By 1940, the Oxford team, guided by Howard Florey, Ernst Chain and Norman Heatley, managed to isolate and purify enough penicillin to save four lives—a major medical breakthrough, even though ...

By 1940, the Oxford research group, which also included biochemist Norman Heatley, had determined how to grow the mold and purify the penicillin, and shown that it could save mice from three different ...

Nominations for this prize are now closed. The Norman Heatley Award is for outstanding contributions made by an early career scientist working at the chemistry and life science interface. Run annually ...

Awarded for the creative use of chemistry-centred tools to provide valuable insights into glycan biology. Dr Benjamin Schumann studied biochemistry in Tübingen, where he gained an early appreciation ...

Most people contact the names of Florey and Chain with the story of penicillin, but their team also included a man named Norman Heatley who designed this culture vessel in which to grow the ...