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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
In honour of those who fought on this Remembrance Day.
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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
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
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
How do fireworks... work? 🎆

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

THREAD 👇
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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
November 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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
October 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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.
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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
October 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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
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
October 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
शुभ दीपावली and Happy Diwali to all celebrating around the world this evening 🎆

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#Diwali #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity
October 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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.
October 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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
October 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We're thrilled to say we've again been named the best Chemical Engineering course in the UK by both The Guardian and The Times Good University Guides.

More at the link in our bio 🔗

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity
October 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Lighting the way forward 🔆

Professor Sam Stranks has been awarded the 2025 Institute of Physics Nevill Mott medal for his work on next-generation solar technologies.

Read more on our website, link in bio 🔗

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity
October 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Paving the way for generations of black female scientists 🔬

October is Black History Month, and we're celebrating black chemical engineers and biotechnologists who've shaped the world we live in.
October 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A Nobel moment for the ‘solids full of holes’ 🏆

It’s a big week for the metal-organic framework (MOF) community – and for our department’s professor David Fairen-Jimenez, who has spent decades exploring these remarkable ‘solids full of holes’.
October 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Well done team!
As promised, we run the town and gown 10k! In the photos are group members @rogerrubiosanchez.bsky.social Juliette Bucci, Brian Ng, Cathrine Fan, Sebastian Krauss and Lorenzo (the old one). Thanks to all who supported us with donations to @mdukcharity.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Bringing artificial intelligence to chemical process design 🤖🧪

Our next Bigger Picture talk will be given by Dr Antonio del Rio Chanona of Imperial College London.

Full details at the link in our bio 🔗

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity
October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Tomorrow, the 2025/26 academic year begins in earnest.

To all of your students, new and returning, we can't wait to finally get started.

What are you looking forward to this year?

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Can a third-year PhD student explain their research in 60 seconds or less?

Andrew te Water Nuade takes the challenge.

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity
October 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The real McCoy 🚂

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

First up, Elijah McCoy (1844 - 1929)

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#ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #BlackHistoryMonth
October 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM