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  1. School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Stellios Arseniyadis

    School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Stellios Arseniyadis

    Title and Abstract TBC

  2. School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Anna Köhler

    School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Anna Köhler

    Title and Abstract --- TBC For details regarding the speaker and their research please see their website.

  3. School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Abbie McLaughlin

    School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Abbie McLaughlin

    Title and Abstract --- TBC For details regarding the speaker and their research please see their website.

  4. School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Jonathan R Nitschke

    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...

  5. School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Roly Armstrong

    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...

  6. School of Chemistry Colloquium: Prof. Michael Hill
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    School of Chemistry Colloquium: Prof. Michael Hill

    Title and abstract TBC

  7. Poetry in translation: On Yellow Evenings

    Poetry in translation: On Yellow Evenings

    Byre World event: free but please book

    Jordi Larios, a Catalan poet, translator and Professor of Spanish at St Andrews, will be in conversation about the making of On Yellow Evenings, his latest book...

  8. Byre World: Kaili Blues

    Byre World: Kaili Blues

    Join Dr Keru Cai for a screening of the 2015 film Kaili Blues, which brought international acclaim to the young Chinese filmmaker Bi Gan. Hailing from the...

  9. Byre World: When there's love inside

    Byre World: When there's love inside

    Join Senior Lecturer of the School of Modern Languages, Orhan Elmaz on Valentine's Day for a literary conversation about everything the heart may (or may...

  10. School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor M. Kevin Brown

    School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor M. Kevin Brown

    Abstract and Title TBC

  11. Mariupol Memory Park

    Mariupol Memory Park

    Join us for an afternoon of events dedicated to Mariupol, Ukraine, organised by Victoria Donovan (Professor of Ukrainian and East European Studies) and Dr Anna...

  12. School of Chemistry Colloquium:  Dr Josh Makepeace (University of Birmingham)

    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...

  13. School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Alison Hill

    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...

  14. Energised Ukraine: Art in Precarious Times

    Energised Ukraine: Art in Precarious Times

    Byre World event: free but please book

    What is energy? Is it something that we remember only at moments when we think it might disappear completely? During this talk, hosted by Viktoriia Grivina,...

  15. School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Mike Watkinson

    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...

  16. School of Chemistry Colloquium: Dr Larissa von Krbek

    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...

  17. Light from the East: Middle Eastern Art (Dr Fabio Caiani)

    Light from the East: Middle Eastern Art (Dr Fabio Caiani)

    Free, but please book your tickets on the Byre Theatre website

    This event is a multi-media celebration of Middle Eastern art in honour of Catherine Cobham (former Head of the Arabic and Persian Department). Renowned Syrian...

  18. School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Kirsten Zeitler

    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....

  19. School of Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Daniel T. Gryko

    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,...

  20. Green and sustainable chemistry bootcamp with John Warner

    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...