Zoya is awarded the Masson Gulland Medal and Prize!

Zoya, our MSc. student (2017-18) was awarded today the Masson Gulland Medal and Prize. This award was founded in 1990 in memory of Professor and Mrs J Masson Gulland.  Professor Gulland FRS was Sir Jesse Boot Professor of Chemistry and Head of the Chemistry Department from 1936 to 1947.  The award is given to an undergraduate […]

Larah’s graduation day!

Back in UCD, it was celebration day for the PhD gradates and here is a pic of Larah looking stunning in her gown! Well done! Related Posts

Zero-waste enzymatic reactions in flow: making biocatalysis really green

Our latest paper on flow biocatalysis has also a blog post linked to it (hosted at Nature Research Chemistry Community) where we describe the “behind the scene” of how we got to the idea of this work. You can find it here We are going to start using the #artificialenzymaticfactory join us! Related Posts

Organic Chemistry Portal

Very nice to see that our 2017 ChemCatChem paper has been spotted and highlighted in a special page of the Organic Chemistry Portal. The oxidation of amines is a hot topic! Related Posts

Congrats Larah

Congratulations to Larah, who successfully defended her thesis about enzymes deriving from the halophilic archeon Haloferax volcanii on the 5th of March! Larah was the last remaining member of the Paradisi group in UCD. We wish her the very best of luck in all of her endeavours. Related Posts

Paradisi group escaped the Crypt !!!

To prove that we are a real team, the Paradisi group was trapped inside the ancient Egyptian Crypt. Thanks to our excellent collaborative skills and intuition we were able to solve the riddles and after 54.12 minutes we finally saved Tutankhamon! Related Posts

Fantastic news for Martina!

Martina was successful in securing the highly prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship 2018. This very competitive award is a badge of honour for emerging scientist and we are delighted that she will remain in our group for two more years. This fellowship will allow Martina to further develop projects on flow-biocatalysts in collaboration also with […]

Poster Prize for Lidia!

Lidia attended an RCS meeting in London back in December (Biotransformations: from science to industrial application) and her poster won best poster award! Very well done Lidia, wine is definitely a topic that gets attention! Related Posts

Congratulations Matteo!

Very well done to Matteo who defended his thesis on the 23rd of October! The external examiner was very impressed and the group very much enjoy celebrating together at the group meeting the following day. Benny came to visit for the occasion, and to eat delicious doughnuts… We wish Matteo all the very best as […]