It’s been a little over a month since BOSSXVIII came to an end. It was a week full of impressive talks covering different areas within organic chemistry. A week with some great poster sessions and great poster prizes! A week with full of wonderful networking opportunities! No need to take our word for it: the feedback poles are in and the BOSS attendees agree!
At CiTOS, we are happy to have contributed to this great conference in organic synthesis. We are proud of our Belgian community of scientists and thankful to the wonderful speakers who joined in to share with the world their most recent advances.
After two years of working towards this conference, the conclusion of the BOSS marks the end of a wonderful chapter for CiTOS and will now remain as a happy memory of a very special week.
Post! June brought two PhD students from the University of Puerto Rico for a short research internship at CiTOS. Nicole and Grecia are part of the team working on the synthesis of APIs from biosourced starting materials. Nicole specializes in the use of process analytical technology (PAT) while Grecia works on the optimization of synthetic protocols using flow chemistry. Their project is part of our collaboration work with Dr. Cornelis Vlaar and Dr. Torsten Stelzer (University of Puerto Rico) and Dr. Alan Myrson (MIT), with NIPTE and the US-FDA.
It’s time to meet up at the Palais des Congrès for the XVIII edition of the Belgian Organic Chemistry Symposium. We’ve worked hard all year to prepare another great edition of this world-renowned conference in Organic Chemistry. Among the things to look forward to: the master class for Tetrahedron Chair Sarah Reisman; the conferring of the Janssen Prize to Melanie Sanford; Poster prizes from both the RSC and the ACS; and an amazing line up of speakers from all over the world.
Presenting new CiTOS member: François Mazars! After obtaining a master in green chemistry at the University of Toulouse in France, he completed his PhD in organometallic chemistry in the Laboratory of Catalysis at the University of Liège. Now, he joins the CiTOS as a postdoctoral researcher and teaching assistant. He will work on the neutralization of chemical warfare agents under continuous flow.
We are happy to welcome Matteo Salvi, a PhD student in organic chemistry from the University of Siena (Italy) and is carrying out his research work at the CNR-ICCOM in Florence (Italy). His PhD work is part of a collaboration with the pharmaceutical company Dipharma Francis S.r.l, based in Milan (Italy).
Our lab has now been equipped with two automized Vapoutec systems, ready to perform new projects in flow chemistry! Our reactor are equipped in PFA, Stainless-steel and Hastelloy reactor coils, and are ready to pump anything in high-pressure, with corrosive feed solutions or feed containing suspensions. Automatic collectors and online detectors allow us to perform multiple pre-programmed reactions.
To be honest, at CiTOS we typically build the reactors ourselves. And we will continue to do so! But considering Vapourtec’s reputation and broad use in industrial settings, we decided to add this impressive equipment to our facilities and thus increase our offerings to our partners.
We are thrilled to learn about JC’s award from Corning Advanced Flow Reactors! It’s been a little over 10 years since the beginning of CiTOS. During this time, the lab has grown significantly, in number of members, amount of equipment, but most importantly, in contributions to science and the field of flow chemistry. The prize comes to crown this growth and has been highly celebrated by the lab and our friends. The Corning International Prize for Outstanding Work in Continuous-Flow Reactors has been awarded only once before to Prof. Klavs Jensen from MIT.