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CEB 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!

#DrivenByCuriosity #DrivingChange
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 1d
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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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 3d
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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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 5d
LINK:
Perovskites reveal ultrafast quantum light in new study
New study published in Nature Nanotechnology
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 5d
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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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 6d
Click below to find out more about the Davidson Inventors Challenge and how you can get involved.

https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/davidson-inventors-challenge

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #STEM #STEMOpportunity
The Davidson Inventors Challenge
The Davidson Inventors Challenge is an annual competition and outreach event open to UK STEM students in years 11 and 12.
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 6d
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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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 7d
A lovely choice 💐
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 8d
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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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 10d
Learn more about our biotechnology research on our website (link in bio 🔗)

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 10d
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.
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 12d
Later in life, Cobb became an academic and a lifelong advocate for race and gender equality in science. She died in 2017 at the age of 92, having changed science for the better.
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 12d
Perhaps Cobb's most impactful discovery was the use of methotrexate as a treatment for skin cancer. The drug is still in use today to combat melanoma alongside a litany of other cancers and autoimmune diseases.
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 12d
As a researcher, her work focused on the connection between melanin, the pigment that gives our skin colour, and skin cancer.
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 12d
Jewel Plummer Cobb (1924-2017) was born in Chicago, Illinois, the only daughter of a PE teacher and a physician. After leaving the University of Michigan, she completed her Bachelor's degree in a swift three years at Talladega College in Alabama.
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 12d
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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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 14d
शुभ दीपावली and Happy Diwali to all celebrating around the world this evening 🎆

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#Diwali #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 15d
Learn about our quest to utilise the building blocks of the universe at the link in our bio 🔗

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#NationalChemistryWeek #CambridgeUniversity
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 15d
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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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 17d
At CEB today, research into optimising chemical processes continues with studies into sustainable reaction engineering and chemical process design. Find out more on our website, link in bio 🔗
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 17d
The principles of this process form the foundation of modern industrial evaporation, in industries from the food industry to desalination plants and much more.
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 17d
Instead of having an individual heat source for each pan, Rilleux's process required only one. This significantly increased the efficiency of the sugar refining process by reducing the amount of fuel and manpower required to complete it.
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 17d
Rillieux's process involved a series of stacked pans placed in a vacuum to lower the boiling point of the sugar juice. The device would then pipe the vapour from one pan upwards to heat the next pan above it.
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 17d
In a time when sugar refining involved the manual ladling of extremely hot juice from one heating pan to another, the slaves who performed this monotonous work were at serious risk of burns. Rillieux created a safer process that produced better results.
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 17d
Norbert Rillieux (1806 - 1894) was born in New Orleans to a Louisiana Creole family. He made his name as the inventor of the multiple-effect evaporator.
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CEB Cambridge @ceb.cam.ac.uk · 17d
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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