RSC Organic Chemistry Community North West Regional Meeting 2026

Scientific Programme

Registration from 9:00 with breakfast and exhibitors (County South LT).

Session 1 (Faraday LT)  Chair: Dr Nick Evans

10:15–10:30 Welcoming remarks and housekeeping

10:30–11:00 Dr Julien Doulcet (Lancaster University). “Harnessing Amine Feedstocks for C(sp³)–C(sp³) Bond Formation via Radical Cross-Coupling”

11:00–11:30 Dr Aaron Trowbridge (University of Manchester). “Biomimetic N-terminal homologation of amino acids”

11:30–12:00 Dr John Ward (University of Liverpool). “Discovery of Anthraquinone-Based Photocatalysts for Decarboxylative Giese Reactions”

12:10–13:50  Lunch, Exhibitions and Poster Session (County South LT and The Lounge)

Session 2 (Faraday LT)   Chair: Dr Jonathan Ward

14:00–14:30 Dr Jamie Docherty (Lancaster University). “Synthetic Innovation in Strained Heterocycles and DNA-Encoded Libraries”

14:30–15:00 Dr Andrew Lewis (Manchester Metropolitan University). “Covalent Chemistry and Computational Discovery: Integrating Chemical Biology and AI to Probe Mechanisms of Disease”

15:00–15:30 Dr Jean-Marc Henry (Astra Zeneca). “Development and implementation at 200kg scale of a transamination process”

Session 3 (Faraday LT)   Chair: Dr M. Paz Muñoz

15:30–16:30  Plenary Lecture: Prof Donna Blackmond (Scripps Research & University of Liverpool). “Mechanistic Understanding of Complex Catalytic Reactions Through a Temperature Scanning Protocol”.

16:30-16:40  Presentation of the 2025 Centenary Prize for Chemistry and Communication medal to Prof Donna Blackmond by M. Paz Muñoz (RSC OCC).

16:40  Concluding remarks and poster prizes (sponsored by RSC OCC & RSC Lancashire local section, CEM and Shimadzu)

17:00-18:00  Drinks reception (County South LT).