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31 Oct 2013: Summer 2009. Chemistry Olympiad in Cambridge. Protein folding – and misfolding. The automation of chemical reactions. Enthusing the chemists of tomorrow. How did you end up in Cape Town?I’m originally from Zambia, and studied chem-istry there

31 Oct 2013: Spring 2010. Changing the rules of synthesis. Colloid science in the 1960s. Measuring gases from the sea. Chemistry in zero gravity. How did you become a scientist?It was an interesting journey! I grew up in Bostonand my parents were immigrants –

31 Oct 2013: Autumn 2009. New materials for better batteries. Electron correlation: a solution. Novel catalysts in the car industry. Using fragments to probe biology. How did you come to work in industry?After a junior faculty position at the University ofToronto

31 Oct 2013: Spring 2011. Studying protein behaviour…. …and the way they form aggregates. Physical chemistry in the 1950s. A chat with the new Vice-Chancellor. Why did you want to be vice-chancellor of the University ofCambridge?The answer is actually

31 Oct 2013: Summer 2007. How do proteins fold in cells? Synthetic success — at last! The potential of chiral surfaces. Keeping a competitive edge in science. How did you end up working in thepharmaceutical industry?I’m a chemist by background, and my DPhil

31 Oct 2013: Spring 2007. Informatics and chemistry. Predicting crystal structures. Dynamic assembly of materials. Carbon reduction technology. What is BP doing to plan for changingglobal energy policies?Several emerging themes are driving much ofBP’s forward

31 Oct 2013: Autumn 2007. Simulating chemical processes. Hydrogen bonds and catalysts. The magic of helical nanotubes. Innovation – the lifeblood of science. What is the Chemistry Innovation KTN?Back in 2002, the DTI put together theChemistry Innovation Growth

31 Oct 2013: Summer 2013. Science day: illuminating chemistry. Athena Swan accreditation achieved. Data, calculation and experiment. Keeping the IT systems operational. A large and complex departmentlike chemistry must have huge ITdemands. Can you give us

31 Oct 2013: Autumn 2010. The dynamics of protein folding. Biotech and drug discovery. Biomimetic catalysts for solar fuel. Remembering Dudley and Eric. How did your Cambridge chemistryPhD take you into biotech?I joined Pfizer in the early 1980s after I

30 Oct 2013: The expression involves an adaptation of the parabolic dimensionpreviously used by Taylor and Watson to characterize polarity for the heat equation. ... by Taylor and Watson in [15] in order to determine polarsets for the heat equation.