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Monday, 18 Jun 2018
  • News







Scientists at ANU have contributed to an international study that will potentially help humans to colonise Mars and find life on other planets.

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Thursday, 14 Jun 2018
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The RSC celebrated its 50th anniversary with the unveiling of a special sculpture which now hangs in our main foyer. Titled 'Translation', it was created by Dr Julie Brooke from the ANU School of Art & Design and sculptor Geoff Farquhar-Still. The work is an abstract rendition of the many aspects of modern chemistry.

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Thursday, 07 Jun 2018
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27 May - 3 June marked the 2018 National Reconciliation Week. The 2018 theme was 'Don't Keep History a Mystery'.
As part of the 2018 National Reconciliation Week celebrations, the Research School of Chemistry hosted a Heritage Walk and we were joined by Ngunawal Elder Wally Bell. Wally gave us some fantastic insights into Aboriginal Culture and Heritage.
We would like to extend a big thank you for Wally for his insights, particularly the Welcome to Country in the RSC Foyer!

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Wednesday, 06 Jun 2018
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The Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship ‘supports exceptional individuals to undertake post-graduate study at one of Australia's leading universities’.

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Wednesday, 06 Jun 2018
  • Research story

A new form - referred to as akamptisomerism - has been described through four resolved stereoisomers of a transoid (BF)O(BF)- quinoxalinoporphyrin compound.

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Friday, 01 Jun 2018
  • Student profile

Patrick Yates is in the first year of his PhD at the Research School of Chemistry, and with a passion for teaching has recently been appointed as one of three new teaching fellows in the school. In doing so he believes he’s taking both his research and his teaching to the next level. 

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Friday, 01 Jun 2018
  • Student profile

Harrison Barnett, a first year PhD student has recently been appointed as one of three new teaching fellows at the Research School of Chemistry.

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Tuesday, 29 May 2018
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You may not have heard her name, but she was one of Australia’s most important scientists. An organic chemist who pioneered the synthesis of penicilliamine, steroids and the stereochemistry of molecules involved in the biosynthesis of cholesterol, Rita Cornforth often fell to the same fate as other female scientists – ignored and overlooked in favour of the work of her husband – the Nobel Prize winning John Cornforth.

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Tuesday, 15 May 2018
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The 'Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad' was established by China Scholarship Council in 2003. The recipients worldwide are chosen each year for their outstanding accomplishments in any discipline. This award is considered as the highest award given by the Chinese Government to the graduate students that study outside China who do not receive financial support from Chinese Government.

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