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Seminar at Universidad de Alcala de Henares, 11 of January 2024

So happy to have been invited to give a talk in the School of Chemistry at the UAH. Beautiful mural of the Periodic Table with Prof. Manuel Fernandez

Group picture of our participation in EFMC/ISMC 2022 in Nice!

Marco, Isabel and Barbara

Marco and Isabel planning which talks to attend

Barbara looking at posters

GP2A conference in Dublin, August 24th-26th, 2022


WATOC conference in Vancouver (Canada)        July 3rd - 8th, 2022

Meeting a dear old friend!

Don Weaver, Isabel, Raj

Presenting our work in understanding interactions between ladderane phospholipids

Great night with friends and colleagues!

Maxime, Cris, Inigo, Raj, Isabel, Goar

 Nikolina has presented a poster on her work in the G4thering International meeting at Marienbad, Czech Republic, 27 June 2022 – 1 July 2022. 

Well done!!!

Welcome to our summer students Caroline O'Sullivan, Dario Apolloni and Tamsin Carolan!!! (May 24, 2022) 

Happy to host Rosa Suarez as a PhD visiting student from Prof C. Jaime group at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 

(April, 2022)

Congratulations Helene on passing your PhD viva!!! 

Great job!!

(March 3rd, 2022)

Dr Marco Minneci starts his work in our lab. Welcome!!!   

(January 1st, 2022)

Congratulations Yemi on passing your PhD viva!!! 

Wonderful job!!

(December 2021)

Dr Barbara Farkaš starts her work in our lab. Welcome!!!   

(December 1st, 2021)


We start working in the SFI funded project "Towards an antiviral drug to treat Covid-19 infections" (SFI-Frontiers for the Future, November 1st 2021)

Predicted structure of the SARS-CoV-2 S2′ cleavage site sequence (cyan balls and sticks) bound to the homology model of TMPRSS2 (green ribbons and green wire).


Congratulations Roisin on being awarded your MSc! (June 2021)

Congratulations Yemi on winning the ECMC 2020 Best Poster Award !!!

In collaboration with S. Pöhlmann (Primate Center, Germany), we got funds from SFI/EI/IDA COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding Call (Blocking SARS-CoVid2 infection by inhibiting the TMPRSS2 protease), June 2020

Congratulations Rebecca Amet on your PhD viva (July, 2020)

We got our group twitter account!  @RozasGroup  

(July 2020)

Visit of Prof. Ibon Alkorta to our lab and to deliver a talk in the School Seminar series (05 March, 2020)

Prof. Alkorta and the advertisement of his talk

After the talk answering questions

Congratulations Yemi! Third prize in the Dorgan prize competition (06 September, 2019)

26th International symposium: Synthesis in organic chemistry (15-18 July, 2019)

Yemi, Helene and Nikolina attended the Conference

DNA and Beyond: Mini symposium in honour of Professors Jacqueline Barton and Peter Dervan (May 17th, 2019)

Thorri Gunalugsson, John Kelly, Andrew Kellett, Celine Marmion, Joanna McGouran, Peter Dervan, Jackie Barton, Susan Quinn, Robert Elmes, Isabel Rozas, Aidan McDonald

Congratulations Aaron Keogh on your PhD viva and Graduation! (December, 2018)

December 2018                                                                                                                                                       

June 2019

II Medicinal Chemistry Ireland conference at Dublin Chemistry University (June, 2018)

6th International Meeting on Quadruplex Nucleic Acids, Prague, Czech Republic, May 31st - June 3rd, 2017 

Dr Jagdeep Grover by his poster

Congratulations Viola Previtali on your PhD Graduation! (September, 2017)

March 2018

Congratulations to Aaron Keogh, winner of Second prize in the Thesis-in-3 competition as part of the Probe event “Research Uncovered at Trinity College Dublin” held on 30th September, 2016. 




Probe was one of over 250 events held on the same night in cities across Europe as part of EU Researchers Night, supported by the European Commission as part of the Marie Stodowska-Currie Actions.

Congratulations to Viola Previtali for her Joint Runner-Up prize in the image competition that took place in the TBSI. 

Chemistry World: After a solvent evaporated, this beautiful, unexpected motif formed. It seems like small trees have taken root and are seeking the sun

The competition was held as part of the TBSI's fifth anniversary celebrations, which took place on September 5th, 2016. 

24th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry,  EFMC-ISMC 2016, Manchester (UK)

Viola, Isabel and Aaron attended the Conference

First Medicinal Chemistry Ireland Conference, July 1st, 2016 (TBSI, TCD)

The Pharmaceutical and Medicinal sectors are of enormous importance for the Irish economy. Academic and industrial research and development in this area will sustain Ireland’s position and as a key player in the global landscape.

Trinity’s School of Chemistry is proud to announce the 1st Medicinal Chemistry Conference Ireland which will be held on 1st July 2016 in Trinity’s Biomedical Science Institute. The conference programme draws together key speakers across academia with innovative researchers from industry. For a full conference programme and registration details for the event, please visit medchemmeet.wordpress.com




Thank you all for your help!!!

Cris, Aaron, Viola, Isabel, Kahina, Mieke, Juliane and Ana

Congratulations Paddy O'Sullivan on your PhD Graduation! (March, 2016)

Congratulations Michela McMullan on your PhD viva and Graduation! (November, 2015)

Michela giving her "PhD speech",   November, 2015

Congratulations to the First Prize Winners for presentation (Rozas' group) in Discover Research Dublin event (25th September, 2015)

Viola, Aaron, Paddy

Discover night 2015, Aaron explaining his research

Visit to Universidade de Vigo (July, 2015) to meet with collaborator Prof. Carmen Teran 

Carmen Teran, Isabel Rozas, Noemi Vila and Maria Costa

5th International Meeting on Quadruplex Nucleic Acids: G4thering in Bordeaux Chemistry, Biology and Nanotechnology. 26-28 May 2015 Bordeaux (France) 

Congratulations Julian Shaw on your PhD Graduation! (2014)

Julian with his parents on graduation day

“Night of The Researchers”, TBSI, October 2014

Aaron in front of his poster

Paddy and Viola in front of their poster

23rd International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry,  EFMC-ISMC 2014, Lisbon (Portugal)

Viola, Paddy and Michela enjoying a coffee after the rain

Winning Broad Curriculum SF (second year undergraduates) Group 2014, Supervised by Prof. Rozas 

Congratulations Brendan Kelly and Elena Diez-Cecilia on your PhD Graduation! (March 2013)

Elena and Brendan in front of the Campanile

Brendan, Isabel and Elena celebrating!

22nd International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry,  EFMC-ISMC, 2012 (Berlin, Germany)

Brendan Kelly, Isabel Rozas, Paddy O'Sullivan and Elena Diez-Cecilia t the Conference desk

Brendan, Paddy, Isabel and Elena by the Brandenburg gate

Elena and her poster

Brendan and his poster

Paddy and his poster

By the beach at Berlin!!

Having cocktails at night

Congratulations Amila Kahvedzic, Aoife Flood, Caitriona McKeever and Daniel H. O'Donovan on your PhD Graduation! (2012)

Trip to India to visit collaborator, Prof. Ranjana Aggarwal at The University of Kurukshetra - December 2011 

Prof. Aggarwal and Prof. Rozas with the  Chancellor of The University of Kurukshetra 

Visiting the Taj Mahal

Congratulations Padraic Nagle on your PhD Graduation! (2010)

Congratulations Sergio Lopez Fernandez and Berry Matijssen on your PhD Graduation! (2009)

Congratulations Jonathan Corcoran on your PhD Graduation! (2007)

Congratulations Gemma Kinsella on your PhD Graduation! (2004)

CSCB Conference at TCD, December 2004

CSCB symposium organised by Prof. Rozas: Recent Advances in Synthesis and Chemical Biology III. Dublin (Ireland); December 2004 

Professor Kevin Nolan, Dr Isabel Rozas, Dr David Grayson, Professor Pat Guiry, Professor Jean Martinez, Professor Greg Fu, Dr Paul Kruger, Professor Horst Kunz, Professor Sue Berners-Price, Professor Sir Tom Blundell and Professor Jon Dilworth.