Organic Chemistry Seminar Series (Fall 2026)
September 24, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-305)
Vojtěch Kučera (Klán lab, doctoral research)
October 1, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-132), Czech Chemical Society
Kamil Paruch (Masaryk University, professorial lecture)
TBA
October 8, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-305)
Laura Poller (ETH, doctoral research)
Lysyl Oxidase-Like 2 (LOXL2): Substrate Selectivity and a Coumarin-Based Fluorogenic Platform for Activity Detection In Vitro and Ex Vivo
October 15, 2026 (5 pm, Mendel Museum Brno), Mendel Lectures
Craig Crews (Yale University)
Induced Proximity Drug Modalities: Hijacking Mother Nature to Control Protein Function
October 22, 2026, no seminar
60th Conference Advances in Organic, Bioorganic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
October 29, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-305)
Sumit Tiwari (Šindelář lab, doctoral research)
November 5, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-132), Czech Chemical Society
Michael Patzschke (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Paramagnetic NMR as a probe into the electronic structure
November 12, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-305)
Sneha Negi (Klán lab, doctoral research)
November 19, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-305)
Jody Mori (Fiala lab, doctoral research)
November 26, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-305)
Jovita Mary (Švenda lab, doctoral research)
December 3, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-132), Czech Chemical Society
Iddo Pinkas (Weizmann Institute of Science)
TBA
December 10, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-305)
Tomáš Kopec (Šindelář lab, doctoral research)
Organic Chemistry Seminar Series (Spring 2026)
February 26, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-305)
Prof. Mario Waser (Johannes Kepler University, Linz)
Isochalcogenourea Lewis Base Organocatalysis
March 5, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-132), Czech Chemical Society
Prof. Andreas Limbeck (TU Wien)
Characterization of Single Particle Analysis Using Laser-Ablation ICP-MS
March 12, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-305)
Dr. Bastian Mertes (prior PhD research with Prof. Tanja Gajch)
Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of Complex Taxane Diterpenoids
March 19, 2026 – no seminar
Research lab presentations for undergraduate students
March 26, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-305)
Adam Štefek (Paruch lab, doctoral research progress)
April 2, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-132), Czech Chemical Society
Prof. Petra de Jongh (Utrecht University)
TBA
April 9, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-305)
Gabriel Lambert (Švenda lab, doctoral research progress)
April 16, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-305)
Prof. Jérôme Lacour (University of Geneva)
Stereochemical journey among carbocations and ylides
Exceptionally on Friday, April 17, 2026 (1 pm, B11/206)
Prof. Samir Zard (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris)
Radical Alliances. Solutions and Opportunities for Organic Synthesis
April 23, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-132)
Presentations by chemical companies
April 30, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-305)
Dr. Petr Beňovský (former head of R&D at Synthon Blansko)
Design of Experiments – What For?
May 7, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-132), Czech Chemical Society
Prof. Wolfgang Kroutil (University of Graz)
Cutting Short Organic Synthesis to Bioactive Compounds Using Biocatalysis
May 14, 2026 (2 pm, room B11-132), Czech Chemical Society
Prof. Jana Roithová (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Electrocatalysis and Electrosynthesis: Insights and Developments through Reaction Monitoring