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December 2009
- CSCB Symposium ‘Recent Advances in Synthesis and Chemical Biology VII'
The 8th annual Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology symposium, ‘Recent Advances in Synthesis and Chemical Biology VIII’ was held at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland on Friday 18th December 2009.
November 2009
- New chemical reaction offers opportunities for drug development
Scientists at University College Dublin have solved a chemistry problem which has stumped researchers worldwide for more than a decade. The results have earned the group the cover story of the leading scientific journal, Angewandte Chemie.
The problem involved a chemical reaction called 'homoallenylation' which provides 'building blocks' for the advancement of new chemical compounds used in drug discovery and development.
- CESAR Prize for Translational Anticancer Research awarded to Matthias Tacke
The CESAR Prize 2009 for Translational Anticancer Research was awarded to Dr Matthias Tacke during the CESAR Autumn Symposium, which was held from October 29-31, 2009 in Heidelberg at the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) in order to celebrate 10 years of CESAR's (Central European Society for Anticancer Drug Research) activities.
June 2009
- CSCB student wins at 61st Chemistry Colloquium
Anja Glinschert, a PhD student with Professor Stefan Oscarson of the CSCB, won best oral presentation at the 61st Annual Chemistry Colloquium, held at DIT on June 17-19, for her talk entitled 'Synthesis and Interaction Studies of Mannose Gold Nanoparticles with the E. coli Lectin FimH ’.
May 2009
- Inaugural NMR Meeting
The inaugural Irish NMR Meeting, organised by CSCB and UCD Conway fellow Dr Chandralal Hewage, took place on 7th May 2009 at the UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science. The aim of this meeting was to provide an opportunity for scientists working with NMR in Ireland to get together to discuss recent advances in the field of NMR technology. Biological NMR has played a major role at UCD for more than two decades and Structural Biology is now one of the main thematic research areas of the School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science at UCD.
March 2009
- AccesScience '09 Final
Sabrina Devereux, a 3rd year PhD student with Dr Francesca Paradisi of the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, UCD Conway Institute and UCD School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, came 2nd overall with her talk entitled “What a Waste???”. Sabrina’s work centres on finding ways to deal with the 91,000 tonnes of solid waste generated from prepared potatoes in Ireland each year; enough to fill 1,200 Boeing 737 airplanes. The audience vote judged Sabrina best out of the 7 speakers.
February 2009
- AccesScience ’09 – CSCB Internal Heat
The CSCB internal heat for AccesScience ’09 was held on 20th February 2009 in the CSCB Seminar Room. The winner of the heat was Sabrina Devereux, a PhD researcher with Dr Francesca Paradisi, CSCB and UCD School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, with her talk entitled ‘What a waste???’ Sabrina will go on to represent the CSCB at the AccesScience ’09 final in O’Reilly Hall on 26th March.
