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With over a hundred years of dedication to excellence in research and teaching, the School of Chemistry is one of the UK’s leading chemistry departments. Chemistry is a rapidly changing and exciting subject that is crucial to our understanding of many of today’s global issues. Our courses, facilities and expertise enable our students and staff to study at the leading-edge of this important subject.
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Announcements
On 1st December 2009 the School is hosting part of the RSC-GDCh Alexander Todd - Hans Krebs Lectureship by Professor Alois F�rstner. This event is FREE to attend, however if you are NOT from the University of Birmingham, please REGISTER by contacting Dr Paul Davies. See seminar program for further details
Registration and preliminary details of a symposium to be held in Birmingham Nov 11th 2009 now available. This will see the award lectures of RSC prize winners, Prof Scott Denmark and Prof Phil Page. Dr Hon Lam and Prof Mike Shipman will also give presentations of their work.
Applicant visit day registration now open for courses starting Oct. 2010
Latest News
- Oct 2009: Advanced materials could save lives. Preventing biological attacks and stopping cancer spreading are among the possible life-saving outcomes of advanced materials research at Birmingham. Click here for full story.
- Sep 2009: Lexi Pope from the Hannon group won a poster prize (one of 3) at the 10th International Symposium on Applied Bioinorganic Chemistry (ISABC) attended by 300 participants in Debrecen, Hungary (http://www.isabc10.unideb.hu/Gen.html)
- Sep 2009: Nicola Rogers, our top MSCi student last year, has won the national Science, Engineering and Technology Chemist of the Year Award 2009. Congratulations!
- Sep 2009: Antonio Feula, a PhD student in Dr John Fossey's group, wins a prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry poster prize at CASE-09 held at East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai.
- Sep 2009: We are pleased to welcome Dr. Antonio Feteira who has joined the school as the AWM / Science City Research Fellow in Materials Chemistry.
- July 2009: At the recent UK-Japan joint CSCS symposium held in Birmingham, Renate Gleixner from the Cox group won a poster prize sponsored by the RSC journal Organic and Biomolecular chemistry. RSC news.
- Feb 2009: Chemistry Welcomes 3 new members of staff. Dr. Peter Slater, Dr. Anna Peacock and Dr. Josephine Bunch have all joined the department this term to strengthen the research in materials, chemical biology and imaging.
- Jan 2009: RSC Hot Topic: UK scientists, including John Fossey of Birmingham, have made sugar-detecting spherical gels inspired by aquatic creatures
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