Last week, the Real Sociedad Española de Química (RSEQ) and Lilly announced that Dr. Marc Garcia-Borràs received the Premio Lilly Joven de Investigación 2024 for his outstanding scientific career on computational modeling of biochemical and biocatalytic processes, with the aim of understanding, designing and implementing new enzymatic activities. This prize is rewarded annually to young Spanish researchers (under the
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Month: June 2024
This month (June 9-13, 2024) took place the 4th International Conference on Hydrogen Atom Transfer in Castelli romani (Italy), which included a poster session. Dr. Laia Vicens and Dr. Margarida Borrell, postdoc researchers under the supervision of Prof. Miquel Costas, presented a poster titled “Remote Amino Acid Recognition Enables Effective Hydrogen Peroxide at a Manganese Oxidation Catalyst” and “Atropoenantioselective
The aim of the European Young Chemists’ Award (EYCA) is to showcase and recognize the excellent research being carried out by young scientists working in the chemical sciences. In particular the award is intended to honor and encourage younger chemists whose current research displays a high level of excellence and distinction. It seeks to recognize and reward younger
Dr. Jordi Mestres has joined the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) at the University of Girona as a visiting professor. He is the founder of the Chemotargets SL, a pioneer company in the Catalan biotech industry that has developed benchmark software in the field of pharmacology prediction and drug safety, today the softward is
This Friday will be the defense of the doctoral thesis of Míriam Pujals Crusat, titled “Supramolecular nanocapsules: regioselective functionalization of fullerenes and molecular recognition of endohedral metallofullerenes”, supervised by Prof. Xavi Ribas from IQCC. Place: Aula Magna de la Facultat de Ciències Date: Friday June 14th, 2024 Time: 10.30am We wish her good luck and all the best! Girona, June 10th, 2024
The tert-butyl group is a common aliphatic motif extensively employed to implement steric congestion and conformational rigidity in organic and organometallic molecules. Because of the combination of a high bond dissociation energy (~ 100 kcal mol-1) and limited accessibility, in the absence of directing groups, neither radical nor organometallic approaches are effective for the chemical
Inorganic fullerene clusters have attracted widespread attention due to their highly symmetrical geometric structures and intrinsic electronic properties. However, cage-like clusters composed of heavy metal elements with high symmetry are rarely reported, and their synthesis is also highly challenging. In this paper, we present the synthesis of a [K2(Bi@Pd12@Bi20)]4- cluster that incorporates a {Bi20} cage with
The IQCC is a university research institute of the UdG. As such, research and education are its two missions and are naturally and inextricably intertwined. Research is naturally connected with the training of young generations of scientists, and the education of UdG students of multiple disciplines. Since 1997 the unit IQC(C) has defended 100 doctoral thesis. Training
This Special Collection in Chemistry – A European Journal is a heartfelt tribute to Professor Miquel Solà, our esteemed colleague, mentor and most importantly friend, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. This issue is encapsulating his diverse passions inchemistry into a single collection proved to be a delightful challenge. You will find over 30 paperscontributed by Prof. Solà’s