Month: October 2020

IQCC Council approves new Principal Investigator

Last Friday November 23rd at the IQCC Council meeting we approved the recognition of Dr. Marc Garcia-Borràs as as Principal Investigator of the institute. Marc and his team will be leading the following research line: “Biocatalytic intermediates for the discovery and design of new enzymatic activities”. In the coming days this new situation will be reflected on

Continue Reading

Cover ChemComm on all-metal Baird aromaticity

Chemical Communication features on its front cover the recently published article “All-metal Baird aromaticity”. The work has been carried out by Prof. Jun Zhu at the University of Xiamen and Dandan Chen, Dr. Dariusz W. Szczepanik, and Prof. Miquel Solà (members of the IQCC). The cover is the result of the artistic inspiration of Dandan Chen. The

Continue Reading

Master Class by our Honorary Director Ramon Carbó-Dorca

Dr. Ramon Carbó-Dorca Carré will turn 80 next Monday, November 19, 2020. On the occasion of this special day, in his capacity as Emeritus Professor of the University of Girona, he will give an online Master Class. Ramon Carbó-Dorca joined the university studies of Girona in 1986, quickly became a Professor, and was one of

Continue Reading

Sílvia Osuna receives Catalonian National Research Award for Young Talent

At this moment is taking place at the Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona the award ceremony for the 2019 Catalonian National Research Awards. Among the awardees is Sílvia Osuna in the category for Young Talent. Below we reproduce (with permission) the translation of an interview that Xavi Aguilar held with Sílvia, and which was published last week

Continue Reading