The Nobel Prize Lecture Series in 2021 is around the corner. If you are willing to have a deeper understanding of the world's most cutting-edge and hottest chemistry topics outside the classroom, welcome to the Nobel Prize Lecture in Chemistry. We will invite Prof. Ke Zhihai and Prof. Peng Xiaoshui to share their views on the asymmetric catalytic reaction of chiral amino acids involved in this year's Nobel Prize. We believe that students who attend the lecture will learn a lot from it. 

The lecture will take place on November 25th (Thursday) and will be divided into two parts. Detailed arrangements for the lecture are as follows: 

Part 1: 

1.      Topic: Asymmetric organocatalysis - approaching the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 

2.      Speaker: Prof. Ke Zhihai  

3.      Time: 7:00p.m. - 7:45p.m. 

4.      Language: Chinese 

5.      Venue: TA 101

6.      Introduction of the Speaker: Prof. Ke received his PhD degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and was engaged in post-doctoral research in National University of Singapore. He joined SSE, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) as an assistant professor in August 2020. His research interests include: organocatalysis, strained ring opening, new Lewis acid/base, asymmetric synthesis, etc. 

Part 2: 

1.     Topic: Chiral Science and Drug Discovery 

2.     Speaker: Prof. Peng Xiaoshui  

3.     Time: 7:45p.m. - 8:30p.m. 

4.     Language: Chinese 

5.     Venue: TA 101

6.     Introduction of the Speaker: Prof. Peng received his PhD from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and completed his postdoctoral research on the cortistatin project at CSL@Biopolis, Singapore. In 2020, he joined SSE as Associate Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), and is focusing his research themes on the development of eco-friendly synthetic methodologies and novel “bio-inspired” strategies for the total synthesis of structurally complex and biologically significant natural products, as well as natural product-derived drug discovery. 

To calculate the number of participants, please click the link, or scan the QR code in the attachment to fill in the questionnaire. (Note: Students who sign up successfully will not be informed by a follow-up email. Please come to the lecture directly). 

A tea break will be provided at the lecture. We are looking forward to your participation!  

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