All articles by Yfke Hager

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    Cupcake chemists

    2014-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Bakery beginners Ann Gardiner and Kerri Elston talk to Yfke Hager about leaving the lab to create chemistry in the kitchen

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    Thinking outside the blocks

    2014-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Ellen Kooijman talks to Yfke Hager about research, rocks and building bricks

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    Mind your own business

    2013-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Many dream of being their own boss, but few make the choice, and fewer succeed. Yfke Hager gets some entrepreneurial advice from those who’ve made it

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    Different strokes

    2013-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Carlos Gutierrez tells Yfke Hager why he’s devoted to supporting minorities entering science

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    Formulation and function

    2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Working between the R&D lab and the supermarket shelf, formulation chemists turn prospects into products. Yfke Hager takes a look at their work

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    Support from rent-a-lab

    2013-05-24T00:00:00Z

    As startups flourish and outsourcing increases, Labstract is stepping in to provide space, expertise and training for the new model of R&D, as Yfke Hager learns

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    Green means go for careers in chemistry

    2013-02-20T00:00:00Z

    Yfke Hager takes a look at the growth in green chemistry jobs and talks to the chemists whose research doesn’t cost the Earth

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    A sustainable future: green chemistry PhDs

    2013-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Yfke Hager speaks to tomorrow’s chemists being trained in the science of sustainability

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    Taking a Dip in cosmetics

    2012-09-18T00:00:00Z

    Yfke Hager takes a look at a distance learning course that gets under the skin of the cosmetics industry

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    What's law got to do with it?

    2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Sean Seymore’s career has taken him from the lab to law school and back again. Yfke Hager determines his motive

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    Your route to recruitment

    2012-07-11T00:00:00Z

    Three recruitment agencies tell Yfke Hager their job hunting tips, and explain how they can lend a helping hand

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    Views from a tall poppy

    2012-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Craig Priest tells Yfke Hager that stumbling into chemistry and tripping round the globe have given him a passion for science that he’s eager to share

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    The insider: Seeds of Change

    2012-01-27T10:33:12Z

    Yfke Hager takes a look at careers in agricultural chemistry and the scientists who are working to feed the world

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    Profile: The biofuel bug

    2011-03-30T09:38:29Z

    James Liao was one of the first to mix biology and engineering and he continues to break new ground in his quest for cleaner, greener biofuels, as Yfke Hager finds out

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    The insider: Not just a pretty face

    2011-01-31T10:03:02Z

    Beauty is in the eye of the cosmetic chemist, discovers Yfke Hager as she learns about the job satisfaction of picking up a formula you created in a shop

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    The insider: Environmental options

    2010-11-29T13:39:16Z

    Beauty is in the eye of the cosmetic chemist, discovers Yfke Hager as she learns about the job satisfaction of picking up a formula you created in a shop

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    The Educated Chemist: Not all black and white

    2010-10-28T11:22:09Z

    A colourful new chemistry course is preparing students for a wide range of possible careers - from cosmetics to computer graphics

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    The insider: Chemical outreach

    2010-07-30T08:49:46Z

    Yfke Hager discovers how outreach programmes help show students that chemistry is far more than just performing titrations

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    The Educated Chemist: Life as a medicinal chemist

    2010-06-25T12:02:23Z

    The AstraZeneca medicinal chemistry workshop gives PhD students an insider's view of careers in the pharmaceutical industry, discovers Yfke Hager

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    Profile: Transatlantic chemist

    2010-06-25T12:02:22Z

    British chemist Steve Woodhead's career in fragment-based drug discovery has taken him on a fast-paced 6000 mile trip from the UK to the US, reports Yfke Hager