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A mini symposium will be held in memory of later David Chandler, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley. 13 April 2018David Chandler: Pillar of the physical chemistry scientific community and Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley. Spanning a career that changed the course…

Half day symposium, taking place in Chemistry, 2 February 2018.

The third Edwards Centre mini-conference, bringing together soft matter researchers from across the university, will be held on Monday 15 January at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. Over 60 participants are expected.

The Edwards Centre invites nominations from a new category of visiting membership to be known as Edwards Fellows.The Edwards Centre invites nominations from a new category of visiting membership to be known as Edwards Fellows. This category is reserved for highly distinguished soft matter scientists who intend to visit the University for at least o…

Postdocs and PhD students with interests in soft matter research are invited to join the Edwards Centre by auto-enrolling to the following mailing list:https://lists.cam.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ucam-ecsm-affiliatedYou will be required to confirm membership via email but membership is open to all within Cambridge. You can dis-enroll at any time. This…

An Industrial Icebreaker event will be held on Wednesday 11 October, 11am -- 4pm. The purpose is to explore opportunities for new cooperative interactions between Cambridge academics and either existing or new industrial partners.To register, visit: http://www.turing-gateway.cam.ac.uk/node/5955

The Second Edwards Symposium, held 6-8 September, attracted well over 100 participants from at least 10 different countries. This included around 20 participants from industrial or KT organizations. There were sessions on New Functional Materials, Ionic Effects in Soft and Colloidal Materials, Soft Biomatter and Soft Matter Under Flow -- alongside …

The Edwards Centre now has over 40 academic PIs including permanent academics and independent research fellows. It has a further 80+ members among postdoctoral staff and PhD students across the University. Members are drawn from at least 6 different departments: Physics, Chemistry, Applied Maths, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Materials Science…

Unilever PLC have agreed to provide core funding for continuation of the Edwards Symposium Series after the very successful inaugural event in September 2016. Thanks to their generosity, Edwards Symposia will now be held annually for the next five years. Their format combines leading edge academic presentations with a forum for industrial participa…