S3.E1: All I Want for the holidays are cross-couplings, collaborations and cookies!!
S3.E1: All I Want for the holidays are cross-couplings, collaborations and cookies!!
For our special Holiday extravaganza, Dani and LC share their holiday plans before diving into the cookie jar of questio... Read more
11 Dec 2023
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19mins
S2.E8: Peptides, Cross-Electrophile Coupling and Maple Syrup!
S2.E8: Peptides, Cross-Electrophile Coupling and Maple Syrup!
For this month's episode, Dani and LC serve up a recently published JACS article on Ni-catalyzed pyridinium cross-electr... Read more
17 Jul 2023
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35mins
S2.E7: So Far, So Cyanide: Green, air-tolerant and robust cyanation reactions.
S2.E7: So Far, So Cyanide: Green, air-tolerant and robust cyanation reactions.
For this month's episode, Dani and LC go all in on Ni-catalyzed cyanations with Caleb Hethcox who recently published 2 p... Read more
15 Jun 2023
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30mins
S2:E6 - The Catalysis Laboratory at Merck: 20 Years of Catalyzing Innovation (Part 3)
S2:E6 - The Catalysis Laboratory at Merck: 20 Years of Catalyzing Innovation (Part 3)
Dr. Becky Ruck joins Dani and LC for the grand finale of our journey reviewing the history of the Merck Catalysis Labora... Read more
22 May 2023
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31mins
Snack: The Catalysis Laboratory at Merck - 20 Years of Catalyzing Innovation (Part 2)
Snack: The Catalysis Laboratory at Merck - 20 Years of Catalyzing Innovation (Part 2)
L.-C. and Dani talk about the next era in the Catalysis Lab's evolution, highlighting the democratization of high-throug... Read more
24 Apr 2023
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10mins
S2:E5 - The Catalysis Laboratory at Merck: 20 Years of Catalyzing Innovation (Part 1)
S2:E5 - The Catalysis Laboratory at Merck: 20 Years of Catalyzing Innovation (Part 1)
In this month's episode, and our 1st of 3 parts dedicated the 20th anniversary of Merck's Catalysis Laboratory, Dani and... Read more
10 Apr 2023
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36mins
S2.E4: The Total Synthesis of Darobactin A (or is it Davobactin?)
S2.E4: The Total Synthesis of Darobactin A (or is it Davobactin?)
For this month's episode, Dani and LC dive into the challenges of strained cyclic peptide synthesis with Niki Patel and ... Read more
28 Feb 2023
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34mins
S2.E3: All I Want for Christmas Is Candy, Chainsaws, Chemistry and ANSWERS!
S2.E3: All I Want for Christmas Is Candy, Chainsaws, Chemistry and ANSWERS!
For our special Holiday extravaganza, Dani and LC reminisce about the holidays while in grad school (think candy throw d... Read more
22 Dec 2022
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25mins
S2.E2: Enabling medicinal chemistry knowledge exchange with #ChemistryWizards (not trolls)
S2.E2: Enabling medicinal chemistry knowledge exchange with #ChemistryWizards (not trolls)
For S2E2, we’re joined by drug hunting legends Doug Beshore and Izzat Raheem who recently co-authored a recent (and popu... Read more
7 Dec 2022
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36mins
S2.E1: No Bald Eagles We're Harmed in the Recording of this Podcast
S2.E1: No Bald Eagles We're Harmed in the Recording of this Podcast
We kick off season 2 with a bang, talking about complex molecule synthesis with John McIntosh and Nastaran Salehi. Cycli... Read more
1 Nov 2022
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32mins