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Off to an amazing start with the Chemistry PGR Conference! Thank you to our generous sponsors Teledyne @IscoUk and Leybold @LeyboldG for helping us fuel the chemistry conversation. #realtimechem #conference 👩🔬🧪🧑🔬
Only a few days left to apply for this PhD vacancy!
Funded 3.5-year PhD studentship available in next generation cell imaging, which involves some organic synthesis, in partnership Prof. Jones and Prof. Barri @CUBiosciences @ChemistryCU! Get in touch if interested! @RealTimeChem @ChemWorldJobs findaphd.com/phds/project/e…
We have an organic synthetic PhD studentship available! Please contact Michael for more details. #PhD #RealTimeChem findaphd.com/phds/project/c…
Delighted to announce that 'Engineered enzymes for enantioselective nucleophilic aromatic substitutions' is out now in Nature! Congratulations to Tom, George and everyone else involved in this project! 🎉🎉🎉 nature.com/articles/s4158…
Next up: Jonathan’s work on the photocatalytic synthesis of indolyl-isoxazolines just accepted in @EurJOC (…mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…). 🎉Congrats to him and the team!🎉 @farhiii @UnsworthChem @PayneResearch Stay tuned for more from Jono by checking out the @JamesLabChem !
Nucleophilic Amination of Aryl Halides with an Azanide Surrogate (Michael J. James @JamesLabChem and co-workers) #openaccess 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch…
Latest paper is out in @ChemPhysChem! "Computational Design of Bidentate Hypervalent Iodine Catalysts in Halogen Bond‐Mediated Organocatalysis" Congrats @James_OB2 @NikaMel99 @JamesLabChem @UoM_eResearch @UoMChemistry #compchem #Catalysis #HalogenBonding …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cp…
First (of many 😉) paper with @JamesLabChem in @OrgBiomolChem! We benchmarked DFT & wavefunction methods for organic radical species. Congrats to all, especially Ethan and @timrenn_ 🥳 @UoM_eResearch @UoMChemistry #compchem 🖥️⚛️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
I'm very pleased to share our work on the force-controlled release of small molecules with a rotaxane actuator. Published today in @Nature thanks to the incredible work of @LeiChen63199376 and Rob Nixon! nature.com/articles/s4158… #OpenAccess @OfficialUoM @UoMChemistry
Thank you to everyone who came and made the @RoySocChem Organic Chemistry NW Regional Meeting such a great day @UoMChemistry. Many inspiring talks, including the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize Lecture by Prof. @AnnaGSlater. Congratulations again to all of our prize winners!



Our latest work on the denitrative sulfonylation of nitroarenes is now online @thiemechemistry. Congratulations Jonathan, Michaela, Tom, and Ethan! Looking forward to a celebratory braai! 🔥thieme-connect.de/products/ejour…
🚨Exciting news📣Abstract submission for the 15th European Conference on Organic Free Radicals is now open! Secure your spot, and do not miss the opportunity to showcase your research and win generous poster prizes🏅Submit now at: ecofr-xv2024.net/submityourabst…
Huge congratulations to @monnantachai on passing his viva and becoming the 10th PhD student from the group! Mon had 3 supervisors and also has the honour of being the first from @JamesLabChem and the final PhD mentored by the legendary Prof Richard J K Taylor! @ChemistryatYork
Latest paper from the group on Radical Spirocyclisation of Benzisoxazole-Tethered Ynones is out now! With @monnantachai @JamesLabChem and Prof Richard Taylor. Possibly our last research paper on ynone spirocyclisation... #neversaynever @ChemistryatYork …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…
🎉Welcome, Tim @timrenn_ & Ethan @ethanlimrx , our brilliant new #PhD students! Tim'll work on ML to predict enantioselectivity in organocatalysis & Ethan, in collaboration with @JamesLabChem, will develop transition-metal-free coupling reactions ⚛️🖥️🧪#compchem #collaborations
AI is revolutionizing all areas of society, and now is also expanding our capabilities to elucidate reaction mechanisms! Thrilled to publish this article @Nature with my friend and colleague @LarrosaGroup. nature.com/articles/s4158…
The group's work on the denitrative hydroxylation of nitroarenes is published and available online @ChemEurJ. Congratulations to Lee, Harry, Adam, Andrew, George and Ivan! @UoMChemistry …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch…
We have an organic synthetic PhD studentship available! Solving problems in collaboration with AstraZeneca. Please contact Michael for more details. #PhD #RealTimeChem findaphd.com/phds/project/i…
We have a PhD studentship available with myself and @millerrschgroup co-funded by @ASTRAZENECAUK in collaboration with #sarahlovelock at @UoMMIB investigating nucleoside biocatalysis using continuous flow. Get in touch if interested! #RealTimeChem findaphd.com/phds/project/h…