Paradisi Research Retreat 2020

This year has started very well, the Nottingham cohort came to Bern for the first Paradisi Research Retreat. It has been a great few days with a lot of scientific discussions and a trip to the Alps for snowshoe walk in one of the most scenic places nearby.  We have very ambitious plans for 2020. […]

2019 Round-up!

What a year this has been! We have now moved to the University of Bern, all the fantastic labs are (nearly!) up and running (stay tuned for a full tour as we will officially open them in early 2020), David and Eimear have successfully defended their PhD and are now in Bern working on exciting […]

Eimear’s Viva

And then it was Eimear’s turn to defend her thesis and she did great! Very well done, and many thanks to Prof. Diego Romano (University of Milan) and Dr. Klaus Winzer (University of Nottingham) for evaluating the thesis and providing stimulating discussions. Related Posts

David’s Viva !

Well done David for passing his viva, and thanks so much to ⁦Aurelio Hidalgo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)⁩ for being a brilliant extern! Related Posts

M. Curie dissemination

It’s time for dissemination for Martina and her AROMAs FLOW project. She was invited as speaker at “Innovation and sustainability in organic synthesis and drug development”, Flow Chemistry section (Pavia, Italy) and to hold a lecture at “La chimica degli alimenti e i giovani ricercatori: nuovi approcci in tema di qualità, sicurezza e aspetti funzionali […]

Biotrans 2019

Inspiring talk by Frances Arnold, Chemistry Nobel Prize 2018 at Biotrans 2019. The group was amazed listening to enzyme directed evolution! Related Posts

IMTB Conference

Amazing talks at IMTB conference in Dubrovnik. Fran was invited as speaker for the Flow Biocatalysis section while Maria was selected for a poster pitch. Congrats to Martina for winning the Best poster award and the Reaction Chemistry & Enginnering poster prize! Related Posts

We are moving to the University of Bern in 2019!

So we have some news…the group will move to the University of Bern during the Summer, I am delighted to have been given this opportunity, I will take up the position of Professor of Pharmaceutical and Bioorganic  Chemistry to help developing a degree in Pharmacy. Our research will continue of course, sustainability is a top […]