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The University is saddened to announce that Professor Chris Abell, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Todd-Hamied Fellow of Christ’s College, has died suddenly at the age of 62.A biological chemist, he was a pioneer in the field of fragment-based drug discovery, a successful entrepreneur, a founding director of …

We are pleased to introduce the profiles of the 9 new Herchel Smith Fellows who are to join the University of Cambridge in 2019.The Herchel Smith Fellowships are considered amongst the most prestigious and generous at the University. The Research Fellows are selected from institutions worldwide to work in mathematical, physical and life sciences in…

In October we have the pleasure of welcoming a new cohort of the Herchel Smith Phd Students to the University of Cambridge!The 2018/19 academic year will mark the 10th anniversary of the Herchel Smith Studentships, which are considered ones of the most prestigious at the University. Bequeathed to both Harvard University and University of Cambridge …

Monday, October 9, 2017Nobel Laureate Professor Tom Cech came to the Department of Chemistry on 16th October, to give the 2017 Herchel Smith Lecture: 'Shedding some Light on the Dark Matter of the Genomic Universe.'Professor Cech is Distinguished Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, Director of the University of Colorado BioFrontiers In…

We are pleased to welcome Professor Jussi Taipale to the Department, who joins us from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, as the new Herchel Smith Professor of Biochemistry.Continuing from a childhood of electronics, programming and taking things apart to investigate their internal workings, Professor Taipale began his scientific career at the Un…