The 31st QOMSBOC is a Virtual Symposium
hosted by McMaster University on December 3 & 4, 2021
Congratulations to all of our QOMSBOC 2021
Award Winners!
Oral Presentations:
Tommy Lussier (Université de Sherbrooke - Legault Lab)
Ryan Moreira (University of Waterloo - Taylor Lab)
Eric Isbrandt (University of Ottawa - Newman Lab)
Dominic Campeau (University of Ottawa - Gagosz Lab)
Alexis Gabbey (University of Toronto - Rousseaux Lab)
Cynthia Messina (Concordia University - Forgione Lab)
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Poster Awards:
Ahmed Fnaiche (Université de Montréal - Gagnon Lab)
Kristian El Chami (McGill University - Arndtsen Lab)
Michael West (University of Toronto - Rousseaux Lab)
Myroslava Volosheniuk (University of Ottawa - Beauchemin Lab)
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About QOMSBOC
QOMSBOC is an annual symposium organized by synthetic and bioorganic research chemists in Quebec and Ontario, Canada. Hosted by a different academic institution each year, QOMSBOC offers a forum to showcase cutting-edge research done by graduate students, undergraduate, and postdoctoral researchers. The primary objective of QOMSBOC is to inspire and help to train the next generation of outstanding young organic chemists.
QOMSBOC 2021 Plenary Speakers
Prof. Christina White
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Prof. Ryan Shenvi
Prof. David Nagib
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla
The Ohio State University
Dr. Rebecca Ruck
Executive Director, Small Molecule Process R&D Enabling Technologies,
Merck
QOMSBOC 2021 Virtual Program
Friday, December 3, 2021
Afternoon
1:00 - 1:15 Opening Remarks
1:15 - 3:30 Oral Presentations
3:30 - 4:30 Plenary Seminar by Prof. Ryan Shenvi
4:30 - 5:30 Poster Session 1
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Evening
6:00 - 8:00 Oral Presentations
8:00 - 9:00 Plenary Seminar by Dr. Rebecca Ruck
Saturday, December 4, 2021
Morning
9:00 - 11:30 Oral Presentations
11:30 - 12:30 Plenary Seminar Prof. David Nagib
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1:00 - 2:00 Poster Session 2
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Afternoon
2:00 - 4:00 Oral Presentations
4:00 - 5:00 Plenary Seminar by Prof. Christina White
QOMSBOC 2021 & 2022 Leadership
Director: Meghan Fragis, Graduate Student, McMaster University (mcmasterqomsboc@gmail.com)
Chair: Dr. Jake Magolan, Associate Professor, McMaster University
Advisory Committee:
Dr. Anthony Rullo, Assistant Professor, McMaster University
Dr. James McNulty, Professor, McMaster University
Dr. Jarrod Johnson, Research Associate, McMaster University
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We thank our sponsors
For more than thirty years, our annual QOMSBOC events have been made possible by generous support from many sponsors. Our 2019 QOMSBOC, held at the University of Ottawa, was sponsored by the following organizations.
Enquiries about potential sponsorship of our next in-person QOMSBOC event, which will take place at McMaster University in Hamilton in November of 2022, should be directed to the QOMSBOC 2022 Chair, Dr. Jake Magolan (magolanj@mcmaster.ca).