The article reported by the SynCat group in collaboration with Pr Andreas Speicher “Atroposlective Synthesis of Isoriccardin C through a C-H Activated Heck-Type Macrocyclization” has been chosen to be on the cover of EurJOC.

Congratulations to Sabine Choppin & Françoise Colobert.

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science supported by the United Nations, the LIMA has organized a mini symposium highlighting 3 of our colleagues, namely Pr. Françoise Colobert, Dr. Sabine Choppin and Dr. Mary-Lorène Goddard. This event attracted more than 75 attendees. Well done Ladies!!!!

The Guy Ourisson Prize of the Gutenberg Circle is awarded each year to a researcher, aged forty years or less on January 1st of the year of award, conducting particularly promising research in Alsace. The Gutenberg Circle was created by Professor Guy Ourisson to strengthen the links between the Alsatian members of the Institut de France, the Collège de France, the great French and foreign academies and the Institut Universitaire de France and to stimulate scientific research in Alsace. To know more : http://www.cercle-gutenberg.fr/titulaires-et-laureats/prix-guy-ourisson-et-autres-prix-jeunes-chercheurs/

The recent work performed by the BSM team on the regiodivergent hydrogermylation of ynamides has been highlighted on the website of the CNRS. Well done!!!

To know more visit the dedicated website (in french) : https://inc.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/vers-une-meilleure-combinaison-des-briques-elementaires-en-chimie-organique

Congratulations to Joanna who has been awarded the prestigious ERC starting grant. Well done!!!

To know more visit : https://erc.europa.eu/news/StG-recipients-2020

The COA team paper “Nickel N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed C-heteroatom bond formation, reduction, and oxidation: reactions and mechanistic aspects” published in ACS Catalysis in 2016 (DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5b020214) has been highlighted by the chief editor of ACS Catalysis as one of the 6 most cited papers of French researchers since the creation of the journal. Congratulations!!!