has been retrieved for the first time.
Thursday 19 March 2020
A University of York academic is a joint recipient of this year’s Gunther Laukien Prize – awarded annually to recognize cutting-edge nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) research.
Friday 13 March 2020
A researcher at York is to partner with an academic at the University of Cape Town in a collaborative grant scheme designed to tackle global challenges.
Monday 9 March 2020
Dr Jess Wade gave the Department of Chemistry’s annual Beacon Equality and Diversity Lecture, inspiring a packed audience towards equality in science.
Friday 6 March 2020
Employees from regional and national industries could study for PhDs under a new £1m pilot scheme to be introduced at the University of York in the area of circular, sustainable manufacturing.
Monday 24 February 2020
Dr Jon Agirre takes part in the Royal Society Pairing Scheme 2020.
Tuesday 18 February 2020
The pioneering work of YSBL has received royal recognition at a prestigious ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
Friday 7 February 2020
A study by scientists at the University of York casts new light on the role of chemistry in the evolution of life.
Friday 24 January 2020
In his recent Perspectives article in Science, 'Rethinking chemistry for a circular economy', Professor James Clark explores the use and re-use of chemical products in the modern age.
Wednesday 15 January 2020
A scientist from the University of York has been recognised by the prestigious Blavatnik Family Foundation and New York Academy of Sciences for her pioneering work in fossil dating.
Wednesday 11 December 2019
A University of York academic is to lead a study into the timings and root causes of the evolution and expansion of early humans in Europe.
Thursday 21 November 2019
The University of York’s Structural Biology Laboratory (YSBL) in the Department of Chemistry has been awarded a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize.
Wednesday 13 November 2019
Researchers from the Department of Chemistry have contributed to the discovery of a remarkable new enzyme from a marine virus that is capable of adding iodine atoms to a diverse array of small organic molecules.
Friday 8 November 2019
New research from the Smith group has discovered an innovative way of formulating functional soft gels by encapsulating them within a shell, rather like the jam filling in a doughnut.
Wednesday 23 October 2019
Dr Glenn Hurst has been recognised with one of the 2020 American Chemical Society’s Committee on Environmental Improvement awards.
Tuesday 22 October 2019
An academic from the Department of Chemistry is among the first in the UK to be recognised by a national Research Supervision Recognition Programme.
Thursday 17 October 2019
Environmental and atmospheric scientists at the University of York and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) have been awarded £674,000 for a research project which aims to measure air pollution in some of West Africa’s fastest growing cities.
Thursday 10 October 2019
Scientists from across the University, including researchers from the Department of Chemistry, have developed a method to test whether an infection is resistant to common antibiotics.
Thursday 10 October 2019
A recent educational study from the Department outlines an innovative approach to teaching students about environmentally-friendly methods of pharmaceutical synthesis.
Monday 23 September 2019
Chemistry at York in top ten in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020.
Monday 16 September 2019
York scientists are part of an international team which has discovered how a parasite responsible for spreading a serious tropical disease protects itself from starvation once inside its human host.
Thursday 12 September 2019
Scientists from the University of York were involved in a project to extract original proteins providing genetic data from a 1.77 million-year-old rhino tooth.
Tuesday 10 September 2019
Dr Lianne Willems has been awarded a five-year research grant worth €1.5m to support the first phase of her career as an independent academic here in York.
Friday 6 September 2019
Dr Moray Stark from the Department of Chemistry at York has developed a powerful Teaching Laboratory intervention to help students improve their chemical handling skills.
Thursday 5 September 2019
The Department of Chemistry's Athena SWAN Gold submission document has now been made freely available on the University web pages.
Friday 9 August 2019
Our researchers are to collaborate with colleagues in Japan to combat ground level ozone - a major pollutant in East Asia.
Thursday 25 July 2019
Professor Andrew Weller will be joining the Department in January 2020 from the University of Oxford.
Tuesday 16 July 2019
The latest research from the Smith group presents heparin binding agents with greater stability and lower toxicity, which may be useful in helping control blood clotting after major surgery.
Friday 5 July 2019
We’re delighted to have some of the happiest chemistry students in the UK.
Thursday 27 June 2019
There were six winners in this year’s Roger J Mawby Demonstrating Awards, which recognise and reward outstanding performance from Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) in the Department of Chemistry.
Friday 7 June 2019
Chemistry at York retains its place in the top five in the Guardian University Guide.
Thursday 6 June 2019
Three Chemistry academics recognised as winners in the York University Students Union Excellence Awards.
Tuesday 28 May 2019
Scientists at the University of York are playing a key role in a European consortium which has provided a disruptive technological breakthrough to allow the discovery and characterisation of novel enzymes for industrial biotechnology.
Friday 17 May 2019
A new spectroscopic technique that suppresses water absorptions allows infrared spectroscopic analysis of blood serum proteins for biomedical applications.
Thursday 16 May 2019
An environmentally-friendly solvent developed in our green chemistry laboratories has won a top US industry award.
Tuesday 14 May 2019
York’s Department of Chemistry will play a crucial role in a project to accurately estimate global climate change since the start of the industrial era, using data collated since the days of the Clipper ships over 200 years ago.
Wednesday 8 May 2019
Dr Alison Parkin receives fellowship in recognition of research into sustained production of hydrogen in high levels of oxygen.
Tuesday 7 May 2019
Researchers investigating how sunscreen ingredients interact with UV light are calling for more scientific tests to determine how effective commercial sunscreens are in protecting people from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
Tuesday 7 May 2019
The Department was delighted with the announcement in May 2019 that it had received a new Athena SWAN Gold Award. In 2007, York Chemistry was the first department nationally to win an Athena SWAN Gold, and has held it continuously ever since.
Wednesday 1 May 2019
This week the Department confirmed its place among the UK's most highly regarded departments for the subject of Chemistry. The Department is ranked 4th in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2020.
Friday 26 April 2019
Dr Glenn Hurst, Assistant Professor of Chemical Education in the Department, has been highly commended in the Teaching Excellence category at the Educate North Awards.
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Professor Lucy Carpenter from the Department of Chemistry has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of her contribution to science
Tuesday 2 April 2019
A researcher from the Department of Chemistry has been awarded a fellowship to help translate his work into a potential business idea.
Friday 29 March 2019
Professor Lucy Carpenter has been awarded £2m to study how ozone in the lower atmosphere interacts with the sea’s surface from the prestigious Advanced Grant Fund of the European Research Council (ERC).
Thursday 28 March 2019
The annual Johnson Matthey Poster Competition took place on Tuesday 26 March 2019 with thirty of our third-year PhD students presenting their work.
Wednesday 20 March 2019
Dr Glenn Hurst, Assistant Professor of Chemical Education in the Department of Chemistry, has been shortlisted for the Teaching Excellence Award at the Educate North Awards.
Wednesday 20 March 2019
Dr Aimee Clarke presented her research to MPs in the Houses of Parliament at the STEM for Britain event
Wednesday 13 March 2019
Professor Jane Thomas-Oates and Dr Alison Parkin have recently both been recognised with two separate awards for their high quality research, which uses key analytical methods to shed light on important chemical and biological processes.
Thursday 7 March 2019
Dr Glenn Hurst has become a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Tuesday 19 February 2019
Cryo-electron microscopy has provided vital clues to the nature of virus assembly
Tuesday 29 January 2019
Gels self-assembled by simply mixing sustainable, commercially-available ingredients have high conductivities and great potential for use in energy technology.
Wednesday 9 January 2019
Professor Ian Fairlamb has been awarded the 2019 AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and Syngenta Prize for Process Chemistry Research.
Tuesday 8 January 2019
Green Chemistry first year PhD student Parul Johar has been awarded an ACU Blue Charter fellowship of £10,000.
Thursday 22 November 2018
New theoretical studies predict that S2N2 is the first example of an inorganic ring that can switch its aromaticity on electronic excitation.
Thursday 15 November 2018
Analysis of iodine trapped in Alpine ice has shown that levels of atmospheric iodine have tripled over the past century, which partially offsets human-driven increases in the air pollutant, ozone.
Monday 12 November 2018
Chemistry student shares his longstanding passion for communicating chemistry by suggesting new competition for #RealTimeChem week on Twitter.
Wednesday 7 November 2018
Chemistry receives a share of £100M funding to train the next generation of environmental scientists.
Tuesday 6 November 2018
As part of the UK-Brazil Year of Science and Innovation, Professor Michael North has written an article explaining how researchers in York and Brazil are working together to develop new methods to convert excess carbon dioxide into sustainable materials for battery technologies.
Monday 5 November 2018
Final year MChem student Melissa Davie has been nominated for the inaugural Nova Prize in Chemistry.
Monday 15 October 2018
The Department of Chemistry has been featured by The Royal Society of Chemistry in an article promoting initiatives to support diversity in the workplace.
Tuesday 9 October 2018
Research carried out by York atmospheric chemists was featured on Grand Designs, as a family in South-West London built a low-VOC emitting house.
Monday 8 October 2018
Research carried out in the research groups of Professor Ian Fairlamb and Dr Jason Lynam has developed a new method to probe chemical catalysts.
Wednesday 3 October 2018
Researchers at the University of York and the British Museum have discovered traces of opiates preserved inside a distinctive vessel dating back to the Late Bronze Age.
Tuesday 25 September 2018
The Department of Chemistry has placed 3rd in the latest Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide.
Monday 24 September 2018
Dr Alyssa-Jennifer Avestro has been awarded a Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship and will join the new Molecular Materials research grouping in York.
Friday 21 September 2018
An international research team, led by Professor Marek Brzozowski in the Department of Chemistry, has fully characterised the insulin binding protein from the fruit fly. This provides new insight into human physiology and potential new routes to interfere with insect-transmitted diseases such as malaria and yellow fever.
Wednesday 19 September 2018
Professor Gideon Davies has been awarded the Haworth Memorial Lectureship for his vital contributions to carbohydrate chemistry, and investigations of their biological roles.
Wednesday 12 September 2018
As newly named president of the British Science Association’s Chemistry Section, Dr Jacqui Hamilton will speak on the UK’s dangerously high diesel fuel pollution levels, and the hidden emissions we aren’t yet detecting.
Thursday 6 September 2018
Dr Glenn Hurst has been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education (THE) ‘Most Innovative Teacher of the Year’ award based on his work using social media in new ways to enhance student engagement, understanding and communication.
Thursday 30 August 2018
Professor Andrew Parsons has been awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy in recognition of his inspirational and innovative approaches to teaching.
Monday 20 August 2018
A new anchoring strategy enables a synthetic catalyst to be bound strongly, yet reversibly, to a protein scaffold, thereby developing an artificial metalloenzyme that benefits from recyclable components.
Monday 13 August 2018
A solvent selection guide developed in collaboration with York’s Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence has been adopted by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute.
Wednesday 8 August 2018
Researchers in the Department of Chemistry will receive EUR 1.5m for vital Tropospheric Chlorine Oxidation work.
Wednesday 1 August 2018
Chemistry confirms its place at the top of the Russell Group in National Student Survey results.
Thursday 26 July 2018
York alumnus, Tim James, has written a popular science book entitled, ‘Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything’.
Wednesday 25 July 2018
Teams from the Department of Chemistry won five Green Impact Awards at the most recent ceremony, celebrating the achievements of teams from across the University.
Thursday 19 July 2018
The Department of Chemistry has been featured in the official History of Parliament Trust Vote 100 commemorative album, “Voice and Vote”.
Thursday 12 July 2018
Scientists from the Department of Chemistry are flying their ‘lab-on-an-aeroplane’ through the smoke from wildfires in the North of England to understand the air pollution impact.
Tuesday 3 July 2018
Alice McEllin, one of our 2018 MChem graduates, has received a prestigious Salters’ Graduate Award.
Tuesday 26 June 2018
Scientists from the University of York have been involved in teaching children the importance of air quality as part of World Clean Air Day.
Tuesday 19 June 2018
Pioneering protein chemistry technique provides new insights into Leishmaniasis disease.
Tuesday 12 June 2018
Congratulations to Mark Dowsett who has won the "Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year" award in the 2018 York University Student Union (YUSU) Excellence Awards.
Wednesday 30 May 2018
The award, which recognises excellence in teaching and learning support, will be conferred at one of the summer degree ceremonies.
Tuesday 29 May 2018
Chemistry holds its place in the top three UK Guardian University ranking.
Tuesday 22 May 2018
Researchers have lab-tested a molecule that can combat the common cold virus by preventing it from hijacking human cells.
Monday 21 May 2018
In a two-day event, York Chemistry celebrated 10 years of holding an Athena SWAN Gold Award, the longest held award at this level.
Thursday 17 May 2018
MSc student Kiri Thornalley, working in the research team of Professor David Smith, has gained a detailed understanding of how self-assembled nanosystems bind biomolecules such as DNA.
Wednesday 9 May 2018
Professor Robin Perutz delivered the ‘Malcolm Green Lecture’ at the University of Oxford.
Tuesday 8 May 2018
During his final year, Khoa Chung, an MChem (Industry) undergraduate student, has been involved in a project at the John Innes Centre, which is now published in Science magazine.
Tuesday 8 May 2018
Three Department of Chemistry academics have been recognised for their contribution to chemistry.
Friday 27 April 2018
A major feature article, published in Chemical Communications, tells the very personal story of research carried out in Professor David Smith’s research team over the past 12 years.
Wednesday 25 April 2018
Chemistry keeps its place in the top 10 UK Complete University Guide rankings.
Thursday 19 April 2018
Dr Liz Dickinson has been featured in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Voice magazine, highlighting the importance of supporting researchers to return to work after a career break.
Wednesday 11 April 2018
The Johnson Matthey Poster Competition took place on April 10 2018 with over thirty third year PhD students presenting their research.
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Chemistry alumnus Dr Anthony Wild has doubled his annual donation to Wild Fund Scholarships from £100,000 to £200,000 for graduate students entering from 2018/19 onwards.
Friday 9 March 2018
Professor Egid Mubofu, who obtained his PhD in the Green Chemistry Group here at The University of York, has become Vice Chancellor at the University of Dodoma in Tanzania.
Wednesday 28 February 2018
Our Departmental undergraduate Chemistry Admissions newsletter shows what an exciting and successful year we have had.
Tuesday 27 February 2018
Global levels of ethane and propane in the atmosphere have been underestimated by more than 50%, new research involving scientists at the University of York has revealed.
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Four papers published in 2017 from the Shimizu group have been chosen as Hot Papers in three different Royal Society of Chemistry journals (Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Green Chemistry and Food & Function).
Wednesday 14 February 2018
Dr Meghan Halse has been awarded £210,439 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to support research on “Lighting up Magnetic Resonance: SABRE optimisation powered by in situ detection”.
Thursday 8 February 2018
Researchers in the Department of Chemistry have discovered a set of enzymes capable of breaking down one of the main components of wood. The enzymes could potentially contribute to the conversion of wood biomass into valuable chemical commodities.
Friday 2 February 2018
The Department of Chemistry has become the first academic department at the University of York to introduce specific ‘all genders welcome’ toilets.
Tuesday 30 January 2018
Scientists from the University of York have developed a new synthetic route that delivers significant quantities of two very important sparteine-based chiral ligands that could help in future development of drug molecules.
Monday 29 January 2018
Scientists at York discuss the role of research in support of the Government's UK Clean Air Strategy.
Friday 19 January 2018
Alumnus and Honorary Fellow of the University of York, Dr Stan Higgins, was recognised in the New Year’s Honours with an OBE for services to the Chemical Process industrial sector.
Friday 19 January 2018
On Wednesday 10 January 2018, over 700 people participated in a day of lively, accessible presentations sampling the great variety of innovative and world-leading research taking place in York.
Monday 15 January 2018
The University of York hosted the UK’s largest ever meeting of LGBT+ (lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender) individuals working in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths).
Tuesday 9 January 2018
Researchers have developed a new way to magnetise molecules found naturally in the human body, paving the way for a new generation of low-cost magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology that would transform our ability to diagnose and treat diseases including cancer, diabetes and dementia.
Friday 5 January 2018
Professor Pratibha Gai has been appointed a Dame for services to chemical sciences and technology.
Thursday 14 December 2017
Dr Will Unsworth and Prof Richard Taylor have been awarded £451,905 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to support research into “Spiroclip Technology: from Catalogue to Spirocycle in One Step”.
Wednesday 13 December 2017
Researchers from the Department of Chemistry have found a new way of safely trapping the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, as a solid mineral, dawsonite.
Wednesday 6 December 2017
Emeritus Professor John Goodby has been honoured with a special edition of the journal, Liquid Crystals.
Wednesday 29 November 2017
After many years of inspiring our undergraduates in Physical Chemistry, Professor Sir John Holman gave his final lecture to our second year students.
Wednesday 29 November 2017
European estimates of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) directly emitted from vehicles may have been overestimated, according to new analysis of public data by scientists based at the University of York.
Friday 24 November 2017
The Department of Chemistry recently hosted a major national ‘Dial-a-Molecule’ conference on Synthetic Tools for Exploration of 3D Pharmaceutical Space.
Friday 24 November 2017
A final year Chemistry student at the University of York has won Intern of the Year for her innovative work with North Yorkshire Police.
Monday 20 November 2017
At a star-studded event, Professor David Smith of York's Department of Chemistry was nominated for a Gay Times Honour in recognition of his advocacy as an LGBT+ scientist.
Thursday 16 November 2017
Diversity in the chemical sciences was celebrated at a flagship event, hosted by the Royal Society of Chemistry, in collaboration with Athena SWAN Gold Award chemistry departments from the University of York and Imperial College, London.
Wednesday 15 November 2017
An academic in the Department of Chemistry has been recognised as one of the top 10 UK social media superstars in a competition celebrating the excellent social media work being done in Higher Education.
Friday 10 November 2017
Academic staff in the Department of Chemistry shared their excitement over their own research in the first open lecture, organised by ChemSoc, in which undergraduate students could find out more about research carried out in the department.
Wednesday 25 October 2017
Professor Ally Lewis and Dr Sarah Moller from the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL) attended a National Environment Research Council (NERC) Parliamentary Reception on Monday 16th October.
Monday 23 October 2017
Dr Will Unsworth, Leverhulme Trust Early career Research Fellow has been awarded the highest monetary incentive from the European Lead Factory.
Monday 23 October 2017
Dr Annie Hodgson recently accompanied five talented A-level science students to attend the 39th International Science School (ISS) in Sydney, Australia.
Wednesday 18 October 2017
Dr Seishi Shimizu, in collaboration with Professor Steven Abbott of TCNF Ltd and Professor Matubayasi of Osaka University, has been measuring how much vanilla, almond or lemon flavour is bound to food macromolecules, which is crucial to understanding food flavour and aroma.
Monday 25 September 2017
Chemistry at York has once again been recognised in the 2018 University League Table published by The Times, with the Department retaining its 4th position.
Monday 25 September 2017
An interdisciplinary team of staff and students from the Departments of Chemistry and Theatre, Film and Television (TFTV) combined their expertise to design and produce the first mobile app to support admissions at in the Department of Chemistry.
Monday 18 September 2017
Dr Jacqueline Hamilton, Reader in the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL) has written a piece on the harmful effects of tobacco-smoke residue for The Conversation UK.
Friday 15 September 2017
Scientists in the Department of Chemistry have created a new smart gel that can be shaped by UV light and is able to control the direction in which drugs are released.
Friday 15 September 2017
Researchers in the Department of Chemistry have shown that molecules brought to earth in meteorite strikes could potentially be converted into the building blocks of DNA.
Wednesday 30 August 2017
The Variety in Chemistry Education and Physics Higher Education Conference (ViCEPHEC) is the leading national conference for chemistry and physics education at tertiary level in the UK. This year the conference was held in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York between 23 and 25 August.
Wednesday 30 August 2017
The cover image on the current issue of ChemComm was inspired by the Parkin group’s review of their recent advances in developing a transformative new technique for bioelectrochemistry.
Thursday 24 August 2017
New theoretical studies support the view that C2 has partial quadruple bond character.
Tuesday 22 August 2017
New research from the Smith group has reported innovative new materials that successfully ‘mix up’ four different components, each of which performs a different job in the final gel.
Wednesday 16 August 2017
The University of York has been ranked in the Top 100 in the world, and 7th in the UK, for its influence on industry and innovation.
Tuesday 15 August 2017
Dr Glenn Hurst has been elected Chair of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Tertiary Education Group. Glenn will succeed Professor Simon Lancaster in this position (president elect of the Education Division Council).
Wednesday 9 August 2017
With an overall student satisfaction rating of 95% and outstanding other results in the National Student Survey, York has confirmed its reputation as one of the very best places to study chemistry in the UK.
Thursday 27 July 2017
Professor David Smith has been shortlisted in the inaugural Gay Times Honours for the Barbara Burford Award STEM Academics and Intellectuals.
Thursday 27 July 2017
Professor Alastair Lewis, from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (WACL), reacts to a new government report that suggests any new diesel and petrol cars could be banned from 2040.
Thursday 20 July 2017
Anna Zhenova, PhD student in the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded an SCI scholarship of £5,000 over two years to support her studies in green chemistry and alternative solvent development.
Wednesday 19 July 2017
Dr Nicole Whitelaw, who has worked with the pioneers of safety critical aviation fluids for more than six years, is bringing new ideas to Kilfrost Ltd. after being awarded a PhD in the study of supramolecular material science.
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Professor Robin Perutz is one of the researchers in on ongoing collaboration with the universities of Sheffield, Cambridge and York, investigating competition between hydrogen bonding and halogen bonding when co-crystals form.
Thursday 29 June 2017
Researchers in the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory (WACL) and several US institutions have carried out work to understand the importance of nighttime chemistry in controlling air pollutants.
Wednesday 28 June 2017
With over 175 videos on YouTube, first year York Chemistry Students have, over the past 7 years, created one of the most diverse sources of online educational material in the field of polymer chemistry.
Tuesday 27 June 2017
A bio-based solvent developed in the Green Chemistry labs has been awarded a prestigious international award for innovation.
Friday 16 June 2017
York chemists have devised a simple two-step route to molecules important in drug discovery.
Friday 16 June 2017
Professor David Smith has been featured as an LGBT+ role model on the new Institute of Physics’ (IoP) LGBT+ Diversity Programme’s ‘role models in science’ flyer.
Wednesday 14 June 2017
Professor David Smith recently reached the landmark of publishing his 25th paper in the journal Chemical Communications.
Friday 9 June 2017
Researchers in the Department of Chemistry and the University of Leiden have pioneered a technique which uses florescent imaging to track the actions of key enzymes in cancer, genetic disorders and kidney disease.
Monday 5 June 2017
The University of York has pledged its commitment to a sector-wide scheme aimed at addressing some of the key challenges facing technical staff working in research.
Wednesday 24 May 2017
A new virtual consortium has been jointly launched by York and Durham chemistry departments.
Wednesday 17 May 2017
The Wellcome Trust have renewed Professor Fred Antson’s Senior Research Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Science for a further five years.
Tuesday 16 May 2017
Chemistry at York have moved to 2nd place in The Guardian University League Table 2018.
Tuesday 16 May 2017
A chemistry undergraduate student has won one of the first Laidlaw Scholarships in York.
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Dr Richard Mandle has won the 2017 British Liquid Crystal Society Young Scientist Prize.
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Dr Jon Agirre has been awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship.
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Professor Odile Eisenstein has been awarded the 2017 Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize.
Tuesday 9 May 2017
A University of York scientist has been awarded the 2017 Royal Society of Chemistry Tilden Prize.
Friday 5 May 2017
Dr Moray Stark has been awarded a Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Award for 2017.
Thursday 27 April 2017
Chemistry at York has once again been recognised in the 2018 Complete University Guide, with the Department retaining its 4th position.
Wednesday 26 April 2017
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has re-accredited the Department of Chemistry’s undergraduate chemistry programmes and the MSc in Green Chemistry and Sustainable Industrial Technologies.
Monday 24 April 2017
Scientists in the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE) have teamed up with industry partners to turn renewable plant-based resources such as potato starch into a potential energy source for electric cars.
Wednesday 12 April 2017
Professor Peter O’Brien has been awarded the 2017 AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer & Syngenta prize for Process Chemistry Research.
Tuesday 4 April 2017
Scientists in the Department of Chemistry have developed a technique that will enhance the performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in identifying disease.
Wednesday 29 March 2017
The Department of Chemistry held its inaugural Independent Research Fellowships Open Day on Friday 24th March.
Tuesday 28 March 2017
Over 130 researchers from across UK and overseas gathered at the Department of Chemistry of the University of York on 16th and 17th March 2017 for the Emerging Areas of Photochemistry: From Fundamentals to Applications symposium.
Tuesday 28 March 2017
Researchers at the University of York and Simon Fraser University, Canada, revealed the 3D structure of an enzyme that could provide a crucial step forward in treating neurodegenerative diseases.
Monday 27 March 2017
New light has been shed on the functioning of human gut bacteria which could help to develop medicines in the future to improve health and wellbeing.
Tuesday 21 March 2017
Sandra Greive, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the York Structural Biology Laboratory (YSBL), is a runner-up in the online science competition ‘I’m a scientist get me out of here’.
Thursday 9 March 2017
Dr Avtar S Matharu completed a successful one-week scientific scoping mission in North India, funded by the University of York’s BBSRC Grand Challenges Research Fund Impact Acceleration Award, to explore the development of rural biorefineries to avoid the burning of agricultural residues postharvest.
Tuesday 7 March 2017
The University of York’s Department of Chemistry has been awarded £1.6million to invest in state-of-the-art equipment used to investigate the three dimensional structures of biological molecules.
Monday 6 March 2017
Elspeth McLeod, 4th year student, is one of four York students to have been awarded a Santander Elite Sports Scholarship worth £5000.
Monday 6 March 2017
A York chemistry paper will feature in the virtual "B is for Biophysics".
Tuesday 28 February 2017
A new report released by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee warns that a third Heathrow runway could result in increased air pollution due to the higher levels of traffic the development will cause.
Tuesday 21 February 2017
Exploring Everyday Chemistry (eeDc), a pioneer University of York MOOC, delivered by the FutureLearn platform, attracted learners from over 100 countries.
Monday 30 January 2017
As part of a Green Reactants and Sustainable Products (GRASP) project in the Green Chemistry Centre for Excellence (GCCE) to further embed green and sustainable chemistry within the curriculum, Dr Glenn, Hurst, Dr Avtar Matharu and Dr Brendan Garrett focused on practical chemistry; specifically, silly putty.
Friday 27 January 2017
On Wednesday 25 January 2017, the Pelléas Ensemble played at the University of York, featuring Chemistry alumnus, Oliver Wass, playing the harp.
Friday 20 January 2017
The Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE) has been awarded three-year Horizon 2020 funding as part of a multidisciplinary and multi-actor collaborative Research and Innovation Action (RIA) coordinated by Unitelma Sapienza University, Italy.
Monday 16 January 2017
Charlotte Gregson, year 4 MChem student, has won the Penultimate Year Prize for Analytical Chemistry from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
Friday 13 January 2017
The Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence has won and will lead on a major new €4.5M Bio-based Industries (BBI) consortium grant “ReSolve” aimed at the major industrial and research challenge of seeking sustainable and safe bio-based solvents
Monday 9 January 2017
Green Chemistry and the University of York are to lead a new research project examining how food manufacturing systems can be improved to reduce waste.
Thursday 5 January 2017
Scientists, including our chemists, have solved a puzzling break in continuity of ocean warming records that sparked much controversy after climate data was published in the journal Science in 2015.
Wednesday 4 January 2017
Chemists and biologists at the University of York have harnessed the therapeutic effects of carbon monoxide-releasing molecules to develop a new antibiotic which could be used to treat the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea.
Monday 19 December 2016
Developing a potential collaboration with the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA).
Wednesday 14 December 2016
How can the UK government meet its legal air pollution targets?
Thursday 24 November 2016
Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence will provide vital research-enabled evidence in shaping the bioeconomy of the North of England announced in yesterday’s Autumn Statement.
Tuesday 22 November 2016
York team wins EPSRC grant for developing new routes to 3-D fragments, scaffolds and pharmaceuticals.
Monday 21 November 2016
Researchers in the Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM) have discovered a new method that allows highly sensitive signals to be stored outside of a magnetic field for up to 15 minutes which could pave the way for studying biochemical reactions non-invasively in the body.
Thursday 17 November 2016
The Department of Chemistry has received a high profile industry award.
Friday 11 November 2016
The Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVO), run by chemists from the University of York’s Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories along with German and Cape Verdean scientists, celebrates its 10th anniversary this month.
Tuesday 1 November 2016
Important archaeological remains at wetland sites across the world could be at immediate risk, say scientists at the University of York.
Thursday 20 October 2016
Professor Paul Walton has been awarded a Royal Society Athena Runner Up Prize.
Tuesday 4 October 2016
York's organic chemists have discovered a cheap and efficient way to make lots of new compounds with great potential in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries.
Monday 3 October 2016
Chemistry at York has been ranked 4th in The Times’ Good University Guide 2017.
Monday 3 October 2016
The Department of Chemistry is to benefit from a £1M gift from alumnus Dr Anthony H Wild.
Tuesday 27 September 2016
An international study involving researchers in the Chemistry department at York have unlocked a key to obtaining ancient protein sequences much older than was previously thought possible, thanks to the help of ancient ostrich eggshells.
Friday 23 September 2016
The celebration of 50 years of Chemistry at York and the generous donations of our alumni have led to the creation of ‘The Eleanor Dodson Fellowship Fund’.
Monday 19 September 2016
With an overall student satisfaction score of 97%, York was placed joint 1st out of the 21 Russell Group universities offering chemistry degrees.
Monday 19 September 2016
A new type of device has been developed that can monitor multiple disease biomarkers in parallel using electrophotonic technology
Tuesday 13 September 2016
The 2017 Guardian league table has ranked York 4th in the UK for teaching quality in Chemistry.
Tuesday 13 September 2016
York team publish a new method for the formation of 6 medicinally important molecules from a single precursor.
Monday 12 September 2016
A delegation of top Government officials visited the Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC), a University of York subsidiary, this week to investigate how waste can be converted into valuable products to benefit the UK economy.
Thursday 8 September 2016
A significant breakthrough in understanding the mechanisms involved in manganese-catalysed C-H bond activation
Thursday 8 September 2016
Avtar Matharu, Deputy Director, Green Chemistry of Excellence will give the prestigious Chemistry Section Presidential Address today in Swansea at the 2016 British Association Festival of Science.
Tuesday 6 September 2016
University of York Chemist, Professor Gideon Davies, has been awarded the prestigious Royal Society Ken Murray Research Professorship.
Thursday 1 September 2016
York chemists uncover rules for the selective synthesis of medicinally important structures.
Thursday 1 September 2016
York chemists operating research aircraft over West Africa have detected organic materials in the atmosphere over a number of urban areas, contributing to concerns of the rise in pollution across the region.
Saturday 20 August 2016
An international study involving researchers at York has provided evidence of the earliest known combined use of animal and plant products to make a decorative ‘glue’.
Wednesday 10 August 2016
York Chemistry has achieved outstanding results in the 2016 National Student Survey (NSS).
Thursday 28 July 2016
Global warming has been underestimated by approximately 19 per cent, scientists at the University of York say.
Tuesday 26 July 2016
University of York chemists have come up with a unique solution to ensure biorefineries are economically resilient to oil price fluctuations.
Tuesday 19 July 2016
A University of York chemist, whose research has made important contributions to the development of flat-screen displays for TVs, computers and mobile phones, has been awarded a prestigious Royal Medal of the Royal Society.
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Following a generous donation, the Department of Chemistry will establish The Roy Fenton Scholarship.
Monday 4 July 2016
Chemists from the University of York have developed an innovative new green method of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power stations, chemical and other large scale manufacturing plants.
Monday 27 June 2016
York team wins EPSRC grant to make medicinally important ‘spirocyclic’ molecules
Tuesday 21 June 2016
The University of York’s Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC) has won the 2016 Royal Society of Chemistry Inspiration and Industry Award.
Thursday 16 June 2016
York chemistry received three of the 2016 YUSU Excellence Awards.
Wednesday 15 June 2016
As part of York Festival of Ideas, a group of PhD students organised a hands-on practical chemistry event on Parliament Street in York city centre.
Tuesday 14 June 2016
Study suggests fracking is responsible for a reversal in atmospheric hydrocarbon trends.
Monday 6 June 2016
Oliver Wass, who studied for a BSc in Chemistry here in York from 2012 to 2015, and achieved a first class degree, has won the 2016 Guildhall School of Music Gold Medal.
Monday 23 May 2016
A tribute and reflection of James Clark’s contribution to green chemistry on his 65th birthday
Friday 20 May 2016
Tom Nicol (MChem, 2015) has had his MChem project work published in the journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics as first author. Tom’s project was a theoretical study, supervised by Dr Seishi Shimizu, focusing on cyclodextrins.
Wednesday 11 May 2016
High-affinity iron binding in Campylobacter jejuni, the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK
Monday 9 May 2016
Three University of York chemists have received prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) awards.
Tuesday 3 May 2016
International study involving York researchers shows how hardness of calcite crystals can be modified, providing new insights into the mechanical properties of inorganic / organic nanocomposites.
Friday 29 April 2016
Professor Pratibha Gai has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of her ground-breaking work.
Thursday 28 April 2016
Scientists at the Universities of York and Leiden have made a significant breakthrough in the treatment of an inherited genetic disorder which damages muscle and nerve cells in the body.
Monday 25 April 2016
The excellence of Chemistry at York recognised in the 2017 Complete University Guide, achieving an outstanding 4th place.
Monday 25 April 2016
Dr Seishi Shimizu’s research shows how fundamental scientific theory can unlock access to natural products and ingredients, and improve industrial processes.
Tuesday 8 March 2016
Professor Pratibha Gai profiled by Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) for International Women's Day 2016
Monday 29 February 2016
Scientists at the University of York are part of an international research team that has made a significant step forward in understanding the processes naturally occurring enzymes use to degrade microbe-resistant biomass, a key aim in the development of biofuels.
Tuesday 16 February 2016
A critical discovery about how bacteria feed on an unusual sugar molecule found in leafy green vegetables finally reveals how sulphur is harnessed by living organisms. The work may inform strategies to boost our ‘good’ gut bacteria and promote digestive health.
Wednesday 10 February 2016
Dr Katrina Bakker, 30, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at The University of York, hailing from Peterborough, is attending Parliament to present her chemistry research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of SET for Britain on Monday 7 March.
Tuesday 9 February 2016
The recently published 2015 NSS results show that 98% of our students are satisfied with the quality of their Chemistry degree here in York.
Wednesday 20 January 2016
Professor John Goodby, FRS, has been awarded the 2016 Freedericksz Medal of the Russian Liquid Crystal Society for his “Outstanding Research in the Field of Chemistry of Liquid Crystals”.
Friday 15 January 2016
Professor Alastair Lewis of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science has performed research for the BBC science programme Trust Me I'm A Doctor into whether chemicals released from scented candles pose a danger to health.
Wednesday 13 January 2016
Chemists from the University of York have developed a new approach for the synthesis of piperazines – drug compounds used to treat hay fever and HIV.
Monday 4 January 2016
Adrian Whitwood has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2016 New Year Honours List.
Tuesday 22 December 2015
Investigating the factors controlling coral biomineralisation
Tuesday 24 November 2015
A University of York chemist, Professor Robin Perutz has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Friday 20 November 2015
Chemists from the University of York have published research unveiling the 3-D structure of human heparanase, a sugar-degrading enzyme which has received significant attention as a key target in anti-cancer treatments.
Tuesday 17 November 2015
Inspired by the classic 'ball-in-a-cup' children's toy, chemists at the University of York have discovered an innovative method to make medicinally important molecules.
Wednesday 11 November 2015
Molybdenum is an essential nutrient for most living species because it causes vital biochemical transformations to occur fast enough to sustain life. In humans, a genetic inability to produce molybdenum-containing proteins is fatal because a molybdenum enzyme known as sulfite oxidase is required by every cell in the body.
Wednesday 11 November 2015
Carbohydrates are often considered the ‘Cinderella’ molecules of biology yet they are a feature of an increasing number of medicines, from small molecule drugs to protein therapeutics or vaccines.
Tuesday 10 November 2015
Research by chemists at the University of York has demonstrated an innovative way of using a gel to extract precious metals such as silver and gold from waste and convert them into conducting nanoparticles to form a hybrid nanomaterial potentially suitable for a range of high-tech applications.
Monday 9 November 2015
Professor Lucy Carpenter gave her Royal Society Rosalind Franklin lecture at the Royal Society on Wednesday 28 October, and received the Award from Professor Dame Carol Robinson DBE FMedSci FRS, Chair of the Rosalind Franklin Award Committee.
Friday 6 November 2015
MChem project on statistical thermodynamics of food yields publication in 'Food Hydrocolloids’
Tuesday 3 November 2015
A new study by a University of York chemist confirms that historical temperature data records constitute reliable evidence of climate change.
Tuesday 20 October 2015
Catalytic carbon dioxide photoreduction with rhenium-bipyridine-zinc porphyrin dyads has potential for storing solar energy in chemical bonds
Tuesday 20 October 2015
Every chemist knows about hydrogen bonding or thinks they do so
Friday 9 October 2015
Dr Seishi Shimizu’s recent paper applying a theoretical physical chemistry approach to the caffeine-caffeine interactions in the presence of sugars and salts has been featured on the front cover of the RSC journal, Food & Function.
Tuesday 6 October 2015
Chemists at the University of York have launched a service to design and produce environmentally friendly solvents for industrial purposes.
Friday 2 October 2015
The University of York’s Department of Chemistry has had its Athena SWAN Gold award renewed for a further three years, making it the longest held recipient of the Gold award on record
Friday 25 September 2015
Atmospheric Chemistry researchers from the Department of Chemistry have been providing expert commentary on the recent VW emission scandal
Friday 25 September 2015
Research by chemists at the University of York has revealed important new information about the dynamics of bacterial gels which could ultimately suggest new ways of helping prevent or better control diseases such as cystic fibrosis.
Monday 21 September 2015
An ex-chemistry graduate student is one of RSC's 175 Faces of Chemistry.
Wednesday 2 September 2015
Tony Wilkinson has been awarded the International Prize of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in recognition of his “outstanding work in the field of natural sciences.”
Monday 24 August 2015
New research by European and African scientists, including a team of chemists from the University of York, warns of the risks posed by the increasing air pollution over the cities of West Africa – amid fears it could have an impact on human health, meteorology and regional climate.
Friday 31 July 2015
A new study led by a University of York chemist addresses an important question in climate science: how accurate are climate model projections?
Thursday 30 July 2015
New research by scientists at the University of York has given tea and coffee drinkers new information about why their favourite drinks taste as they do.
Tuesday 21 July 2015
Two distinguished chemists from the University of York have been awarded prestigious Royal Society prizes for their contributions to science.
Monday 20 July 2015
Two students from Chemistry@York, Chris Unsworth and Laurence McLellan Bastidas, have been chosen as part of a team of 4 students from the University of York Swimming and Water Polo Club who will represent the University of York at the Eurogames on August 2015.
Friday 17 July 2015
60 school pupils from the UK and Ireland have been selected to participate in a residential Salters’ Chemistry Camp for 15-year olds at The University of York next week.
Thursday 16 July 2015
Professor Robin Perutz has received a special award from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Tuesday 14 July 2015
The EU has granted 3.9 M euro to Professor Rod Hubbard and colleagues from academia and SMEs from Hungary, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK. The funding enables the consortium to establish the Marie Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN) FRAGNET of 15 PhD students and explore new research methods and applications in the emerging field of FBLD.
Monday 13 July 2015
Katie Lamb wins prestigious poster prize
Wednesday 24 June 2015
A successful night at the YUSU Excellence in Teaching and Supervision Awards as Chemistry dominates the Demonstrator of the Year category.
Monday 22 June 2015
Green Chemistry continues to pave the way for a vibrant future UK bioeconomy
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Sir John Holman, Emeritus Professor in the University of York’s Chemistry Department, has been elected as the next President of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
Thursday 11 June 2015
York Chemistry Alumnus, Dr Christopher Barnard is the Royal Society of Chemistry Creativity in Industry Prize winner for 2015
Wednesday 20 May 2015
EPSRC Award “Nanoscale Engineering of Dyes for Liquid Crystal Device Applications”
Tuesday 12 May 2015
York Biochemistry Alumna, Jane Clarke is made a Fellow of the Royal Society
Tuesday 12 May 2015
A University of York scientist has supplied a key theoretical framework that has helped colleagues in Japan to provide new insights into a force that makes proteins fold.
Tuesday 5 May 2015
A researcher from the University of York is contributing to an international effort to debunk climate myths and help people understand the controversies around climate science.
Monday 20 April 2015
Scientists at the University of York have identified problems with nearly half of the structural data on carbohydrate molecules available to the scientific community.
Friday 17 April 2015
Professor Dave Smith spoke at The Royal Institution on 'The Science of Breaking Bad'
Wednesday 15 April 2015
Chemists at the University of York have developed a new ‘metrics toolkit’ to measure and evaluate how green a reaction is.
Thursday 2 April 2015
Final year MChem student, Edward Howe, has helped to develop a new drug release gel, which may help avoid some of the side effects of painkillers such as ibuprofen and naproxen.
Wednesday 1 April 2015
We’re inviting alumni and friends to join together in our anniversary year to open doors for students this summer and in the future.
Thursday 26 March 2015
EPSRC fund a three year project entitled “A paradigm shift in low-field NMR spectroscopy for industrial process monitoring, control, and optimisation"
Friday 20 March 2015
Scientists at the University of York provided the key to solving the evolutionary puzzle surrounding what Charles Darwin called the ‘strangest animals ever discovered’.
Wednesday 18 March 2015
A University of York PhD student has won a bronze medal for chemistry at the SET for Britain poster competition in Westminster.
Wednesday 11 February 2015
"Catalytic Asymmetric Dearomative Spirocyclisations" EPSRC award
Monday 9 February 2015
York atmospheric chemists celebrate double success being award over £1 million by NERC
Sunday 8 February 2015
Our Departmental Chemistry Admissions and Chemistry Highlights newsletters show what an exciting and successful year we have had, on our Golden Anniversary.
Thursday 22 January 2015
Scientists at the University of York are part of a research team which has found that a recently discovered family of enzymes can degrade resistant forms of starch.
Thursday 8 January 2015
Bacteria that have evolved to eat their way through yeast in the human gut could inform the development of new treatments for people suffering from bowel diseases, according to new research involving scientists at the University of York.
Thursday 18 December 2014
York Chemistry comes 7th in REF Research Power table of all UK Chemistry Departments
Sunday 30 November 2014
York Chemistry PhD student features in the RSC 175 Faces of Chemistry
Thursday 27 November 2014
Professor Paul Walton amongst the RSC 175 Faces of Chemistry
Friday 7 November 2014
An international team of scientists, including a researcher from the University of York, has reported a recent increase in atmospheric hydrogen chloride (HCI), an ozone destroying substance.
Thursday 6 November 2014
The Chemistry Department at York offers cohort-based training to all new research students with a particular focus on internationalisation
Wednesday 5 November 2014
Scientists at the University of York are helping local companies extract and use chemicals from food waste.
Thursday 23 October 2014
Research started in the Chemistry Department at the University of York leads to way to a new national centre to transform medical imaging
Tuesday 21 October 2014
A consortium of Yorkshire universities has been chosen to help spearhead the training of the next generation of biological scientists
Wednesday 15 October 2014
Dr Paul Clarke (Chemistry) and Dr Gavin Thomas (Biology) have been awarded over £600,000 by the EPSRC for a project called “A New Front in the War on Superbugs: Synthetic and Biological Studies on the Potent Antibiotic Anthracimycin”.
Monday 13 October 2014
Chemists at the University of York have secured funding to purchase ground-breaking equipment that will transform glycoscience in the UK.
Monday 29 September 2014
Scientists at the University of York are part of a team of researchers which has gained fresh insights into how a disease-causing enzyme makes changes to proteins and how it can be stopped.
Thursday 18 September 2014
Professor Pratibha Gai, Chair of Electron Microscopy, was one of 59 new Fellows announced by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Thursday 11 September 2014
Professor Lucy Carpenter, from the University of York's Chemistry department has played a key role in a major new scientific assessment of the ozone layer which will inform government policies across the globe.
Monday 8 September 2014
The opening of our latest new building coincides with our anniversary and the launch of our York Chemistry 50 Fund.
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Scientists from the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE) at the University of York are to work with colleagues in Cape Town to help the recovery of valuable metals from mine wastes in South Africa.
Friday 8 August 2014
A remarkable 96% of our students are happy with the quality of their chemistry degree here in York
Wednesday 6 August 2014
A University of York scientist is the recipient of a major award from the Royal Society in recognition of his ‘significant impact on science education within the UK’.
Wednesday 16 July 2014
Research led by the University of York has highlighted the potential cancer risk in non-smokers – particularly young children – of tobacco smoke gases and particles deposited to surfaces and dust in the home.
Wednesday 16 July 2014
Around 60 students from schools across the UK and Ireland will take part in a residential Salters’ Chemistry Camp for 15-year olds at the University of York.
Tuesday 15 July 2014
Chemistry student Laurie Points has been awarded a prestigious Salters’ Graduate Prize. Laurie will receive the award in November, at a ceremony in London.
Friday 11 July 2014
Professor Dave Smith and Abigail Storey are amongst the Royal Society of Chemistry's 175 Faces of Chemistry.
Tuesday 1 July 2014
Professor Lucy Carpenter, from the University of York’s Chemistry Department, is co-organising part of the prestigious Royal Society Summer Exhibitions, adapting content to ‘road-test’ on schoolchildren in Naburn, North Yorkshire.
Tuesday 24 June 2014
A chemist at the University of York is to showcase her pioneering work on the visual analysis of atomic behaviour in chemical reactions in a presentation at the Royal Institution in London this week.
Tuesday 24 June 2014
A new study by scientists at the University of York has shed new light on the use of mollusc shells as personal adornments by Bronze Age people.
Monday 23 June 2014
As part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations the University asked for nominations of people who had made significant contributions to the York ethos (“the people who helped to make York great”). Five chemists featured in the august list: Eleanor Dodson, Bruce Gilbert, Roger Mawby, Seishi Shimizu and David Waddington.
Tuesday 10 June 2014
A team of chemists from the University of York’s Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence have been shortlisted as finalists in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Emerging Technologies Competition 2014.
Tuesday 10 June 2014
YouTube videos created by a University of York chemist and his students are attracting a global audience keen to learn more about how chemistry controls everyday life.
Tuesday 10 June 2014
Four of our staff/postgraduate students received awards at the YUSU Excellence in Teaching and Supervision 2014 event.
Friday 6 June 2014
Scientists at the University of York are playing a key role in the quest for a better understanding of how a recently discovered family of enzymes can degrade hard-to-digest biomass into its constituent sugars.
Tuesday 3 June 2014
Professors Gideon Davies and Paul Walton have recently been awarded nearly £750,000 by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) for a study called “Dissecting and Exploiting Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases”.
Friday 16 May 2014
Dr Anne-Kathrin Duhme-Klair and Prof Keith Wilson have been awarded £628k by the EPSRC for a project entitled “Siderophores as anchors in artificial metalloenzymes“
Friday 9 May 2014
In recent years the MChem(abroad) programme in chemistry has grown substantially, both in terms of the number of students participating and the number of exchange partners involved in the scheme.
Friday 9 May 2014
Professor Gideon Davies, FRS, has just been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) for his enormous fundamental contributions to our understanding of enzyme mechanism and carbohydrate biochemistry.
Tuesday 6 May 2014
Four of the 2014 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) prize and award winners are from the University of York.
Tuesday 22 April 2014
A team of researchers from the University of York Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence have been shortlisted as finalists in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Emerging Technologies Competition 2014.
Monday 7 April 2014
A new science outreach centre at the University of York is aiming to motivate and enthuse visitors of all ages about modern science by providing a top-quality facility and experience.
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Green Chemistry Centre has been shortlisted for a 2014 S-Lab Award in the Laboratory-Related Teaching and Learning category
Monday 24 March 2014
An early career Chemist from the University of York attended Parliament to present her science to politicians and a panel of expert judges as part of SET for Britain.
Thursday 13 March 2014
Dr Glyn Hemsworth, of the York Structural Biology Laboratory (YSBL) (Department of Chemistry) has won a prestigious Early Career Research Award of the Biochemical Society, in the theme area of Biotechnology (2015).
Wednesday 12 March 2014
The UK’s first dedicated laboratory building for atmospheric chemistry research will be officially opened at the University of York on 17 March.
Monday 3 March 2014
A University of York chemist whose work helped form the basis for flat-screen TVs, computers and mobile phone displays has won AkzoNobel’s UK Science Award for 2014.
Wednesday 19 February 2014
Dr Helen Parker from the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence gave a talk to the Stockton-on-Tees Café Scientifique entitled Money can't grow on trees but can metals.
Friday 14 February 2014
Chemists at the University of York are to lead a new Government-backed research project to investigate the potential conversion of waste biomass and waste carbon dioxide into safer and more sustainable raw materials.
Wednesday 12 February 2014
A University of York chemist’s experience in seeing his partner in hospital recovering from a double lung transplant prompted him to design and synthesise new chemical agents that could revolutionise post-operative patient care.
Friday 7 February 2014
Cheryl Alexander completed her chemistry degree at York despite mobility problems. She now teaches chemistry in a secondary school, with the help of her assistance dog, Orca.
Friday 7 February 2014
Atmospheric chemists at the University of York developing a ‘virtual air’ archive have received a major government funding boost.
Wednesday 5 February 2014
Professor Eleanor Dodson is recognised as one of a small number of significant female X-ray crystallographers.
Monday 3 February 2014
A very exciting year for Chemistry at York is summarised in a bumper edition of our Undergraduate Admissions and Chemistry Highlights newsletters
Monday 27 January 2014
Professor Sir John Holman has been named in a list of 100 practising scientists
Tuesday 21 January 2014
New funding is allowing chemists at the University of York to further develop software underpinning research in the pharmaceutical industry and academic laboratories worldwide.
Tuesday 21 January 2014
Chemists from York have teamed up with an East Yorkshire firm on two projects exploring the extraction of valuable natural chemicals from agricultural waste
Monday 20 January 2014
We are all aware of the health benefits of "dietary fibre". But what is dietary fibre and how do we metabolise it?
Monday 13 January 2014
At the end of 2013, Kirsty High and Kirsty Penkman were interviewed by Inside Science on BBC Radio 4 about their analytical work at the archaeological site of Star Carr.
Thursday 2 January 2014
Chemists from the University of York are part of a UK team which has made an important step towards new malaria treatments by identifying a way to stop malaria parasites from multiplying.
Monday 23 December 2013
Chemists at the University of York have made a significant step in the search to develop effective second generation biofuels.
Friday 29 November 2013
Novo Nordisk A/S provides substantial support for structural biology PhD studentships at York, via the Guy Dodson Fund
Monday 25 November 2013
Green chemists at the University of York have won a national award for their research and development work in green and sustainable industrial technologies.
Thursday 14 November 2013
An interdisciplinary team of researchers, including York Chemists, say they have found ‘missing heat’ in the climate system, casting doubt on suggestions that global warming has slowed or stopped over the past decade.
Wednesday 6 November 2013
Two partnerships involving the University of York have received a share of £100m funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to train the next generation of environmental scientists.
Monday 28 October 2013
A paper from two York researchers has received editorial comment in the journal Chemistry World
Thursday 24 October 2013
A video produced by a Green Chemistry graduate student has won the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) Video Award
Wednesday 16 October 2013
The Department of Chemistry welcomes three new lecturers.
Tuesday 8 October 2013
Mat Evans and Ally Lewis, part of the atmospheric chemistry research team at York, have just been awarded £220,000 for new computing infrastructure.
Monday 23 September 2013
Professor Duncan Bruce and Dr John Slattery are part of a successful bid to the NSF/EPSRC scheme for international collaborations in chemistry between US and UK Investigators.
Monday 23 September 2013
Ecochem, has placed the University of York, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence in the Top 8 World-renowned Institutions to be Advancing Green Chemistry.
Tuesday 10 September 2013
The Electron Microscopy EMAG (IOP) international Conference held in the Exhibition Centre last week was greatly enjoyed by the participants. including Professor Archie Howie, pioneer of electron microscopy, who was behind the concept of the of the York JEOL Nanocentre along with the Vice Chancellor
Thursday 22 August 2013
Major improvements in the detection of diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s are being developed at a pioneering £7m Chemistry research facility due to open officially at the University of York next month.
Tuesday 13 August 2013
A collaboration between Chemistry and Computer Science researchers in YCCSA has won a bronze medal and a $2000 prize.
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Applications are invited for Sponsored Daphne Jackson Fellowships that will be hosted and half sponsored by the University of York.
Monday 15 July 2013
Groundbreaking new electron microscopy technology developed at the York JEOL Nanocentre at the University of York is allowing researchers to observe and analyse single atoms, small clusters and nanoparticles in dynamic in-situ experiments for the first time.
Tuesday 2 July 2013
Following another successful year in the undergraduate teaching laboratories, a drinks reception was held on Thursday 27 June to celebrate the collective contribution to the Department of all graduate demonstrators, practical course organisers and teaching laboratory staff.
Friday 28 June 2013
The University has awarded an Honorary Professorship to Dr Milton, Director of the BIPM, from 1 June 2013
Thursday 27 June 2013
The Department of Chemistry won five awards in the YUSU Excellence in Teaching and Supervision Awards on Wednesday 26 June.
Thursday 27 June 2013
Professor David Smith has been awarded a 2013 National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy.
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Dr Alison Parkin is co-organising an exhibit on Solar Fuels for the 2013 RSC Summer Exhibition.
Monday 24 June 2013
Around 40 of our alumni, retired staff and guests returned to the department to have a tour of our new facilities, and to hear a talk by Dr Jason Lynam.
Thursday 20 June 2013
A new event to promote interaction between our undergraduate and postgraduate Chemistry students was hosted in the Department
Tuesday 4 June 2013
The Department of Chemistry is ranked fifth in the Guardian University Guide 2014, consolidating York’s position as one of the top Chemistry Departments in the UK
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