Dr Simon Hall had the great honour of welcoming Professor Bai Chunli - President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences - for a tour of Bristol Chemistry on 16th July.

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The 50th annual conference of the British Association of Crystal Growth (BACG) took place in Central London at the Rooms On Regent’s Park, from 9th – 11th July 2019

The MagnaPharm consortium gathered this week for the first Scientific Action Check meeting, held at the European Commission Research Executive Agency (REA) in Brussels.

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MagnaPharm researchers from the University of Bristol have successfully demonstrated the impact of polymorphism through the fluorescence of a molecule. 

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When molecules form a crystal, their optical properties are dependent on the way in which they are packed. In many cases a fluorescent molecule will cease to fluoresce in the solid state due to aggregation caused quenching (ACQ).

However, different arrangements of the molecules within the crystal (polymorphism) can nullify this effect... 

MagnaPharm Principle Investigator, Dr Simon Hall, has been named a 2018 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in recognition of his global contributions to the field of Chemistry. In particular he is noted as an international expert in the synthesis of inorganic functional materials. His use of bio-organic matrices as vectors for the creation of functional materials at the nanoscale has engaged and redirected the work of researchers worldwide.

MagnaPharm PI Dr Simon Hall and Postdoctoral Researcher Dr Jason Potticary (University of Bristol) successfully delivered an engaging schedule of workshops and seminars to launch the first symposium on Polymorphism and Novel Pharmaceutical Crystals held at Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan.

MagnaPharm Post Doctoral Researcher Dr Jason Potticary celebrates a double success after passing his PhD Viva on 25th April 2018 and winning 3rd prize at the 2018 ABTA (Association of British Turkish Academics) Doctoral Researcher Awards 

The first Technical Action Review was held at the University of Bristol on 15th March 2018. EC Project Officer, Adriana Godeanu-Metz was joined by three technical experts and an Innovation Radar specialist to assess and guide the MagnaPharm project. 

The MagnaPharm partners met in Nijmegen - for the first time as full consortium - to welcome our new team members, discuss our first year progress and communicate challenging objectives for the year ahead.

The brand new laboratory - one of only few of its kind in the UK - was officially opened this week. It features four high-field electromagnets to enable crystallisation experiments under fields of over 3T. With these electromagnets, Bristol will be able to act as a high-throughput screening centre for all the pharmaceutical targets under investigation.

Following the success of the kick-off meeting previously held in Bristol, the Magnapharm consortium descended upon the University of Limerick to discuss progress and share early discoveries amongst the group. 

A multi-million-Euro microscope funded by Science Foundation Ireland and the University of Limerick (UL), was unveiled today at UL’s Bernal Institute. The Titan Microscope will allow MagnaPharm researchers to study materials at an atomic level in real-world conditions and is one of only a handful of microscopes with these capabilities worldwide.

Professor Sally Price has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society for her outstanding contribution to science. 

The Fellowship of the Royal Society is made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth. There are approximately 1,600 Fellows and Foreign Members and of these only ~5% are women. To be elected candidates must have made 'a substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science'.

The University of Bristol had the pleasure of hosting the annual Peter Timms Symposium in the School of Chemistry on 3rd May 2017. Prof Xi Zhang from Tsinghua University, was the Timms Keynote Lecturer for 2017. He was supported by a great line-up of speakers, including our very own Jason Potticary.

The Kick-off meeting of the EU Horizon 2020 FET-Open Project MagnaPharm took place at the School of Chemistry, Bristol University, on March 8th, 2017. All of the project members attended and reviewed preliminary results and enjoyed lively discussions. The meeting was chaired by Dr Simon Hall. 

3 Researchers from Bristol went back to the High Field Magnet Lab (HFML) in Nijmegen.