Complementary training
Courses
Hands-on training activities
High Throughput Experimentation course. Theory and lab sessions. Dr. Ana Bellomo (expert in the field with previous experience working in University of Pennsylvania, Princeton and Merck Co.), Dr. Xisco Caldentey and Xavier Castan (HTE Unit staff). (May 2nd-6th).
Fluorescence course. Theory and practice sessions. Dr. Fernando Bozoglián, Spectroscopy Unit manager (February 4th and 11th)
Information session about NMR resources in the ICIQ intranet. Dr. Gabriel González. NMR Unit manager (July 19th).
FTIR & Raman seminar. Dr. Fernando Bozoglián Spectroscopy Unit manager (September 29th).
Cambridge Crystallographic Database (CCD) seminar. Dr. Marta MartĂnez, X-Ray Diffraction Unit Technician (November 17th).
Intellectual property, technology transfer and entrepreneurship
Intellectual Property Management at ICIQ. Dr. Frédéric Ratel, IP Manager (April 5th)
Technology Transfer. Eva Baltar, ISIS Innovation, Oxford University (April 21st)
From Science to Business. BIST/ESADE. Luisa Alemany (ESADE), Jordi Vinaixa (ESADE) and Xavier FerrĂ s (Universitat de Vic), (May 3st -June 1st)
How to become an affective researcher VITAE-BIST, (Dec. 15th-16th)
Language courses
Free of charge language courses (Catalan, Spanish and English) for ICIQ’s staff members.
Symposia
ICREA Conference on Functional Nanocontainers (CaixaForum Tarragona, October 17th-20th) http://icreaconfnanocontainers.iciq.es/
ICIQ Seminar Programme
| Date | Professor | University | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22.01.2016 | Prof. Stephen P. Fletcher | University of Oxford (United Kingdom) | Mostly Copper Catalysed Asymmetric Additions of Alkylzirconium Reagents |
| 05.02.2016 | Dr. Mark D. Symes | University of Glasgow (United Kingdom) | Materials and Devices for Electrochemical Water Splitting: A Fresh Look at Some Old Catalysts and Some New(er) Catalysts for Old Applications |
| 19.02.2016 | Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Grützmacher | ETH Zürich (Switzerland) | Metal Ligand Cooperation in Catalyzed Dehydrogenations |
| 26.02.2016 | Dr. Alexander T. Radosevich | The Pennsylvania State University (USA) | Distorted Tricoordinate Phosphorus Compounds as Biphilic Catalysts |
| 04.03.2016 | Dr. Juan-Miguel Jimenez | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd, Abingdon (United Kingdom) | Use of Structure-Based Drug Design (SBDD) Approach in the Discovery of Potent and Selective Kinase Inhibitors |
| 16.03.2016 | Prof. Ken Sakai | Kyushu University (Japan) | Molecular Photocatalysts and Electrocatalysts Towards Solar-driven Water Splitting |
| 18.03.2016 | Prof. Dr. Markus Reiher | ETH ZĂĽrich (Switzerland) | Exploring Transition Metal Chemistry with New Quantum Chemical Methods |
| 01.04.2016 | Dr. SĂlvia Osuna | Universitat de Girona (Spain) | Active Site Dynamics in Designed and Laboratory-generated Enzymes |
| 06.04.2016 | Prof. José Luis Mascareñas & Prof. David W.C. MacMillan | Universidad Santiago de Compostela (Spain) / Princeton University, New Jersey (USA) | Transition Metals at the Center: Catalytic Methods and Tools for Chemical Biology / The Evolution of Aspects of Organocatalysis and Photoredox Catalysis in the MacMillan Lab (Conferència Fèlix Serratosa 2016) |
| 07.04.2016 | Prof. Kenichiro Itami | Nagoya University (Japan) | Creation of Biofunctional Molecules and Nanocarbon Molecules by Rapid Synthesis Catalysts |
| 22.04.2016 | Dr. Elisabet Romero | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | The Quantum Design of Solar-Energy Conversion in Photosynthesis: From Understanding to Engineering |
| 25.04.2016 | Dr. Takeshi Morikawa | Toyota Central Research & Development Inc. (Japan) | Semiconductor/metal-complex Hybrid Systems for Solar CO2 Reduction Utilizing Water as an Electron Donor and a Proton Source |
| 27.04.2016 | Prof. JosĂ© Luis Vicario | Universidad del PaĂs Vasco (Spain) | Playing with rings: Organocatalytic Approaches to Stereodefined Carbo- and Heterocyclic Scaffolds |
| 29.04.2016 | Prof. Paul J. Chirik | Princeton University (USA) | Catalysis with Earth Abundant Elements |
| 06.05.2016 | Prof. Sonsoles MartĂn SantamarĂa | Centro de Investigaciones BiolĂłgicas, CIB, Madrid (Spain) | Pattern Reconition Receptors: The Computational Perspective into the Immunity Mechanisms |
| 13.05.2016 | Prof. Maurizio Benaglia | UniversitĂ Degli Studi di Milano (Italy) | Enabling Technologies-Assisted Organocatalysis: Continuous Flow Stereoselective Reactions in (Micro)-Mesoreactors and Catalytic Reactors |
| 19.05.2016 | Prof. Guosheng Liu | Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (China) | Difunctionalization of Alkenes: New Concept and Strategy |
| 27.05.2016 | Prof. R. Tom Baker | University of Ottawa (Canada) | Base-Metal Catalysis Approaches to Greener Hydrofluorocarbon Synthesis |
| 30.05.2016 | Prof. Joseph M. Fox | University of Delaware, Newark (USA) | Fast Bioorthogonal Chemistry: Discovery, Development and Applications |
| 03.06.2016 | Prof. Nicolas Giuseppone | Université de Strasbourg (France) | Dynamic Sypramolecular Polymers as Functional Materials |
| 22.06.2016 | Prof. Jong-In Hong | Seoul National University (Korea) | Fluorescent Probes for Biological Phosphates and their Bioanalytical Applications |
| 27.06.2016 | Dr. Vjekoslav Dekaris | Chem, Cell Press, Cambridge, MA (USA) | Publishing in Chem Cell Press |
| 27.06.2016 | Prof. Donglin Jiang | Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Japan) | Two-Dimensional Covalent Polymers and Organic Frameworks: Opportunity and Challenge |
| 01.07.2016 | Prof. Zhaomin Hou | Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory and Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN (Japan) | Activation and Transformation of Small Molcules by Transition Metal Catalysts |
| 04.07.2016 | Prof. Geoffrey W. Coates | Cornell University (USA) | Bimetallic Catalysts – Are Two Metals Better than One? |
| 08.07.2016 | Prof. Viktor V. Zhdankin | University of Minnesota Duluth (USA) | Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry |
| 11.07.2016 | Prof. Michael North | Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, University of York (United Kingdom) | CO2 Separation and Utilisation |
| 13.09.2016 | Prof. Ron Naaman | Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel) | The Electron’s Spin and Molecular Chirality- from Spintronics to Efficient Water Splitting |
| 22.09.2016 | Dr. Anna Troeger | Wiley VCH, Weinheim (Germany) | Publishing in Material Science-Editor, Reviewer & Author Responsabilities |
| 30.09.2016 | Dr. Stefan Marx | BASF (Germany) | Research at BASF |
| 05.10.2016 | Prof. Andreas Pfaltz | University of Basel (Switzerland) | Asymmetric Hydrogenation with Chiral Iridium Catalysts |
| 07.10.2016 | Prof. Ross A. Widenhoefer | Duke University, Durham (USA) | Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects of Gold(I) π-Activation Catalysis |
| 14.10.2016 | Prof. Nan Zheng | University of Arkansas (USA) | Development of Annulation Reactions of Cyclopropylanilines and Cyclobutylanilines by Visible Light Photocatalysis |
| 04.11.2016 | Prof. Michael Shatruk | Florida State University (USA) | Exploring Magnetic Bistability in Molecular Materials: Spin Crossover, Light-Induced Radical Trapping, and Plastic Phases |
| 11.11.2016 | Prof. Christian Amatore | Ecole Normale Supérieure, UPMC and CNRS (France) | Palladium Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions: A Few Mechanistic Truths beyond a Nobel Prize |
| 18.11.2016 | Prof. David Procter | University of Manchester (United Kingdom) | From Radical Cascades to Metal-Free C-H Couplings: New Methods for Target Syntesis |
| 25.11.2016 | Prof. Dr. Stefan Jaroch | Bayer Pharma AG (Germany) | Open Innovation at Bayer Pharma |
| 02.12.2016 | Prof. Dr. Serena DeBeer | Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (Germany) and Cornell University (USA) | Making and Breaking Bonds: New Insights into Catalytic Processes Using Advanced X-ray Spectroscopic Approaches |
| 12.12.2016 | Prof. Silas Cook | Indiana University, Bloomington (USA) | Changing Perceptions: Advancing the Scope of Cross Coupling Through Radical Organometallics |
| 15.12.2016 | Prof. Keiichi Tomishige | Tohoku University (Japan) | Deoxydehydration Reactions over Heterogeneous Re Catalysts on CeO2 Using Hydrogen as a Reductant for the Production of Biomass-derived Chemicals |
| 19.12.2016 | Prof. Frank Wuerthner | Universität Würzburg (Germany) | Dye Assemblies for Artificial Photosynthesis |