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  • Hassel Lecture 2026: A stereochemical journey May 21, 2026 3:42 PM

    Professor Jérôme Lacour from the Université de Genève visited the Department of Chemistry this week as the Hassel Lecturer, a lecture series held in honour of Nobel laureate Odd Hassel. In two talks, Lacour presented both fundamental and cutting‑edge research in stereochemistry, reactive carbenes, and asymmetric synthesis.

  • SMN Winter Seminar Feb. 9, 2026 3:53 PM
  • A chemical retrospective as the institute prepares for convergence research environments and the Life Sciences Building Dec. 17, 2025 12:46 PM

    The Department of Chemistry made history in 1969 when Odd Hassel was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Together with skilled colleagues he helped develop an electron-diffraction apparatus capable of imaging chemical structures. Since then, the department has nurtured many strong research groups. Now the institute is entering a new phase as it prepares to move into the Life Sciences Building. 

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Events

  • SPARK Norway Educational Forum: Funding & Partnerships − Turning Your Idea into a Business Nov. 11, 2026 5:00 PM

    Join us to learn practical ways to navigate fundraising and partnership formation − and avoid the mistakes that cost founders time and leverage.

  • Get to know your neighbours in the Life Science Building Nov. 12, 2026 11:00 AM

    NCMBM is organising a new seminar series in the Life Science Building this autumn. The series will give researchers and colleagues working in and around the building an opportunity to get to know each other’s research and the different research environments.

    Speakers: Liebert Parreiras Nogueira and Chloe Steen

  • Disputation: Claudia Fabris Nov. 13, 2026 1:15 PM

    Doctoral candidate Claudia Fabris at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis "Investigating the influence of modified zeolite Y on the catalytic pyrolysis of polymers and on the MTH reaction" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

  • Life Science Writing Club Nov. 23, 2026 4:00 PM

    Join us for the Life Science Writing Club in the new Life Science Building! These afternoon Shut Up & Write sessions are reserved for all researchers, Postdocs and PhD-candidates within life sciences.

  • Get to know your neighbours in the Life Science Building Nov. 26, 2026 11:00 AM

    NCMBM is organising a new seminar series in the Life Science Building this autumn. The series will give researchers and colleagues working in and around the building an opportunity to get to know each other’s research and the different research environments.

    Speakers: Martin Wohlwend and Eivind Undheim

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