School of Chemistry

SCI National Competition

A team of postgraduates from the Nelson group have recently been invited to the finals of National Retrosynthesis competition run by the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI).

The team, comprising of (L-R) Tom James, George Karageorgis, Mark Dow and Dr Paul MacLellan, fought off competition from both academic and industrial groups to earn a place in the finals where they will be challenged to provide a synthesis of Alsmaphorazine E, a recently discovered indole alkaloid.

They will be presenting their work at SCI house in London in February, competing against teams from institutions such as Bristol, Oxford and Cambridge, and numerous industrial teams, for this prestigious prize.

We wish them the best of luck.