University of St Andrews, Chemistry dept.

RSC – Impact of Organic Chemistry

21st May, 2013

The RSC has completed a series of case studies highlighting the impact that organic chemistry has on the world around us. These are very important in the fight to communicate the important role synthesis plays in the scientific community and the Organic Division of the RSC has done a great [...]

47th ESBOC meeting

21st May, 2013

Nick attended the 47th ESBOC meeting in Gregynog on the 17-19th May. The meeting was entitled Chemical Probes for Cellular Processes and there were a series of fantastic talks emphasising the use of novel imaging reagents.

SCI Postgraduate Symposium

19th Apr, 2013

Congratulations to Ross on winning a prize for his talk at the SCI 24th Postgraduate Symposium on Novel Organic Chemistry in Dundee on the 16th April.

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

19th Apr, 2013

Congratulations to Nick on being admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in February.

URGENT – PhD position available in the Westwood group

04th Apr, 2013

We are looking for a new PhD to start in September 2013. The project builds on our interest in identifying the targets of bioactive compounds and will require and develop skills in organic synthesis and chemical biology. This is a joint project with Professor Gary Ward at the University of [...]

Welcome to the Westwood Research Group.

We are based in the School of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews and are part of the Biomedical Sciences Research Complex.

Our research interests include Chemical Biology and Natural Product Synthesis.