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Murphy Group News Feed

Updated 01/02/2021

01/02/2021
Congratulations to Rhys for his recent publication in J. Org. Chem.
22/10/2020
Congratulations to everyone involved in the recent publication in Chem. Sci.
08/10/2020
Welcome to the new PhD students Iann Robb and Joe Anderson. Joe will be based at GSK.
13/09/2020
Congratulations to Rhys for his recent publication in Eur. J. Med. Chem.
18/08/2020
Congratulations to Connor Lawson for his recent publication in Chem. Commun.
11/08/2020
Congratulations to Jack for being awarded the first prize in the second European Federation of Medicinal Chemistry Competition.
11/08/2020
We would like to congratulate the past members of our for being awarded prizes for the excellence of their PhD theses. Joshua and Giuseppe were both awarded the Professor Patrick D Ritchie Prize for having the best thesis in their respective years. Simon was awarded the Professor David MacMillan Prize for the best PhD thesis in the area of synthetic organic chemistry. 
11/08/2020
Congratulations to Simon for his recent publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
10/07/2020
Congratulations to Rhys for his recent publication in Beilstein J. Org. Chem.
08/06/2020
Congratulations to Oliver Turner for passing his PhD viva today with Prof. Josep Bonjoch (University of Barcelona). We wish him all the best in his new job at AstraZeneca and the future ahead!
01/06/2020
Congratulations to Rishi Shah for passing his PhD viva today with Prof. Liam Cox (University of Birmingham). We wish Rishi success in all his future endeavors! 
29/04/2020
Congratulations to John Priestner for passing his PhD viva today with Prof. Sabine Flitsch (University of Manchester). We wish him all the best for the future!
17/04/2020
Congratulations to everyone involved in the recent publication in Adv. Synth. Catal.
25/03/2020
Congratulations to everyone involved in the recent publication in Chem. Sci.
23/01/2020
Congratulations to everyone involved in the recent publication in Bioorg. Med. Chem.
13/01/2020
Congratulations to Oliver for his recent publication in Chem. Eur. J.
20/12/2019
Congratulations to Andrew Smith for passing his PhD viva today with Prof. Ross Denton (University of Nottingham). We wish Andrew success in all his future endeavors!
07/11/2019
Congratulations to Simon Rohrbach for passing his PhD viva today with Prof. John Walton (University of St. Andrews). We wish Simon success in his Postdoc and all his future endeavors!
24/10/2019
Congratulation to everyone involved in the recent publication in Helv.Chim.Acta.
07/10/2019
​Welcome to Hannah Minshull, Kristoffer Love, Iain Robb and Frances Bugden who join the group for their final year (experimental) projects.
01/10/2019
Welcome to the new PhD students Connor McMahon,  Alexander Stewart and Cassie Pratley. Cassie will be based at GSK.
28/09/2019
Welcome to Teresa Karl who is a visiting researcher from the Schoenebeck group (RWTH Aachen University).
14/09/2019
Congratulation to Andrew for his recent publication in Sci. China Chem.
14/09/2019
Congratulations to everyone involved in the recent publication in ChemPhotoChem.
14/09/2019
Congratulation to Giuseppe for his recent publication in Synthesis .
31/07/2019
Congratulations to Allan Young for passing his PhD viva today with Prof. Stuart Macgregor (Heriot-Watt University). We wish Allan success in all his future endeavors!
21/06/2019
Congratulation to Simon for his recent publication in ACIE.
20/06/2019
Congratulations to Giuseppe on his graduation and receiving the Professor Patrick D Ritchie Prize. This prize recognises the PhD candidate who presents the thesis that best combines excellence of scientific work with quality of presentation in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

Congratulation to our undergraduate students: Aidan McKeown, Catherine Farrely, Alana Hopkins and Josh Brannigan who have graduated their MChem degree. We wish them all the best in their future. 
21/05/2019
Welcome to Jia Hao Pang who is a visiting researcher from the Chiba group (NTU Singapore).
02/05/2019
Farewell to our Postdoc Fabrizio Palumbo, we wish him all the best in his future plans.
17/04/2019
Congratulations to everyone involved in the recent publication in ACIE.
18/12/2018
Congratulations to Giuseppe Nocera for passing his PhD viva today with Prof. Bruno Linclau (University of Southampton). We wish Giuseppe success in all his future endeavors!

07/12/2018
Festive wishes from the Murphy Group! The group enjoyed Christmas lunch at Stravaigin.
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22/11/2018
Huge congratulations to Prof. Murphy for being awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) in recognition of his achievements in research and teaching!

09/11/2018
Congratulations to Mark Allison on graduating with his PhD, we wish him all the best in his future.
20/10/2018
Well done to Oliver Turner for his recent publication in Chem. Eur. J.!
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02/10/2018
​Welcome to Catherine Farrelly, Alana Hopkins, Aidan McKeown and Josh Brannigan who join the group for their final year (experimental) projects.
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01/10/2018
Welcome to new PhD students Daniela Dimitrova, Kenny Clark, Krystian Kolodziejczak and Connor Lawson. Connor will be based at GSK.
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28/08/2018
Congratulations to Mark Allison for passing his PhD viva today with Prof. John Walton from the University of St. Andrews. We wish him all the best for the future!
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24/08/2018
Farewell and best wishes to Sarah Walker! She was on a 3-month placement in our group from the University of New Brunswick (Canada).
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19/08/2018
Congratulations to everyone involved in the recent JACS!
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04/08/2018
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Well done to Michael Bogdos, Emmanuel Pinard and John Murphy for their review in Beilstein J. Org. Chem.!
12/07/2018
Congratulations to Giuseppe and Allan on their recent publication in JACS!

21/06/2018
Well done to both Sam Dalton and Florimond Cumine who graduated with PhD. Congratulations also to Daniela Dimitrova and Kenny Clark who graduated with 1st class marks in their MChem. We wish them all the best for the future!
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20/06/2018
Prof. Murphy presented recent work in the group at the EuCHeMS conference on Organic Free Radicals (ECOFR 2018) in Marseille, France. Simon and Norman also attended the conference, where they presented their posters. 

11/06/2018
Welcome to Sarah Walker, a Masters student from the University of New Brunswick (Canada) who joins the group on a 3-month placement.
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08/06/2018
Congratulations to Simon Rohrbach for winning 1st prize for his presentation at the WestCHEM Organic Chemistry Symposium 2018 (held at the University of Strathclyde)!
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01/06/2018
Well done to Ian Bartholomew and Prof. Murphy for winning the University of Strathclyde squash doubles competition!

07/05/2018
Congratulations to everyone involved in the recent publications in Tetrahedron and Molecules.
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14/03/2018
Well done to Sam Dalton for passing his PhD viva today with Prof. Adam Nelson from the University of Leeds. He will be starting a new job at Astex Pharmaceuticals. We wish him all the best for the future!
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22/01/2018
Congratulations to Florimond Cumine who passed his PhD viva today with Prof. Chris Willis of the University of Bristol. He has started a new job at Pharmaron. We wish him all the best for the future!
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01/01/2018
Happy New Year from the Murphy Group!

20/12/2017
Farewell to Philipp Gerdt, a Masters student from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster who joined the group on a 3-month placement! We wish him all the best for the future.
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13/12/2017
Congratulations to Sam Dalton for his paper in J. Am. Chem. Soc.!

08/12/2017
Festive wishes from the Murphy Group! The group enjoyed Christmas dinner at Bavaria Brauhaus.
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01/11/2017
Welcome to Dr. Fabrizio Palumbo, who joins the group as a Post-Doc.
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20/10/2017
The Reaxys PhD Prize has been announced. Huge congratulations to Joshua Barham who has won at Shanghai! He was one of 3 winners from over 550 submissions from which 45 finalists were selected and then shortlisted to 10 to deliver an oral presentation.

12/10/2017
Welcome to Rhys Lippa who starts his PhD in the group! Rhys will be based at GSK.
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11/10/2017
Congratulations to Florimond Cumine and Allan Young for their paper in Eur. J. Org. Chem.!
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05/10/2017
Congratulations to Katie Emery on her recent publication in Org. Biomol. Chem.!
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04/10/2017
Welcome to Daniela Dimitrova, Kenny Clark and Luke Simpson who join the group for their final year (experimental) projects.
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02/10/2017
Welcome to Jack Roberts who starts his PhD in the group! Jack will be based at GSK.
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26/09/2017
Congratulations to Joshua Barham who has been selected as one of 10 candidates to present their work at the Reaxys PhD Prize Symposium at Shanghai on 19th and 20th of October 2017. There were about 550 submissions for the 2017 Reaxys PhD Prize from which 45 finalists were selected and then shortlisted to 10. Three winners will be chosen by the Reaxys Advisory Board and PhD Prize Coordinators. Good luck Joshua!
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18/09/2017
Welcome to Philipp Gerdt, a Masters student from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster who joins the group on a 3-month placement! 

11/09/2017
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Congratulations to everyone involved in the recent publication in ​Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.!
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