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Group information and news. The Daily Mail Newspaper ran a story on some
of the group’s research on the prebiotic genesis of carbohydrates. Congratulations
to Laurence who is the only group member to have been cited by a national
newspaper! The Daily Mail article can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/83pkuhd and the original paper here: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2011/ob/c1ob06798b
Congratulations Laurence and Joby who passed their PhD vivas
in Nov 2011. Well done Nimesh who was appointed as
an organic chemistry teaching fellow at the University of York in Oct 2011. Is
Nimesh a poacher turned gamekeeper? Congratulations Mudassar, Andrew
and Nimesh who
all passed their PhD vivas in Dec 2010. Mudassar is
taking up an academic position in Pakistan, Andrew is considering the
opportunities a PhD gives him and Nimesh is rejoining the group in Jan 2011
as a Wellcome VIP Fellow. The Group Welcomes Kristaps
Ermanis and Bun Yeung who joined the group in Oct 2010 to conduct
postgraduate research. The Group’s Paper on the
Prebiotic Synthesis of (D)-Threose and (D)-Erythrose has been highlighted
as a HOT ARTICLE on the Chem. Comm.
website on 17th June 2010. Well done Joby
on winning first prize in the RSC organic division’s regional meeting poster
competition which was held in Durham on 15th April 2010. Welcome to Nadia and Myriam who both joined the group as ERASMUS
students in April. Good Luck to Joby,
who
has been selected to give a lecture at the SCI postgraduate symposium in Good Luck for the Future Elin. Elin left the
group at the end of 2009. She has now moved to Congratulations Jason! Jason Hargreaves
has been awarded a PhD in Nov 2009 for his work on the total synthesis of phorboxazole B. Jason is off to a postdoctoral research
position in The Group Welcomes Zhuo Ma, who has joined the group in Oct 2009, from
China to study for a PhD. Dr. Paul Clarke has been made a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Welcome to Dominik
Bucher who
joined the group as a visiting student from The Group’s method for the PASE synthesis of piperidines detailed in Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 5209 has been used by Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India to synthesise compounds with sub-micromolar anti-malarial activity. See Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2009, 17, 625. Congratulations to Soraia and
Gabriele who
were both awarded their PhDs in November 2008.
Soraia is continuing to work at Peakdale, while
Gabriele has moved back to Group’s Paper on the
Four-Component Piperidine Synthesis has been highlighted
in Synfacts
2008, 11, 1026. Welcome to Philip Sellars who joined the group
as a PhD student in Oct 2008. Dr. Paul Clarke is on a lecture tour
of Welcome to Dr. Elin Abraham who joined the group in May 2008. Elin is working on the total synthesis of phorboxazole B. Good Luck and Best Wishes to
Soraia, Gabriele and Maggie who left the group at the end of 2007. Soraia
and Gabriele have secured jobs at Peakdale and
Maggie is starting a PhD at Welcome to Dr. Dan Woollaston who joined the group
in Jan 2008. Group’s Paper on the Pot, Atom
and Step Ecomonic (PASE) synthesis of highly substituted piperidines
has been highlighted in Synfacts 2007, 10, 1031. Welcome to Joby
Winn and Laurence Burroughs who joined the group in
Oct 2007 as PhD students. EPSRC funds a research grant for a postdoc and student to conduct the total synthesis of the
pinguisane-type sesquiterpenoid
natural products. The grant starts Oct 1st 2007. Dr. Paul Clarke will be giving his
Roche Lecture at the Roche site in Congratulations Andrew! Andrew Cridland was
awarded a PhD on 24th July 2007, for his work on the synthesis of
the ABC-rings of hexacyclinic acid. Andy is now
working at the GSK site in Dr. Paul Clarke is giving an invited
lecture at the US-UK Synthesis workshop in Dr. Paul Clarke is on a lecture tour
of Florie Lavigne joined the group in April 2007 as an
Erasmus exchange student. Good luck Wencke. Wencke left the group
at the end of April 2007 after working in the group for two years. We wish Wencke all the best for the future. Gabriele Rolla and Soraia Santos presented posters at the ACS meeting in Mudassar Iqbal joined the group
in Jan 2007 as a Higher
Education Commission of Pakistan 10% Overseas Scholar, studying towards a
PhD. Dr. Paul Clarke awarded a Pfizer bursary
for the 2007 RSC Cambridge Synthesis Meeting. Congratulations! Richard Black awarded a PhD on 13th November 2006,
for his work on the transannulation reactions of nine membered rings and their application to natural product
synthesis. Richard is moving to We are please to welcome Andrew Reeder, Nimesh Mistry, Dr. Andrey Zaytzev and Mei-Hsuan Tsai who joined the group on 2nd Oct
2006. Good luck Mat. Mat Vale left the
group at the end of July 2006 to embark upon a postgraduate medical degree at
Goodbye Nigel. Nigel Bainbridge left
the group at the end of June 2006 to take up a position as a research chemist
at Evotec. We wish Nigel all the best in his new
job. Congratulations Andrew! Andrew
Cridland has secured a job as a medicinal chemist at GSK, Harlow. Andy will
start work at GSK after he has finished his PhD studies in January 2007. Dr. Paul Clarke awarded an
AstraZeneca collaborative research award starting Oct 2006. Andrew Cridland gave a lecture on his research at the SCI (North) postgraduate meeting in Alastair Wilcox will join the
group in Jan 2006. The Clarke Group is moving to the Jason Hargreaves joined the group in October 2005. EPSRC Grant awarded to fund
postdoctoral research into Pot, Atom and Step Economic (PASE) synthesis of
highly functionalised heterocyclic molecules. Martin Smith awarded a PhD on 26th
Sept 2005, for his work on the lanthanide (III) salt catalysed desymmetrisation of 1, 2-diols. Congratulations Martin. Andrew Cridland wins the Leslie Crombie
Prize for best poster at the Dr. Paul Clarke awarded the Roche, Basel Collaborative Research Award
2005, and the Roche, Basel Lectureship for 2007. Dr. Wencke Steinle
joins the group in May 2005, to work on the total
synthesis of the marine natural product phorboxazole
A. Congratulations! Will Martin awarded a PhD on EPSRC Postdoc
and Studentship Grant awarded to fund
research into the total synthesis of the potent anti-cancer natural product phorboxazole A. Dr. Nigel Bainbridge
will join the group in
January 2005, to work on the total synthesis of Hexacyclinic
acid and FR182877. Gabriele Rolla and Soraia Santos
joined the group in
October 2004. EPSRC Postdoc
and Studentship Grant awarded for studies on the total synthesis of FR182877
and hexacyclinic acid. Becky Davie awarded a PhD on Will Martin wins First Prize for an
oral presentation on his Ph.D. research at the Matthew Grist awarded a PhD for his
work on a novel transannular iodocyclisation
approach to the DEF-ring cores of the natural products hexacyclinic
acid and FR182877 on Will Martin wins First Prize for an
oral presentation on his Ph.D. research at the SCI postgraduate meeting
(North) at the Dr. Paul Clarke awarded
the AstraZeneca Young Investigator Unrestricted Research Award 2003-2005. For more
information on the group please use the links on this web page or contact us
at the address below. Contact
Details Dr. Paul A.
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