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Thursday, 29 Mar 2018
  • News

“I'm a polymer chemist,” says new Research School of Chemistry recruit Dr Luke Connal.
“That's never really changed, it doesn't matter where I’ve been, no matter what departments nor countries. I like to say we make stuff for lots of different reasons. We design new polymers to do new functions, and hopefully new technologies come out of that.”

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Thursday, 29 Mar 2018
  • News

In 1972 the Martin family travelled to Canberra, with Ray Martin becoming a foundation Professor in Inorganic Chemistry at RSC. The move established a strong connection for the then 13 year old Lisa Martin to Canberra, and the ANU, a connection that continues until this day.
“My parents met and married in England,” Martin explains, “started a family in Sydney then moved to Melbourne; which together with two sabbatical periods in USA, I felt very travelled. So, I used to tell my school friends that ‘my Dad couldn’t keep a job, which was why we moved around a lot!’”

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Thursday, 29 Mar 2018
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Starting work at the RSC in January 2018, Dr Pu Xiao is one of the newest additions to the Research School of Chemistry. Xiao has been interested in the photophysical chemistry of materials for his entire career, and joining the ANU has taken this interest into a new and exciting direction.

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Thursday, 29 Mar 2018
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Neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s are one of the biggest concerns for our ageing population, especially with no cure or therapies to stop their progression. That is something that PhD student and Rickard’s Scholarship holder Junna Hayashi is trying to change, taking an interest in protein chemistry to try and understand these devastating illnesses. 

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Monday, 19 Feb 2018
  • News

ANU PhD student Adam Mater has won a prized 2018 Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship for his work on computer-aided chemical design.
Mr Mater is one of 17 exceptional young Australians to win the scholarship, to fund post-graduate study at Australia's leading universities.

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Wednesday, 07 Feb 2018
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The Research School of Chemistry would like to thank Heriot-Watt University for hosting the ANU Ambassador Program, with special note to Dr Gareth Lloyd (HWU) for all his hard work making the Ambassador Program a success, as well as the Heriot-Watt Chemistry Society for arranging and hosting numerous social activities throughout the trip.
For more information about going on exchange: http://www.anu.edu.au/students/careers-opportunities/global-programs/anu-exchange-partners

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Monday, 29 Jan 2018
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Distinguished members of the ANU community have been recognised in the 2018 Australia Day Honours for their contribution to Australia.
Leading the Honours list is Emeritus Professor Lewis Mander, who received the nation's top honour by being appointed a Companion in the Order of Australia (AC) for his eminent service to organic chemistry and to higher education.

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Thursday, 18 Jan 2018
  • Student profile

We spoke to Walker on a visit back to the School, where he spoke to students about the different career paths available to chemistry graduates.

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Tuesday, 02 Jan 2018
  • News

When you have experienced the almost immediate, transforming effect of antibiotics at a time when you’re feeling your absolute worst, it’s not something you forget.
Particularly the next time you’re feeling a whole new level of absolute worst, and your doctor won’t hand you the antibiotics you’re certain you need.
But we are now paying the price for swapping get better soon with get better right now, and the result isn’t just personal frustration at our GP who won’t “cure” our sore throat.

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