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Kevin Seipp attended this years National Organic Symposium in South Bend, hosted from 09.07.–13.07.2023 at the University of Notre Dame. He enjoyed inspiring discussions, outstanding presentations, a diverse range of topics and a stunning campus. The conference not only provided him new perspectives, but also sparked a strong sense of motivation. Furthermore, he is grateful for the positive feedback during the poster session and is looking forward to applying the new ideas he gained for his project.

On the occasion of the 50^th birthday of Prof. Dr. Till Opatz we organized a bowling evening at the Phoenixbowling Center in Mainz on 05.07.2023.We had a great time together and scored a few strikes, before spending the rest of the evening at the Straußwirtschaft Weyer in Mainz-Bretzenheim, where we enjoyed delicious food and drinks.

This year’s German-Japanese Symposium on Electrosynthesis 2023 (GJSE-10) celebrated their 10^th anniversary and was held at the Raiosha building of Keio University in Japan. Prof. Dr. Till Opatz was invited to give a presentation on “Elementary Particles in Organic Chemistry” and Paul Eckhardt had the opportunity to present his work in an oral presentation. The conference featured various inspiring talks and poster presentations by Japanese and German participants.

Leander Geske successfully defended his PhD Thesis on 30.05.2023. He worked on the total synthesis of strychnine, finished the total synthesis of phenolic natural products from orchid plants and elucidated structures of biologically active natural products. We had a great day celebrating his defense and we wish him all the best for his future!

Kevin Seipp had the opportunity to participate in this year’s 35th Irseer Naturstofftage (26.04–28.04.2023) with a poster presentation of his recent work.  He enjoyed the inspiring discussions, all the positive feedback and is still impressed by the beautiful location of Kloster Irsee.

Elisabeth Quraishi had the opportunity to present a poster showing work from her PhD thesis at this year’s ACS Spring Meeting (26.03–30.03.2023) of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis, USA. She enjoyed to be part of a big community, sharing and discussing results of current research topics and exploring new technical innovations at the expo. We thank the VCI (Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V.) for financial support on this journey.

Philipp Klein successfully defended his dissertation on 01.03.2023. He synthesized and evaluated new cysteine protease inhibitors with electrophilic warheads and inhibitors of Tryparedoxin from Trypanosoma brucei. We wish you all the best for your future!

On 01.02.2023 Nina Vierengel successfully defended her PhD thesis. She synthesized functionalized macrolactones for the use in target identification. Furthermore, she elucidated and synthesized biologically active natural products. We wish you only the best for your future!

Caroline Grundke successfully defended her PhD thesis on 24.01.2023. She studied the usage of cyanides as C₁-building blocks in organic synthesis and their applications in the synthesis of various heterocycles. We wish you all the best for your future.

Bei hervorragendem Laufwetter ging es am 08.09.2022 für Jan, Kevin und Eli zum diesjährigen Mainzer Firmenlauf, bei dem in 3er-Teams gestartet wurde. 5 km durch die schöne Mainzer Innenstadt waren das Ziel. Nach dem Start um 18:30 Uhr auf der großen Bleiche ging es quer durch die Mainzer Altstadt, die Augustinerstraße herunter, am Domplatz vorbei zum Ziel am Ernst-Ludwig-Platz, an dem kühle Getränke auf die drei Sportler mit neuen persönlichen Bestzeiten warteten. In der Mixed-Teamwertung belegte das Team Platz 63 bei über 400 teilnehmenden Mannschaften. Fazit: Der Lauf hat Spaß gemacht und eine erneute Teilnahme im nächsten Jahr steht definitiv auf dem Programm. Ein besonderer Dank geht an Lara für das Motivieren vor dem Start und das Anfeuern beim Rennen!

Autorin: Eli.