I’m very happy to share our work on the enantioselective synthesis of 1,3-BCH as meta-benzene bioisosteres published @NatureSynthesis. Exceptional team led by @Thomas_Rigotti_ with PhD students @Carla__PS and Pablo Garrido, in collaboration with @isra_group and @MedChemLab_ucm
Now online:
Article by Thomas Rigotti, Mariola Tortosa & co-workers @TortosaLab
Enantioselective synthesis of 1,3-bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as meta-benzene bioisosteres
nature.com/articles/s44160-0… ($)
Happy to share our latest preprint in which we unveiled the reactivity of strained bicyclo[2.1.1]hexen-2-enes to prepare and validate meta-benzene bioisosteres. Great work by Thomas, Carla and Pablo in collaboration with @MedChemLab_ucm and @isra_group!
chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.264…
🔬✨ Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia
Hoy celebramos el talento, la dedicación y la pasión de las mujeres que hacen avanzar la ciencia cada día.
We’re celebrating an outstanding achievement! 💛
Our dear Dra. Verónica Muñoz Canales has earned her PhD in organic chemistry.
Her dedication, passion, and hard work truly inspire us.
Wishing her a future filled with brilliant projects and continued success! 🌟🎓
📢 Don't miss the PhD thesis defense of Verónica Muñoz Canales from the @MedChemLab_ucm at the
@quimicasUCM!
🗓️December 12th, 2025
⏰ 11:30 am
📌Salón de Actos, Facultad de Químicas, UCM
Today, the Annual Lilly Celebration took place, where our Dra. Anabel Sánchez was awarded the 2025 Research Prize.
We are proud to congratulate her on this well-deserved recognition of her scientific contributions. 🔬💛
#Lilly2025#Research#Science
💡 Interested in cannabinoid ligands?
Our research group has just published a new, essential review summarizing the current landscape: "The development and therapeutic potential of classical and next-generation cannabinoid ligands".
Read it here! 👇
🔗doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2025.…
🔬 Huge celebration at @quimicasUCM! Our TFG student, Daniel, now doing his TFM in our lab, won two major awards at the St. Albert the Great Ceremony:
🥇 Best Academic Record (Double Degree in Chemistry & Biochemistry) 2024-2025.
🏆 Campus @SEBBM_es Award 2024-2025.
Congrats!💛
Double pride in our research group! 🌟
Congratulations to Prof. Henar Vázquez! She was recognized at the St. Albert the Great Ceremony with the Teaching Excellence Award 2024-2025.
We celebrate her dedication and commitment! 👏
@quimicasUCM@unicomplutense
🟠 Our PI Silvia Ortega is presenting at “Coming of Age – Progeria Research Reaching for the Cure”, the 12th Annual International Scientific Workshop:
“First-generation PROTACs for improving progeria phenotype.”
🗓 October 29-31, 2025
📍Cambridge, MA
#ProgeriaResearch#PROTACs
Muy contentos de que nuestros hallazgos con la vacuna bacteriana MV130 de Inmunotek pueda mejorar la vida de los pacientes asmáticos! Seguimos trabajando para ello!! elconfidencial.com/salud/202…
🟠 Today, our PhD student Patricia García will present key findings of her research in a Flash Poster Presentation (FP-05) at the XI Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry Young Researchers.
🗓 July 18, 2025
📍Bilbao, Spain
🔍 Can we harness the power of cannabinoids while avoiding central side effects?
🧠 FP05 – Synthesis and Immunological Profiling of Peripherally Restricted Compounds Based on the Cannabinoid Ligand WIN55,212-2.
#SEQT_YRS2025#Cannabinoid#Symposium@SocEspQuimTerap
👏🏼 Huge congratulations to our PhD student for receiving one of the SEQT Awards to attend the EFMC-certified Summer School! 🏅
Today, she presented her thesis work at this Summer School during a flash presentation.
@SocEspQuimTerap#IXSummerSchool2025
📯Awards for Early-Career Researchers in the Field of the Discovery and Development of Novel Therapies.
• Andrea Bertran – Almirall
• Marta Durán – Johnson & Johnson
• Anabel Sánchez – Lilly
• Miguel Marín – MENARINI
• Álvaro de la Cruz – “Ramón Madroñero”
Congrats!!! 🙌🏼🤩
🔬 PROTACs? Progeria?
Curious? Come find us at P7 and learn more about our research!
🧬 We’d love to chat!
P7 | Discovery of Novel Progerin Ligands for PROTAC-based Progeria Treatment
@SocEspQuimTerap#XXISEQT#Progeria
🧪 Curious about how we use chemical probes in our research? Come find us at P32 and let's talk science!
🔍 We'd love to share what we're working on!
P32 | Development of Chemical Probes for the identification of relevant target proteins in the immune system
@SocEspQuimTerap