{"id":372,"date":"2025-10-15T09:33:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/?page_id=372"},"modified":"2025-10-16T07:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:22:04","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><ul style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-link-color has-text-color has-black-color wp-block-latest-posts has-small-font-size wp-elements-ddac74be14c72c7ba09f00b28e1dff8e\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/10\/image-11-300x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/10\/image-11-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/10\/image-11-360x270.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/10\/image-11.jpeg 737w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/2025\/10\/16\/the-74th-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting-lendly-moyo\/\">The 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: Lendly Moyo<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">&nbsp; Lendly Moyo and Frances H. Arnold (2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) My journey alongside fellow Zimbabwean and co-researcher Mercy Chaparadza represents the breaking of long-standing barriers. Raised in Redcliff and educated at Rutendo High School, I pursued a BSc in Chemical Technology at MSU,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/2025\/10\/16\/the-74th-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting-lendly-moyo\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: The 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: Lendly Moyo<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/10\/image-300x110.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/10\/image-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/10\/image-1024x375.png 1024w, https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/10\/image-768x282.png 768w, https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/10\/image.png 1391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/2025\/10\/16\/the-74th-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting-mercy-chaparadza\/\">The 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting:\u00a0 Mercy Chaparadza<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Interactions with Nobel Laurates Francis Arnold (left) and Frank Joachim (right) From June 29th&nbsp; to&nbsp; the July 4th , 2025, I had the honor of participating at the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Chemistry), held in Lindau, Germany. This prestigious gathering brought together 35 Nobel\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/ww5.msu.ac.zw\/chemistry-research-group\/2025\/10\/16\/the-74th-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting-mercy-chaparadza\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: The 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting:\u00a0 Mercy Chaparadza<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsmag-single-post":"","newsmag-recent-post-big":"","newsmag-post-horizontal":"","newsmag-vertical-post":"","newsmag-post-grid":"","newsmag-post-grid-small":"","newsmag-recent-post-list-image":"","newsmag-slider-image":"","thumb_255x255":"","audioigniter_cover":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>The 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: Lendly Moyo&nbsp; Lendly Moyo and Frances H. 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