
Roly Armstrong
@r_armstrong_lab
Organic synthesis and catalysis research group at Newcastle University
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24-10-2021 16:14:13
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Come and join us! We have a 3.5-year #fundedPhD studentship in organic synthesis available in my lab Newcastle Chemistry on new catalytic methods to make axially and planar chiral molecules! #PhD findaphd.com/phds/project/p… Deadline = 6th Dec. Informal enquiries welcome. Please RT.

One week left to apply for this 3 yr EPSRC funded postdoc position making C-N atropisomeric molecules in my group Newcastle Chemistry. Start date = 01/01/2025. If you are interested in synthesis, catalysis and stereochemistry, check it out! For details, see: tinyurl.com/eabrx4uj


Just under a week to apply for this fully funded PhD studentship in synthetic organic chemistry in my group Newcastle Chemistry (closing date Friday 6th Jan). findaphd.com/phds/project/p……

Many congratulations to Arushi Garg for successfully completing her viva and becoming Dr. Arushi! A fantastic achievement, well done Arushi! Newcastle Chemistry Sciences at Newcastle


Excited to share this recent joint project with Dr Will Unsworth in Chemical Science using acyl transfer to make C-N atropisomeric amides. Chemistry at York Newcastle Chemistry Sciences at Newcastle pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

We're hiring! Come and join us for a funded PhD studentship together with the Cucinotta group developing new light mediated reaction methodologies using N-heterocyclic carbenes! Reposts appreciated. Newcastle Chemistry Apply here: ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/f…


Thanks very much to James Douglas and Tom McGuire from AstraZeneca for visiting us Newcastle Chemistry today and delivering two fantastic lectures as part of our MoSMed CDT seminar series. Sciences at Newcastle


Following last week's double seminar with AstraZenecaUK, the hot streak continues with a hugely popular session with Prof Robert Phipps from Cambridge Chemistry visiting us in Newcastle for a fantastic talk Newcastle Chemistry research.ncl.ac.uk/mosmed/impact/…


It was great to meet chemistry offer holders and guests at the first Offer Holder Experience Day of 2025 on Saturday! If you are an offer holder, sign up to learn about our courses and meet staff & students. Next events: 29th March & 10th May! Sciences at Newcastle ncl.ac.uk/study/meet/und…

The deadlines to submit an abstract for the RSC Fluorine Interest Group postgraduate meeting have been extended until 25th March for talks and 30th March for posters. Don’t miss out! #fluorine Royal Society of Chemistry

Thanks to everyone that came out to meet our staff and students from Newcastle Chemistry at the recent Beamish Museum Science Weekend for some hands-on experiments and colourful demonstrations! See you again next year! beamish.org.uk/events/science…


Excited to share this collaborative paper out in ChemPhotoChem with Donal O'Shea (RCSI_Chemistry) and Michael Hall looking at inherently chiral heterocycles made via strain promoted click reactions. Newcastle Chemistry Sciences at Newcastle Read it here: …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cp…


Congratulations to Aaron Campbell for winning a prize for his excellent talk on synthesis of C-N atropisomers via dynamic kinetic resolution at todays #NUCARS symposium. Newcastle Chemistry Sciences at Newcastle


Last week we welcomed Prof Emily Flashman from University of Oxford to talk on “How plant cysteine oxidases mediate hypoxia and redox stress-signalling during submergence” - part of the Inspiring Women in #ChemBio seminar series sponsored by the Biochemical Society. #WomenInSTEM


What a Dalton conference! Nathan Davison and Jack gave talks, plus the posters from Xiao and Matthew! And Xiao won a Poster Prize!! UoBChemistry


"A chirality with a nice ring to it" Our recent work on the chirality of 8 membered rings highlighted in sciencelink.net/news/a-chirali… With RCSI_Chemistry Roly Armstrong & Prof Herrebout. Newcastle Chemistry Read the paper ChemPhotoChem doi.org/10.1002/cptc.2…

📢 Call for posters! okt.to/1woQkj If you would like to present a poster, please send an abstract of maximum one A4 page or 300 words to [email protected] by Friday 24 October 2025 with the subject line “31st Annual review meeting – poster submission”.


Great to see this work on Peterson-type methylenation with Erli Lu Group , Dr Claire McMullin and Hopkinson Research Group out in Chemical Science today. Sciences at Newcastle Newcastle Chemistry UoBChemistry The Leverhulme Trust Read it here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…