The 48th Annual ICI Congress
‘Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry’
is taking place in the Aurivo Auditorium,
Atlantic Technlogical University (ATU), Sligo
22nd November, 2024
All welcome to attend
The scientific programme is available here: ATU-2024-ICI Meeting
The ICI proudly hosted
the 9th EuChemS Congress (ECC-9)
in the Dublin Convention Centre, Ireland
from 7-11th July, 2024
A full report to follow shortly but some key highlighted provided below:
As part of ECC-9, Professor Pat Guiry, ICI President and President of the Royal Irish Academy hosted a special event in the RIA ‘In Conversation with Two Nobel Laureates’ on Monday, 8th July, 2024
Pictured above is Professor Pat Guiry (right) with Professor Sir David W. C. MacMillan, Princeton University, US (left) and Professor Frances H. Arnold, California Institute of Technology, US
Pictured from l to r are Nobel Laureates Professor Sir David W. C. MacMillan and Professor Frances H. Arnold, Professor Pat Guiry (ICI President and ECC-9 Chair), Professor Celine Marmion (ECC-9 Local Organising Committee Co-Chair), Professor David A. Leigh (ECC-9 International Scientific Committee Chair) and Professor Thorri Gunnlaugsson (ECC-9 Local Organising Committee Co-Chair)
As part of ECC-9, Professor Celine Marmion, ICI Immediate Past President and ECC-9 Local Organising Committee Co-Chair hosted a special reception in the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences which included a presentation on the history of RCSI and the history of Chemistry in RCSI on Tuesday, 9th July, 2024
Pictured from l to r are Professor Thorri Gunnlaugsson (ECC-9 Local Organising Committee Co-Chair), Professor Celine Marmion (ICI Immediate Past President and ECC-9 Local Organising Committee Co-Chair), Professor Pat Guiry (ICI President and ECC-9 Chair), Professor Angela Agostiano (EuChemS President), Professor Floris Rutjes (EuChemS Immediate Past President)
Pictured here are some members of the ICI Council. From l to r are Dr Sean Reidy, Professor Steven Bell (ICI Vice-President), Professor Celine Marmion (ICI Immediate Past President), Professor Pat Guiry (ICI President), Dr O. Finlayson (ICI Registrar), Mr Patrick Hobbs (Irish Chemical News Editor), Dr Brian Murray and Dr John Keegan (ICI Treasurer)
Pictured here are some members of the ECC-9 International Scientific Committee
Pictured here include ECC-9 platinum sponsors – senior members from the Royal Society of Chemistry and the American Chemical Society
The ECC-9 Banquet took place in the iconic Croke Park (Home of the GAA and Ireland’s Gaelic Games) on Wednesday, 10th July, 2024
The ICI Annual Award Ceremony took place in
UCD, O’Brien Centre for Science, SCIH 1.37 Lynch Theatre in Science Hub
on Thursday, 18th April, 2024
Congratulations to all the ICI Awardees who delivered outstanding presentations during the Ceremony. Programme details may be found here: ICI Annual Award Ceremony 2024 Programme
Pictured here is Professor Pat Guiry, ICI President, presenting Ellen Fay, School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin with her ICI Postgraduate Award 2024.
Her Award Lecture was entitled
‘Nucleoside and Oligonucleotide Modification for Targeting DNA Damage Repair’
Pictured here is Professor Pat Guiry, ICI President, presenting Professor Tia Keyes, School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University with her ICI Boyle Higgins Gold Medal and Lecture Award 2024.
Her Award Lecture was entitled
‘Probes and Platforms for Biophysics; A Chemist’s Solution to Biological Problems’
Pictured here is Professor Pat Guiry, ICI President, presenting Professor Stuart James, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast with his ICI Eva Philbin Award 2024. His Award Lecture was entitled
‘Mechanochemistry and Porous Liquids: New thinking for Sustainable Processes’
Pictured here are Professor Frank Hegarty (UCD), Professor Pat Guiry (UCD), Professor Tia Keyes (DCU) and Professor John Kelly (TCD), all ICI Boyle Higgins’ Gold Medal and Lecture Awardees!
Pictured here (from l to r) are
Professor Pat Guiry (ICI President), Margaret Franklin (Past ICI President 2015-2017),
Professor Celine Marmion (Immediate Past President 2019-2022) and
Patrick Hobbs (Past President 2013-2015)
The 75th ICI AGM will take place in
UCD, O’Brien Centre for Science, SCIH 1.37 Lynch Theatre in Science Hub
on Thursday, 18th April, 2024
commencing at 18.00.
All ICI members are welcome to attend.
Please find below the details for the upcoming ICI Award Ceremony to be held on 18th April, 2024 commencing at 15.00 in UCD. This is an in-person event and all are welcome to attend.
ICI Award Ceremony
Venue: UCD, O’Brien Centre for Science, SCIH 1.37 Lynch Theatre in Science Hub
Programme:
3.00-3.20 Ellen Fay – ICI Postgraduate Award – “Nucleoside and Oligonucleotide Modification for Targeting DNA Damage Repair”
3.20-4.00 Susan Quinn (Eva Philbin Award Lecture 2023) – “Adventures in DNA: Exploring New Avenues for Light Activated Diagnostics and Therapeutics”
4-4.40 Stuart James (Eva Philbin Award Lecture 2024) – “Mechanochemistry and Porous Liquids: New thinking for Sustainable Processes”
4.40-5.20 Tia Keyes (Boyle-Higgins Medal 2024) – “Probes and Platforms for Biophysics; A chemist’s solution to Biological problems”
5.30-6pm Wine Reception
The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland (ICI) is delighted to provide 20 student bursaries (ECC-9 student registration fee) to students attending the 9th EuChemS Congress (ECC-9) which is taking place in Dublin, Ireland, 7-11th July, 2024.
Bursary applicants must:
To apply for an ICI student bursary, please complete the application form here.
Please note the following key dates:
Deadline for ICI bursary applications: 17th March, 2024 (St. Patrick’s Day)
Please click here for further details in relation to the Congress and ECC-9 abstract submission process.
If you wish to become a graduate member of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland, further details may be found here
For Seachtain na Gaeilge the ICI Young Chemists Network is organising an event presenting short talks from chemists and researchers on a range of topics through the Irish language. This is the first event of its kind and all with an interest are welcome to attend. It will take place on Friday 1 March at 1.30 pm in the Phelan Room in the National University of Ireland (49 Merrion Square East, Dublin 2). Spaces are somewhat limited, so please register at the link below if you plan to attend: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/youngchemistsnetworklonranagceimiceoirg/
Le linn Seachtain na Gaeilge tá Líonra na gCeimiceoirí Óga ICÉ ag eagrú imeacht á chur i láthair léiriú ó cheimiceoirí agus taighdeoirí ar réimse ábhair trí meán na Gaeilge. Seo an chéad imeacht dá short, agus tá fáilte roimh gach duine freastail. Beidh an imeacht ar siúil Dé hAoine 1 Marta ag 1.30 i.n. i Seomra Phelan ag Ollscoil na hÉireann (49 Céarnóg Mhuirfeann Thoir, BÁC 2). Tá spás réasúnta teoranta, le bhur dtoil cláraigh ag an nasc seo leanas má tá tú ar intinn teacht: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/youngchemistsnetworklonranagceimiceoirg/
Le gach dea-ghuí
Joseph Byrne, UCD and Cathal Ó Ceallaigh QUB
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
THe ICI Annual Award Ceremony and 74th Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Thursday, 29th June, 2023. Please see further details below.
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Thursday, 29th June, 2023 at 16.00 in Theatre C (O’Connor Lecture Theatre) Science Hub, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 |
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| 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 | 74th Annual General Meeting (AGM)
All ICI members are welcome to attend |
