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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Matthew J Fuchter
Maximising dissymmetry and handling directionality in chiral materials
We have an ongoing interest in the development of conjugated chiral organic molecules which can emit and detect circularly-polarized (CP) light within thin film...
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St Andrews Climate Week
The inaugural University of St Andrews Climate Week will run from 27-30 May 2024, with a series of events designed to highlight climate-themed research and...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor M. Kevin Brown
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Alessia Portiere (ELDICO Scientific AG)
Electron Diffraction -- an innovative and advantageous tool for structure determination of nanocrystalline materials
Abstract: MicroED (microcrystal electron diffraction) is emerging as a powerful technique for the structural elucidation of challenging compounds as it bypasses...
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VMSG 60th Anniversary Seminar
Climate and societal impact of large volcanic eruptions - Proffesor Siwan Davies, Swansea University
The Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG) is planning a number of seminars across the UK to mark its 60th Anniversary. The School of Earth and...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Xenia Beyrich-Graf
Innovation drives Transformation: The Role of R&D in BASF's Sustainability Transformation
Around 111,500 employees contribute to the BASF Group's success worldwide. Our business is divided into the Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions,...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Mike Watkinson
Targeted small molecule fluorescent probes for the detection of mobile zinc
Zinc mis-regulation is associated with a wide range of disease states and there is an ongoing need to study the behaviour of 'mobile' or...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Josh Makepeace (University of Birmingham)
Chemical and Electrochemical Energy Storage Facilitated by Lithium Imide
This event is open to final year undergraduate project students, PhD students, post-doctoral researchers and academic staff. Effective energy storage is one of...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Roly Armstrong
Twists and Turns in Stereoselective Amide Synthesis
Fuelled by an increasing requirement within the pharmaceutical industry for 3D building blocks, there is significant demand for new synthetic methods targeting...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Jonathan R Nitschke
Molecules in Metal Boxes
Simple organic subcomponents can come together around metal-ion templates to produce intricate hollow capsules, which can bind guest molecules selectively. This...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Evgeny Pidko
Death and Life of Homogeneous Carbonyl Reduction Catalysts: Navigating the Maze of Deactivation Chemistry for Sustained Performance
Catalytic reduction of carbonyl moieties in ketones and esters is fundamental to the production of high-value fine chemicals. Although traditional precious...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Stellios Arseniyadis
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Larissa von Krbek
Stimuli responsiveness in molecules, cages, and dynamic libraries
Photoswitchable molecules can reversibly interconvert between two different isomers. With new applications for photoswitches constantly emerging, the necessity...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Alison Hill
Unique data sets for robust and authentic online open book assessments
Online assessments where there is a clear 'correct' answer are susceptible to students working together, sharing (or even selling) answers. The...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Robert Weatherup (University of Oxford)
Revealing Reactions at Electrochemical and Catalytic Interfaces with Operando X-ray Spectroscopy
The performance of materials for energy storage and conversion depends critically on reactions taking place at the interfaces between these materials and their...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Kirsten Zeitler
Photoredox Catalytic Strategies for the Activation of Strong Bonds
Over the past decade, photocatalysis has become a powerful synthetic tool, offering novel reaction pathways that were previously inaccessible by other methods....
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Abbie McLaughlin
Title and Abstract --- TBC For details regarding the speaker and their research please see their website.
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Anna Slater (University of Liverpool)
Developing tools for supramolecular materials discovery
Molecular materials and supramolecular systems have great potential in multiple applications, but their synthesis and scale-up is still challenging. When...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Daniel T. Gryko
1,4-Dihydropyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole and Dipyrrolonaphthyridinedione -- Novel Building Blocks for Optoelectronics
Recently we have discovered and optimized the first practical synthesis of non-fused pyrrole[3,2-b]pyrroles via domino reaction of aldehydes, primary amines,...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Robert Mokaya (University of Nottingham)
Porous carbons as sustainable energy materials
This event is open to academic staff, final year undergraduate project students, MSc students, PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. The talk, titled...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Anna Köhler
Title and Abstract --- TBC For details regarding the speaker and their research please see their website.
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor David Smith
Hard Facts About Soft Matter: From Supramolecular Gels to High-Tech Applications
Supramolecular gels are fascinating materials formed when low-molecular-weight gelators (LMWGs) self-assemble via intermolecular non-covalent interactions.[1]...
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International Symposium: Ceramic Materials and Carbon-Neutral Energy Research Including Hydrogen.
International Symposium: Ceramic Materials and Carbon-Neutral Energy Research Including Hydrogen. Speakers: Mihails Kusnezoff (Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic...
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SEES Seminar: The return to the Moon --- with robots and humans, Prof. Gordon Osinski
We are pleased to be welcoming Prof. Osinski from the University of Western Ontario to our School. He has been hand-picked by NASA to train the next corps of...
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8th Annual Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium
This year's Postgraduate Symposium will be held over two days on the Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th December. More details to follow on abstract submission...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Ross Denton
Phosphorus and Silicon -- Design, Development and Applications of New Synthesis Methods
The first part of the lecture will describe the design, development and applications of new synthesis methods and catalysts based upon organophosphorus and...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Imogen Riddell
Designing Metal-Organic Materials with Biological Applications in Mind
Metallosupramolecular chemistry has come a long way in the past decade enabling research focus to shift from understanding design rules to developing novel...
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Special Seminar: Dr Alex Ganin (University of Glasgow)
Application of metallic 2D chalcogenides in energy conversion and storage applications
Application of metallic 2D chalcogenides in energy conversion and storage applications Abstract: What if we could catalyse game-changing advances in renewable...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Ruth Webster
Mechanistic insight into iron(salen) catalysed reactions
Note -- the event is being held in School of Physics and Astronomy not Chemistry Iron catalysis offers an attractive alternative to precious metal...
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Green and sustainable chemistry bootcamp with John Warner
Cefic, the European Chemistry Industry Council, and the University of St Andrews will collaborate to organise another edition of the 'Green and...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Chris Coxon
Fluoroaromatics as tools to define and probe peptide & protein conformations
Please note the change of venue for this event to Lecture Theatre D in Purdie. Perfluoroaromatic reagents are valuable but underexplored tools with which to...
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Special lecture to mark the opening of the Colin Vincent Centre for Battery Technology
Professor Sir Peter Bruce (University of Oxford)
Please note the change of venue for this event to Lecture Theatre 3 in The Gateway. To mark the opening of the Colin Vincent Centre for Battery Technology,...
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School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Yi Jin
Metal Fluoride Complexes Reveal Changes of Dynamic and Modified Oncogene Proteins
Abstract: GTP hydrolysis is central to biology, being involved in regulating a wide range of cellular processes. In recent years, there has been more success in...
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In Person SEES Seminar --- Dr Robert Johannes Giebel, Researcher, Berlin Institute of Technology
A short story of carbonatites: Processes involved in magma ascent and related effects on mineralization
Carbonatites are relatively rare magmatic rocks originating from the Earth's mantle, defined by a modal content of 50 vol.% carbonates.Despite their...
