Happy to report a route to the uncharted chemical space of N-CF2H carbonyl compounds: efficient access to N‑difluoromethyl amides, (thio)carbamates, ureas, formamides & derivatives. Congrats Filip, Gina & Linhao! J. Am. Chem. Soc. pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.10…

A few years back I started a journey to learn more about biopharma and drug discovery. Here is a list of the books I have found helpful (loosely grouped by topic) with the outstanding books highlighted by (+++). Feel free to add your own recommendations, I'll keep adding mine.

Previously on ChemRxiv, the final version of our photochemical protocol to convert pyridines into 1,2-diazepines in now out in J. Am. Chem. Soc.! @ILV_UMR8180 @XMoreau_ILV Our work is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Jacques Streith. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Trehalose is considered a "magical" disaccharide for its stabilization of globular proteins. In ChemBioChem, we show that sugars stabilize also collagen but trehalose is not superior to other sugars. …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… My first co-corresponding author work.😊 D-CHAB

Congrats Tom!

A new postdoc position in our group - applications welcomed!

An Artificial Enzyme for Asymmetric Nitrocyclopropanation of alpha,beta-Unsaturated Aldehydes---Design and Evolution (Zheng Xiang and co-workers) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

A Bioorthogonal Dual Fluorogenic Probe for the Live-Cell Monitoring of Nutrient Uptake by Mammalian Cells (Sander I. Van Kasteren and co-workers) #openaccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Our group website is officially online. Check out the latest news from Kovac Lab! kovaclab.com

Enjoying the Swiss Chemical Society Fall Meeting with athanasiosmarkos. Thanks to Uni Fribourg for organizing the nice event!

Have you ever wondered about the origin of the vertebrate head? Check out the recent paper from the Kozmik lab that sheds light on this intriguing question. Congrats to all authors for this spectacular work!

RT appreciated: My lab is recruiting several Ph.D.s and Postdocs excited to build synthetic cells that undergo Darwinian evolution. The backgrounds that we need for include biochemistry, synthetic biology, and systems chemistry. Details: boekhovenlab.com/openings/

Last week, I had the privilege of meeting the Presidents of Czechia and Switzerland at ETH Zürich. We discussed the important role of supporting science and non-profit foundations, like Nadace Experientia, among others. © Nicola Pitaro

We are looking for a postdoc with a background in synthetic organic chemistry to develop new organic radical-based probes for solid-state dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP)-NMR spectroscopy. #chempostdocs #chempostdocjobs isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/IowaStat…

On my way back to Zurich after an incredible RACI Organic Chemistry Division conference in Adelaide. Grateful for the opportunity to present our research and for the excellent discussions with colleagues and friends I met there! #organic24

Yesterday the Behringer Simon Academic Lecture took place at D-CHAB. Once a year, the doctoral students of the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry suggest & vote for speakers. This year, Dan Nomura UC Berkeley was invited to ETH Zurich and presented his research 👇

Interested in our key step in the synthesis of Ganoapplanin? Don´t miss our (The Magauer Lab ) Synpacts article in the SYNLETT Journal and dive deep into the Radical-Polar Crossover reactions! thieme-connect.com/products/ejour…

After 3 amazing years in the Wennemers group, I’ll miss the wonderful people I worked with. But as one journey ends, another begins! Excited to share that the Markos group started this week in Olomouc! Looking forward to new challenges and collaborations ahead.