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Poster prize winners at ICOMC 2016 Conference

03 Aug 2016

Here’s to the Dalton Transactions best poster prize winners: Mr Ramaraj Ayyappan (Indian Institute of Science, India) and Ms Sabrina Khoo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) at the 27^thInternational Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC 2016).

Dalton poster prize winners (left to right): Mr Ramaraj Ayyappan, (Indian Institute of Science, India) and Ms Sabrina Khoo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

The conference took place in Melbourne, Australia from the 17^th– 22^ndJuly with the aim of forming a successful meeting point for scientists active in various fields of organometallic chemistry and all related disciplines and applications worldwide.

Plenary guest speakers included former Dalton Transactions Chair Professor Philip Mountford amongst others and our newest Associate Editor, Richard Layfield attended as a keynote speaker. Our Editorial Board member, Polly Arnold was also in attendance to give a keynote talk.

Further details about the conference can be found here along with information about the next conference which will take place in Florence, Italy in 2018.

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British Zeolite Association meeting 2016 prize winner

25 Apr 2016

The 39th annual British Zeolite Association meeting was held on 21-23 March, 2016, at the University of Bath, UK. During the event, keynote lectures were given by Professor Richard Catlow, UCL, UK, Professor Diego Gatta, University of Milan, Italy, Professor Svetlana Mintova, CNRS & University of Caen, France and Dr Matthias Thommes, Quantachrome Instruments.

The Dalton Transactions poster prize was awarded to Huan V. Doan, a PhD student at the Unitversity of Bath’s Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, for his poster entitled: “Synthesis of hierarchical metal-organic frameworks in CO₂ expanded solvent systems.” Huan’s research shows that CO₂-expanded synthesis modifies the porosity and crystallite size of the material and could lead to promising control of MOF formation for a variety of applications with reduced environmental impact.

Please join us in congratulating Huan!

Huan V. Doan next to his poster

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Poster prize at the first University of California Symposium for Chemical Sciences

25 Apr 2016

We are delighted to announce that the University of California Symposium for Chemical Sciences Dalton Transactions poster prize was awarded to Allie Yingyao Chen, during the event held from 21-23 March 2016, at the, UCLA Lake Arrowhead conference centre, USA. This was the first symposium of its kind and brought graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from across the University of California together, to network and start up new collaborations.

Poster prize winner, Allie, is a second year graduate student working on the synthesis of small molecule inhibitors for metalloproteins. This work is carried out under the guidance of Professor Seth Cohen at the University of California, San Diego, USA. Please join us in congratulating Allie on this achievement!



A selection of photos from the symposium – Beverly Chou

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Perspectives and Frontiers by RSC award winners

16 Feb 2016

We are delighted to present a selection of recently-published Dalton Transactions Perspective and Frontier articles by recent winners of Royal Society of Chemistry awards.

Dr Adrian Chaplin: 2015 Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize winner

NHC-based pincer ligands: carbenes with a bite
Rhiann E. Andrew, Lucero González-Sebastián and Adrian B. Chaplin
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 1299
DOI:10.1039/C5DT04429D

In this frontier article we overview the emergence and scope of NHC-based CCC and CNC pincer systems, i.e. complexes containing mer-tridentate ligands bearing two NHC donor groups, comment on their effectiveness in applications, and highlight areas for future development and exploitation.

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Professor Paul Dyson: 2015 Bioinorganic Chemistry Award winner

Metal-based drugs that break the rules
Claire S. Allardyce and Paul J. Dyson*
Dalton Trans., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03919C

Cisplatin and other platinum compounds have had a huge impact in the treatment of cancers and are applied in the majority of anticancer chemotherapeutic regimens. The success of these compounds has biased the approaches used to discover new metal-based anticancer drugs. In this perspective we highlight compounds that are apparently incompatible with the more classical (platinum-derived) concepts employed in the development of metal-based anticancer drugs, with respect to both compound design and the approaches used to validate their utility. Possible design approaches for the future are also suggested.

Dr Kogularamanan Suntharalingam: Dalton Young Researchers Award 2014 Winner

Advances in cobalt complexes as anticancer agents
Catherine R. Munteanu and Kogularamanan Suntharalingam*
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 13796-13808
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02101D

The evolution of resistance to traditional platinum-based anticancer drugs has compelled researchers to investigate the cytostatic properties of alternative transition metal-based compounds. The anticancer potential of cobalt complexes has been extensively studied over the last three decades, and much time has been devoted to understanding their mechanisms of action. This perspective catalogues the development of antiproliferative cobalt complexes, and provides an in depth analysis of their mode of action.

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We will continue you update this blog post as more articles are published.

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Report from the Northern Postdoctoral Researchers Meeting

25 Nov 2015

The Northern Postdoctoral researchers meeting took place on May 28^that the School of Chemistry and Zochonis Building, The University of Manchester. This was the fourth of a series of events organised by the Chemistry Postdoctoral Society for the academic year 2014/15, included in the proposal funded by the Dalton Division Committee through the Small Grants for Scientific Activities scheme.

The purpose of the meeting was to gather young scientists from the Northern and North-West region, giving the chance to showcase their research and offering also a great networking opportunity. The event was free to attend and saw the participation of around 70 attendants between Postdocs and PhDs coming from the University of Manchester, University of Liverpool, University of Huddersfield, University of Sheffield, University of Hull, University of York, and University of Leeds.

Postdoctoral researchers selected from Northern institutions (Manchester, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds and Liverpool) offered research talks which spread across a wide range of topics in chemistry. The quality of the talks and of the research presented was outstanding, leading also to a great interaction between the audience and the speakers.

After the coffee break, the meeting was moved to the foyer of the School of Chemistry were the poster session took place, featuring over 30 contribution from Postdocs and PhD from various Northern institutions. At the end of the poster session, two prizes were awarded, sponsored by Dalton Transactions. The winner of the prize for the best postgraduate poster went to Luke Wilkinson (University of Sheffield), whilst the prize for the best poster from a postdoctoral researcher was awarded to Kevin Vincent (University of Huddersfield).

Dr Fabrizio Ortu (right) with poster prize winners Kevin Vincent (University of Huddersfield) and Luke Wilkinson (University of Sheffield)

In general, we received very enthusiastic feedback about the meeting. In particular, visiting postdoctoral researchers had high praises for the work of the Postdoctoral Society and offered to organise another event analogous to this in one year’s time.

The meeting was kindly supported by the RSC Dalton Division and the School of Chemistry (UoM). Furthermore the Postdoctoral Society obtained additional support from Fluorochem, Sigma-Aldrich and TCI. Dalton Transactions was acknowledged during the opening and closing remarks of the conference; additionally the Dalton Transactions logo was included in the conference material.

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Lectureship awards & Poster prizes at the 5th Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry

03 Nov 2015

Poster prize winners with Dalton Transactions Editor, Andrew Shore

Many congratulations to the Dalton Transactions Lectureship and Poster prize winners who were awarded at the 5^thAsian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACCC5) which took from the 12^th– 16^thJuly 2015 in Hong Kong.

Recipients of the Lectureship were: John Nitzchke, David Parker and Philip Mountford who is currently the Editorial Board Chair for Dalton Transactions.

The conference is one of the largest regional conferences in Asia; focussing on the area of coordination chemistry and providing a forum for inorganic and coordination chemists to meet and discuss ideas on the most frontier research topics as well as an opportunity to present their most recent research findings.

Further information regarding the conference can be found here.

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Dalton Transactions in Japan

28 Jul 2014

Members of our Editorial Board recently awarded Dalton Transactions certificates to two attendees at conferences in Japan.

The XXVI International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC 2014) was held in Sapporo on 13th – 18th July with over 1100 participants in attendance.

Professors Fryzuk & Mountford

Professor Michael Fryzuk recieving his certificate from Professor Philip Mountford

Professor Philip Mountford (University of Oxford), Chair of the Dalton Transactions Editorial Board, was on hand to present Professor Michael Fryzuk (University of British Columbia) with a certificate commemorating his Dalton Transactions-sponsored lecture.

Professor Fryzuk gave an excellent talk on nitrogen fixation using organometallic species which was well attended by conference delegates.

After the conference, a number of speakers attended a post-ICOMC symposium at Osaka University on 19th July 2014. The meeting was attended by 150 students and local professors and featured talks from Professors Jun Okuda and Matthias Tam (both members of the Dalton Transactions Advisory Board), Professor John Arnold (Dalton Transactions Associate Editor) and Professor Mountford.

John Arnold, Philip Mountford and Kento Kawakita

Mr Kento Kawakita (right) recieving his certificate from Professors John Arnold (left) and Philip Mountford (centre).

50 posters were presented during the conference, with Mr Kento Kawakita, from the group of Professor Kazushi Mashima (Osaka University and Dalton Transactions Advisory Board), being awarded a Dalton Transactions prize for best poster by Professors Mountford and Arnold.

Congratulations to both Professor Fryzuk and Mr Kawakita!

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Winners at the X Congresso del Gruppo Interdivisionale di Chimica Organometallica

19 Jul 2012

Blerina Gjoka (left) and Daniela Intrieri (right) after winning their Dalton Transactions Poster Prizes at the X Co.G.I.C.O

The Congresso del Gruppo Interdivisionale di Chimica Organometallica della Societa’ Chimica Italiana (Co.G.I.C.O) recently held their 10th meeting in the beautiful city of Padua, in the North of Italy. Founded in 1991, the group meets every 2 years to discuss recent developments in the field of organometallic chemistry.

Attracting established international scientists and young researchers alike, this year the delegates enjoyed a range of talks from the plenary speakers:

Paul J. Dyson, Lausanne, “Organoruthenium agents for the treatment of invasive tumours”

Steven P. Nolan, St Andrews, “Recent advances in late transition metal-NHC mediated catalysis”

Kay Severin, Lausanne, “Chemistry with organometallic half-sandwich complexes: sensors, nanostructures, and catalysts”

Christophe Coperet, Zurich, “Control functionalization of surfaces towards single-site catalysts”

Poster sessions were also held during the meeting and we are delighted to announce that the winners of the two Dalton Transactions Poster Prize’s were Daniela Intrieri of Università degli Studi di Milano, and Blerina Gjoka of Università degli studi di Padova.

Daniela’s poster was on the topic of ‘Ru(TPP)CO-Catalysed 2-Azido Biaryls Annulation to Afford Phenanthridine and Dihydrophenanthridine Derivatives’, and Blerina’s on ‘Iron(III) Amino Triphenolate Complexes as Catalysts for CO2 Fixation’.

See the conference homepage for more details

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Poster prize winner Dr Subash Sahoo at the ACC3

16 Nov 2011

We are very pleased to report that at the 3rd Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACC-3), Dr Subash Sahoo, from the group of Prof. Rahul Banerjee of the National Chemical Laboratory in Pune, was awarded the Dalton Transactions poster prize! His winning poster focussed on chiral coordination networks and proton conductivity along helical chains of hydrogen-bonded water molecules. More details of the conference can be found here.

Professor P. K. Bharadwaj (left) accepting the poster prize on behalf of Dr Subash Sahoo. The prize was awarded by Professor Mike Ward (right), Editor-in-Chief of RSC Advances

Dr Sahoo was awarded a Dalton Transactions certificate and a copy of the book Coordination polymers: design, analysis and application, which unfortunately he could not receive in person, but was accepted on his behalf by Prof. P. K. Bharadwaj.

The RSC Advances poster prize was awarded to Sandeep Kumar Dey for his poster on anion binding and host-guest chemistry with tripodal ligands, details for which can be found on the RSC Advances Blog.

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Caroline Knapp wins again at the CCDG 2011 meeting

08 Aug 2011

I am delighted to report that Caroline Knapp was the winner of the Dalton Transactions Poster Prize for the second time at the recent Coordination Chemistry Discussion Group (CCDG) meeting! The annual meeting of the CCDG was held at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK from the 7-8 July 2011. Caroline is a member of Jose Goicoechea’s group at the University of Oxford. Congratulations Caroline!

Find out more about Caroline’s research on Zintl ions in her recent Dalton Transactions articles :

A versatile salt-metathesis route to heteroatomic clusters derived from phosphorus and arsenic Zintl anions
Caroline M. Knapp, Joseph S. Large, Nicholas H. Rees and Jose M. Goicoechea
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 735-745

Reactivity studies of group 15 Zintl ions towards homoleptic post-transition metal organometallics: a ‘bottom-up’ approach to bimetallic molecular clusters
Caroline Knapp, Binbin Zhou, Mark S. Denning, Nicholas H. Rees and Jose M. Goicoechea
Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 426-436

The meeting itself was a great success featuring a wide spread in coordination chemistry from actinides to artificial photosynthesis and magnetism to MOFs. The meeting saw excellent talks by keynote speakers, such as Polly Arnold (Edinburgh) and Jean-Francois Carpentier (Rennes), in addition to some great postgraduate presentations. I particularly enjoyed the great conference dinner ‘by the pitch’ at Delia Smith’s restaurant in Norwich City Football Club! Thanks to all those at UEA who organised this year’s exciting CCDG meeting.

If you attended the meeting yourself, do let us know how you got on by posting a comment below….. What talk did you find most interesting? Did you enjoy eating in the stadium?

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