CDT students Tim Ellis and Mohamed Koronfel from cohort one hosted two work experience students during the summer break as part of the Nuffield Foundation placements programme. The charity places students from state school backgrounds within STEM institutions nationwide for
Tim Ellis wins conference award
Congratulations to CDT-ACM student Tim Ellis who has been awarded the ACS Sensors Best Oral Presentation Award at the University of New South Wales International Nanomedicine Conference. Tim’s presentation was entitled ‘Multi-metallic microparticles: A novel pulmonary delivery system that increases
CDT-ACM Spanish Summer Retreat
Students, staff and guest speakers recently attended the CDT-ACM Summer Retreat in Catalonia, Spain. The retreat was held at the Eden Roc Hotel in Girona from 18-21 July 2017. Three days of talks were organised alongside activities such as a
Amazing Masers at the Royal Society
Daphné Lubert-Perquel and Jennifer Hack were part of a team of LCN researchers exhibiting at the prestigious Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in London. The exhibition, which ran from 3-9 July, featured a replica of the very first maser device,
Sky News feature – Dr Neil Curson talks about groundbreaking Nanopsis microscope
CDT Director, Dr Neil Curson, features in the Sky News science segment, Swipe, talking about the revolutionary new microscope, Nanopsis. The microscope has a magnification 400% greater than was previously thought possible, and opens up the possibility of looking at
Bernice Akpinar completes placement at Yale
Bernice Akpinar has been working at Yale University in the laboratory of Professor Patrick Lusk and Dr. Chenxiang Lin in the school of Cell Biology as a visiting research scholar. Bernice’s research at the London Centre for Nanotechnology aims to
Josh Bailey completes his placement at Ceres Power
As part of the Centre for Doctoral Training in the Advanced Characterisation of Materials, Josh was given the opportunity to embark on a 3-month internship with a university or industrial partner during the 4-year studentship. As his project focus surrounds
CDT-ACM Microscope Challenge 2016
Following on from the success of last year’s challenge, new students from the CDT-ACM were asked to build working microscopes for just £100. Four teams competed to win a prize awarded by the CDT. The winning microscope, designed and built
Tim Ellis continues his research at Rutgers University
Tim Ellis has been working at Rutgers University in the laboratory of Professor Stephan Schwander in the Public School of Health where he has been developing key skills in the handling of bacteria and the genetic profiling of immune cells
CDT-ACM Students join Institute of Physics Summer School
Organised by the Institute of Physics, and taking place at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, CDT students were invited to attend a summer school focusing on the study of surfaces and interfaces at the atomic and molecular