A University of the West Indies team of scientists and international collaborators have conducted an interdisciplinary study that found that there are potentially beneficial medicinal properties in a favorite Caribbean fruit - guinep. The study was published in the highly respected Nature Research Journal Scientific Reports.

More than $1.6m will be injected into The Department of Chemistry's Scholarship and Awards Fund following contributions from a distinguished alumnus of the Department and several companies. The contributions were made through large purchases of two special publications: The Department of Chemistry, UWI, Mona andFrom Logwood to Slowpoke: a Biography of Professor Gerald Lalor.