Photocatalysis, Supramolecular Catalysis, Total Synthesis and CH-Activation (student run account)

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Time to celebrate! Thorsten will receive the Leibniz award 2020. Great honor!🎉🎉🎉 #Leibnizpreis #DFG #Bach_Lab #chemtwitter
#Leibnizpreis Der #DFG-Hauptausschuss hat in der heutigen Sitzung zwei Wissenschaftlerinnen und acht Wissenschaftlern den Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis 2020 zuerkannt. Alle Infos und die #Preisträger|innen im Porträt ➡️dfg.de/service/presse/presse…
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Exciting news ahead! Our project CALIDE on Catalytic Light-induced Deracemization reactions has been selected for an ERC Advanced Grant 🙌💡
📣 Good news today for 255 outstanding research leaders who have been offered ERC Advanced Grants. The new funding, worth nearly €652 million, is part of the 🇪🇺EU’s #HorizonEurope programme. Read more 👉 europa.eu/!TkwhWc #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @EUScienceInnov
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Delighted to hear that Thorsten has been awarded the Arthur C. Cope Scholar award 2023 by the ⁦@ACSorganic⁩! Kudos to all the other recipients! #acs #chemtwitter #award #acsorganic cen.acs.org/people/awards/AC…
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Welcome to our newest photochemists! Audrey joins the group as a postdoctoral researcher whereas Maxi is our newest PhD. Best of success to both of you! ☺️ #bach_lab #photochemistry #chemtwitter
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Arrived at the #ACSSpring2022 in sunny San Diego. You can hear from us today at 2:40 pm (@ACSorganic, “Photocatalysis and Photochemistry”Room 4). Johannes talks about novel photochemical deracemization reactions. #bach_lab #chemistry #chemtwitter @AmerChemSociety
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Finally, our lecture series started again in person. Our first speaker @Melchiorre_P (@MelchiorreGroup) from the @ICIQchem introduced us to his exciting💡 research. It was a pleasure having you here with us in Munich. #bach_lab #crc325 #chemistry #photochemistry #photoredox
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The second award Thorsten received today 👌🏽🍪 #tum #DFG #leibnitzprice #bach_lab
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Interested in enantioselective catalysis? Check out our latest publication in Synlett on epoxidations enabled by an chiral iron Porphyrin catalyst done by Hussayn. Congratulations on your work! 🥳🥼@thiemechemistry #porphyrins #catalysis thieme-connect.de/products/e…
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It was our pleasure to welcome Nobel prize laureate David MacMillan @dmac68 from @PrincetonChem. Thank you for your inspiring talk on photoredox cross-coupling and micromapping. Enjoy the rest of your stay in Munich, and best of luck to your scots at the Euros⚽️ #photoredox
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It was our pleasure to welcome Eric N. Jacobsen from @HarvardCCB at TUM on his tour as a Humboldt Research Award winner. Thank you for your talk on the Selectivity and Generality in Enantioselective Catalysis 👏🏻 @JacobsenLab
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Check out our enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-Atlanticone C, using a Corey-Bakshi-Shibata reduction permitting a chiral resolution. Nice work Johanna! #newpapermonday #bach_lab #photochemistry #cascadereaction thieme-connect.de/products/e…
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Thorsten receives this year’s Theodor-Förster Award by the @PhotochemGDCh for his work in the field of photochemistry 💡😄
Thorsten Bach @Bach_Lab is receiving the prestigious Förster award. 🎉
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Many congratulations @MacMillan_Lab @ListLaboratory !🥳 highly deserved!
BREAKING NEWS: The 2021 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.”
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First PhD defense in 2022: Lukas mastered his final challenge easily after accomplishing the total synthesis of pulvomycin D. Congrats! We wish you all the best for your future! #bach_lab #defense #phdlife #PhDone
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1,2,....,99, 💯 ! More than 20 years after Thorsten‘s first finished PhD student, we would like to present PhD number 100 from the @Bach_Lab: Dr. Malte Leverenz. Congratulations! 🎉🎊 #bach_lab #chemtwitter #defense
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Happy to announce that Thorsten has been awarded the teaching award by the chemistry department for his lecture „Organic Synthesis (OC III)“ based on student vote. We really appreciate your feedback and keep improving the lecture for you! #bach_lab #chemtwitter #teaching
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#newpapermonday 2020: Our love for H-Bonds is real. See Finn's latest paper @ChemicalScience. Transition metal catalyzed enantioselective oxygenation of exocyclic methylene groups. Nice job! #bach_lab #chemtwitter #catalysis #transitionmetal #finncastle pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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Thinking of light, the first thing coming to your mind is #photochemistry? We got you: the LIT Conference in Regensburg! Experience exciting💡chemistry by frontrunners in the field and share your own! Have a look and register now: crc325.de/news/lit-conferenc… @crc_325 #chemtwitter
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We are delighted that „Assembly controlled chemical photocatalysis“ will be funded by @dfg_public as a collaborative research project together with remarkable PIs from @LMU_Muenchen @uni_regensburg @UniLeipzig @TU_Muenchen. Stay tuned! #bach_lab #transregio #chemtwitter
❗️Die #DFG bewilligt 11 neue #Sonderforschungsbereich|e und fördert diese mit insges. 138 Mio. Euro für die nächsten vier Jahre. Außerdem werden 27 bestehende #SFB, darunter 4 #Transregio, um je eine #Förderperiode verlängert. Alle Themen und Infos:👇 dfg.de/service/presse/presse…
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It was a pleasure to experience exciting chemistry in person again. A big thank you to everyone who contributed to this „Exploratory Photochemistry: Light Creates Structure“ symposium @Leopoldina. #bach_lab #chemtwitter #photochemistry
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We are looking for highly motivated PhD candidates to work with us on interdisciplinary projects in the field of photochemistry. Check it out! go.ur.de/crc325 #bach_lab #collaboration #transregio #crc325 @Chemjobber
Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 325 „Assembly Controlled Chemical Photocatalysis“ accepts applications for doctoral researchers. For more information follow the links in the advertisement.
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All dressed up for tonight! Changing the lab coats for dirndl and lederhosen. We are heading to the #Oktoberfest. #bach_lab #munich #wiesn #wiesn2019
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Our expert in Lewis acid photocatalysis, Simone, graduated yesterday but luckily she will be staying longer in our Lab. Congratulations to your successful defense and to your new position in our group 🎉🎊😊 #sim1 #defense #bach_lab #chemtwitter
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Proud to present our latest work on chiral Lewis acid catalyzed rearrangements. Check out Malte's awesome work, now in @J_A_C_S. #newpapermonday #chemtwitter #bach_lab pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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Join us in congratulating our freshly minted PhD, Dr. Lilla Koser! Although she is going to stay a bit longer around, we already wish her all the best for her future career! #phdlife #graduation #WomenInSTEM
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Pushing the limits, from O to N: Have a look at how we realized enantioselective, light-driven Aza Paternò-Büchi reactions with quinoxalinones, out now in @angew_chem! Well done, Yao and Johannes. #bach_lab #photochem #triplettransfer onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Ortho photocycloaddition reaction cascades as starting points for total synthesis: read our account in Synlett (@thiemechemistry) to learn about this exciting journey. Nice job @AudreyG12331768! #bach_lab #photochemistry #chemtwitter thieme-connect.de/products/e…
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We love H-bonds! Have you already checked out our review on template based transition metal- and photocatalysis in @JOC_OL ? Great work Finn! #bach_lab #templatechemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Hello world! The Bach Group at @ESOC2019 with Thorsten as plenary speaker ... see you at the poster session!
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Congratulations to our freshly minted PhD student Johanna! We wish you all the best for your future and look forward to hearing more about your lab work! 🎓👏#womeninSTEM #graduation #tbc
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The story of photochemical deracemizations continues. Third Chapter @thiemechemistry: Sulfoxides. Nicely done, Laura (@UNSW) and Thilo! 👍 #newpapermonday #bach_lab #chemtwitter thieme-connect.com/products/…
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Congratulations to our newest freshly minted PhD, Dr. Niklas Rauscher! We're incredibly proud of your achievement and wish you all the best. Your vibrant personality and contributions will be greatly missed in the lab!👨‍🎓🎓
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#WANTED🤠: Have you seen our missing enantiomer? Manu has shed new light on the deracemization of allenes in our latest paper, out now in @angew_chem. Congrats!🎉 #bach_lab #newpapermonday #chemtwitter #photochemistry onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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We remember our visionary Munich fellow, Prof. Huisgen. R.I.P. Professor Rolf Huisgen chemistryviews.org/details/e…
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Martin successfully defended his PhD thesis recently. As good as this, his work on synthetic studies towards the synthesis of stemona alkaloids was recently published @thiemechemistry. All the best for you Martin & congrats on your PhD & paper. thieme-connect.de/products/e… #bach_lab
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We were finally able again to spend some time together at our annual Mattsee retreat. As usual, we had the perfect mixture of science and socializing. Thanks to our amazing guest speakers giving insights into their current positions. Already thrilled for next year! #bach_lab
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#newpaperday Hydrogen-bonding does the job! Our silver catalyzed enantioselective amination of methylene groups enabled by H-bonds out now in @J_A_C_S. Amazing work by Raj! pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021… #bach_lab #chem_twitter
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#Newpapermonday! You can find our paper on a [2+2] photocycloaddition cascade reaction, out now in Synthesis (@thiemechemistry). It's dedicated to Paul Knochel (@KnochelLab) on the occasion of his birthday! All the best from Munich to Munich! shorturl.at/inw47 #bach_lab
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#Newpapermonday - New natural product monday! Niklas accomplished the synthesis of the sesquiterpene Agarozizanol B. Congrats! A photochemical reaction cascade delivered the unique scaffold which was used as a precursor for the natural product. #bach_lab onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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New month, new enforcement for our photochemistry team: Join us in welcoming our new PhD student Dominik and Post-Doc Mark (former member of Kevin Booker-Milburn and @AggarwalLab)! Great to have you with us and all the best for your research!
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PhD #1 of 2024! 🥂 Congratulations to our freshly minted Dr. Noé Osorio! We are so proud and wish you all the best for your future! ☺️🧑‍🔬 #phdlife #graduate
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#newpapermonday: We are happy to share the latest article of our deracemization story in @angew_chem. Yao was able to deracemize spirocyclopropyl oxindoles. Mechanistic insights were gained in cooperation with the Nürnberger lab @uni_regensburg. #bach_lab onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Time to say goodbye to another awesome colleague. This week, we had a successful PhD defense to (almost) close the year. Congrats to Franzi! We wish you all the best for your future endeavours! #bach_lab #PhDone #defense
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Please have a look at this great collaboration with @MertenLab to revise the absolute configuration of (-)-enterocin. Now out in @JOC_OL, congrats Lilla and the whole team! #bach_lab #totalsynthesis
Wrong for >40 years: Together with @Bach_Lab, we revised the stereochemistry of (-)-enterocin by comparison to synthetic material (chiral HPLC, optical rotation) and #VCDspectroscopy. Read it here @JOC_OL: doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.… #stereochemistry #chirality #NaturalProduct
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First virtual PhD defense: We are excited to present our freshly graduated group member: Dr. Hanusch Grab. He refused to surrender to technology and mastered everything with flying colors. We wish him all the best for his post-doc stay @unistra. #bach_lab #chemtwitter
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Another successful PhD defense on #FridayThe13th! 🎉🎊Michael H., our designated expert on palladium catalyzed CH-activation, just passed his PhD exam today. We wish you all the best for your future. #bach_lab #defense #chemtwitter #phdlife
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Congratulations to our freshly minted PhD, Dr. Hussayn Ahmed! 🎓 We’re so proud of you and wish you all the best for your future! ✨
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This week two of our colleagues were honored for their research activities.👨‍🔬Finn received the @Evonik research prize for outstanding contributions during his PhD. Johannes was awarded the Manchot prize for his excellent masters degree. We are proud of you, guys!☺️ #bach_lab
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With great sadness, we mourn the death of Professor Dieter Hoppe, who passed away on March 20th, 2024. He will remain in our memories as our scientific ancestor and a giant of Organic Chemistry.
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We conclude the #ORCHEM22 with good news:@JohannesGrokop1 received a prize for his amazing poster on photochemical deracemization reactions. Thanks again Armido Studer,@GloriusGroup,@GDCh_aktuell and @Silicon_Martin(+photocredit @ChemistryKoenig). We had a great time in Münster!
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Vioprolide D: Our latest natural product synthesis by Hanusch in collaboration with @SieberLab (@vcrkirsch) out now in @angew_chem! #newpapermonday #bach_lab #totalsynthesis #naturalproducts onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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It's that time of the year again: our annual Mattsee retreat. As always, we had the perfect mix of science and socializing in a beautiful setting. Many thanks to our amazing guest speakers who shared insights from their current positions. Already thrilled for next year! #mattsee
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Hot and sunny #newpapermonday: Have a look at this photochemical work in @J_A_C_S! Congrats to Franzi, @YeshuaSempere and @FabianHoermann. Thanks to our collaboration partners from the Gschwind group @uni_regensburg and to the @dfg_public. #bach_lab #TRR #chemtwitter
Check out how chiral Brønsted acid catalysis and photochemistry met each other in our work at @J_A_C_S. Thanks to all the great colleagues contributing to this work and @snsf_ch for their support. @Bach_Lab @FabianHoermann @TUMCatalysis pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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New month, new PhD student. We happily welcome Tim Ziegelmeier as our newest member working on total synthesis. We wish you a good start! 🧑‍🔬🙌
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Congratulations to Simone! She received the award of the "Bund der Freunde der Technischen Universität München" (BdF) for her exceptional PhD work.👩‍🔬👩‍🎓 We are proud of you! #Bach_lab #chemtwitter #homeoffice #award #WomenInSTEM
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Making the most of the heavy snowfall in Munich last weekend: AK Bach goes Schneeballschlacht! #SnowballFight #WinterWonderland
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Our representative from northern Germany crossed the „bavarian border“ a long time ago and defended his thesis last friday. Congrats to our freshest alumni Finn. Good on you! 😊🎉🎊 #bach_lab #chemtwitter #defense
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Just wrapped up the first LIT conference, organized by several of our PhD students in the CRC 325, and it was a fantastic success! 🙌 Big thanks for all the scientific contributions and engaging discussions! @crc_325 #lit2023
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How to PhD #101: This week we celebrated the successful defense of Fabi’s PhD thesis (@fabianhoermann). We are glad that you are going to stay with us for a little longer. Congrats! #bach_lab #chemtwitter #defense
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A snapshot of last week's ORCHEM 2024 in Regensburg with combined forces of Bach and @StorchLab! Thanks for the inspiring talks and great organization and congrats to Dominik and Tim for winning an award for their poster! #bach_lab #regensburg #conference ⚗️🥇👏
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Merry Christmas from the @Bach_Lab and a happy holiday season 2023! 🎄🥂#merrychristmas #ChristmasParty
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After her successful PhD defense, Raphi recapitulates her time in the group: „I’ll always cherish my time working with nice people. And when great colleagues become friends, that’s just a big plus.“ Congratulations and all the best!👩🏻‍🎓🎉 #bach_lab #chemtwitter #defense
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PhD #1 of 2023🥳 Join us in congratulating our freshly minted Dr.@JProessdorf who not only survived the question of the examination committee but also the „vicious“ attack of her little dog 🐶🎓 All the best for you, JP! ☺️ #phdlife #defense #WomenInSTEM #doglovers
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Please have a look at this nice piece of work by Simone, out now in @ChemicalScience ! Once more chiral Lewis acids show their potential in a combiantion of thermal and photochemistry. Well done! #bach_lab #lewisacids #photochemistry
Chiral Lewis acid catalysis in a visible light-triggered cycloaddition/rearrangement cascade by ⁦@Bach_Lab and co-workers⁩ ⁦@TU_Muenchen⁩ ⁦@ChemicalSciencepubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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Welcome Demmy! She is joining our group to celebrate 4000 followers. But also to work on total synthesis during her masters thesis. Glad to have you and best of luck! 😊 #bach_lab #chemtwitter
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Today some of our group members and alumni took a “little” run, the Munich marathon and halfmarathon to be precise. Together we ran 274.3K in total. We are proud of you! #bach_lab #munichmarathon #running #raceday #teamocmünchen
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Please join us in congratulating our most recent PhD, @NoahJeremias! 🥳 Thankfully we won‘t lose him immediately as he holds the position of interim coordinator of our @crc_325! We wish you all the best! #phdlife #graduate #phd
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Light + Natural Product Precursors + Functionalization Handles? Yes please! Have a look at @JProessdorf’s latest and sadly last contribution to photochemical reaction cascades in our group, out now in Synthesis @thiemechemistry! #photochemistry @crc_325 thieme-connect.com/products/…
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#newpaperoftheday Check out our latest @angew_chem research article featuring a novel visible light-mediated spirocyclization of indoles by hydrogen atom abstraction. Great work, Yang! #bach_lab #chemtwitter #heterocycles #photocatalysis onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Farewell to our long time post doc colleague @ManuPlaza15. After his successful stay in our group he is now pursuing his independent career @uniovi_info. Best of luck! ☺️ #bach_lab #chemtwitter
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First #newpapermonday in 2021! Following up the nice work with our chiral phenantrolin ligand: @RajReddy_HKU and Finn accomplished a silver‐catalyzed enantioselective sulfimidation enabled by H-bonds. Check it out, now in @angew_chem! #bach_lab onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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TUM Campus Run 2024! Congratulations to all the runners 🏃 Special applause to Dr. Simone Stegbauer for finishing first among all female participants! #race
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A big thank you to @Powers_Lab for visiting and presenting on subvalent nitrogen species as part of our @crc_325 lecture series! 👏
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#newpapermonday News from our NP flagship project: Studies towards the synthesis of (-)-pulvomycin. Basti and colleagues constructed the C12-C40 fragment by a stereoselective aldol reaction. Check it out in #Synthesis! (@thiemechemistry) #bach_lab thieme-connect.com/products/…
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Home office day 14: Today is the first day without our appreciated colleague Dr. Andreas Bauer @andi_b_OSH, who is moving on after over 15 years @Bach_Lab. We wish you all the best for your future. Now, there is only one thing left to say: THANK YOU! #bach_lab #NoAprilFools
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