Complementary training
Courses
Hands-on training activities
Thermal Analysis Seminar: DSC and TGA Techniques Francesc Català (Mettler Toledo) – May 13th
UHPLC (Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography) Seminar Marta Borrull (Waters) – 19th June
SFC (Supercritical Fluid Chromatography) Seminar Alberto Méndez (Waters) – 28th July
High Throughput Experimentation: The Idea and The Lab Dr. Xisco Caldentey (ICIQ) – 14th March
Patent in-house training
Industrial property management and entrepreneurship (Dr. Frédéric Ratel, IP Unit manager – May 22nd, 2014)
Intellectual Property (IP) for researchers in Chemistry and related fields (Prof. Pascual Segura, Centre de Patents de la UB – June16th, 2014)
Knowledge transfer and valorization of research results (Joan Solís, Avor Consulting – October 30th, 2014)
CSOL course
Design of Experiments for Reaction Optimization (Dr. Fernando Bravo, CSOL’s manager.-June 13th, 2014).
Language courses
Free of charge language courses (Catalan, Spanish and English) for ICIQ’s staff members.
ICIQ Seminar Programme
| Date | Professor | Lecture | University |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17.01.2014 | Dr. Xavi Ribas | Cu(I)/Cu(III) Catalytic Cycle Involved in Cross-Coupling Reactions. Model Systems For Unraveling Fundamental Transition Metal Redox Processes | Universitat de Girona (Spain) |
| 31.01.2014 | Prof. Charlotte K. Williams | Catalytic Activation of Renewable Resources for the Synthesis of Fuel (Methanol) and Polymers | Imperial College London (United Kingdom) |
| 14.02.2014 | Prof. Géraldine Masson | Enantioselective Organocatalytic Cycloadditions via Hydrogen Bond Catalysis | ICSN, Institut de Chemie des Substances Naturelles (France) |
| 21.02.2014 | Prof. Herbert Mayr | Mythology in Organic Chemistry: A Kinetic Analysis | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany) |
| 24.02.2014 | Prof. Qi-Lin Zhou | Asymmetric Hydrogenation with Chiral Spiro Catalysts | Nankai University (China) |
| 28.02.2014 | Prof. Karl-Heinz Ernst | Aspects of Surface Chirality: From Sergeants-and-Soldiers to Unidirectional Movement | Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Switzerland) |
| 14.03.2014 | Prof. Michael Mastalerz | Shape – Persistent Organic Cage Compounds – From Mircroporous to Mesoporous Processable Materials | Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Germany) |
| 31.03.2014 | Prof. Dr. Gerhard Erker | Frustrated Lewis Pairs: Principles and Some Recent Results | Westfälische Wilhems-Universität Münster (Germany) |
| 08.04.2014 | Prof. Kuiling Ding | Chiral Catalyst Evolution: Rational Design and Serendipity | Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS (China) |
| 12.04.2014 | Charles Goehry and Asraa Ziadi | ICIQ Young Seminar | Institut Català d’Investigació Química (Spain) |
| 25.04.2014 | Prof. Yasushi Tsuji | Addition of Carbonyl Functionalities to Carbon-Carbon Multiple Bonds Catalyzed by a Transition-metal Complex | Kyoto University (Japan) |
| 16.05.2014 | Prof. Pierangelo Metrangolo | Halogen Bonding: From Crystal Engineering to Function Engineering | Politecnico di Milano (Italy) |
| 20.05.2014 | Prof. Sensuke Ogoshi | Nickel-Catalyzed Transformation of Carbonyl Compounds via Nickelacycle Intermediates | Osaka University (Japan) |
| 23.05.2014 | Prof. Ronny Neumann | Catalytic Transformations with Polyoxometalates – New Mechanistic Paradigms and Transformations | Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel) |
| 06.06.2014 | Prof. M. Carmen Carreño | Domino Reactions with Quinones and Quinols: A Direct Access to Polycyclic Structures | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) |
| 11.06.2014 | Prof. Johannes Barth | Nanochemistry at Surfaces – From Single Molecules to Novel Functionalities and Complex Ensembles | Technische Universität München (Germany) |
| 23.06.2014 | Prof. William B. Tolman | Copper Oxygen Intermediates Relevant to Metalloenzymes and Other Oxidation Catalysts | University of Minnesota (USA) |
| 26.06.2014 | Prof. Karl A. Scheidt | Cooperative Carbene Catalysis | Northwestern University (USA) |
| 27.06.2014 | Prof. Lanny S. Liebeskind | Organo- and Transition Metal Co-catalytic, Redox Coupled Dehydrative Bond Construction. A Paradigm for the Efficient and Economical Formation of C-N, C-O and C-C Bonds | Emory University (USA) |
| 03.07.2014 | Dr. Timothy A. Cernak | C-H Functionalization as an Enabling Tool for Drug Discovery | Merk, Sharp & Dohme (Boston Discovery Chemistry (USA) |
| 11.07.2014 | Prof. Bernard R. Langlois | Introduction of Emerging Substituents Combining Fluorine, Sulfur, Nitrogen or Oxygen:SCF3, NHSCF3, OCF3 | Université Claude Bernard Lyon, 1 (France) |
| 04.09.2014 | Dr. Oscar Delgado | Discovery of Potent and Orally Bioavailable BACE-1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease | Janssen Research and Development (Spain) |
| 19.09.2014 | Dr. Dimas G. De Oteyza | Functional Materials Synthesized by On-Surface Chemistry | Donostiarra International Physics Center (Spain) |
| 26.09.2014 | Prof. Miguel Á. Miranda | Photosensitized Chemistry of DNA | Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain) |
| 01.10.2014 | Prof. Donna G. Blackmond | Mechanistic Studies in Asymmetric Organocatalysis: A Novel Paradigm For Stereocontrol | The Scripps Research University, La Jolla (USA) |
| 10.10.2014 | Prof. Martin Albercht | Oxidation Catalysis and Activation of Strong Bonds – Exploiting Unique Features of Mesoionic C-donor Ligands | University College Dublin (Ireland) |
| 13.10.2014 | Prof. Olafs Daugulis | Direct Functionalization of sp2 and sp3 Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds | University of Houston (USA) |
| 15.10.2014 | Dr. Javier Mendiola and Dr. Ana Marí Castaño | Discovery Chemistry at Eli Lilly and Company | Lilly, Alcobendas (Spain) |
| 15.10.2014 | Prof. Alexandre Alexakis | Grignard Reagents for the Asymmetric Allylic Substitution | Université de Genève (Switzerland) |
| 17.10.2014 | Prof. Kenneth G. Caulton | Systematic Development of New Redox-Noninnocent Ligands | Indiana University (USA) |
| 31.10.2014 | Prof. Luis A. Oro | Parent Amido and Imido Iridium Diolefin Complexes: N-H Activation of Ammonia | Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain) |
| 07.11.2014 | Prof. Hans Elemans | Single Molecule Imaging of Self-Assembly and Reactivity at a Solid / Liquid Interface | Radboud Universiteit (The Nederlands) |
| 14.11.2014 | Prof. Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan | Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Tertiary Alcohols and Tetrahydroisoquinolines: Methodologies and Mechanistic Aspects | University of Groningen (The Netherlands) |
| 28.11.2014 | Prof. Mercedes Amat | Chiral Lactams as Enantiomeric Scaffolds for Alkaloids Synthesis | Universitat de Barcelona (Spain) |
International research stages
PhD Students Exchange Programme with the University of Michigan
In the 2014 Summer four PhD students move from ICIQ to University of Michigan (UM) and vice versa for a 10 weeks stays. From the Chemistry Department of the UM, professors John Montgomery, Melanie Sanford, John Wolfe, Anne J. McNeil and Corey Stepheson were the groups participating in this programme. At ICIQ, the research groups hosting the UM PhD students were those of professors Miquel A. Pericàs, Antonio M. Echavarren, Ruben Martin, Kilian Muñiz and Paolo Melchiorre. The exchange programme with the University of Michigan also includes an annual symposium alternating in location between Ann Arbor and Tarragona, under the chairmanship of professors Antonio M. Echavarren (ICIQ) and John Montgomery (UM).
Meetings and symposiums
ICIQ’s 10th Anniversary Symposium
July 16-18, 2014 / ICIQ Auditorium
http://10thanniversarysymposium.iciq.es/
Invited speakers
Peter J. Stang (University of Utah, USA)
“Biological Self-Assembly: Predesigned Metallacycles and Metallacages via Coordination”
Jin-Quan Yu (The Scripps Research Institute, USA)
“Ligand-Accelerated C-H-Activation Reactions: New Synthetic Disconnections”
Andreas Pfaltz (University of Basel, Switzerland)
“New Catalysts, Substrates, and Screening Methods for Asymmetric Synthesis”
Stephen L. Buchwald (MIT, USA)
“Metal-Catalyzed Transformations for Organic Synthesis”
David MacMillan (Princeton University, USA)
“Photoredox Catalysis in Organic Chemistry”
Phil S. Baran (The Scripps Research Institute, USA)
“Studies in Natural Product Synthesis”
Julius Rebek (The Scripps Research Institute, USA)
“Recognition and Catalysis in Deep Cavitands”
Thomas Carell (LMU München, Germany)
“New Epigenetic Bases that Expand the Genetic Code”
Pedro J. Pérez (Universidad de Huelva, Spain)
“Catalytic functionalization of the low reactive C-H bonds of hydrocarbons”
Amos B. Smith (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
“Evolution of Anion Relay Chemistry (ARC): Design, Synthesis and Validation of Recoverable Siloxane-Based Transfer Agents for Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions”
Javier Pérez-Ramírez (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
“From Research to Technical Catalyst: A Fascinating Journey”
Zoraida Freixa (Ikerbasque, Spain)
“From Homogeneous Catalysis to Photochromic Materials… and Back!”
Ramon Vilar (Imperial College London, UK)
“Metal Complexes as Molecular Tools to Understand G-Quadruplex DNA”
Mini-symposium Honouring Professor Javier de Mendoza
December 12th, 2014/ICIQ Auditorium
Invited speakers:
Jean-Pierre Sauvage (University of Strassbourg)
“Contractile and Extensible Molecular Systems: Towards Artificial Muscles”
Roeland J. M. Nolte (Nijmegen University)
“Design and Synthesis of Life-Like Molecular Systems”
Tomás Torres (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
“Subphtalocyanines: Singular Aromatic Non-Planar Molecules”
Jean-Marie Lehn (University of Strassbourg)
“Perspectives in Chemistry: From Supramolecular Chemistry to Adaptive Chemistry”
Javier de Mendoza (ICIQ)
“From UAM to ICIQ: 30 Years Playing Around Supramolecular Chemistry”