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Twitter for McGlacken Group @UCC ran by the SOS (Sustainable Organic Synthesis) Group and Ger (Organic Chemist and Vice-Dean of Research and Innovation at SEFS)
Joined March 2022
Delighted to announce that our group has been granted a €1 million award as part of the @scienceirel SFI Frontiers initiative to work on sustainable organic synthesis! Looking forward to working with @Ian_Fairlamb @legosnail1 @aztul @GSK @uccchemistry @SEFSUCC @SSPCentre
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Many congrats to Aidan and all co-Authors on this work !.
Pleased to share some work from my PhD, appearing on @ChemRxiv today! We report a new strategy for the deoxygenative halogenation of alcohols that minimises waste generation — both at source and during the halogenation reaction itself. 🔗
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Great to meet Prof Aoife McLysaght, Government Scientific Advisor, before arrival of Minister Lawless @lawlessj @DeptofFHed @TyndallInstitut @UCCResearch
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Opening ceremony of the European Astronomical Society @UCCResearch @UCCPhysoc @UCCSEFS .One of the largest conferences ever held in Cork!
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Great to finally meet Prof Olaf Wiest, director of #NSFFunded Centre for Computer Assisted Synthesis (Collaborator on InTeleCat) and students at @NDscience. Thank you for the invitation to lecture, and hospitality at beautiful Notre Dame campus.
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RT @UCC: 246th in the world, UCC's highest ranking in 10 years. UCC has risen twenty-seven places in one of the world’s leading education….
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RT @Researchirel: An information webinar for the Research Ireland Infrastructure Programme will be held on Wednesday, 11th June at 15:00 (D….
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Prof Robert Holton RIP - Under-appreciated genius: 1st to make taxol commercially viable (semi-synthesis) and 1st total synthesis of taxol.
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The Florida State University community mourns the loss of esteemed chemist and noted inventor Robert Holton, whose groundbreaking synthesis of the cancer
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Surely among the best secondments in the world!🏅.From our group right now:.Hugo Esteves in Ackermann lab @aztul (♻️ sustainable chemistry) - thank you Lutz!.Ella Cooper at Pfizer,Ringaskiddy @Pfizer_Ireland (process development) 💊 @uccchemistry @UCCResearch 🙏 @Researchirel
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A great opportunity to promote your research!.
Are you a @UCC doctoral researcher who wishes to develop as a confident research communicator by sharing your research with a diverse audience?. Nominations are open for the 2025 UCC Three Minute Thesis Competition. @jfcryan @OrlaLynch_ol .
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The highlight of the year! What a great night hosted by the VPRI @jfcryan @UCCResearch @uccinnovation and all at the R&I offices. Congrats to all the very worthy recipients!.Now I'm off to read Orbital by Samantha Harvey 😃.
Tonight we celebrate a year of excellence in research and innovation, at the annual #UCCResearchInnovationAwards. Awards will be presented across 21 categories, covering all stages of the research and innovation ecosystem. We thank @purdylucey for their continued support.
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RT @Shubham94266911: I'm excited to share our comprehensive review on Non-directed C–H functionalisation has published in @ChemSocRev . Th….
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The field of non-directed C–H activation, whether catalyzed by transition metals or carried out through metal-free methods, has emerged as a transformative strategy for functionalizing organic...
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RT @Researchirel: Minister for @DeptofFHed, James Lawless @lawlessj , has today welcomed the appointment of Dr Diarmuid O'Brien as the new….
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Thank you to Pete and the organising committee for the invite @RoySocChem. Great day of lectures and plenary from @peterseeberger at Queens.
Just 2 days left to register for the RSC Organic Chemistry Ireland meeting on 6th May @QUBCCE. We’ve got a great line-up of speakers from across the island, and @peterseeberger delivering the keynote! Register here
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RT @jfcryan: Three little letters that could help transform the Irish economy: PhD. “We need to build a culture that sees a PhD not as a ni….
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Smart domestic policy initiative could boost research and innovation with a positive ripple effect for our economy
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RT @McGlackenByrne: Here is a letter I wrote in the Lancet this month, on how the imprint of Ireland's history can be seen in our health se….
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Faulkner declared that the past is never dead—it's not even past.
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Muireann from our group will give a Seminar in the School of Microbiology next week - check it out! Cool collaboration with Jerry Reen to try tackle antibiotic resistance 💊.
You won't be able to resist this seminar!!! The wonderful Muireann Carmody will be discussing her research which aims to tackle issues associated with antibiotic resistance. April 17th - Don't miss out! @SEFSUCC @micro_SCRUM @Pharmabiotic
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Brilliant start to Innovation Week: .6 Speakers from @SEFSUCC @UCCMedHealth @TyndallInstitut describe their journey. These are the rock stars of @uccinnovation.
Innovation Week 2025 off to a flying start this afternoon with our @SEFSUCC, @UCCMedHealth.& @TyndallInstitut Innovation Showcase. Great to hear a variety of case studies of research commercialisation in the areas of health, medicine, engineering & food science.
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RT @wgscanlon: A very pleasant walk to the office this morning, passing Boole’s home in Cork, the literal birthplace of the digital world!….
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