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Tiny Ocean Algae Hold Secrets to Earth's Carbon Balance

30 July, 2025Research

A new paper from the Nudelman group and collaborators explores the fascinating processes behind…

Electron microscopy image of Chrysotila carterae

EaStCHEM Early Career Researcher Conference 2025

21 July, 2025Research

Over sixty early career researchers gathered on the 17th of June for the 7th EaStCHEM ECR…

A University of St Andrews coffee cup in front of a conference session.

Honorary Doctorate of Science awarded to Sunamp founder Andrew Bissell

11 July, 2025Research

During this summer’s graduation ceremony, the School of Chemistry was delighted to award an…

Group photo of Bissell family and University colleagues

New project to study molecular magnets funded by The Leverhulme Trust

01 July, 2025Research

The project “Stellated Archimedean and Keplerate Polyhedra: Frustrated Molecular Magnets” will be…

A stellated cuboctahedron of Fe(III)

Expertise in biosynthesis of natural products helps shed light on how microbiota protect the human gut

26 June, 2025Research

The School of Chemistry’s Professor Dominic Campopiano is co-corresponding author on a new…

Figure from the Nature Communications paper showing the proposed biosynthesis from the Campopiano Group's work.

Industry partnership with Cresset® recognised at SCI Innovation & Sustainability Awards 2025

23 May, 2025Research

The partnership between the Michel group, Cresset and OpenBioSim Community Interest Company has…

Cresset's Flare FEP software

New Award to Create Sensors for Extreme Fusion Energy Conditions as Part of UK Atomic Energy Authority’s £3.5M Fusion Industry Programme

28 April, 2025Research

A School of Chemistry team will lead one of thirteen projects awarded by the United Kingdom Atomic…

Staff working in the Pyrochemical Research Laboratory

Charles Rupert McIntyre Prize 2025

14 April, 2025Research

Congratulations to 3rd year PhD student and MChem alumna Justyna Losiewicz, who has been announced…

3rd year PhD student Justyna Losiewicz with her dog

New assay for screening membrane-permeabilising peptides and proteins published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

11 April, 2025Research

Researchers from the Horrocks and Cockroft groups have developed a single-molecule liposome assay…

Diagram of the new approach for rapid screening of compounds capable of disrupting or permeabilising biological membranes.

Student from Campopiano Group wins Best PhD Talk Prize at the European Society for Applied Biocatalysis

07 April, 2025Research

Congratulations to 3rd year PhD student Lisa Kennedy (Campopiano group) who won the Best PhD Talk…

Lisa Kennedy accepting her prize