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47th ICI Congress on ‘Achieving Sustainability Through Chemistry’

2nd October 2023/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The 47th ICI Congress on
‘Achieving Sustainability Through Chemistry’
will be hosted by Queen’s University Belfast
on 24th October, 2023

Click ICI Congress 2023 for
programme and registration details

ICI Annual Award Ceremony and AGM

23rd June 2023/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

THe ICI Annual Award Ceremony and 74th Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Thursday, 29th June, 2023. Please see further details below.

Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Annual Award Ceremony and 74^th Annual General Meeting
Thursday, 29^th June, 2023 at 16.00 in Theatre C (O’Connor Lecture Theatre) Science Hub, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4
16.00-16.05	Welcome and ICI Update *Professor Patrick Guiry, ICI President*
16:05-16:35	ICI Postgraduate Awardee 2023 Award Lecture ‘The development of Polypropylene Jerrycans for Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water: Anti-microbial Properties, Durability and Toxicity Analysis’ *Kris O’Dowd, Atlantic Technological University, Sligo*
16.35-17.25	ICI Boyle Higgins Award Lecture 2023 ‘Chiral Nanomaterials’ *Professor Yuri Gun’ko, Trinity College Dublin*
17.25-17.30	Closing Remarks Professor Patrick Guiry, ICI President
17.30-18.00	BREAK – Wine Reception
18.00-18.45	74^th Annual General Meeting (AGM) All ICI members are welcome to attend

9th EuChemS Congress (ECC-9), Dublin, Ireland 7-11th July, 2024

23rd June 2023/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The ICI is delighted to be hosting ECC-9 which will take place in the Convention Centre in Dublin, Ireland from the 7th-11th July, 2024 inclusive.
Further details may be found here:
https://euchems2024.org

ICI David Brown Award 2023

8th May 2023/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

This award was established in 2014 to honour Professor David Brown of University College Dublin in recognition of his enormous contribution to inorganic chemistry both nationally and internationally. Professor Brown, together with Professor Bill Davis (TCD) hosted the International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC) in UCD in 1974. With some funds remaining, Professor Brown set up what became known as the Greystones weekend meetings, which were held in the LaTouche Hotel in Greystones and later in a more formal setting, in Maynooth University, hosted by Dr Malachy McCann every three years until 2005. This was re-launched as a one day Inorganic Ireland Symposium and has been held approximately every two years since then. A highlight of this symposium is the presentation of the ICI David Brown award to a colleague who has made an outstanding contribution to inorganic chemistry.

Following an open call for nominations and an independent review process for the ICI David Brown Award 2023, we are delighted to let you know that Professor Thorfinnur (Thorri) Gunnlaugsson, School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, is this year’s recipient of this highly prestigious award. Professor Gunnlaugsson’s profile may be found here. Our warmest congratulations to Professor Gunnlaugsson. Professor Gunnlaugsson will deliver his award lecture entitled ‘Tails of two endeavours! The application of lanthanides and Ru(II) in the formation of luminescent supramolecular systems’ during the Inorganic Ireland Symposium 2023 which is being in TCD on Friday, 19th May.

ICI Division of Medicinal & Biological Chemistry Updates

13th April 2023/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

Check out the ICI Division of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry section on this website for recent updates, including registration details, in relation to the following:

17th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry
‘Small Molecule Protein Degraders: A New Opportunity for Drug Design and Development’

17th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry Programme (efmcshortcourses.org)

EFMC International Symposium on Chemical Biology

The European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology (EFMC) and the Swiss Chemical Society, Division for Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology (DMCCB) will be organising the International Symposium on Chemical Biology (EFMC-ISCB) on November 16-18, 2023 in Basel, Switzerland.

VIII SEQT Summer School (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

The 8th SEQT Summer School – Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology in Drug Discovery: The Pharma Perspective is an EFMC Certified School organised by the Spanish Society of Medicinal Chemistry (SEQT) and GalChimia with the aim of approaching the pharma industry to young researchers, both graduate students and post-doctoral associates, working in the chemistry and health sciences related fields. The summer school will take place in JUNE 19-21, 2023 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Nordic-Irish Process Chemistry Forum 2023

9th March 2023/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

Almac will be hosting a Nordic-Irish Process Chemistry Forum from 6 – 8 June 2023 in Belfast, on behalf of the Nordic Process Chemistry Group.

The agenda includes industry and academia. There are also opportunities for PhD students to showcase their research studies either through a “Five Minutes of Fame” presentation or a poster.

Please refer to the website here for further details.

Irish Mass Spectrometry Society (IMSS) 2023

9th March 2023/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

Venue: George Moore Auditorium, UCD, Dublin
Date: 10th May 2023
Time: Full day
Tickets: Available through the IMSS website soon.

Awards
• €1,000 bursary for best postgraduate presentation including 1st/2nd year postdoctoral speaker
• Awards for best student poster presentation

For those of you who would like to orally present at this year’s conference, or submit a poster the call is open until the 28th of February so please get in touch as soon as possible to register your interest and submit an abstract.
As always the contact address is imssconference@gmail.com and keep an eye on our website www.imss.ie for updates.

14th EFMC-YSN MedChemBioOnline Webinar ‘Successful Stories of Women in Science: Inspiring Career Paths’

9th February 2023/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The next webinar in the 14^th EFMC-YSN MedChemBioOnline will be “Successful Stories of Women in Science: Inspiring Career Paths”, taking place February 28 (16:30 to 18:30 CET)

MedChemBioOnline is a series of webinars mixing science, soft-skills trainings and round table discussions. This initiative aims to meet the needs of our scientific community to continue interacting and sharing ideas and innovation, as well as providing early career scientists with opportunities to listen to outstanding scientists and expand their knowledge.

The 14th EFMC-YSN MedChemBioOnline will offer an exciting programme around the topics of “Successful Stories of Women in Science: Inspiring Career Paths”.

PROGRAMME (indicated times are CET):

16:30: Welcome & Opening
16:35: Addressing Underexplored Anti-infective Targets
Prof. Anna K. H. Hirsch (Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Germany)
17:10: Science Communication is Not Only for the Public
Dr Élodie Chabrol (Freelance Science Communicator, France)
17:45: Round Table Discussion: “Challenges and Opportunities for Women in STEM”
Dr Elodie Chabrol (Freelance Science Communicator, France)
Prof. Anna K. H. Hirsch (Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutcial Research Saarland, Germany)
Prof. Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska (University of Michigan, United States)
Dr Radka Snajdrova (Novartis Pharma AG, Switzerland)
Dr Wendy Young (MPM Capital, United States)
18:30: End of the Webinar

More information & registration on www.medchembio.online

Calls are now open for the ICI Boyle Higgins Gold Medal and Lecture Award, the ICI Annual Award for Chemistry (Eva Philbin Lecture Series) and the ICI Postgraduate Award

9th February 2023/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

Call for Nominations for the ICI Boyle Higgins Gold Medal and Lecture Award 2023

Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Call for Nominations for the ICI Eva Philbin Award 2023

Call for Nominations for the ICI Postgraduate Award 2023

Deadline for receipt of nominations for the above awards:

Friday, 24th March, 2023

Check out this wonderful RTE Archive of Tadhg Begley (Distinguished Professor, Derek Barton Professor in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University and 2021 ICI Boyle Higgins Gold Medal Awardee) winning the Young Scientist Award in 1973

3rd February 2023/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

Click here to access this archive

Check out the new logo of the ICI Division of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry!

19th January 2023/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

31st Annual GP2A Medicinal Chemistry Conference

19th January 2023/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The Group for the Promotion of Pharmaceutical chemistry in Academia (GP₂A) will hold the 31^st Annual GP₂A Medicinal Chemistry Conference at the School of Pharmacy, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille – France, 23-25^th August 2023.

The registration platform will open soon to submit abstracts for poster and oral presentation. The GP₂A conference offers an opportunity for PhD students and early career researchers to share the stage with our invited speakers, so this year a number of abstracts will be selected for oral communication.

Further information about the conference will follow soon.

Members of the GP₂A network are entitled to substantial registration discounts, so be sure to enrol as a network member prior to registration.

For more information about the GP₂A network, please feel free to visit our website: www.gp2a.org

A Joint Event Hosted by the ICI Division of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry and the RSC Carbohydrate Interest Group in QUB, 21-22 Nov, 2022

19th December 2022/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The first event organized by the recently launched Medicinal and Biological Chemistry Division of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland, jointly with the RSC Carbohydrate Interest Group took place in Queen’s University Belfast on 21-22 November 2022.

The meeting, organized by Prof Gerd Wagner (QUB), brought together over 2 days a great line of speakers with research interests in Carbohydrate and Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology from across Ireland, UK and Europe. It also featured the Dextra Award Lecture by Prof Gavin Miller (Keele University). Importantly, a dedicated Early Career Researcher session provided an opportunity for PhD students, postdocs, and early stage academics to present their research.

ICI Centenary Congress 2022

30th November 2022/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The ICI hosted a very special Centenary Congress in the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin on Thursday, 17th November, 2022.

The full Congress programme may be found here: ICI Centenary Congress 2022

Pictured (front row from l to r): Professor Steven bell, Professor Carmel Breslin, Professor Tadhg Begley, Professor Grace Morgan. Pictured (back row from l to r): Professor Mike Zaworokto, Professor Paul Murphy, Professor Pat Guiry, Professor John Wenger, Professor Susan Quinn

Pictured above are five ICI Presidents (front from l to r) are Professor Celine Marmion (President from 2019-2022), Professor Derbhile Donnelly (Presdient from 1994-1996), Professor Patrick Guiry (current President), and (back from l to r) are Professor John Cassidy (President from 2017-2019) and Mr Patrick Hobbs (President from 2013-2015).

ICI Boyle Higgins Gold Medal and Lecture Award 2022

21st November 2022/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The Boyle Higgins Medal and Lecture Award, instituted in 1985, is an award for research work carried out in chemistry under the headings: (a) Pure Chemistry, (b) Applied and Industrial Chemistry or (c) Chemical Education. The award is made for an outstanding and internationally recognised research contribution to the advancement of chemistry by a chemist of any nationality working in Ireland or by an Irish chemist working overseas.

Following an open call for nominations for this prestigious award and an independent and international review process, we are delighted to let you know that Professor Grace Morgan, School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, is the recipient of the ICI Boyle Higgins’ Gold Medal and Lecture Award 2022. Professor Morgan’s profile may be found here. Our warmest congratulations to Professor Morgan. Professor Morgan delivered an outstanding award lecture during the ICI Centenary Congress 2022.

Pictured: Professor Patrick Guiry (ICI President) presenting Professor Grace Morgan with her award during the ICI Centenary Congress in the Royal Irish Academy, 17th November, 2022

ICI Boyle Higgins Gold Medal and Lecture Award 2021

21st November 2022/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The Boyle Higgins Medal and Lecture Award, instituted in 1985, is an award for research work carried out in chemistry under the headings: (a) Pure Chemistry, (b) Applied and Industrial Chemistry or (c) Chemical Education. The award is made for an outstanding and internationally recognised research contribution to the advancement of chemistry by a chemist of any nationality working in Ireland or by an Irish chemist working overseas.

Following an open call for nominations for this prestigious award and an independent and international review process, we are delighted to let you know that Professor Tadhg Begley, an Irish chemist, UCC alumnus, Distinguished Professor, Derek Barton Professor of Chemistry and Robert A. Welch Foundation Chair, at Texas A&M University in the US, is the recipient of the ICI Boyle Higgins’ Gold Medal and Lecture Award 2021. Professor Begley’s profile may be found here. Our warmest congratulations to Professor Begley. Professor Begley delivered an outstanding award lecture during the ICI Centenary Congress 2022.

Pictured: Professor Patrick Guiry (ICI President) presenting Professor Tadhg Begley with his award during the ICI Centenary Congress in the Royal Irish Academy, 17th November, 2022

ICI Annual Award for Chemistry (Eva Philbin Public Lecture Series) Award 2022

6th October 2022/in News /by john

The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Annual Award for Chemistry was inaugurated in 2005. Since 2007, the lectures are termed the Eva Philbin Public Lecture Series. The late Professor Eva Philbin was formerly Head of the Chemistry Department in University College Dublin and also a former President of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland. The award is for a practising chemist, who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of chemistry and has considerably raised the profile of chemistry through both the excellence of their work and their ability to communicate in an effective and lucid manner.

Following an open call for nominations for the ICI Annual Award for Chemistry (Eva Philbin Public Lecture Series) 2021 and an independent review process, we are delighted to announce that the 2022 recipient of this award is Professor Carmel Breslin, Department of Chemistry, Maynooth University (Click here to view Professor Breslin’s profile on the MU website)

Our warmest congratulations to Professor Breslin. Professor Breslin presented an outstanding award lecture during the ICI Centenary Congress which took place in the Royal Irish Academy on the 17th November, 2022.

Pictured: Professor Patrick Guiry (ICI President) presenting Professor Carmel Breslin with her award during the ICI Centenary Congress in the Royal Irish Academy, 17th November, 2022

ICI Postgraduate Award 2022

4th June 2022/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland
is delighted to announce that

Niamh O’Mahoney (University College Cork)

is the 2022 recipient of the ICI Postgraduate Award.

Warmest congratulations to Niamh and to her supervisor, Dr Dara Fitzpatrick.

ICI Annual Award Ceremony and 73rd AGM, Wednesday, 8th June, 2022

4th June 2022/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The ICI Annual Award Ceremony and 73rd AGM are taking place in RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences on Wednesday, 8th June, 2022 commencing at 16.00 in the Albert Lecture Theatre.

The ICI Award Ceremony Programme may be found here: ICI Annual Award Ceremony 2022 Programme

Three UCD School of Chemistry Academic Posts Being Advertised

11th April 2022/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

Three UCD School of Chemistry academic posts are currently being advertised with an application deadline of the 3rd May, 2022:

Temporary 4 year post, Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Environmental and Sustainable Chemistry. Post Ref: 014266
Permanent, Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Organic / Medicinal Chemistry or Chemical Biology. Post Ref: 014268
Permanent, Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Bioinorganic Chemistry. Post Ref: 014269

See the School website and HR website for further details.

Call for nominations for the ICI Postgraduate Award 2022 now open

1st April 2022/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland
is delighted to announce the call for nominations for the following prestigious ICI award:

The ICI Postgraduate Award 2022

Deadline for receipt of nominations: Friday, 29th April, 2022

The nominee must be a registered PhD student in any Chemistry discipline working in an Irish Higher Education Institution. They must have demonstrated excellence in research through publications. They must also have demonstrated a commitment to supporting and promoting Chemistry within their Institution (e.g. through active participation in public engagement initiatives). A person nominated for this award must be a member of the Institute at the time of nomination or upon receipt of the award.

Nomination Process: The nominator, who must be the student’s PhD supervisor, shall send one electronic copy of their nomination by email to the President of the Institute, which will include a cover letter providing a brief resume of the reasons for the nomination, together with a CV (maximum 2 pages) of the nominee.

Nominations to be addressed to the ICI President, Professor Celine Marmion and sent to: cmarmion@rcsi.ie

ICI Annual Award for Chemistry (Eva Philbin Public Lecture Series) Award 2021

31st March 2022/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Annual Award for Chemistry was inaugurated in 2005. Since 2007, the lectures are termed the Eva Philbin Public Lecture Series. The late Professor Eva Philbin was formerly Head of the Chemistry Department in University College Dublin and also a former President of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland. The award is for a practising chemist, who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of chemistry and has considerably raised the profile of chemistry through both the excellence of their work and their ability to communicate in an effective and lucid manner.

Following an open call for nominations for the ICI Annual Award for Chemistry (Eva Philbin Public Lecture Series) 2021 and an independent review process, we are delighted to announce that the 2021 recipient of this award is Professor Paula Colavita, School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin (Click here to view Professor Colavita’s profile on the TCD website)

Our warmest congratulations to Professor Colavita. We look forward to Professor Colavita’s public lecture in due course, the details of which will be posted on the ICI website and also communicated to ICI members via email.

Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Young Chemists’ Network Host International Women’s Day Event on 9th March, 2022

13th March 2022/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

With our thanks to the ICI YCN for hosting a wonderful event in celebration of International Women’s Day on the 9th March, 2022. This involved a panel discussion with Dr Michelle Brown (Research Fellow, CRANN, TCD and L’Oreal UNESCO FWIS Fellow 2021), Dr Clare S. Mahon (Assistant Professor at Durham University), Dr Roisin O’Flaherty (Assistant Professor at Maynooth University) and recruiters from the Berkey Group. This was a free event open to all.

Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Statement in Support of the People of Ukraine

1st March 2022/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland, the national body representing all chemists in Ireland, is deeply saddened at and fervently condemns the military invasion by Russia of Ukraine. The Institute stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine including the members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and wider educational and scientific communities.

Call for Nominations’ for the ICO Young Researcher Award 2022

6th January 2022/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The International Carbohydrate Organization invites applications for the ICO Young Researcher Award 2022. This award was established in 2012 to encourage carbohydrate research by young investigators and shall be given to a researcher working on a project focused on any aspect of glycochemistry and/or glycobiology. The recipient of this award will be invited to present their work orally at the 30th International Carbohydrate Virtual Symposium in Brazil, from July 10th to 15th, 2022. The award covers registration expenses and a cash prize of 1000 USD. Further details in relation to eligibility and application details may be found here: ICO Young Researcher Award_2022

Application deadline: Tuesday, 1st March, 2022

5th Symposium of the Irish Biological Inorganic Chemistry Society (IBICS)

28th October 2021/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The Irish Biological Inorganic Chemistry Society (IBICS) will host its 5th Symposium (IBICS-5) virtually on Friday, 26th November, 2021. Further details may be found here: IBIC-5 Flyer

Professor Tadhg Begley is the 2021 recipient of the ICI Boyle Higgins’ Gold Medal and Lecture Award

22nd October 2021/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

We are delighted to let you know that Professor Tadhg Begley, an Irish chemist, UCC alumnus, Distinguished Professor, Derek Barton Professor of Chemistry and Robert A. Welch Foundation Chair, at Texas A&M University in the US, is the recipient of the ICI Boyle Higgins’ Gold Medal and Lecture Award 2021. Professor Begley is not only an outstanding and internationally recognised leader in the field of chemical biology and natural product synthesis but he has also inspired generations of chemists both here in Ireland and indeed internationally. Our warmest congratulations to Professor Begley. We are very much hoping that Professor Begley will be able to deliver his award lecture in person in 2022.

Call for nominations for the ICI Annual Award for Chemistry (Eva Philbin Public Lecture Series) 2021 is now open

22nd October 2021/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The call for nominations for this prestigious ICI award is now open.

Further details in relation to the nomination process may be found here: Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Call for Nominations for the ICI Eva Philbin Award 2021

Deadline date for nominations: Friday, 26th November, 2021

International Chemistry Olympiad 2021

21st October 2021/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

Team Ireland has achieved its best success to date in the International Chemistry Olympiad, which was held from Saturday, July 24 to Monday, August 2, 2021, with all four competing students receiving awards for the first time. Two students, Oisín Ó Feinneadha, from St. Peter’s College Secondary School, Wexford and Tong Wu, from Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co. Kildare got silver medals, placing them in the top 10-30% of Chemistry students in the world. Oscar Despard, from Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, Dublin also received a bronze medal and Aoife Morris, from St. Aloysius’ College, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork completed the extraordinary success of Team Ireland by getting an Honourable Mention award.

Warmest congratulations to theses exceptional students on not only their outstanding achievements but for also being wonderful Irish Student Ambassadors. Congratulations also to their teachers and schools and all those who supported them. A special word of congratulations and thanks to the academic staff across five Irish Higher Education Institutions who provided expert training and support to these students.

45th Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Congress 2021 – Impacting Healthcare with Chemistry

20th September 2021/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Young Chemists’ Network, together with RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, co-hosted the 45th ICI Congress (virtual) on Thursday, 30th September, 2021 from 09.30-17.00

The Congress theme was ‘Impacting Healthcare with Chemistry’.

It was in honour of Sir Charles A. Cameron to commemorate the centenary of his death.

Please find programme details here: ICI Congress 2021 Programme

“Younger Chemists Thriving during the Global COVID-19 Pandemic”

23rd June 2021/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

Please find here a link to a recent article on ‘Younger Chemists Thriving during the Global COVID-19 Pandemic’ published in Chemistry Views, the online science news magazine of Chemistry Europe. Congratulations to the chair of the ICI Young Chemists’ Network (ICI YCN), Dr Mark Kelada, who contributed to this article.

ICI Honorary Fellowship

30th April 2021/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The ICI is delighted to announce that
Professor Dervilla M.X. Donnelly, Emeritus Professor of Phytochemistry
at University College Dublin,
has been awarded an honorary fellowship of the Institute.

This is in recognition of her highly distinguished career in academia and her significant contributions to the wider community serving in a variety of leadership roles. Professor Donnelly was elected the first female President of the Royal Dublin Society, and appointed Chairman of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Chairman of the European Science Research Council, Vice-President of the European Science Foundation, and Senior Vice-President and Vice-President of the Royal Irish Academy. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, an Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Boyle-Higgins Medallist, a UCD Charter Day Medallist, and a Royal Irish Academy Cunningham Medallist.
Our warmest congratulations to Professor Donnelly on receiving this honorary fellowship, one of the highest honours the Institute can bestow.

Calling All ICI Members: Please Update Your Contact Details

12th April 2021/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

If you have moved or you haven’t been receiving our emails, please update your contact details by emailing our honorary secretary,
Dr Emma Coyle at secretary@instituteofchemistry.org

ICI Annual Award Ceremony and ICI Annual General Meeting – Thursday, 29th April 2021

8th April 2021/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The ICI Annual Award Ceremony will take place virtually on Thursday, 29th April, 2021 from 16.00-18.00

The ICI AGM will also take place following the ICI Award Ceremony on Thursday, 29th April, 2021 commencing at 18.30

Details have been emailed to all ICI members. Further details will be posted here shortly.

The 72nd Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium

8th April 2021/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium is run annually under the aegis of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland.
The University of Limerick is delighted to host the Colloquium this year on the 17th-18th June, 2021 as a virtual event hosted by the Department of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute. Further details may be found here.

72nd Irish Chemistry Research Colloquium 2021 brochure

ICI Annual Award for Chemistry (Eva Philbin Public Lecture Series) 2020

10th March 2021/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Annual Award for Chemistry was inaugurated in 2005. Since 2007, the lectures are termed the Eva Philbin Public Lecture Series. The late Professor Eva Philbin was formerly Head of the Chemistry Department in University College Dublin and also a former President of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland. The award is for a practising chemist, who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of chemistry and has considerably raised the profile of chemistry through both the excellence of their work and their ability to communicate in an effective and lucid manner.

Following an open call for nominations for the ICI Annual Award for Chemistry (Eva Philbin Public Lecture Series) 2020 and an independent review process, we are delighted to announce that the 2020 recipient of this award is
Professor Declan Gilheany, School of Chemistry, University College Dublin.
Our warmest congratulations to Professor Gilheany. We look forward to Professor Gilheany’s public lecture in due course, the details of which will be posted here.

Appointment to the Environmental Protection Agency Advisory Committee

9th March 2021/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

Congratulations to Professor John Wenger, Professor in Physical and Environmental Chemistry, University College Cork, on being appointed by Minister Ryan to the Environmental Protection Agency Advisory Committee. Wishing Professor Wenger every success as he takes on this new and important role.

Kathleen Lonsdale Royal Irish Academy Chemistry Prize 2021

3rd February 2021/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

Congratulations to Dr Conor Crawford, ICI Postgraduate awardee 2020, on being the 2021 recipient of the Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize!
Further details in relation to this award and Conor’s research related to vaccine development may be found here

ICI Annual Award for Chemistry (Eva Philbin Public Lecture Series) 2019

15th December 2020/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

Congratulations to Professor Declan McCormack (TU Dublin) on being the 2019 recipient of the ICI Annual Award for Chemistry (Eva Philbin Public Lecture Series). Professor McCormack kindly agreed to having his award lecture recorded for the public to view.

ICI Award Ceremony and AGM – Update

13th October 2020/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The ICI Annual Award Ceremony and AGM took place on Thursday, 19th November, 2020

This is one of the highlights in the calendar year for the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland.

ICI Boyle Higgins Gold Medal and Lecture Award

Congratulations to Professor A.P. De Silva on winning the ICI Boyle Higgins Gold Medal and Lecture Award 2020.
Professor DeSilva will deliver his award lecture in 2021.

ICI Annual Award for Chemistry (Eva Philbin Public Lecture Award Series) 2019

Congratulations to Professor Declan McCormack, TU Dublin on winning the ICI Annual Award for Chemistry (Eva Philbin Lecture Award Series) 2019.
Professor McCormack delivered an outstanding award lecture during the virtually ICI award ceremony on the 19th November, 2020. A recording of this lecture will be made available shortly for all to view on this ICI website. Pictured below: Professor Eva Philin (top right), Professor McCormack (bottom left) and Professor McCormack receiving his award from the ICI President, Professor Celine Marmion (bottom right).

ICI Postgraduate Award 2020

The Institute received a number of outstanding nominations for this year’s postgraduate award. All nominations were sent for independent review. The ICI decided to present a joint award this year to Dr Conor Crawford (UCD) and Dr Priyanka Ganguly (IT Sligo). Our warmest congratulations to them both. They were presented with their award during the ICI award ceremony which took place virtually on the 19th November, 2020. Priyanka is currently a Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher in the University of Glasgow, Scotland and Conor is a postdoctoral researcher in the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Berlin, Germany. We wish Priyanka and Conor every success in their future endeavours. They are both wonderful ambassadors for chemistry research in Ireland.

ICI Second Level Education Award 2019

This award is presented to students who achieved the highest grade in higher level Leaving Certificate Chemistry in Ireland in 2019. Our warmest congratulations to Mr Brian Durkan from St. Muredach’s College, Ballina, Co. Mayo and to Óran O’Sullivan from Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co. Cork. Brian and Óran received their award medals during the virtual award ceremony on the 19th November, 2020. They were joined by their families, their teachers and school principals. Dr Fiona Desmond, the Chief Examiner for Chemistry and Physics and Chemistry from the State Examinations Commission delivered a very informative presentation on the leaving certificate chemistry examination process. It also put into context Brian and Óran’s exceptional achievements on being the top two students in Ireland in leaving certificate higher level chemistry in 2019. Brian is currently studying Chemistry in the University of Oxford, UK and Óran is studying mathematical science in UCC. We wish Brian and Óran continued success.

ICI Annual General Meeting – Thursday, 19th November 2020

The 71st Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland was held virtually on Thursday, 19th November 2020, at 17:45.

ICI Postgraduate Chemistry Research Symposium 2020 – Update

11th September 2020/in News /by cmarmion@rcsi.ie

The inaugural ICI Postgraduate Chemistry Research Symposium 2020, the very first virtual ICI event in its history, took place on September 9^th 2020 with over 150 registered delegates in attendance throughout the day. A special word of thanks to the Organising Committee for hosting this symposium and for bringing together postgraduate scholars from Institutions across Ireland and beyond, providing them with a unique opportunity to share their cutting edge research and to build their professional networks, in a year when most physical conferences have been cancelled.

For a comprehensive report on the Symposium, please click ICI Postgraduate Chemistry Research Symposium 2020

Event Rescheduling

15th July 2020/in News /by john

Irish Universities Chemistry Colloquium

The 72^nd Irish Universities Chemistry Colloquium, due to take place in the University of Limerick in June 2020 has been postponed to 2021. Details to follow.

Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Congress

The 45^th Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Congress, which was due to take place in University College Cork in 2020, has been postponed to 2021. Details to follow.

8^th EuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC8)

ECC8 will take place in Lisbon, Portugal from the 28^th August – 1^st September, 2022 inclusive. Further details may be found here: https://euchems2022.eu/

9^th EuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC9)

ECC9 will take place in Dublin, Ireland, August/September 2024.

The Congress has a unifying theme of Chemistry as the central science, focusing on the central role of chemistry at the interfaces with biology, material and environmental sciences, both for the progress of humankind and for the solution of fundamental problems of modern societies.