Nathan Has Arrived In Montpellier - Nathan has safely arrived in Montpellier ready to present his research at this years Tetrahedron Symposium - June 2024
Colleagues Reunite at UEA - Nathan today bumped into fellow chemist Silvia Aneslmi a current researcher at UCL but previous alumni of the Howell research group (QMUL) - April 2024
Nathan Presents his Research in Norwhich - Nathan today went solo today to UEA for the CBBG RSC conference to showcase his work on synthesis of novel squaric acid derivatives - April 2024
Green Chemists Wear Green Labcoats Right? - A still photo taken from our recent promotional video filming with our industrial collaborator Asynt - February 2024
Welcoming Back an Old Group Member - Today's group meeting we welcomed back Islam (Imperial College London) to share some of his recent research with us. Our loss is Imperial's gain - January 2024
Promotional Video on the Way - We were delighted today to be joined by our industrial collaborators Asynt for some promotional video filming at KU. Watch this space for the final video - Jan uary2024
Miles Presents his Research at Oxford - Miles set off to the University of Oxford today to present his in silico work on developing novel compounds for fructose malabsorption - November 2023
The Wren Group Albeit a Little Windswept - We promise we was not trying to take a picture for a new album cover, great to catch up on recent progress - September 2023
We Now Have the Biggest Group in the Lab - The Wren Group continues to grow. We were pleased to be joined by members of the Beadham Group (KU) today - August 2023
The Wren Group Atop Kingston University - After a successful group meeting the Wren Group took to the roof of our modern Town House library for a photo opportunity - July 2023
Summer Is here Early - With the nice weather we thought we would treat ourselves to a picnic in the park. We discussed our groups success over the last year and prepared for more fantastic research to come - June 2023
A Well Needed Coffee Break - Who was it that decided to do a column on friday at 4 PM - May 2023
Two Former Members of the Wren Group Reconnect - Today James and Islam, two previous students of the Wren Group coincidentally caught up at a symposium at the University of York - May 2023
Aya Presents her Research in Birmingham - Aya today was joined by supervisor Stephen at the University of Birmingham for a conference to commemorate the life of John Fossey - March 2023
Wren Group Photoshoot After a Fantastic Group Meeting - The weather was nice so we thought we would take the opportunity to take some pics, A fantastic last group meeting before Christmas - November 2022
Another Fantastic Group Meeting - Sadly Nathan could not join us this time but he was there in spirit. Today we welcomed our new project students into the Wren Group - October 2022
A Drink was Deserved - After a long hard week pushing very long hours Nathan and James treated themselves to a night out in Kingston with fellow lab member Grace (Le Gresley Group) - July 2022
Islam Graduates with 1st Class (Hons) - Congratulations Islam on your graduation from the Wren Group and Kingston University you will be greatly missed. Have a fantastic time in York doing your Masters - August 2022
Nathan Passed his Upgrade Viva - Congratulations Nathan on passing your upgrade viva highlighting his work on novel squaric acid chemistry - June 2022
Congratulations James who Succesfully Passed his MRes Viva Today - What a fantastic Viva it was too, thanks goes out to our examiners who put James through his paces but he absolutly smashed it, have a fantastic time working with Adrian Dobbs (Surrey University) - June 2022
A New Collaboration Begins - We were delighted today to catch up with synthetic medicinal chemist Dr Lesley Howell (QMUL). Previous lecturer and supervisor of Nathan, we have some great collaborative ideas to explore together - March 2022
A Fantastic Online Meeting - So many new topics discussed and problems solved - January 2022
Wren Group Summer Social - The Wren Group meet in West Sussex to celebrate their achievements and Stephen's 50th Birthday - June 2021
The Wren Group is Growing - Our new undergraduate student's first week in a research enviroment is over. After discussing our research; the successes, the failures and the plans for the future we went outside to take our first Wren Group photo - May 2021
Lab Christmas Party - It is the end of the calander year which only means one thing, pull out your best shirt (or Christmas Jumper) order pizza and snacks and have the best social gathering that can be had despite the Covid-19 restrictions - December 2020