Congratulations Sophie Dr Sophie Ayscough (Cohort 3) and colleagues at ISIS Neutron and Muon Source and University of Edinburgh on this one! Suspended phospholipid bilayers: A new biological membrane mimetic sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congratulations Dr Hannah Jones on a successful PhD viva! Find out more about her work on plastic waste recycling here: mdpi.com/1343566 #mdpienergies via Energies MDPI

Congratulations also to Dr Charlotte Pugsley on passing her viva, and another publication too! Linear ABC amphiphilic triblock copolymers for complexation and protection of dsRNA - now published in Polymer Chemistry pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Potato proteins stabilise liquid crystal sensors - just published! Ultra-stable liquid crystal droplets coated by sustainable plant-based materials for optical sensing of chemical and biological analytes - now published in J. Mat. Chem. C pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

My book, Not just for the boys, is published next month. My thoughts and reflections on getting to this point occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald/2…

Save the dates! Our Showcase Meeting and SoftBall will be in Durham on 13-14 July.

Congratulations Dr Ian Robinson, on winning the IOM3's 2023 Outstanding Alan Glanvill Award for his paper with Dr Ben Robertson @sofi_cdt Cohort 1, "Shear processing maps: A new design guide for melt processors" doi.org/10.1080/146580…

Congratulations Dr Burhan "Control of Dynamic Supramolecular Systems" Hussein on passing your PhD viva! Very well done, @Burhanhussein

Congratulations Sam Meacham (cohort 5) and Dr Russell Taylor Durham Chemistry on a brand new Chem Comm! Selective alkylation of mandelic acid to diarylacetic acids over a commercial zeolite - now published in Chemical Communications pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Thanks to all our SOFI2 students, colleagues and collaborators for two days of outstanding talks and posters at our Showcase meeting in Durham - looking forward to the next one already!

Congratulations Adam O'Connell, on a brand new Carbohydrate Polymers paper - find out more about locust bean gum & asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congratulations Daisy Akgonullu (SOFI2, Cohort 8) and the team at Leeds on a new publication in Adv.Coll.Int.Sci: Synthetic and biopolymeric microgels: Review of similarities and diffe... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Almost time to start again! Looking forward to welcoming Cohort 10 next week, alongside Cohort 9's Statistics/Communications training & reunion.

Looking forward to seeing everyone in Lincoln, 18-20 December!

Recommended reading! Soft matter roadmap doi.org/10.1088/2515-7… via JPhys Materials

Congrats to LCM on rolling out the first net zero asphalt road surface! ://www.lowcarbonmaterials.com/news

We were delighted @durhamchemistry to host Professor Mark Grinstaff (@grinstaff) for the final part of his RSC Centenary prize lecture tour. Many thanks to @roysocchem for making this possible and to Mark for an amazing seminar.

Just completed a neutron reflection study of soil-release polymers and lipids on model fabric surfaces at the amazing ISIS Neutron and Muon Source facilities. Ellie Fiandra (C8), Josie Binks (Antenna project) and James Cresswell (C7). RTgroup @irishceimiceoir

New review from SOFI2! Oat protein: Review of structure-function synergies with other plant p... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

And another! Designing biodegradable alternatives to commodity polymers - now published in Chemical Society Reviews pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…