SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY NEWSLETTER
No. 768 – Monday, 11th April 2016
27th SCI Regional
Postgraduate Symposium
on
Novel Organic Chemistry
Lecture Theatre B, Purdie Building
Tuesday, 12th April
New ChemSoc Committee Elected
Following the AGM held on Thursday, 31st March,
new committee members for the coming year have
been elected as follows:
13:10
Opening remarks
13:15
Kirsten McAulay (University of Glasgow)
Towards the total synthesis of Pukalide
13:40
Amy Challinor (University of Edinburgh)
Counter-ion activated base metal catalysis
14:05
Joshua Barham (University of Strathclyde
and GlaxoSmithKline)
Engaging aryl bromides in transition metal-free
coupling reactions of haloarenes and arenes
14:30
Alberto Gómez Herrera (University of St
Andrews)
Catalytic iodination and rapid functionalisation
of terminal alkynes using Au(I)- and Pd(II)-NHC
complexes
14:55
Frances Potjewyd (University of Strathclyde)
Scaffold hopping approaches to novel autotaxin
inhibitors
15:20
Tea and coffee
15:45
Jessica
Clavadetscher
(University
Edinburgh)
Palladium-mediated chemistry in living cells
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Store Manager:
Publicity Officer:
Postgraduate Rep:
RSC Early Career Rep:
Ordinary Members:
Ashleigh Waller
Cameron Rice
Kasey Killam
Kalum Thurgood-Parkes
Emily Thompson
Simone Gallarati
Joseph Hooper
Jason McNulty
Sarah Pringle
Ellen Rooney
Holly McPhillips
Anna Tarcza
RAA
Further External Placements Secured
Congratulations to the two 3rd year students noted
below who have arranged placements for next year,
taking the total so far to 24.
Ben McNeilly – Centauri Therapeutics (Sandwich)
Ineta Grikalaite – Midatech Pharma (Abingdon)
of
School of Chemistry Colloquia
16:10
Nicholas Measom (University of Strathclyde
and GlaxoSmithKline)
Synthetic approaches to a [1.1.1]bicyclopentane
and its incorporation into darapladib as a phenyl
bioisostere
EaStCHEM Colloquium BROADCAST FROM EDINBURGH
Wednesday 13th April, 3.30 pm, Lecture Theatre C
Prof David Wales (Cambridge) – Exploring Energy
Landscapes: From Molecules to Nanodevices
16:35
Stacey Webster (Heriot-Watt University)
Development of gold(I) and indium(III) catalysed
reactions
Common Room Restricted Access –
Tuesday 12th April
17:00
David Phillips (University of Glasgow)
Palladium-catalysed coupling of MIDA boronates
with sp3 carbons
17:25
Thomas West (University of St Andrews)
Catalytic asymmetric [2,3]-rearrangement of
allylic ammonium ylides: A synthetic and
mechanisitc study
17:50
Closing remarks
18:00
Wine
reception
presentation
19:00
Speakers dinner
followed
by
prize
There will be restricted access to the common room
from 3.20 pm – 3.45 pm and again from 6.00 pm –
7.00 pm on Tuesday 12th April. This is to allow room
for the SCI Postgraduate Symposium refreshment
breaks to take place.
New Face
Charalampos Kapsalis comes from Greece and
completed a BSc in chemistry, followed by an MSc in
applied nutrition and dietetics, both at universities in
Athens. He has now started PhD work with CP and
is interested in playing and listening to music,
working out and football.