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October 5, 2021
Yale Chemistry Ph.D. candidate Nia Harmon was recently awarded a 2021 Rising Solar Fellowship by the Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE) and GRID...
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September 23, 2021
Incoming Yale Chemistry graduate students scouted the lay of the land in a full day of activities on Aug. 27, including an orientation game and virtual symposium. A whirlwind...
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September 21, 2021
Yale will lead a new project to simulate the dynamics of complex chemical reactions using quantum computing technology. The new Center for Quantum Dynamics on Modular Quantum...
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September 20, 2021
William L. Jorgensen, Sterling Professor of Chemistry, has been selected as a 2021 Citation Laureate for his influential contributions to the field of computational chemistry...
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September 20, 2021
To the bane of potato farmers, bacteria that invade plants have developed a neat trick — they can essentially alter their own genetic code. Yale researchers have discovered...
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September 17, 2021
Yale Chemistry postdoctoral researcher Chris Gisriel of the Brudvig Lab was recently awarded a Pathway to Independence Award by the NIH’s National Institute of General...
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September 15, 2021
The Spiegel Laboratory recently published in Nature Chemical Biology for the small-molecule-mediated, targeted degradation of extracellular proteins. These molecules, termed...
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July 19, 2021
Yale’s Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, the John Gamble Kirkwood Professor of Chemistry in the Faculty of Arts and Science, was named the winner of the 2021 Willard Gibbs Award by the...
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July 14, 2021
Yale Chemistry is delighted to announce Sarah Slavoff, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry and of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, is a recipient of the 2020 – 2021...
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July 14, 2021
Patrick L. Holland, who has made key contributions to the field of inorganic chemistry, has been appointed the Conkey P. Whitehead Professor of Chemistry. He is a member of...
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July 8, 2021
The treatment of disease through precision medicine requires novel research not only at the molecular level, but also on human, animal, and plant cells. Six expert chemists,...
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July 7, 2021
Stacy Malaker is all about putting in the work. It’s true in sports, which she loves; it’s true in every job she’s had since high school; and it’s true in her chemistry lab...