Women share a chemical moment in time. Women chemists in the Department of Chemistry and Analytical Sciences joined an international ‘Mexican Wave’ breakfast that began in New Zealand to celebrate the launch of the International Year of Chemistry (IYC 2011).Twenty female members of the department, and ...
Women sharing a chemical moment in timeOn Tuesday 18 January 2011 women members of the Department of Chemistry and Analytical Sciences at the Open University will join women chemists around the world in a networking breakfast, a sort of global Mexican wave, commencing in Australia and advancing to each time zone in ...
Professor Jason Chin from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology will be giving a talk entitled Reprogramming the code of life on Wednesday 12th January at 11.30am in the Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University. Full programme for the morning of the 12th can be found under our seminar section of our website.
Muhammad Sohail has been awarded his PhD with effect from 27th October 2010. Muhammad studied under the supervision of Professors Peter Taylor and Alan Bassindale and the title of his thesis is Synthesis, structures and stereodynamic study of 5-coordinate silicon compoundsCongratulations to Muhammad
Several prizes are awarded annually for the best overall performance in a module in the Molecular Science qualification. Details of the winners of the October 2009 presentation are listed below:Haynes PrizeThe Haynes prize for the best overall performance in S356 Drug Design and Synthesis goes to Paula DunnCourtauld ...
Three years, to start in January 2011 (£13,590 stipend), Based in Milton Keynes This studentship will be supervised by Dr Nick Turner (OU) and Professor Ray Coker (Toximet) and will involve the synthesis, characterization and scale-up of recognition polymers for diagnostic applications in the food safety and ...
Several prizes are awarded annually for the best overall performance in a course in the Molecular Science Award. Details of the 2009 winners are listed below.RSC Mid-Anglia Section PrizeThe RSC prize for the top Molecular Science Honours Degree graduate goes to Victoria Mealing.The RSC prize for the best overall ...
ECO provides 11 positions (Early Stage Researchers in EU terminology) leading towards PhD and 1 postdoctoral position (Experienced Researcher in EU terminology, 1 year duration) starting March 2010. The selection of Fellows will be done in the Netherlands on February 8-9th. Place and details of the meeting (travel ...
Undergraduate chemistry student Oleg Saldugejs was awarded the Society for Chemical Industry North West Chemistry prize at a recent special ceremony in HMP Risley. Oleg won the prize for his exceptional performance on S205 The Molecular World. Winning the prize would be a great achievement for any student, but Oleg ...
Patrick O'Connell was awarded his PhD entitled Synthesis and Characterisation of Bifunctional MRI Contrast Agents on 8th September 2009 under the supervision of Dr James Bruce and Dr Mike Mortimer.
Being in the top 4 from 134 posters submitted to the 5th European Silicon Days Conference held in Vienna is a great achievement for Youssef El Aziz who is currently studying for his PhD in the Department of Chemistry and Analytical Sciences. As part of the Silicon Research Group Youssef presented a poster entitled ...
David Smith was awarded his PhD entitled High-Intensity Contrast Agents in Medical Imaging on 25th August 2009 under the supervision of Dr James Bruce and Professor Peter Taylor. This research focussed on the formation of novel MRI agents based on gadolinium complexes attached to organosilicon scaffolds. The work ...
The international pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline are holding its sixth weeklong Residential Chemistry Training Experience over the period 6th–11th September 2009 at its Medicines Research Centre in Stevenage.In open competition, Open University chemistry students were encouraged to apply to attend this ...
MULTIPLE BIOMARKER SENSING PLATFORM FOR VETERINARY DIAGNOSTICSA fully funded PhD studentship is available for three years from October 2009 at the Open University in Milton Keynes.Animal diseases have a massive impact on the economy and also present a serious human health threat. Early detection is essential if a ...
Dr Stuart Bennett has been awarded the RSC Education Division’s Education Award for 2009. The citation reads “for his high profile presence in chemistry education and his sustained and wide-ranging contributions to research and development which have influenced the teaching and learning of chemistry both ...
Dr Sotiris Missailidis from the Department of Chemistry and Analytical Sciences has been awarded the 2008 Mike Price Fellowship, sponsored by the European Association for Cancer Research and the European Cancer Organisation. The fellowship enables cancer researchers to visit a European institution in order to ...
Several prizes are awarded annually for the best overall performance in a course in the Molecular Science Award. Details of the 2008 winners are listed below.RSC Mid-Anglia Section PrizeThe RSC prize for the best overall performance in the project course SXM390 Frontiers in Chemistry goes to Stephen Gauci.Haynes ...
Glyn's thesis entitled Characterisation of supported and unsupported 12-heteropolyacids was obtained under the supervision of Professor Frank Berry and Dr Mike Mortimer on the 19th December 2008.
Vincenzo's thesis entitled New approaches to biomimetic silicon chemistry was completed under the supervision of Professor Alan Bassindale and Professor Peter Taylor. Vincenzo's work led to the discovery of using molecular imprinted polymers to selectively absorb siloxanes. Vincenzo is now a Maplethorpe ...
Professor Tom Lane, who has taken over as President of the ACS completed a PhD under Professor Alan Bassindale's supervision. Tom's work involved computational analysis of silicon chemistry and was entitled A Theoretical Study of Silyamides. Tom is now a Visiting Professor at the OU. Read more at ...
