September 2016: Leaving UCD

Emotional moment during Francesca’s leaving lecture in UCD few weeks ago. Many students, colleagues, and friends attended her fascinating summary of ten years of research in Dublin. A massive collection of her Irish work was the nice gift from the UCD crew!! Related Posts

October 2016: Ben Feringa in Groningen

Pleasant surprise for Francesca e Matteo during the Novel Enzyme conference in Groningen (The Netherland) last week. Bernard Lucas Feringa, Nobel Prize for chemistry 2016, delivered a “impromptu” lecture delighting the audience with the impact of his work on the biotechnologies panorama. Related Posts

October 2016: Well done Anita!

Massive congratulations to Anita who successfully defended her thesis on the 4th of October 2016. Wishing you all the very best for your future, we will miss you! Related Posts

June 2016: The Tromsø Experience

The Boss is just back from a trip to Finland and Norway. She met with Dr. Williamson in Tromsø to set up crystallisation trials for the transaminase from H. elongata and for the azurin with the carbene ligand. Hard to tell if we will be successful and we are in the hands of the Phoenix […]

August 2016: Big changes ahead!

The group will shortly officially move to Nottingham, and we will have a number of new researchers joining us, so we are growing. It will soon be time to update the “Who we are” page. Stay tuned! Related Posts

March 2017: Lab B11 road trip

A 600 miles route from Nottingham to Warwick let us enjoy the most famous UK places. After a 3 days tour across the prestigious colleges of Cambridge and Oxford, the prehistoric Stonehenge, the ancient Roman thermal baths in Bath, the fairy Warwick Castle we came back more tired but happier. Related Posts

May 2017: Well done Larah!

Larah Bruen recently received a prize for “Best Talk” at the Third Year Talks Programme in University College Dublin. This annual event brings together third year PhD students from UCD, Trinity College and Dublin Institute of Technology to present their research to their peers, with prizes sponsored by Eli-Lilly. Larah’s presentation, entitled “Broadening the Scope […]