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Research group of Prof. Dr. A. J. Minnaard

The mission of our research programme is the further development of the field of organic chemistry, in particular organic synthesis and catalysis, and its application in the study of biological phenomena.

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295. Verschut, TA, Ng, R, Doubovetzky, NP, Le Calvez, G, Sneep, JL, Minnaard, AJ, Su, C-Y, Carlsson, MA, Wertheim, B & Billeter, J-C 2023, ‘Aggregation pheromones have a non-linear effect on oviposition behavior in Drosophila melanogaster’, Nature Communications, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1544. Web

294. Marinus, N, Eisink, NNHM, Reintjens, NRM, Dijkstra, RS, Havenith, RWA, Minnaard, AJ & Witte, MD 2023, ‘A Predictive Model for the Pd-Catalyzed Site-Selective Oxidation of Diols’, Chemistry – A European Journal, vol. 29, no. 44, e202300318. Web

293. Bedard, M, van der Niet, S, Bernard, EM, Babunovic, G, Cheng, TY, Aylan, B, Grootemaat, AE, Raman, S, Botella, L, Ishikawa, E, O’Sullivan, MP, O’Leary, S, Mayfield, JA, Buter, J, Minnaard, AJ, Fortune, SM, Murphy, LO, Ory, DS, Keane, J, Yamasaki, S, Gutierrez, MG, van der Wel, N & Moody, DB 2023, ‘A terpene nucleoside from M. tuberculosis induces lysosomal lipid storage in foamy macrophages’, Journal of Clinical Investigation, vol. 133, no. 6, e161944. Web

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News from our lab

Upcoming PhD defenses 2024

Our group's upcoming public PhD defenses are: January 2024 Maryam Ahmadian   All further dates and other details will be…

Sinterkerst 2023

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After summer our group's upcoming public PhD defenses are: September Michiel Uiterweerd - "On the Synthesis of lugdunomycins and Related…

Stratingh day 2023

Every year, the Stratingh institute organizes an institute day where the entire institute gathers for a enjoyable day of activities…

We are finalists -Henkel challenge Innovate2023

Excited to announce that our team is one of the finalists in the challenge INNOVATE2030-SDG13 Innovation Challenge “More sustainable surfactants…

LEAF Bronze award for Sustainability

Over the years, we have consistently explored ways to enhance the environmental friendliness of our laboratories. This has included using…

Lunteren symposium 2023

Our group members Michiel Uiterweerd , Zonghao Lin and Daan Bunt  gave lectures during the yearly Lunteren (Wageningen) Symposium. The…

Ganoderma mushroom synthesis

For the first time, a number of substances from the mushroom family Ganoderma have been combined in a total synthesis.…

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Sometimes we explore new worlds and team up together. After having a look into the big scale labs of neighboring…