Rebecca

Delighted and overwhelmed to receive the prestigious Corday Morgan Prize @RoyalSocChem #RSCPrizes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corday%E2… for pioneering the use of enzymatic halogenation/cross-coupling in C-H activation Super grateful to our amazing team @univofstandrews colleagues & funders

Congratulations to birthday twins, Ying and Montella and their nice birthday results today….. Great to enjoy a strawberry, doughnut and “exotic fruit juice fest “ to celebrate with the rest of the team! Enjoy your holidays!

Thrilled to see our co-founder, Professor Bob Tooze FRSE, honoured in the King’s birthday list! Many congratulations on being awarded MBE, Bob! Thank you for all you do. news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/triple…

What an outstanding final talk at #SBNP24 ⁦@Fusion_Conf⁩ by ⁦@cjbharvey⁩ ⁦@hexagonbio⁩ ! Phenomenal approach to the discovery of new medicines from fungi. Wish you were here! You could be next time.

Ikuro Abe has such an eye for discovering and elucidating remarkably different enzymatic mechanisms. Always such a treat to listen to him! Another riveting talk @fusion Synthetic Biology of Natural Products #SBNP24

Awesome talk by @CeciMGLab …. And so exciting to hear that the lanthanide selection can be so tightly controlled!

Meanwhile, photos from home……

Day 2 #SBNP4 kicked off by @BK_KAIST speaking on unlocking natural product biosynthesis using Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and iModulon. No northern lights here, but we are certainly treated to colourful organisms, and stunning science.

Fully funded #PhD studentship: Blending Synth #Chem + #SyntheticBiology in our friendly, diverse+dynamic group @univofstandrews #sustainability #medchem Enquiries from excellent national + international candidates welcome. Also #CSC opportunities ! Please RT

So powerful! The Hatikvah, Israel’s national anthem (which means ‘hope’ in Hebrew), is played in Paris, as the Eiffel Tower lights up in Blue & White, in solidarity with Israel! Merci beacoup, toda rabah! 🇮🇱 🇫🇷

Dear world: If you say nothing when half of Israel comes under massive rocket bombardment from Gaza, but only speak up when we inevitably defend ourselves, better you just keep quiet.

Fascinating and heartwarming visiting Novo this morning, and reading snapshots of some of the personal stories reflecting the many many many millions of people that their technologies and pioneering treatments have helped.

Beautiful morning for a 6am run around Copenhagen, with Turner-esque vibes….. feeling ever so slightly stiff… must stretch more!

#NaturalProducts remain a matchless starting point for #DrugDiscovery; made by biomolecules they are predisposed to interact with biomolecules. A privilege to be in this team, led by @marnixmedema , looking at the use of #AI to accelerate NP DD. rdcu.be/dlWQy

Coming end of intense work trip speaking at Nordic Natural Products, Queen’sCanada and now #ESOC2023 Ghent. Sad visas stopped me getting to GRC NNO, but privileged to be at so many awesome meetings and great to meet friends old and new,from industry and academia across the globe.

Game changing! Many congratulations!

Thrilled to be in Kingston, Ontario today, visiting ⁦@QueensChem⁩ to give the Brown lecture. What a brilliant and vibrant department running such beautiful synthesis and enzymology programs!

Almost midnight sun at Nordic Natural products in Helsinki. Thank you for inviting me to keynote alongside David Newman (previous chief at NCI)and Judith Rollinger. Great to meet friends old and new and to discuss best strategies for cancer therapeutic development with David.

Fantastic to meet up in London with the inimitable Dr Una Ryan OBE. This incredible scientist and entrepreneur has made so many major contributions to society including vaccine development, the use of algae in water cleaning, as well as accessible and affordable diagnostics.