Dr. Carme Rovira, ICREA Research Professor in our Department, has been appointed as an elected member of the Chemistry Section of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona.
Congratulations, Carme!
Organic News
3 of February, 2025
Department of
Organic Chemistry
The researchers of the Organic Chemistry Section carry out cutting-edge research in various areas, actively participate in knowledge transfer, support companies in our environment and strive to provide quality training to students of various degrees, masters and doctoral programs.
Our Section is open to students and researchers interested in actively working in these areas and to professionals and companies who want to establish a collaboration with the academic environment in order to face the new challenges that our society poses.
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Organic News
3 of February, 2025
First SCQ Meeting in Organic Chemistry
The poster titled Direct and Stereodivergent Nickel-Catalyzed Aldol-Type Reactions of N-Azidoacetyl Thioimides and Aromatic Acetals, presented by one of our PhD students, Joan Conejos-Jalencas, was awarded at the First Organic Chemistry Meeting organized by the Catalan Society of Chemistry, which took place last week.
Congratulations, Joan!
Organic News
19 of November, 2024
A 1 GHz NMR at the University of Barcelona
The most advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) instrument in Spain has now been fully operational for over a year at the University of Barcelona. In the attached videos, we explain what NMR is and explore the societal impact of its applications to biomolecules, all in a way accessible to a general audience.
Organic News
15 of November, 2024
Last Thursday, November 14, a group of doctoral students from the Organic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry programs at the University of Barcelona (UB) visited the plant and laboratories of AGC Pharmaceuticals Europe in Malgrat de Mar (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7263169527771713537/). The students from the PDQO, Albert Ruiz, Eduard Balaguer, and Yisong Wen, presented their thesis projects to the company’s executives and researchers.
After the presentations, a guided tour of the facilities was conducted, where the doctoral students had the to see firsthand the different areas tha
t make up a modern CDMO (Contract Research & Development Organization), such as the development laboratories, the kilolab, the production plant, the micronizer, and the wastewater treatment plant.
Organic News
8 of November, 2024
Dr. Xavier Companyó, new Associate Professor in the Organic Chemistry Section
Last Thursday, November 7th, our colleague, Dr. Xavier Companyó, successfully defended and obtained a permanent position as Associate Professor in our Section through a public competition.
Congratulations, Xavier!