June 2017: Corbella Summer School Keynote Lecture
Keynote lecture at the Corbella Summer School on Organic Chemistry by the Boss was a success! Biocatalysis rarely makes an appearance at the more synthetic conferences, and it was great to get the invitation. Food, company, and weather of course make this one of the great events of the summer. Fun fact: the Boss attended […]
Biotrans 2017
Larah, Jenni, Martina and Benni with Fran at Biotrans 2017. We participated with 4 posters and one pitch talk. Great fun was had by all and the company was probably the best aspect of the Budapest experience. Related Posts
SIMB 2017, Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado
Fran was an invited speaker at the Annual Meeting organised by the (American) Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. She delivered a lecture titled “High versatility of extremozymes in continuous flow biocatalysis” Abstract: We have investigated a variety of halophilic enzymes from halophilic organisms to date (the archaeon Haloferax volcanii and the halo-tolerant bacterium Halomonas elongata) […]
ChemCatChem Cover and Cover Profiles are out!
We are very happy with the front cover of our article which comes out in the October issue, have a look also at the “Cover Profile” which tells you a bit about how the collaboration with Prof. Molinari started and we loved about this project (click on the red text!) 2017 ChemCatChem profiles Related Posts
Congratulations Matteo!
Very well done to Matteo who defended his thesis on the 23rd of October! The external examiner was very impressed and the group very much enjoy celebrating together at the group meeting the following day. Benny came to visit for the occasion, and to eat delicious doughnuts… We wish Matteo all the very best as […]
Goodbye Jenni!
All good things must come to an end at some point and Jenni’s time in the Paradisi’s group has sadly finished! Jenni will join Science Foundation Ireland to take up the position of Education and Public Engagement Fellow. Jennifer joined the group in September 2011 to start her PhD on an SFI funded project focussing […]
Poster Prize for Lidia!
Lidia attended an RCS meeting in London back in December (Biotransformations: from science to industrial application) and her poster won best poster award! Very well done Lidia, wine is definitely a topic that gets attention! Related Posts
Fantastic news for Martina!
Martina was successful in securing the highly prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship 2018. This very competitive award is a badge of honour for emerging scientist and we are delighted that she will remain in our group for two more years. This fellowship will allow Martina to further develop projects on flow-biocatalysts in collaboration also with […]
Paradisi group escaped the Crypt !!!
To prove that we are a real team, the Paradisi group was trapped inside the ancient Egyptian Crypt. Thanks to our excellent collaborative skills and intuition we were able to solve the riddles and after 54.12 minutes we finally saved Tutankhamon! Related Posts
Congrats Larah
Congratulations to Larah, who successfully defended her thesis about enzymes deriving from the halophilic archeon Haloferax volcanii on the 5th of March! Larah was the last remaining member of the Paradisi group in UCD. We wish her the very best of luck in all of her endeavours. Related Posts