In an inspiring celebration of innovation and collaboration in organic chemistry, Professor Adri Minnaard, along with his colleagues Professor Branch Moody (Harvard University), and Dr. Ildiko van Rhijn (Utrecht University) from the Lipidomics Team, has been honored with the prestigious AMMODO award for their groundbreaking research on tuberculosis. This award not only acknowledges their contributions [...]
In February Adri took our groups, as a cultural treat, on a fun evening outing away from the labs. We spend the evening listening to the wonderful Noord Nederlands orkest (North Netherlands Orchestra) futuring Alma Mahler, a talented Austrian composer, conductor: Eivind Gullberg Jensen, soprano: Karin Strobos.
Our group's upcoming public PhD defenses are: January 2024 Maryam Ahmadian November 2024 November 01, 2024 - 12.45 p.m. Synthesis of lipids from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the pheromone from Margarodes prieskaensis (Jakubski) Guillaume Le Calvez Location: Academy building RUG All further dates and other details will be updated when known.
Sinterkerst 2023 As always, our yearly Sinterklaas/Christmas (Kerst)/holiday mash-up party was a lot of fun. Throughout the week, we decorated the Christmas tree at the coffee corner and indulged in all the Sinterklaas sweets provided by our lovely secretary, Janka. Then, on Friday afternoon, we kicked off our party with a pub quiz, accompanied by [...]
Academic research seldom has swift results. 'The Breakthrough' series at Ukrant is about that moment the puzzle pieces do fall into place. Adri Minnaard is futured on Episode 2: Organic chemist Adri Minnaard has finally succeeded in replicating an ichneumon wasp molecule.
“'I find it worrying that nowadays organic synthesis can often be narrowed down to just the development of building blocks. That's good in itself, but it shouldn't stop there. Synthesis is broader, you are also an architect. You are looking for structure, a function or a property and you have to build that into a [...]
After summer our group's upcoming public PhD defenses are: September Michiel Uiterweerd - "On the Synthesis of lugdunomycins and Related Metabolites from Streptomyces" The ceremony will take place on September 19, 16:15 at the academy building of the University of Groningen. October Hung Chien Lin - "Development of Sustainable Esterification Reactions and the Transformation of [...]
Every year, the Stratingh institute organizes an institute day where the entire institute gathers for a enjoyable day of activities and the opportunity to interact with colleagues from all corners of the institute. The Stratingh institute day of 2023 was held at the Biotoop in Haren, commencing in the morning with lectures and poster presentations [...]
Excited to announce that our team is one of the finalists in the challenge INNOVATE2030-SDG13 Innovation Challenge “More sustainable surfactants for home & personal cleaning products". Henkel has now selected the finalists for the Elaboration Phase, out of more than 152 program submissions. Replacing fossil based surfactants is not as easy as we think. Bio [...]
Over the years, we have consistently explored ways to enhance the environmental friendliness of our laboratories. This has included using air reflux condensers instead of water, substituting all oil baths with heating blocks, promoting chemical sharing, transitioning to electronic lab journals to streamline experimentation processes and eliminate the need for paper journals to be stored [...]
