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TECS CDT Virtual Open Day – Register Now - Join us on Wednesday 14th January at 10:00 am (UK time) for a virtual open day where you will be able to hear all about the programme, ask any questions you may have, and chat with some of our current students. bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webina…

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Now we have some awards to give out, huge congratulations to Nina Allen and @williamj_tw for winning the 2021 and 2023 poster prizes!
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Big congrats also to Xiyue Leng for winning the participants’ poster prize and to Cameron Jones and Cameron Inglis for winning best performance in the TATE training year #TECS #CDT #EPSRC
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We’re onto the second day of our summer conference now where we’ll be hearing from the 2024 cohort who have just started their projects! We’re looking forward to hearing where they plan to take their research #TECS #CDT #EPSRC
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Next up is Yuming Pan, who is showing his plans to perform monohydrodefluorination using lithiation-borylation and FLP chemistry!
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Cameron Inglis inspired us with his talk on his project utilising reductant upconversion for new synthetic methodologies. #TECS #CDT #EPSRC
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Now, we have Prakriti from the Collins group explaining how she is aiming to achieve translational motion on a molecular level using sequential catalysis with metal migrations! #TECS #CDT #EPSRC
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Olly Fifield intrigued us with his project exploring a novel method to generate fluorinated carbenes to explore complex fluorinated products. #TECS #CDT #EPSRC
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The last speaker for our conference is Sam Jacobs who’s just joined the group of Prof. Craig Butts and will be looking at the role of automated NMR in natural product analysis #TECS #CDT #EPSRC
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Following on, we have another member of the @TilbyLab Kate Davison, giving us an insight into her project exploring the chemical space of chiral nitrogen compounds! #TECS #CDT #EPSRC
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Cameron Inglis inspired us with his talk on his project utilising reductant upconversion for new synthetic methodologies. #TECS #CDT #EPSRC
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Our final talk today is the plenary lecture from Professor Igor Larrosa, who gave a fascinating picture of the different methods to elucidate reaction mechanisms with C-H activation! Thankyou for joining us @LarrosaGroup #TECS #CDT #EPSRC
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An introduction from @ClaydenGroup starts us off! We’re looking forward to a busy day of exciting science 🧪 #TECS #CDT #EPSRC
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And for our final student talk of the day, Liam Smith presents his project titled “Probing Beta-Branching Mechanisms in Polyketide Biosynthesis”. Cool chemistry!
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A whole host of chemistry highlighted in the 2023 cohort's flash presentations! Lots to look forward to in the afternoon poster session. #TECS #CDT #EPSRC
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