The first of the new Faul Research Group members have arrived! Esther (from Keele, MRes) and Liam (from Warwick, PhD jointly with Ian Manners) have arrived over the weekend, and are now settling in! Welcome to Bristol!
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Yaozu’s paper in MRC appeared online!
Yaozu’s paper on the preparation and use of macrocyclic amine-linked oligocarbazole hollow microspheres as heavy metal sorbents has been published online by Macromolecular Rapid Communications!
Congratulations to Yaozu and colleagues!
Funding to collaborate with the FRG
The Royal Society (RS) have announced a number of schemes that allow for international travel and exchange, and to explore opportunities for building lasting networks, or for bilateral visits to strengthen emerging collaborations. These schemes cover travel, subsistence and a small contribution to research costs. Applicants must be from:
China, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico or Turkey
INTERNAL DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 12th of October 2014.
Newton Mobility Grants:
This award is currently available to international researchers that want to strengthen the research and innovation capacity by visiting or sending staff and students to the UK.
Newton Advanced Fellowships:
This scheme aims to develop science and innovation partnerships that promote the economic development and welfare of developing countries.
General Eligibility Criteria:
Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent research experience and hold a permanent or fixed-term contract in an eligible university or research institute, which must span the duration of the project. Applicants should have no more than 15 years of postdoctoral experience. Collaborations should focus on a single project involving overseas-based scientist (“the Applicant”) and UK-based scientist (“the Co-applicant”).
If you wish to apply, please contact Dr Faul as soon as possible.
ACR Review published online
Charl’s review in Accounts of Chemical Research, entitled “Ionic Self-Assembly for Functional Hierarchical Nanostructured Materials” appeared online!
A great opportunity to provide an overview of Charl’s collaborative efforts over the past decade, and to thank many colleagues who contributed to the far-reaching ionic self-assembly approach!
Accounts of Chemical Research…
A overview, by Charl, of Ionic Self-Assembly (ISA) as a route towards functional nanostructured materials has been accepted for publication by Accounts of Chemical Research. More details to follow soon!
Yaozu’s paper accepted for Macromolecular Rapid Communications!
Yaozu just had a paper on the formation of oligo(carbazole) hollow spheres, and their use as heavy metal sorption materials, accepted for publication in MRC!
More details to follow soon! Congrats to Yaozu!
Last lunch with Lexy …
After a short 4-week stay, Lexy, and undergraduate from Bristol who received an EPSRC bursary to work in the FRG labs, had her last day on Friday. We enjoyed lunch in BISC‘s garden and said our goodbyes….
… and hopefully she is thinking of us staying behind in Bristol while she is on holiday!
Saying goodbye to Marion…
Marion, a French student on summer placement from Lyon, spent 6 weeks in the FRG. Sadly it was her last day on Friday … we all had the chance to say goodbye in the lab…
and then in Brown’s …
Hopefully we will see Marion back in Bristol in the near future!
Faul & Hall groups enjoy a day on the beach!
With the sun shining and time for a break from the lab, the Hall and Faul groups headed out to South Wales to Rhossili Bay for a day of swimming, beach games, bbq’ing and fun!
Some photos from the top of the cliffs …
and down on the beach …
Exciting science in Berlin and Golm!
Charl spent two days in Germany last week, visiting friends, collaborators and ex-colleagues at the TUBerlin, the newly opened BasCat joint laboratories, and the MPI for Colloids and Interfaces (where Charl spent 4 years).
It was a great time to catch up, but more importantly, to learn about and be inspired by excellent science! Very exciting!
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