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Congratulations to the Poster Prize winners at IPEROP!

31 Jan 2020

Congratulations to all three Royal Society of Chemistry Poster Presentation Prize winners at this year’s Perovskite, Organic Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics conference, IPEROP, in Tsukuba, Japan 20 – 22 January!

Chemical Science Executive Editor May Copsey attended and presented the awards to the three winners.

Chemical Science winner: Koichiro Kamimori, Waseda University, Japan
Sustainable Energy & Fuels winner: Simone Mastroianni, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Germany
Energy & Environmental Science winner: Ryota Jono, University of Tokyo, Japan

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26th International Symposium: Synthesis in Organic Chemistry

19 Aug 2019

The 26th International Symposium on Synthesis in Organic Chemistry was held in Cambridge last month, showcasing exciting work in this core area of organic chemistry – synthesis. Chemical Science, alongside Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, was proud to sponsor the event, which included talks covering a variety of aspects of modern synthesis and provided a forum for emerging methodologies and strategies.

The symposium featured talks from researchers working at the cutting-edge of synthesis in organic chemistry, including Chemical Science Associate Editor Vy Dong, Frances Arnold, Shankar Balasubramanian, Tanja Gulder, Robert Knowles, Daniele Leonori, David Nicewicz, Robert Phipps, Tobias Ritter, Tomislav Rovis, Franziska Schoenebeck, Hiroaki Suga, Edward Tate, F Dean Toste, Matthew Tudge, and William Unsworth.

Chemical Science’s Executive Editor, May Copsey, was proud to present the Poster Prizes for the meeting, sponsored by Chemical Science and Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. Congratulations to Roman Abrams (University of Bristol) and Claire Flitcroft (The University of Sydney) for winning the judge’s choice poster prizes, and to Tobias Wagener (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) and Thomas Brouder (University College Cork) for winning the participant’s vote prizes. There was a fantastic array of posters – congratulations to all those who displayed work.

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Microscale Motion and Light

09 Aug 2019

Chemical Science recently sponsored the successful Microscale Motion and Light conference which took place last month in Dresden, Germany. The event ran from the 22^nd – 26^th July and focussed on the below topics including discussion by invited speakers of the exciting new opportunities for smart materials and applications.:

Professor Tom Mallouk hands Linlin Wang her award for best poster (first prize)

Micromotion
Photochemistry
Catalysis
Active matter
Non-equilibrium-systems
Colloids
Water splitting
Electrochemistry
Light-responsive materials
Colloidal assembly

Chemical Science provided two best poster prizes which were handed out by the conference co-organiser, Professor Tom Mallouk (Penn State University, USA).

The prize winners were Linlin Wang who was awarded first prize and Tao Huang who received the second prize for best poster.

Professor Tom Mallouk (left) hands Tao Huang (right) his award for best poster (second prize)

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2019 Alberta Nanosymposium

19 Jul 2019

The 6th Alberta Nano Research Symposium was held earlier this year in May. The theme this year was NaNoTeCH: Celebrating the periodic table, with keynote speakers Dr Shirley Tang (University of Waterloo) and Dr Robert Carpick (University of Pennsylvania).

Chemical Science sponsored a poster prize, along with RSC journal Nanoscale Horizons. Congratulations to both of the prize winners from everyone at Chemical Science!

Taylor Lynk was awarded the Chemical Science Poster Prize

Nidhika Bhoria was awarded the Nanoscale Horizons Poster Prize

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Chemical biology symposium 2019

31 May 2019

The Chemical biology symposium 2019 was recently held at Burlington House in London, UK on 20th May. Chemical Science and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry were proud to support the meeting, and Chemical Science Senior Editor James Moore attended to meet with delegates and represent the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The symposium showcased the state of the art in chemical biology, bringing together the wider community with leading national and international experts in the field. The programme explored all aspects of chemical biology and highlighted the wider scope and impact of the field.

Chemical Science were proud to present Tiffany Chan from Imperial College London with the poster prize for her poster on ‘Targeted delivery of metal complexes across the blood-brain barrier for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease’.

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry were proud to present Sophie Newgas from King’s College London with the runner up poster prize for her poster on ‘Understanding the role of nitric oxide synthase in biosynthetic nitration’.

Congratulations to them both!

Tiffany Chan

Sophie Newgas

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17th Symposium on Host-Guest and Supramolecular Chemistry

31 May 2019

The 17^th Symposium on Host-Guest and Supramolecular Chemistry was held in Kanazawa, Japan, on 18^th and 19^th of May, chaired by Professor Shigehisa Akine of Kanazawa University. Professor Tatsuya Nabeshima of the University of Tsukuba and president of the Association of Research for Host-Guest and Supramolecular Chemistry was also in attendance, as was Hiromitsu Urakami on behalf of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The Chemical Science poster prize was awarded to Mr. Akihiro Kanamori of Kanazawa University for his poster on the ‘Synthesis of Salicylideneimine-Based Cryptophane Derivatives through Chiral Self-sorting and Their Guest Recognition Behavior’.

The Chemical Communications poster prize was awarded to Mr. Lingyun Hu of the University of Tokyo for his poster on the ‘Construction of Metal-responsive DNAzymes by Incorporating CuII-mediated Imidazole-4-carboxylate Base Pairing’.

The Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry poster prize was awarded to Mr. Sota Yonemura of the University of Tsukuba for his poster on the ‘Formation of Chiral Single Isomer by Metal Complexation of a β-Cyclodextrin Derivatives introduced Seven Bipyridyl Groups and Origomer Complex of the Isomer’.

Congratulations to Akihiro, Lingyun & Sota!

(From left) Hiromitsu Urakami, Tatsuya Nabeshima, Akihiro Kanamori (ChemSci poster winner), Shigehisa Akine

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry poster winner Sota Yonemura

(From left) Hiro Urakami, Tatsuya Nabeshima, Lingyun Hu (ChemComm poster winner), Shigehisa Akine

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6th RSC Analytical Biosciences Group Early Career Researcher Meeting

24 Apr 2019

Chemical Science poster prize winner Seán Doyle (left) from Maynooth University with Chemical Science Assistant Editor William King

The 6th RSC Analytical Biosciences Group Early Career Researcher Meeting was recently held at the University of Cambridge, UK from 28-29th March. Chemical Science were proud to support the meeting, and Chemical Science Assistant Editor William King attended to meet with delegates and represent the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The annual meeting is organised by the RSC Analytical Biosciences Group and aims to engage early career researchers in debate and discussions about all areas of analytical biosciences, providing the opportunity to network with other researchers in the field. Speakers gave a broad overview of the current state of the art for analytical techniques, with detailed examples of their applications in biosciences.

We were proud to present Seán Doyle from Maynooth University with the Chemical Science poster prize for his poster on ‘In vivo monitoring of cholinergic neurotransmission with a microelectrochemical choline biosensor’. Congratulations to Seán!

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Chemical Science prize winner at IPEROP19

08 Feb 2019

Chemical Science, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, and Energy & Environmental Science were delighted to recently support the Perovskite, Organic Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics (IPEROP19) conference that took place in Kyoto, Japan from 28-29^th January 2019. On behalf of the Royal Society of Chemistry, we would like to congratulate the following prize winners who won a £200 book voucher each. A particular mention to the Chemical Science winner, Chieh-Ting Lin of Professor James Durrant’s group at Imperial College London:

Chemical Science winner: Lin, Chieh-Ting (Imperial College London)
“Probing the Enhanced Stability Against Oxygen Induced Photodegradation by Selection of Transport Layer and Defect Passivation”

Energy & Environmental Science winner: Yamaguchi, Mayu (Waseda University)
“Perovskite Precursor Solution Tuned with Polymer Addition for Effective Formation of the Photovoltaic Layer”

James Durrant (Sustainable Energy & Fuels Editor-in-Chief), Mayu Yamaguchi, Juan Bisquert (Energy & Environmental Science and Sustainable Energy & Fuels Advisory Board member)

Sustainable Energy & Fuels winner Mantulnikovs, Konstantins (EPFL)
“Differential Response of the Photoluminescence and Photocurrent of Polycrystalline CH3NH3PbI3 and CH3NH3PbBr3 to the Exposure to Oxygen and Nitrogen”

Juan Bisquert (Energy & Environmental Science and Sustainable Energy & Fuels Advisory Board member), James Durrant (Sustainable Energy & Fuels Editor-in-Chief), Konstantins Mantulnikovs, Hideo Ohkita and Atsushi Wakamiya

Awards presented by James Durrant, Editor-in-Chief of Sustainable Energy & Fuels

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4th International Conference on Energy and Biological Materials

03 Oct 2018

The University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, China hosted the 4th International Conference on Energy and Biological Materials last month, September 16-18. The meeting was organised by Yi Cui (Stanford University, USA), Shuhong Yu, Jinlong Yang and Xinhe Bao (USTC) and also commemorated USTC’s 60th anniversary. The invited talks covered a wide range of topics, including materials for energy storage and conversion, catalysis and medicine, and bio-inspired materials. Chemical Science Deputy Editor Jeremy Allen, shown below, was also in attendance and talked to the delegates about ‘How to Publish’, speaking about the role of a publisher and giving a few tips about how to help get your papers noticed!

Left: Chemical Science Deputy Editor Jeremy Allen. Right: Delegates of the 4th International Conference on Energy and Biological Materials

The Royal Society of Chemistry was proud to support the meeting, offering 5 poster prizes. The winners of the prizes were:

Qiaofeng Yao (National University of Singapore) for ‘Toward total synthesis of functional metal materials’
Chengbin Jin (Zhejiang University of Technology) for ‘Green biomass for Li metal batteries’
Wen Luo (Wuhan University of Science and Technology) for ‘Encapsulating segment-like antimony nanorod in hollow carbon nanotube as a high-performance anode for rechargeable K-ion battery’
Hongliang Li (University of Science and Technology of China) for ‘Strong metal-support interaction in single-atom catalysts’
Xiuqiang Li (Nanjing University) for ‘Enhancement of interfacial solar vapor generation by environmental energy’

From Left to Right: Qiaofeng Yao, Chengbin Jin, Wen Luo, Hongliang, Li, Xiuqiang Li, Jeremy Allen

Well done to all of the prize winners from everyone at Chemical Science!

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Nanotechnology for Energy and the Environment Symposium 2018

11 Sep 2018

The RSC Chemical Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Group Annual Symposium 2018 was held at Burlington House, London on 6th-7th September. The Royal Society of Chemistry were delighted to support this event, which featured an excellent line up of speakers.

Congratulations to:

Qian Guo (Queen Mary University of London) on winning the Chemical Science poster prize

Amira Alazmi (KAUST) on winning the Nanoscale poster prize

Christopher Windle (University College London) on winning the Nanoscale Horizons poster prize

The Chemical Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Group also offered an award for the best early career researcher talk. Congratulations to Jijia Xie (University College London) on winning this prize.


Qian Guo receiving the Chemical Science poster prize	Amira Alazmi receiving the Nanoscale poster prize

Christopher Windle receiving the Nanoscale Horizons poster prize	Jijia Xie receiving the CNN group talk prize