In #LCSOSynthesisProblem this week, Helena Solé challenged us with the synthesis of epi-Tetradehydrohalicyclamine B by Prof. Fürstner in Angewandte Chemie! Total Synthesis #TotalSynthesis #Chemistry Take a look: epfl.ch/labs/lcso/wp-c… Original paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.100…

Are you interested to join Waser Group for your PhD in Summer/Fall 2024 for a collaborative project in catalysis? Then hurry up: the application process for the last position will close on February 15. (Postdocs sorry: no position left) More information at: epfl.ch/labs/lcso/grou…

This past weekend Christine and Helena Helena Solé attended the Swiss Snow Symposium #SSS2024 of the youngSCS ⛷️❄️ Congratulations Christine for the best poster award!

Next stop MSc thesis? 📣 Apply now for an #NCCRCatalysis Young Talents Fellowship to conduct your funded Master’s thesis project on sustainable chemistry & catalysis 🌱🧪🌍 within our member labs in 🇨🇭! ⏰ 30 April 2024 📑 More info bit.ly/2024YoungTalen… 🔁 Appreciated 🫶🏻

🌟 Meet our incredible Senate representatives from across Switzerland! They're your go-to contact point wherever you are, working tirelessly for our community. Let's give them a big round of applause! 👏 Stay tuned to get to know each one better in the coming days 😉

🌟Shoutout to our 2023-2024 EPFL representatives, Helena Solé Àvila and Colin Jeanguenat for their stellar work! Both of them are PhD students at EPFL, and active in the industry subgroups. In addition, Helena is also a very active member in the youngSCS Communication team!🎉⁠

Beautiful day discovering Interlaken during the scavenger hunt! ⛰️ NCCR Catalysis

The youngSCS retreat in Les Diablerets was a fantastic weekend! 🌲 We reviewed the past academic year's events and mapped out our plans for the future. Join us for more details at our General Assembly on September 5th in Fribourg! 📅 #youngSCS #retreat

This week in #LCSOSynthesisProblem Helena Helena Solé challenged us with the total synthesis of Leonuketal by Brimble Margaret Brimble and Phillip Grant in J Org Chem/Org Lett #TotalSynthesis Take a look: epfl.ch/labs/lcso/wp-c… Original paper: doi.org/10.1021/acs.or…

It’s time again for the #BOSSXVIII 🇧🇪 in Liège! The speakers so far have been phenomenal, excited for the upcoming presentations! Check out tomorrow and Thursday Christine’s (P152) and Helena’s (P248) posters on some our most recent work. #BOSS_symposium

It just takes a protecting group switch! 🔁 Out now in Angewandte Chemie our synthesis of 5 and 6-membered enamines, with Mikus P and Lucas (my dream team!)

There is one regular PhD position for Fall 2025 available at LCSO and the application process is now open! If you are interested please read carefully about our group and how to apply on our website: epfl.ch/labs/lcso/grou…

Yearly Waser Group alumni meeting now taking place.

❄️REGISTER NOW for the Swiss Snow Symposium 2025!❄️⁠ Join us Jan 16-18 in Saas-Allmagell to present your research, attend talks, and enjoy winter activities like skiing! ⛷️ Priority for posters & talks—spots are limited! Register by Oct 6❗: sss25.scg.ch

Thanks to Oestreich and co-workers @Silicon_Martin for highlighting our work on tethered carboamination of propargylic alcohols in Synfacts Chemistry at Thieme ! thieme-connect.com/products/ejour… Our original article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

We are looking for a Master student!! If you are passionate about organic chemistry/synthesis simply reach out!!!

Enamine Synthesis via Regiocontrolled 6-endo-dig and 5-exo-dig Tethered Carboamination of Propargylic Alcohols (Jerome Waser and co-workers) Waser Group Helena Solé Mikus P EPFL Chemistry NCCR Catalysis #openaccess 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Meet the 2025 youngSCS Board! ✨ We're thrilled to present the team for this year: President: Gaetano Geraci, PhD VP: Konstantina Konstantina Kalliopi Armadorou Secretary: Marta Oggioni Treasurer: Lukas Schlemper Comms Lead: Helena Solé EYCN Delegate: Marie-Désirée Schlemper-Scheidt IYCN Delegate: Julio Terra, Ph.D., PhD

Swiss Snow Symposium ❄️❤️ thank you speakers, thank you participants!!

Check out our latest work in J Org Chem/Org Lett where we prepare a novel P-stereogenic phosphane ligand named MAdPHOS at URSAchem together with Helena Solé and martichickpea pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…