Profiles – Page 17
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FeatureThe sultan of synthesis
Phil Baran is spurring organic chemists to rethink how they make complex compounds, as Mark Peplow discovers
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CareersChasing the sun
It took some time, and a lot of jobs, but Matt Carnie eventually found a role he loves in materials research. Manisha Lalloo asks for his career analysis
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BusinessRefined gels for cultured cells
Company profile: Biogelx makes self-assembled peptide hydrogels with tuneable properties
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CareersThe asymmetry problem
Reiko Kuroda has been tackling asymmetry her whole life, from molecular chirality to gender inequality, she tells James Mitchell Crow
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BusinessPlug and play redox enzymes
Technology profile: HydRegen is making cofactor-dependent catalysis cleaner
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CareersA career in careers
Finding a job took an unexpected turn when Victoria Walker discovered a talent for getting jobs for others. Helen Carmichael reports
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CareersThe pain killer
Life is pretty painless working in Reckitt Benckiser’s Nurofen team, Sarah Houlton learns
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CareersThe plastics surgeon
Sarah Houlton takes a ‘Peek’ at the career of polymer chemist Alice Matthews
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CareersIce cream inspiration
Cesar Vega has united his love of food and science in his career at Mars. But he is also on a mission to teach the science of cooking, as he tells Emma Davies
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BusinessService with a smile
Company profile: Charnwood Molecular is more than a run-of-the-mill contract synthesis provider
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CareersDifferent strokes
Carlos Gutierrez tells Yfke Hager why he’s devoted to supporting minorities entering science
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CareersBuilding batteries that breathe
Long before energy storage materials were in vogue, Peter Bruce saw their potential, as Emma Davies finds out
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CareersGoing with the flow chemistry
Elizabeth Farrant climbed to the top in big pharma, but now she’s working at a smaller scale, as Sarah Houlton finds out
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CareersReality microscopy
Pratibha Gai talks to James Mitchell Crow about her life’s work, watching the secret life of atoms
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CareersStarting out in academia
Serena Corr talks to Manisha Lalloo about her life as a young academic
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CareersChemdoodler draws on chemistry
Kevin Theisen’s software is used by scientists all over the world. Sarah Houlton learns why he moved from the chemistry programme to chemistry programmer
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CareersToxicologist with pesticides on the brain
Vanessa Fitsanakis’ career in toxicology goes all the way back to the farm where she grew up. Helen Carmichael traces her journey from agriculture to academia
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CareersCleaning up
From washing clothes to saving lives, the products of Phil Souter’s watery work can be found across the globe, as Helen Carmichael finds out
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CareersYou're hired
Alan Sugar’s latest apprentice is setting up a recruitment agency specialising in sectors that make a difference. Emma Davies finds out more