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We are using Day 6 of the #WillisAdventCalendar to introduce the first new member of the Willis group for 2020- Felix! Joining in June after completing the TATE section of the TECS and Bristol ChemSynth CDTs, he is co-supervised by Matt Crump and Chris and has begun work as part of Team Mupirocin.

Behind the 22nd door of the #WillisAdventCalendar, we’re congratulating Sbu Mbatha (she/her) for winning first prize at the OBC #ODpostersymposium on her poster titled ‘Synthetic and Biosynthetic Studies on Abyssomicin Natural Products’. Congrats Sbu!

Day 23 of the #WillisAdventCalendar and we’re celebrating Bethan Donnelly for winning best talk prize at the RSC_HSG symposium for her talk titled ‘Sequential Photochemical and Prins Reactions for the Diastereoselective Synthesis of Tricyclic Scaffolds‘. Many congratulations Beth!

A reminder to everyone that our 2nd deadline (23rd Feb) is fast approaching! RTs appreciated to spread the word and find more applicants who fancy gaining a huge skillset in synthetic organic/inorganic chemistry, automation, catalysis and much more! #RealTimeChem #chemtwitter

EPSRC CDT rEaCt - Imperial College London SynTech CDT University of Cambridge Integrated CATalysis (iCAT) CDT Jonathan Clayden Varinder Aggarwal 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Our first TECS Speaker of the day is Felix from our 2019 Cohort, who is on now talking about his work from the Willis Research Group on new chemical probes for studying protein structures! #RealTimeChem #chemistry

Some very sore Mölkky losers on show with Felix and Sbu Mbatha (she/her). Luckily no one there to capture Annabel Phillips’s collapse. Angus, Dr Spence and Chris coming out victorious 🏆 ! #WillisDay #SportsDay #YESSIRICANBOOGIE

🚨 Conference Announcement! 🚨 Our CDT Summer Conference is getting closer & we welcome everyone's engagement on 7th/8th July. We will be tweeting using #ChemCDTConference and #RealTimeChem throughout the day. Feel free to ask Qs to our presenters! More info soon! (Please RT)

Morning all! Some great news coming out of the Willis Research Group ahead of the #ChemCDTConference as @JamesBo72866468 gets his first publication :"Ambruticins: tetrahydropyran ring formation and total synthesis" - well done, James! #synthesis #totalsynthwillis pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Our first speaker this morning is Josie Harcourt, another newcomer to the Willis Research Group / Crump Group Her project is entitled "Saturated Oxygen Heterocycles: A Fusion of #Synthesis and #Biosynthesis" #ChemCDTConference #totalsynthesis #totalsynthwillis RSC_HSG

Our next speaker is computational whizz Kaiman Cheung representing the Willis Research Group, deftly handling PowerPoint to deliver his talk "Diels-Alderase Mediated Syntheses of Spirotetronates". #ChemCDTConference #Kaimanthe🐊#dielsalderases

Time to announce our prize winners for yesterday's poster session! Congratulations to Sbu Mbatha (she/her) from the Willis Research Group (2017 BCS Cohort) and Chris Cope (2019 TECS) of AggarwalLab for their posters. Congrats also to Felix who won the Participant's Prize! #ChemCDTConference

Interested in natural product synthesis, isolation and structure determination? We're HIRING! BrisSynBio PDRA opening in the Willis Research Group in collaboration with Prof. Paul Race, [email protected] and industrial collaborators. Closing Date: 25th Aug. jobs.ac.uk/job/CID457/res…

Day 15 of the #WillisAdventCalendar sees this trio - @JamesIBowen, Andrew Devine and Sbu Mbatha (she/her) presenting their research at #ISySyCat. Great posters, flash presentations and oral presentations done by all! #obrigado

What a shower of shenanigans! #PMQs

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A big thank you to Sbu Mbatha (she/her) and Krissy for all their hard work in organising the #CDTSummerConference, it’s been such a good few days for everyone! Jonathan Clayden hands out a token of our appreciation 😊 💐

Now on to the student led Q&A. A fantastic opportunity for our students to hear more about @sarah_reisman’s experiences in chemistry! Chaired by committee members Sarah Eibensuchtz and Annabel Phillips

Inspiring lectures from @sarah_reisman. Very successful visit, and thank you for giving up your precious time. TECS and Bristol ChemSynth CDTs

After over 20 years working in Bristol, our natural product trooper Dr Zhongshu Song has retired. Always the expert in all things HPLC and culture fermentations, Song's vast knowledge will be sorely missed. Thanks for everything, Song! #FeelingBlue

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