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Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · Nov 20
HI! 👋 We’re the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge. We like:

🧪Science that pushes the envelope
🌏Working to solve the world’s biggest challenges
🧑‍🔬Collaborating with amazing scientists
🫖Tea!
🤖Robots!

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Could you lead the next generation of sensor research?📡 

We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Sensor Technologies!

If you're a world-class researcher in sensors, apply today:

https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assistant-professor-in-sensor-technologies-nq47747

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#CambridgeUniversity
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November 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Soaring into a low-carbon future ✈️

2024 Robin Paul Prize winner Paula Mendoza Moreno is working to break down a barrier that keeps us from hydrogen-powered aviation.

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #GreenFuture
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November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Our favourite extraction process☕

Happy National Espresso Day!

What's your go-to coffee order?

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Thinner than the width of a hair 🪮

A new implant, developed at CEB in collaboration with Dr Alexander Boys of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, could help us understand the connection between our gut and our brain.

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity
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November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Reshaped chemical engineering✅
National leader on research strategy ✅
Our first female lecturer ✅
Inspiring the next generation ✅

Small wonder Professor Dame Lynn Gladden has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Strathclyde. 

Photo: Guy Hinks
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November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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It's International Students' Day, so we thought we'd take a look back at some of our highlights from Michaelmas term so far.

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November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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How can an 'energy sandwich' change the way we power the technology of the future? 🥪

CEB researchers have achieved control over the atomic structure of halide perovskites, opening the way for next-generation semiconductors to power the technology of the future.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Thinking about Dr Mehdi Habibi's talk yesterday 'Science in food: rheology, yielding and strain stiffening in entangled assemblies of chains - from spaghetti to polymers' is still making us hungry... 🍝

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November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Can we help the blind see again? 👁️

One research group at CEB aims to find out. Full details on our website, link below 👇

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity
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November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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In honour of those who fought on this Remembrance Day.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Take a peek inside the Sensor CDT's annual Sensors Day conference, this year hosted by Homerton College, Cambridge. 

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #STEM #SensorDay
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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From polymers to pasta🍝

Join us next Wednesday, 12 November, for a fascinating talk by Dr Mehdi Habibi of @WUR on the science of spaghetti (yes, really!).

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #FoodScience
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November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Can't make it to our postgrad webinar this morning? 🎓

Explore our building at your leisure through your browser:

https://virtualtourcompany.co.uk/CambridgeUniversity/?x=undergraduate&y=subject&z=chemical-engineering-and-biotechnology

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November 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Interested in a Master's or PhD at CEB? 🎓

Find out all about our postgrad offering as part of the online Postgraduate Open Day tomorrow!

Register now 👇

https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #StudyAtCambridge
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November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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How do fireworks... work? 🎆

The answer lies in a carefully designed chemical process that lasts only a few seconds. 

THREAD 👇
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November 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Ready to build the next generation of sensor technology?

Apply for the @sensorcdt.bsky.social Master of Research in Sensor Technologies and Applications today!

https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/study/grad/mres/sensors

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #Sensors
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November 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Sounds scary, right? 💀

Learn more about how 'undead' cells could be used as an early-warning sign for lung cancer on our website.

https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/news/urine-test-lung-cancer

Happy Halloween!

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #Halloween
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October 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Unlocking ultrafast quantum tech ⏩

A new CEB study shows halide perovskites can handle light much faster than most semiconductors on the market.

Learn more about this startling speed at the link below 👇
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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity
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October 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Help guide the next generation of innovators💡

If you're a chemical engineer, biotechnologist or other STEM professional, become a mentor for the Davidson Inventors Challenge and help bright young minds invent clever solutions to today's most pressing issues.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Autumn has well and truly settled over our Cambridge West home🍂

What's your favourite season in Cambridge?

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity
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October 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Can a first-year PhD student explain her research in 60 seconds or less?

Sheikh Umara Zoni shares how she's helping the hearts of millions by combining CT scans and advanced simulation tools to help clinicians personalise patient care.
October 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Saving our skins ☀️

October is Black History Month, and we're celebrating black chemical engineers and biotechnologists who've shaped the world we live in.

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #BlackHistoryMonth #CambridgeUniversity
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October 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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शुभ दीपावली and Happy Diwali to all celebrating around the world this evening 🎆

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October 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Did you know it's National Chemistry Week? 🧪

Chemistry isn't just about test tubes and microscopes. It's about the building blocks that make up the food we eat, the air we breathe and the things we make.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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One of chemical engineering's great early innovators 🔧

October is Black History Month, and we're celebrating black chemical engineers and biotechnologists who've shaped the world we live in.

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #BlackHistoryMonth
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October 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM