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A story of chance and collaboration

Ahead of his 60th birthday, Dek N. Woolfson, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Bristol and a recently elected Fellow of the Royal Society, spoke to us about his career in science.

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Correspondence to Stephanie Greed.

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Woolfson, D.N., Greed, S. A story of chance and collaboration. Nat Rev Chem 9, 430–431 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-025-00736-0

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