19/05/2023 Congratulations to our UoS/GSK collaborative PhD student Elliot Davenport on his successful thesis defense. Elliot has taken up the position of Senior Scientist at Domainex. Good luck to Elliot in his new role.
08/05/2023 New paper out as part of a special topic in Synthesis on the selective deuteration of heterocycle N-oxides via iridium-catalysed hydrogen isotope exchange.
26/03/2023 Good luck to our students Paul, Megan and Andrew who are presenting their research at the ACS Spring 2023 Meeting in Indianapolis, US.
23/11/2022 Congratulations to our PhD student Daniel Webb on picking up joint First Prize for his poster at the ECRs’ Targeted Protein Degradation Event in Dundee. Dan is only 6 weeks into his collaborative PhD with us, Charles River Laboratories, and Medical Research Scotland.
16/11/2022 Congratulations to Dr Nathan Knight, our 70th successful PhD candidate! We are also extremely pleased to have Dr Knight continuing with us as a Postdoctoral Researcher.
07/11/2022 Huge congratulations to Elliot Davenport who has received the 2022 SCI Young Chemist in Industry Award. This is a very competative national event for early career chemists engaged in an industrial setting. Well done!
11/10/2022 Congratulations to Dr Conor Townsley on a successful PhD viva. All the best in your new role at Apex.
31/08/2022 Congratulations to Megan Cuthbert and Paul Mulrainey, two of our 3rd Year PhD students, who have been successful in securing places at the upcoming Sygnature Discovery MedChem Workshop in October. This is a incredibly competitive workshop for outstanding PhD students and Post Docs – well done Megan & Paul and good luck.
12/06/2022 Congratulations to Blair Smith, one of our 2nd Year PhD students, who has been awarded a JLCR Wiley Young Scientist Award. Blair was presented this award at the International Symposium on the Synthesis and Applications of Labelled Compounds, which took place in Raleigh, North Carolina. Blair was also invited to deliver a presentation on his own research at this event – well done on a great talk, Blair.
02/05/2022 Our students are presenting their research in Switzerland and Germany this week. Good luck to Andrew and Conor presenting at the RC TRITEC Workshop, and Megan and Blair presenting at the International Isotope Society, Central European Division (IIS-CED) Symposium. Great to be out presenting in person again!
20/04/2022 New paper out in Organic Letters on the synthesis of oxygenated cyclopentenones. Well done to everyone involved.
18/03/2022 Good luck to our Final Year PhD student Conor Townsley as he travels to San Diego, CA to present his research at the 2022 ACS Spring Meeting.
23/02/2022 Three great talks from our Final Year MChem students at today’s presentations – Well done Stephanie, Connor, and Liam!
07/10/2021 Great talks today from Conor and Nathan at the International Isotope Society – Central European Division (IIS-CED) Symposium.
27/8/2021 Congratulations to Conor and Nathan on being accepted to attend and deliver presentations at Sygnature Discovery’s 2021 MedChem Workshop, which will take place in October 2021.
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