11 April 2025

YCP undergraduate research symposium and careers fair

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Manchester, UK

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Synopsis

Final year UK undergraduate students in Masters and Bachelors degree programmes who have completed an academic research project in synthesis, methodology, catalysis, supramolecular chemistry, physical organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry and chemical biology are invited to present their research at this symposium. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase the high standard and wide range of research carried out by undergraduate students across the UK to an academic and industrial audience at the Manchester Citylabs 1.0, a world-class hub for health innovation and precision medicine and part of Europe’s largest clinical academic campus.
The symposium will be accompanied by a careers fair with a range of discipline relevant companies showcasing the wide variety of jobs available to chemistry graduates. The precise list of companies will be released closer to the event date.

Please note that undergraduate students who have completed an industrial research placement or an apprenticeship should apply to the YCP Undergraduate IP and Apprenticeship Symposium 2025.

Attendees

This event is aimed at UK undergraduate BSc and MSci/MChem chemistry students, but will also be of interest to academics, industrial chemists and scientific employers.

Programme

Friday 11 April 2025

10.30: Registration and refreshments
11.00: Introduction
: Session 1
Chair: Holly Bonfield, Apex Molecular
11:05: Tandem chemoenzymatic synthesis of functionalised pyranoses under environmentally sustainable conditions
Aimee-Page Jenkins, Keele University (Gavin Miller and Sebastian Cosgrove)
11:20: Alkene hydroamination using azoles
Josef Stevenson-Hornby, Lancaster University (Rachel Platel and Jamie Docherty)
11:35: Ion-responsive polymers for bioelectronic applications
Leila Pooriakia, Queen Mary University of London (Christian Nielsen)
11:50: Novel facile synthetic route to aryl methylenecyclopropanes
Yuyang Liu, Imperial College London (Alan C. Spivey)
12.05: Lunch, poster session and career fair
: Session 2
Miriam O’Duill, University of Nottingham
14:00: From flask to field: Industrial applications of enantio- and diastereoselective hayashi-miyaura arylations towards novel herbicides
Plenary Speaker: Kenny Ling, Syngenta
: Session 3
Chair: Ricardo Labes, Syngenta
15:00: Metal-ligand coordination angle dictates major product in fluorous metal organic cage self-assembly
Daniel Murchie, University of Nottingham (Ben Pilgrim)
15:15: Functionalisation of graphite felt electrodes for C–C coupling reactions
Georgia Cocking, Cardiff University (Thomas Wirth)
15:30: A fluoride shuttle approach: Transforming PFAS into fluorinating agents
Jack Salt, University of Bristol (Alastair Lennox)
15:45: Enantioselective substitution of 5-benzyltetrazoles
Tabea Batch, Heriot-Watt University (Graeme Barker)
16.00: Prize giving and networking reception

SCI’s Young Chemists’ Panel are committed to promoting diversity and equality in the chemical sciences. We aim to identify high quality speakers for all our conferences with inclusivity of gender and ethnicity. Attendees from all backgrounds and ages are welcome.

Sponsorship information

For further information and prices, please email mark.greenhalgh@warwick.ac.uk.

Call for abstracts

Undergraduate students are invited to submit an abstract (1 page pdf, 250 words max – you can download an abstract template). Abstracts should be sent to mark.greenhalgh@warwick.ac.uk by Friday 7 March 2025. Successful applicants will be invited to give a 10-minute research talk at the Symposium. Reasonable travel costs will be covered for successful applicants.

Accessibility Grants

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Venue and Contact

Manchester Citylabs 1.0

Nelson St
Manchester
M13 9NQ

Mark Greenhalgh

University of Warwick

Email: mark.greenhalgh@warwick.ac.uk

Fees

This is a free event. To enable us to control the number of visitors into the building, we are asking all delegates to register in advance.

All registrations will automatically receive a confirmation within 24 hours of registering for the event. Should you not receive written confirmation of your booking, please email conferences@soci.org.

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CPD Info

All delegates attending this meeting are able to claim CPD points.

Exhibitors

Organising committee

Holly Bonfield, Apex Molecular
Mark Greenhalgh, University of Warwick
Ricardo Labes, Syngenta
Miriam O’Duill, University of Nottingham