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Saving the world with thermally-stable vaccines
This post was written by Royal Society University Research Fellow and CSCT researcher, Asel Sartbaeva. Some of you might have heard that I was recently invited to give a talk at the third annual Solve for X conference run by...
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Conference Report: The H2FC SUPERGEN Hydrogen Researcher Conference 2013
In December 2013, CSCT students Jemma Rowlandson and Leighton Holyfield (cohort 5) and Jess Sharpe (cohort 2) attended the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell (H2FC) SUPERGEN Researcher Conference. This report comes from Jemma. The H2FC SUPERGEN Hydrogen Researcher Conference took place...
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Conference Report: RSC Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Meeting (MASC 2013)
In December, CSCT students Helena Quilter (cohort 5), James Tyson (cohort 3) and Ben Hodges (cohort 2) travelled to Glasgow for MASC 2013 to find out what’s new in the world of macrocyclic and supramolecular chemistry. Helena brings us this...
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Debating climate change at At-Bristol
This report on a recent trip to Bristol was contributed by 3rd-year DTC student Harriet Manning. Following our successful public engagement activities at the Bristopia event at At-Bristol science centre, on Tuesday 4 February 2014 cohort 3 were invited back...
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Conference report: Cardiff Stem Cell Symposium 2014
The Stem Cell Symposium organised by the Cardiff Stem Cell Network is a free event, in its second year, that brings together researchers in the south west. A number of students from the University of Bath, based in chemical engineering,...
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Conference report: the 4th European Kesterite Workshop
The European Kesterite workshops is a fairly young and rapidly-growing event series. Kesterite solar cells with the formula Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 are a long-term candidate for terawatt "country-scale" solar generation. Third-year DTC student Adam Jackson attended this year's meeting to support his...
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Conference report: 14th International Conference on the Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry of Germanium, Tin and Lead (GTL 2013)
Earlier this year, DTC students Ibbi Ahmet (3rd year) and Thomas Wildsmith (final year) travelled to Nova Scotia, Canada, to share ideas and learn more about the chemistry of germanium, tin and lead. Ibbi brings us this report. From Monday...
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Conference report: Energy CDT network
In September, David Miles and Lisa Sargeant travelled to Imperial College London for the annual Energy Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT) Network conference. The aim of this conference was to enable students from the various different energy-related CDTs to present...
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Internship report: Lee Burton, Harvard University, United States of America
The CSCT is pleased to welcome back Lee Burton from his research internship at Harvard University in the United States. Lee spent 5 weeks in Boston, working with the groups of Professor Roy Gordon at Harvard and Dr Tonio Buonassisi...
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Why Nuclear, Why Now?
Energy. Our modern life, as we know it, depends on it. And it’s never more on the mind of the modern consumer as it is during autumn, when the weather gets colder and nights get longer. This also happens to...