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School of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne. http://chemistry.unimelb.edu.au
1/2: We are excited to announce that Prof Paul Donnelly will be delivering our 2025 Chemistry Public Lecture @ChemistryUoM. Prof Donnelly, who was recently named as the inaugural Richard Robson Chair of Chemistry @SciMelb, will be discussing the use of #radioactivity in medicine!
✨New preprint on genome-wide mapping of DNA G-quadruplexes in trypanosomes🧬 Led @imperialcollege & transition to PI @UniMelb with collab @UniOfYork & @LSHTM 👏🏻Congrats to my MSc student @gentafirth on 1st paper! @ChemistryUoM biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
** Inorganic Chemistry PhD Completion Seminar ** Ismath Haseena Ismail @ColetteBoskovic Group "Exploring Molecular Switchability in Transition Metal with Aminophenolate Ligands: Spin Crossover with Ligand Versatility" Tuesday 5 August | 12-1 PM | Senior Theatre ALL WELCOME!
Congratulations to Kevin Liu (Bieske Group), who was judged to have given the best talk at the recent @RACInational RACI Physical Chemistry Student Workshop in Katoomba. Kevin’s presentation was titled: “Spectroscopically Probing Carbon Clusters - Chains, Rings and Fullerenes”.
** Joint Inorganic, Analytical & Organic Chemistry Seminar ** Dr Marcus Korb @KorbMarcus School of Molecular Sciences, UWA @SMS_UWA "Internal Alkynes - From Metal-Mediated Activation to Redox Active Macrocycles" Friday 8 August | 12-1 PM | Senior Theatre ALL WELCOME!
Congratulations to Ariel Jones @ariel_cjones (Goerigk Group @lgoer_compchem), who was awarded one of the prizes for Best Talk at the 2025 Australian Winter School in Computational Chemistry, held recently in Kiama, NSW. Well done, Ariel!
Cast your vote! Mathushan, one of our PhD GRs @ChemistryUoM, entered the "2025 Visualise Your Thesis Competition" Watch the video here: doi.org/10.26188/29435… Vote for the People’s Choice Award here: q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_9E… Explore other entries here: figshare.com/s/ef21f7cca42a…
Congrats to Dr Asif Noor (Donnelly Group) for the Grimwade Prize. Based at @Bio21Institute & @ChemistryUoM, Dr Noor is addressing challenges in large-scale manufacturing & distribution of novel radioactive pharmaceuticals for cancer diagnosis & therapy. science.unimelb.edu.au/about/news/ind…
Congratulations to Dr Ludovica Monti @LudovicaMonti and Dr Marcus Giansiracusa @mjgians for receiving the 2025 Selby Research Award for their novel research approaches to the field of chemistry. science.unimelb.edu.au/about/news/ear…
Proud advisor moment when a graduate student delivers their PhD completion seminar. Congratulations Liam @liamfranov on an excellent lecture highlighting your work on carbanion generation. Liam’s work was published in @J_A_C_S and @NatureCatalysis - next stop: Austria!
Excited to share this new primer on Flow Chemistry! Learn the foundations of flow synthesis in collaboration with @DuncanLBrowne @AnnaGSlater and @BaumannGroupUCD @MethodsPrimers nature.com/articles/s4358…
This week's #Primer is on #flowchemistry, a method for conducting chemical reactions through tubing to increase efficiency and yields. The team, led by @DuncanLBrowne, features the expertise of @BaumannGroupUCD, @PolyzosAP, and @AnnaGSlater. 📖👇 nature.com/articles/s4358…
Dr Ivan Leung from the University of Melbourne @Leung_Group giving a research talk at @LeicStructBio
We are looking for a synthetic organic chemist to join our School @ChemistryUoM! If you are a passionate researcher and educator in synthetic organic chemistry, we want to hear from you! unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/UoM_External_C… Please share with your networks. The call closes on August 13, 2025
*** PhD Completion Seminar *** Liam Franov @ChemistryUoM "Synthetic Strategies via Electroreductive Activation of Alkenyl and Aryl π-Systems" Thursday 17 July | 11 AM-12 PM | Bio21 Auditorium ALL WELCOME!
** Organic and Biological Chemistry Seminar ** Professor Andy Lawrence @biomimetic_chem University of Edinburgh @EdinburghChem "Synthetic Strategies and Concepts Inspired by Natural Products" Wednesday 20 August | 11 AM-12 PM | Bio21 Auditorium ALL WELCOME!
Returned home after a wonderful two weeks with an amazing group of early career researchers in #chemistry. Here is a reel from our final day at #lino2025 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings including a trip to @mainau island. facebook.com/reel/123122582…
The @UniMelb #OpenDay is on Sunday 17 August. If you're interested in #Chemistry, visit us to meet our academics & students, & explore our interactive lab activities. We will also be serving our famous liquid N2 ice cream🍦before & after our info sessions study.unimelb.edu.au/openday
