Roly Armstrong
@r_armstrong_lab
Organic synthesis and catalysis research group at Newcastle University
We're hiring! Come and join us for a funded PhD studentship together with the Cucinotta group developing new light mediated reaction methodologies using N-heterocyclic carbenes! Reposts appreciated. @ChemistryNCL Apply here: ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/f…
Great to see this work on Peterson-type methylenation with @erli_lu , @clairemcmullin and @Hopkinson_Lab out in @ChemicalScience today. @SciencesNCL @ChemistryNCL @UoBChemistry @LeverhulmeTrust Read it here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… Congratualtions to Xiao Yang, Matthew Lowe (both Year-2 PhD) and @DavisonNathan_ for this nice paper on C=O methylenation (Peterson reaction). Thanks @r_armstrong_lab, @clairemcmullin and @Hopkinson_Lab! @UoBChemistry @ChemistryNCL @ChemicalScience
📢 Call for posters! okt.to/1woQkj If you would like to present a poster, please send an abstract of maximum one A4 page or 300 words to [email protected] by Friday 24 October 2025 with the subject line “31st Annual review meeting – poster submission”.
"A chirality with a nice ring to it" Our recent work on the chirality of 8 membered rings highlighted in sciencelink.net/news/a-chirali… With @ChemistryRCSI @r_armstrong_lab & Prof Herrebout. @ChemistryNCL Read the paper @ChemPhotoChem doi.org/10.1002/cptc.2…
What a Dalton conference! @DavisonNathan_ and Jack gave talks, plus the posters from Xiao and Matthew! And Xiao won a Poster Prize!! @UoBChemistry
Last week we welcomed Prof Emily Flashman from @UniofOxford to talk on “How plant cysteine oxidases mediate hypoxia and redox stress-signalling during submergence” - part of the Inspiring Women in #ChemBio seminar series sponsored by the Biochemical Society. #WomenInSTEM
Congratulations to @Aaron1234C for winning a prize for his excellent talk on synthesis of C-N atropisomers via dynamic kinetic resolution at todays #NUCARS symposium. @ChemistryNCL @SciencesNCL
Excited to share this collaborative paper out in @ChemPhotoChem with Donal O'Shea (@ChemistryRCSI) and @DrMichaelJHall looking at inherently chiral heterocycles made via strain promoted click reactions. @ChemistryNCL @SciencesNCL Read it here: …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cp…
Thanks to everyone that came out to meet our staff and students from Newcastle Chemistry at the recent @Beamish_Museum Science Weekend for some hands-on experiments and colourful demonstrations! See you again next year! beamish.org.uk/events/science…
The deadlines to submit an abstract for the RSC Fluorine Interest Group postgraduate meeting have been extended until 25th March for talks and 30th March for posters. Don’t miss out! #fluorine @RoySocChem
There is just one week left to submit a talk or poster abstract for the RSC Fluorine Interest Group postgraduate meeting. Come and join us in London to hear about the latest #fluorine research from academia and industry. rsc.org/events/detail/…
It was great to meet chemistry offer holders and guests at the first Offer Holder Experience Day of 2025 on Saturday! If you are an offer holder, sign up to learn about our courses and meet staff & students. Next events: 29th March & 10th May! @SciencesNCL ncl.ac.uk/study/meet/und…
Following last week's double seminar with @ASTRAZENECAUK, the hot streak continues with a hugely popular session with Prof Robert Phipps from @ChemCambridge visiting us in Newcastle for a fantastic talk @ChemistryNCL research.ncl.ac.uk/mosmed/impact/…
Thanks very much to James Douglas and Tom McGuire from @AstraZeneca for visiting us @ChemistryNCL today and delivering two fantastic lectures as part of our @MosmedC seminar series. @SciencesNCL
Yesterday, after 34+ years of excellence in teaching & research, Dr Julian Knight gave his last organic chemistry lecture at Newcastle. Then this happened...😍 Thanks so much to Julian, and all the staff and students that turned out to wish him well in his retirement! #WeAreNCL
Excited to share this recent joint project with @UnsworthChem in @ChemicalScience using acyl transfer to make C-N atropisomeric amides. @ChemistryatYork @ChemistryNCL @SciencesNCL pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
Very happy to announce our latest paper - out today in @ChemicalScience A very enjoyable collaboration with @r_armstrong_lab @ChemistryNCL on Stereoselective Synthesis of Atropisomeric Amides. @ChemistryatYork @LynamChemistry doi.org/10.1039/D4SC05…
Many congratulations to @ArushiG14 for successfully completing her viva and becoming Dr. Arushi! A fantastic achievement, well done Arushi! @ChemistryNCL @SciencesNCL
Just under a week to apply for this fully funded PhD studentship in synthetic organic chemistry in my group @ChemistryNCL (closing date Friday 6th Jan). findaphd.com/phds/project/p……
Come and join us! We have a 3.5-year #fundedPhD studentship in organic synthesis available in my lab @ChemistryNCL on new catalytic methods to make axially and planar chiral molecules! #PhD findaphd.com/phds/project/p… Deadline = 6th Dec. Informal enquiries welcome. Please RT.
📢 Register now! okt.to/cEgM7B The 30th Annual Review Meeting – New Directions in Organic Chemistry, organised by SCI's Young Chemists’ Panel, will address key areas of contemporary synthetic organic chemistry.
One week left to apply for this 3 yr EPSRC funded postdoc position making C-N atropisomeric molecules in my group @ChemistryNCL. Start date = 01/01/2025. If you are interested in synthesis, catalysis and stereochemistry, check it out! For details, see: tinyurl.com/eabrx4uj
Come and join us! We have a 3.5-year #fundedPhD studentship in organic synthesis available in my lab @ChemistryNCL on new catalytic methods to make axially and planar chiral molecules! #PhD findaphd.com/phds/project/p… Deadline = 6th Dec. Informal enquiries welcome. Please RT.
