The Open University: School of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences

Many Congratulations to Maryam Latarani on passing her PhD viva yesterday

Great to see undergraduate students busy in the teaching lab

Natural Sciences accreditation
We are pleased to announce that the BSc Natural Sciences (as well as the Biology and Chemistry pathways) are now accredited by the Society for Natural Sciences.

News – Society for Natural Sciences The Society for Natural Sciences announces the accreditation of UK degree programmes 24th January 2022 The Society for Natural Sciences is delighted to announce the first group of institutions whose degree programmes they have accredited. These programmes have achieved the standards set out in the S...

On Thursday 9th December at 4pm we’ll be hosting the Physiological Society’s GL Brown Prize Lecture. This year’s lecture ‘Cystic Fibrosis: From Genes to Precision Medicine’ will be given by Professor David Sheppard from the University of Bristol. Further details are on our website

The Open University The GL Brown Prize Lecture is awarded annually by The Physiological Society to an outstanding scientist. This year, one of the lectures is presented at the Open University and will be streamed online via Stadium.

Congratulations to Daniel Marin Florido (part-time PhD student at Johnson Matthey) who successfully passed his PhD viva yesterday, the exam panel was Jon Holbrey (Queens University Belfast), Rob Janes & James Bruce.
His PhD title was Separation & Recovery of Base Metals from Waste Streams at Low pH and he was supervised by Simon Collinson, Eleanor Crabb and Paul O’Shaughnessy.

Congratulations to Katy Woodason (1st year PhD student with Simon Collinson, Carl Boardman and Nick Chatterton) for coming runner up in the OU grad school poster competition in the Judges’ choice category!

The poster was titled “Food and Plastic Waste: From Zero to Hero.”

We're pleased to share that the continuing commitment of to achieving gender equality has been recognised by the renewal of our Bronze Award!

We are pleased to announce the first newsletter from the School of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences is now available to read on our website

LHCS newsletters Latest newsletter Issue 1 April 2021 Latest LHCS newsletter Archive ​

Check out LHCS academic Nick Power's latest collaborative publication in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering on the synthesis of carbon quantum dots on–off metal ions sensor via a more efficient and environmentally benign process in comparison to conventional batch synthetic methods from glucose biomass precursor.

Efficient Continuous Hydrothermal Flow Synthesis of Carbon Quantum Dots from a Targeted Biomass Precursor for On–Off Metal Ions Nanosensing Glucose, a readily available biomass precursor is used for the production of carbon quantum dots (CQDs) via a fast, efficient, and environmentally benign continuous hydrothermal flow synthesis (CHFS) process using supercritical water, an approach that can readily be scaled up for industrialization,....

There are a lot of questions about the new COVID-19 vaccines; what is the difference between them? How do they work? Will I be immune?

Join our experts for their session on the topic, and ask your own questions too!

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Ask the Expert: COVID-19 Vaccines There are now several options for a COVID-19 Vaccination. What are the different types of vaccines & how do they work? Join us to find out!

Ester Pascual-Baixauli has passed her PhD viva with minor corrections.
Very well done Ester!

Duncan Banks has successfully obtained an EU grant on the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP https://www.edctp.org/). The project entitled ‘Consortium For Development Of Sustainable Research Based Fellowship Training On Infectious Disease Epidemiology And Biostatistics In Africa’ will work with various partners in Uganda including The Uganda National Institute of Public Health, Uganda Virus Research Institute, The Ugandan Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation, Makerere University, Mbale Clinical Research Institute and Busitema University (based in Mbale, Eastern Uganda).
The EDCTP programme is supported under Horizon 2020, the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research & Innovation. The overarching objective of the programme is to train the next generation of infectious disease field epidemiologists in conducting disease surveillance, outbreak investigations and timely response, and translating data into evidence-based practice in Uganda. Duncan has also been appointed to an honorary position at Busitema University.