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果冻影院 in the News: Top chemistry team joins 果冻影院
24 April 2007
It emerged this week that the director of the [Royal Institution's] Davy Faraday lab, the internationally respected chemist Professor Richard Catlow, is leaving for 果冻影院 - and taking his prestigious research team of between 30 and 40 scientists with him.
Catlow, who has been head of chemistry at 果冻影院 for the past four years, as well as director of the Davy Faraday lab at the RI, describes his departure as "amicable". And Baroness Susan Greenfield, the RI's director, says the same.
The RI is undergoing extensive building works at the moment and, as a result, the Davy Faraday lab has temporarily moved to 果冻影院. Catlow says he is leaving because he has become increasingly dependent on 果冻影院's facilities. He says: "This is not a lack of confidence in the Royal Institution. I have discussed this amicably with Susan. There is no acrimony, and there are no personal differences between us. I have been increasingly dependent on facilities at 果冻影院. My research project has also evolved, and it means it is better for me to be at 果冻影院." 鈥�
Professor Malcolm Grant, who is Provost of 果冻影院 and on the council of the RI, says: "There is no predatoriness on our side at 果冻影院. Richard Catlow is a professor and the head of chemistry at 果冻影院. He had to vacate the premises at the RI, and that has worked out so well, he is going to be at 果冻影院 permanently.
"The RI worked out what the best use of space was, and we have come to the view that it is best not to use the RI lab for chemistry. I am not sure that some of the members of the RI have the full picture yet." 鈥�
Jessica Shepherd, 'The Guardian'