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04 July 2008
22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference Jeju, Korea, 2008The contributions of Professor John Goodby to research into liquid crystals was recognised at the 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference on Jeju Island, Korea which drew over 800 delegates from ...
01 January 2008
John Goodby is Guest Editor of Chemical Reviews of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2007John Goodby edited a set of Critical Reviews and Tutorials which were compiled to reflect recent broader developments in the chemical aspects of liquid crystals. Eight Critical Reviews were published ...
11 November 2007
Chemistry Week Exhibition 2007The Art-into-Science Science-into-Art and Liquid Crystals on the Move Exhibitions were incorporated into Chemistry Week sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry, which started on the 3rd of Novembe...
01 October 2007
Liquid Crystals on the Move Exhibition at the National Railway Museum: 2007The Liquid Crystals on the Move Exhibition took place in the Main Hall of the NRM in York during the month of September 2007. The exhibition described the development of liquid crystals in the UK, and...
20 September 2007
BA Festival Alfresco Film Evening 2007During the BA Festival an alfresco film event ran in the evenings, either to the rear of the North Transept of the Minster and at St John’s College. On each evening a different feature film, eg 2001 a...
15 September 2007
Café Scientifique: Lip Gloss and Flat Screens at the Mansion House, York September 2007John Goodby and Peter Raynes FRS entertained an public audience with many demonstrations on liquid crystal technologies; from melting behaviour and a new state of matter, to cif kitchen cleaners, to c...
07 September 2007
BA Festival Art-into-Science, Science-into-Art 2007The Art-into-Science, Science-into-Art Exhibition, sponsored by eth EPSRC took place at York Minster during the week of the BA Festival in September. The art works consisted of four different groups b...
29 August 2007
BA Festival of Science - Art-into-Science Science-into-ArtLiquid crystals are a unique state of matter that all life forms depend upon for their existence. DNA for example readily forms liquid crystals when added to water. To most however, liquid crystals ar...
01 August 2007
Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Award success for John GoodbyProfessor John Goodby was named winner of the 2007 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Interdisciplinary Award for his contributions in the area of â??Liquid Crystals and Self-Assembling Materialsâ??. P...
01 July 2007
Liquid Crystalline Nanoparticles LC-NANOP 2007ESF SONS-II and EPSRC funded research network starts in York. The network partners along with York include the Universities of Paderborn, Strasbourg, Warsaw, Zaragoza and Neuchâtel. Coordinator John G...
06 July 2006
A celebration of science in the UK: 10 Britons who shaped our worldProfessor George Gray was named as one of 10 Britons who shaped our world.
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01 June 2006
Liquid Crystal Group sets up new Spin-off : Imagel A collaboration between Mark Godber, Andrew Wilson, and John Goodby at York University with Gary Liney at the MRI Centre at Hull Royal Infirmary and Andy Beavis at Princess Royal Hospital, Hull has re...
01 January 2006
Synclinic and Anticlinic Mesophases for Photonic Applications Reaches CompletionThe EU Research and Training Network Synclinic and Anticlinic Mesophases for Photonic Applications (SAMPA) reached a successful completion in August 2006. The research training network, Coordinated by...
01 January 2006
Royal Society Evening Discourse in Liquid Crystals Celebrates George Gray's 80th BirthdayAn Evening Discourse in Liquid Crystals at the Royal Society, organised by Professor EP Raynes of Oxford University and Professor JW Goodby of York University, celebrated Professor George Gray's 80th ...
01 January 2006
Nanotechnology: Molecular boojoms anyone?Materials Chemistry Forum News of the Royal Society of Chemistry highlights the creation of chiral nanoparticles by the Universities of Neuchatel in Switzerland Erlangen-N¸rnberg in Germany and York. ...
01 December 2005
Royal Society Discussion Meeting on New Directions in Liquid CrystalsProfessor Bruce (Chair), Professor Goodby, Professor Coles (Cambridge) and Professor Sambles FRS (Exeter) organized a Royal Society Discussion Meeting in London at the Royal Society in December 2005. ...
22 November 2005
Fellowship of the World Innovation FoundationProfessor Goodby was admitted as a Fellow to the World Innovation Foundation by Nobel Laureate Chemist Jerome Karle in November 2005....
03 November 2005
Young scientists turn to gel to ease side-effects of cancer treatmentThree young scientists in the University of York's Department of Chemistry have developed a gel that could spare cancer patients some of the unpleasant and dangerous side-effects of radiotherapy.
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02 November 2005
Royal Society Conference on Liquid Crystals of Unconventional Structure, Bangalore 2005In November 2005, Professors Goodby and Bruce lead a UK delegation to Banaglore for a Royal Society 5+5 Anglo-Indian Meeting and Conference on the Chemistry of Liquid Crystals, which was held at the R...
01 November 2005
Royal Society of Chemistry Historic Landmark AwardA National Historic Chemical Landmark Award was made, Nov. 2005, to Hull University for the role in the development of liquid crystals undertaken initially by Professor George Gray FRS, and continued ...
01 July 2005
George Gray honoured as a "Hull Pioneer"George Gray has been the recipient of many scientific awards for his work, including The Kyoto Prize, The Queen's Award for Technological Achievement and The Rank Prize for Optoelectronics, as well as...
27 June 2005
York chemists' 'marvellous' Supermolecules exhibit at the Royal SocietyChemists from the University of York will throw light on the secrets of supermolecules at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition next month.
The exhibition, which runs from 4 to 7 July at the ...
01 January 2005
Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2005The Marvel of Supermolecules:
Dr Victor Chechik, Professor John Goodby, Dr Kathryn Harkup, Dr Isabel Saez, Dr David Smith, Professor Paul Walton and members of their four research teams manned an exh...
22 November 2004
Finalist and Fellowship of the World Technology NetworkNovember 2004, Professor Goodby was made a Fellow of the World Technology Network (WTN). The WTN is a global community of the most innovative individuals and organizations in the broadly defined scien...
01 March 2003
ERATO Programme of JapanThe ERATO Project on Nanostructuring of Liquid Crystals, Tskuba, Japan gained a UK science adviser in the shape of Professor Goodby. Professor Goodby is seen here discussing the latest research result...
01 January 2003
Award of the Tilden Medal of the Royal Society of ChemistryProfessor Goodby was awarded the Tilden Lectureship and Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry for the 2002/03 academic year. The award was made for seminal contributions to the physics and chemistry...
01 January 2003
Janus Liquid Crystals Cited in Annual Report of the American Chemical SocietyA report on the novel structures and materials design and properties of Janus Liquid Crystals (Chem. Comm. 2003, 1726-1727, and Chem, Eur. J., 2003, 9, 4869-4877) by Dr Isabel Saez and Professor John ...
01 January 2002
Award of Honorary DoctorateIn 2002 Professor Goodby was awarded a Honorary Doctorate (ScD) from Trinity College Dublin for his research into liquid crystals for display devices. Professor Goodby received his Honorary Doctorate ...