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N-Boron-Functionalized Anionic N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NBA-NHCs)—A Case Study

BORONPro hosted Prof. Huadong Wang’s (Fudan University) lecture this past Monday at JMU Würzburg entitled “Boron cations in the activation of C−H and C−C bonds.” Insightful chemistry on fundamental bond activation.

On October 9th, Prof. Dennis Hall of the University of Alberta delivered a great, boron-packed lecture to members of the JMU Würzburg Faculty of Chemistry & Pharmacy and the BORONPro SFB. Truly something for everyone, and relevance to all areas of BORONPro!

The BORONPro team was heavily involved in “Türen auf mit der Maus” last Saturday, bringing chemistry to life with fun, hands-on shows for kids. Exploding experiments, colorful reactions, and lots of curious young scientists! A great chance to open our labs and give kids a first look at chemistry (including a bit of boron research).

A massive congratulations to BORONPro Ph.D. student Sarah Lutz for receiving a Bavarian High-Tech Award for her work on BN-doped fluorescent probes for DNA, part of a collaboration between the Helten and Höbartner research groups.

A large delegation of 15 BORONPro PIs and students from the Universities of Würzburg and Frankfurt took part in the IMEBoron conference held in Tokyo, Japan, from 6-10 September

Over 60 researchers from the BORONPro consortium and the chemistry faculty took part this week in a two-day Chemotion workshop at the University of Würzburg

Who better to kick off the BORONPro Kick-Off meeting than Prof. Mike Ingleson, PI from the UK Boron Center "Boron: Beyond the Reagent". Prof. Ingleson shared his latest research including handy tips and tricks for electrophilic C-H borylation. Get all the latest at https://x.com/SFBBoronPRO

The BORONPro kick-off meeting will be held from 22-24 July, starting with a lecture from UK boron chemist Michael Ingleson (Univ. Edinburgh) and a reception at 17.15 on 22 July.

BORONPro project leader Dr. habil. Guinevere Giffin has successfully completed her habilitation.