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) 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #BlackHistoryMonth

Science 🤝 Art The Fruk Lab's artist-in-residence, Nabil Ali, unveils his exhibition of original pieces made using traditional dyes and materials. 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #Art

Our DNA Nanotechnology group are raising money for a great cause! 🧬 Click below to donate.

Getting ready... A new academic year is right around the corner, and we're hard at work getting things ready. If you're joining us in a couple of weeks, we're looking forward to meeting you! 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #ASMR

🤖 Deep learning ➡️disease detection 🦠 New CEB research could accelerate the diagnosis of disease through deep learning and Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy Read the full paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssensors.5c01058 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

Sign-ups close soon! 🛠️ If you're a UK Year 11 or 12 STEM student who wants to help build a better world, join the challenge! https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/davidson-inventors-challenge#group-section-Sign-up-for-202526-jOBSOxEvaP 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #Davidsoninventorschallenge

🔓 Help us break the code of the gut-brain axis. We have a post-doc position open in our BioElectronic Systems Technology group to work on their CODEBREAKER project. https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-assistantresearch-associate-fixed-term-nq47157 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #Hiring

Are you a Year 11 or 12 STEM student in the UK interested in today's challenges? Sign up for the Davidson Inventors Challenge: https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/davidson-inventors-challenge#group-section-Sign-up-for-202526-jOBSOxEvaP 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #DavidsonInventorsChallenge #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology

Join us tomorrow for a fascinating talk by Professor Hongxia Wang of Queensland University of Technology, Australia. 📅 19 September 🕚11:00am 📍LT3 All university members welcome. 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

Full circle 🌎 Our alumnus, Dr Akshay Deshmukh, will return to CEB as our newest Principal Investigator in March 2026 with a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship. 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #CambridgeUniversity #UKRIFellowships #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology @akshaydeshmukh.bsky.social

🎵🍫 Chemical Engineering can be delicious! 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #Chocolate #ThisIsChemicalEngineering

🍄 Calling microbiologists! We have an exciting post-doc position open in our Molecular Microbiology group.  https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/research-assistantresearch-associate-fixed-term-nq47252 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #Hiring

Our postgraduate courses for the academic year 2026/27 are now open for applications! Full details, including how to apply, are on our website (link in bio) ⛓️ 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #Postgraduate

One month until the start of Michaelmas full term 2025! We're excited to welcome all of our new and returning students to the department for the new academic year. Joining us in October? Let us know! 👇 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

Back at it after the weekend 🎥 Filming at the iDMT labs – there’s nothing like being around people so passionate about their work. Full story coming soon. #ResearchInAction #Cambridge

CEB spinout MytaBio has been revealed as one of 24 startups joining Cambridge's first-ever SPARK 1.0 incubator, created by @kingscollege.bsky.social‬  The programme will give founders Callan MacDonald and Penny Dray support, mentorship and funding. And continue CEB's strong history of spinouts.

Want to build the next generation of sensor technology? From 2026, we're offering a new Master of Research degree in conjunction with @sensorcdt.bsky.social Apply from Wednesday. More: https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/study/grad/mres/sensors 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

"Sometimes less is more." CEB researchers are urging a fresh approach to nanoparticles in medicine.  🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #Nanotechnology

Surrounded by bright, ambitious students who want to make a difference?  The 2025/26 Davidson Inventors Challenge opens today – and we need teachers to help make it happen.  🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #Davidsoninventorschallenge

🦄 He's a big softy really (we think). He needs a name, though. Drop your suggestions below 👇 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #WeekendFun #PinkPonyClub Music used under the UK copyright exception for parody, caricature and pastiche

“Many people are still suffering in silence, not because they don’t need help, but because they’ve been dismissed, misunderstood, or simply don’t know where to turn.” - Erin Funnell, Research Assistant - Cambridge Centre for Neuropsychiatric Research (CCNR)

Can a third-year PhD student explain their research in 60 seconds or less? Watch on to find out! 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #60secondchallenge

Manager: Why does your out of office just say 'Oxygen, Nitrogen + Hydrogen, Oxygen, Lithium, Dysprosium?' Me: A periodic reminder it's a Bank Holiday #BankHoliday 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

Through the looking glass 🔬 Join head of department Professor Clemens Kaminski for a brief history of the light microscope, now available on our YouTube channel. Link below⛓️ 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #Microscopes

Congratulations to all GCSE students receiving their results today! Another step down the path towards university ✅ If you're aiming for Cambridge, find out more about our programmes: https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/study/undergraduate 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #cambridgeuniversity

A step towards healthier hearts ♥️  A pioneering material developed for artificial heart valves at CEB has passed a crucial safety test following a six-month trial in sheep.  Full story linked in our bio ⛓️ 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

A recent CEB study reveals why sticky liquids don’t always spread evenly, knowledge that could help cut waste, improve product quality and make everyday technologies more reliable. Full story in our bio ⛓️ 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

Dr Sam Sengupta is using computational modelling to help our hearts. ❤️‍🩹 Watch on to learn more about what it's like to be the first postdoctoral research associate in a brand new research group 🔬 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

(Very) old school process design 🎨 The Fruk Lab's artist-in-residence, Nabil Ali, demonstrates ancient paint and dye recipes to a group of CEB staff and students. 📸: Amber Pletts 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

DO NOT CONSUME🍫 These may look a bit like chocolate, but they're actually 3D printed models designed by our Sutton Trust Summer school students to visualise what their custom-made chocolate bars will look like. 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

Congratulations to all A-level students receiving their results today! To all those joining us later this year, we hope you're excited to begin your Cambridge journey🧑‍🎓 https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/study/undergraduate 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #cambridgeuniversity

Anyone else feeling the heat?☀️ 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #Heatwave #CambridgeUniversity

Last week, our Early Career Researchers (ECRs) and Postdocs Committee hosted their first-ever departmental social. These are the events where ideas spark and collaborations take root.  🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity @rogerrubiosanchez.bsky.social

We're looking forward to hosting our annual Sutton Trust summer school next week! Take a peek behind the curtain at last year's summer school on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/dz2UF9ouf10 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity  @suttontrust.bsky.social

Come work with us! We're offering a Level 3 IT Apprenticeship. This is a rare opportunity to learn on the job while supporting CEB's world-leading research and teaching. For full details (and to apply): https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/it-apprentice-nq46800    #Apprenticeships 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #CambridgeUniversity

Congratulations to all the Scottish students receiving their Higher results today! Find out more about our undergraduate programmes:  https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/study/undergraduate 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #cambridgeuniversity

👀Coast is clear, deploy the Monday meme! For the record, we advise against drinking any 'potions' you find in our labs. 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

It's National CAD (Computer Aided Design) Day! 💻 At CEB we use CAD to design everything from synthetic heart valves down to parts for our annual Robot Club tournament 🤖 Find out more about our work: https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/sm 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ComputerAidedDesign #CambridgeUniversity

Classic English summer 🌧️☀️ At least it's good for the garden... 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

The clay's the thing! 🪣 Research conducted at CEB has developed a brand new material from clay and vitamin B2 that could clean-up pollutants using nothing but sunlight. Read more: https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/news/flaponite 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

Got a Chemical Engineering or Biotechnology question you'd like answered by world-leading experts?  Comment below! 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #Q&A

Working to clean up our water with bionanotechnology. 💧 Our PhD researchers are building unique enzymes to break down toxic dye pollutants that harm organisms and ecosystems globally.   🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

🪴Our department garden is blooming into something wonderful, thanks to the work of the members of our CEB Gardening Club! Take a look at a few 📸from their latest planting session. 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #Gardens

Still thinking about our Robot Club tournament.... 🤖💥 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #RobotClub #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #RobotWars

Taking a look at our department from some slightly unusual angles... 🌀 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #Photography #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

Our 2025 Undergraduate Open Days have come and gone. Hundreds of prospective students came through our doors to experience a taste of what we have to offer for undergrads:  https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/study/undergraduate 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity

The Machine Learning and AI in Bio(Chemical) Engineering Conference – MABC25 – drew a packed audience to our department.  Find out more on our website: https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/news/full-house-mabc25 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #AI #CambridgeUniversity

Our 2025 undergraduate open days are well underway!   Can’t attend in person? Find out about our undergraduate offerings on our website:  https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/study/undergraduate  🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #StudyAtCambridge #OpenDays

Captured carbon could soon become a valuable resource thanks to a new collaboration between CEB researchers and Hitachi.  Read more on our website:  https://www.ceb.cam.ac.uk/news/cleaner-chemicals-from-co2 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity @lilfruk.bsky.social

Just two days left before our 2025 Undergraduate open days! Join us for: ⚗️Course explainers 🔬Research samplers 🥼Department tours with our student ambassadors Interested in coming along? Register to attend at the link in our bio! 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology