All articles by Yfke Hager – Page 3

  • Careers

    Volunteering to inspiring

    2007-07-26T10:52:00Z

    Adele Patterson is devoted to helping new chemists build their own careers but nothing will keep her out of the lab. Yfke Hager meets her

  • Feature

    Industrial strength

    2007-06-29T14:15:22Z

    There is a new driving force for the growth of the chemical industry in the north-east of England.

  • Careers

    Helping develop diverse business careers

    2007-06-29T12:56:00Z

    Joanne Ayre has combined a talent for science with a flair for working with people to develop a diverse business career. Yfke Hager meets her

  • Careers

    New entrepreneurial pastures

    2007-05-24T11:33:00Z

    Graham Ruecroft co-founded a firm that recently earned him his second RSC innovation award.

  • Careers

    Spinning out designer solvents

    2007-04-27T09:20:00Z

    Adam Walker co-founded bespoke solvent company Bioniqs and is now its CEO.

  • Careers

    'I didn’t lose sight of the bigger picture'

    2007-03-28T11:40:00Z

    As a teenager in a small Russian town, Andrei Khlobystov stood out for his desire to be a chemist. He is now making waves in the UK with his nano work, as he tells Yfke Hager

  • Careers

    Miniaturisation of drug sensors

    2006-12-20T11:00:00Z

    Craig Banks is passionate about his research. In his short academic career he has already co-founded a spin-out firm to make cannabis detectors, as Yfke Hager finds out

  • Careers

    The first public awareness scientist in the UK

    2006-11-28T08:48:00Z

    As a public awareness scientist, Samantha Tang is keen to encourage others to spread the wonders of science. Yfke Hager finds out more

  • Careers

    The accidental traveller

    2006-10-30T10:44:00Z

    After working in New Zealand, medicinal chemistry tempted Ashley Jarvis back to the UK. He now works in his dream field, as Yfke Hager discovers

  • Feature

    A force for change

    2006-09-26T14:51:03Z

    Atomic force microscopy has long revealed surface wonders to scientists from many disciplines. Now new probes are bringing improved resolution. Yfke Hager investigates

  • News

    The right blend of skills and experience

    2006-08-25T14:04:00Z

    After years of jumping between chemistry jobs, Adam Hold created his dream career by setting up his own company to provide analytical services. Yfke Hager reports

  • Careers

    Dealing with drug degradation

    2006-07-27T11:33:00Z

    Cathy Brookes makes sense of pharmaceutical formulations by analysing fragments of drug degradation.Yfke Hager reports

  • Careers

    Solving pet food problems

    2006-06-26T10:38:00Z

    A thirst for new challenges led chemist Marek Klunduk into a scientific career with the petfood division of Mars.

  • Careers

    When money and lives are on the line

    2006-05-26T11:43:00Z

    Davina Stevenson enjoys a career where people's lives and vast sums of money are at stake, reports Yfke Hager.

  • News

    Biomolecular traffic control

    2006-05-12T11:49:00Z

    Dutch researchers have developed a biomotor that steers microtubules to a specific location on a chip.