December 2025: We got together to celebrate our accomplishments this year! We got our first paper, the group has several new people and cool chemistry is on the making. Stay tuned!

December 2025: We say goodbye to Michal Šimek, who will start his independent career as Assistant Professor at Charles University in Prague! We are happy for you and take the chance to say a big thank you for the chemistry you developed and all else! We look forward to reading your papers! Stay in touch!

December 2025: IOCB Christmas Party (and everything else) never lets you down..

September 2025: The group BBQ at the beautiful Stromovka park is becoming a tradition! Celebrating the arrival of new people and two years of the group!

August 2025: Happy to finally have three incoming postdocs with us! Welcome to the team Allya, Nick and Arnie! We wish you a successful and enjoyable journey in the lab and in Prague!

June 2025: We wrote a behind-the-scenes story about our recent paper, and how it all started and what the future holds! See it on https://communities.springernature.com/posts/snar-enables-click-like-assembly-of-diverse-atropisomers-for-med-chem

May 2025: Our first paper is out in Nature Communications! This was a collaborative project in the group! Congratulations to all! Check it out at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60101-z

December 2024: Celebrating the arrival of Nidhi Sinha and Alireza Kejani, our new PhD students! Happy to have you among us. Good luck in the PhD journey!

October 2024: We say goodbye to our postdoc Krishanu Mondal, who helped us in our first paper. Thank you, Krishanu! All the best and keep in touch!

September 2024: We were awarded an ERC Starting Grant to develop synthesis of atropisomers for medicinal chemistry! Apply to us if interested.

August 2024: We celebrated one year of the Paioti Group at the beautiful (and large) Stromovka park, which is just around the corner! Great occasion for a Brazilian-style barbecue!

August 2024: We say goodbye to Jeanne and Charlie! We will miss you both very much. Thank you and congratulations for starting a project which will certainly be fruitful for us! Stay tuned…

August 2024: We finally got a picture from Charlie! This was almost as hard as getting research grants. Check it out on https://paiotilab.com/group-members/!

July 2024: We love having Summer students! We welcome Dóra Erdélyi from Hungary now. Dóra, enjoy the stay together with Jeanne and Charlie!

May 2024: We welcome Jeanne Ernenwein and Charlie Fritsch-Lohr, students from France who will spend the Summer here with us. Enjoy the stay!

March 2024: We are happy to have Krishanu Mondal on board, who is joining us as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome, Krishanu!

November 2023: We got our first big grant! The “Junior Star” from the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR). This is one of the best national grants for early-career researchers on the globe. More details on https://gacr.cz/diky-grantum-junior-star-vznikne-17-novych-vedeckych-tymu/.

November 2023: Paritosh Dey joined as a PhD student. Our group is growing!

November 2023: Congratulations to Michal Šimek, who was awarded the IOCB Postdoctoral Fellowship. Thanks to IOCB, Michal will be supported for up to two years. International students, take a look at this amazing opportunity and email Paulo if interested. More details on https://www.uochb.cz/en/apply-for-postdoc.

October 2023: Michal Šimek joins the lab as a postdoctoral researcher.

September 2023: We say goodbye to Alexandra who, in two months, got one of our projects going! We will miss you!

August 2023: Vilém Blahout, the group’s first PhD student, joins the lab.

July 2023: Alexandra Belovics joins the lab as part of IOCB Summer Student Program.

April 2023: Paulo started setting up the laboratory.

February 2023: Paulo interviewed excellent PhD candidates. See more details at www.uochb.cz/en/phd-program and contact Paulo if interested in PhD positions.

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