The Dydio Group moves to the University of Cambridge

It is our pleasure to announce that the Dydio Group moves to the University of Cambridge from the University of Strasbourg.

After wonderful 7 years at ISIS (Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires) the Dydio Group has moved to the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge.

We would like to thank all the present and former group members for their dedicated work, all the members of ISIS for providing a stimulating environment for research and all the technical and administrative staff for their constant help!

We are looking forward to continue our research at the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry and are excited to meet all the researchers at the University of Cambridge.

Congratulations to Dr. Lukas Veth

After an excellent presentation and a thorough scientific discussion with the jury members – Prof. Martin Oestreich, Dr. Adrien Quintard, Dr. Stéphane Bellemin-Laponnaz, Lukas successfully defended his PhD thesis and was granted a doctorate title. Congratulations and good luck for the future! Special thanks to the jury members!

Congratulations to Dr. Sebastián Martínez

After an excellent presentation and a thorough scientific discussion with the jury members – Prof. Bill Morandi, Prof. Bas de Bruin, Prof. Philippe Dauban, Dr. Joanna Wencel-Delord, and Prof. Thomas Ebbesen, Sebastián successfully defended his PhD thesis and was granted a doctorate title. Congratulations and good luck for the future! Special thanks to the jury members!

New publication in JACS!

The paper on the study of a highly selective and exceptionally active catalyst system that is driven by a novel activation strategy and features a unique Pd(I)–Pd(I) mechanism has been published as an Article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. This method enables β-selective hydroformylation of a large range of alkenes and alkynes, including sensitive starting materials!

Congrats to all!

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.0c09254