January 2020
Edith van der Nol (MSc student) wins prize for her Bachelor thesis
The fifth Karlijn Keijzer Scriptieprijs has been awarded to Edith van der Nol. She was a former bachelor student under the supervision of Jurriën Collet and successfully finished her Bachelor research project in the group of Romano Orru. She managed to independently optimize reaction conditions from a general concept to a [...]
October 2019
Paper Romano has been cited 1000 times!
An article of Romano bearing the title “Recent Advances in Solution-phase Multicomponent Methodology for the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds” has been cited 1000 times!
January 2019
Interview Romano in the weekly Pharmaceutical Paper (Dutch)
Last December (2018) an interview of Romano was published in the "Pharmaceutisch Weekblad". This pharmaceutical paper is published weekly by the Royal Dutch Society of Pharmacy. In this interview Romano emphasizes the relevance of multi component reactions together with some achievements from the past like the improved synthesis of telaprevir and his world [...]
October 2018
Matteo, Jurriën, Mark and Eelco give talk at CHAINS 2018
We will have 4 speakers this year to present at CHAINS 2018! Matteo, Jurriën, Mark and Eelco will all present the latest developments in their projects/our group. Read more about CHAINS 2018 here.
June 2018
Romano gives an overview of our work in Scientia
A very nice overview of our work will soon be published in Scientia! Scientia is a scientific magazine directed to a more wider public, giving scientists a chance to tell about their findings outside their scientific community. In this article Romano talks about our past and current work. From the synthesis of telaprevir to [...]
May 2018
Romano Plenary Speaker at ECHC2018
The 28th edition of the European Colloquium on Heterocyclic Chemistry will be in Lecce (Italy) from the 2nd till the 5th of September 2018. As a plenary speaker, Romano will present our work during this conference. The ECHC is an open meeting dealing with all aspects of heterocyclic chemistry with [...]
Romano invited speaker at MCR2018
This year the 7th International Conference on Multi Component Reactions and Related Chemistry (MCR2018) will be held from August 26th to 31st. This conference will follow up the six previous highly successful conferences that were held in Munich (2000), Genova (2003), Amsterdam (2006), Ekaterinburg (2009), Hangzhou (2011), and Brasilia (2015). The academic program [...]
January 2018
Romano Orru receives ECHO grant for one-pot syntheses of medicines
Romano Orru receives ECHO grant for one-pot syntheses of medicines Professor Romano Orru of the Synthetic & Bio-Organic Chemistry research group (CPS, AIMMS, Faculty of Sciences) has been awarded a ECHO grant of €260.000 by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). The funding enables Orru to strengthen the research [...]