Late-stage skeletal editing has emerged as a useful strategy in synthetic and medicinal chemistry for altering molecular frameworks by atom insertion, deletion, replacement, or bond reorganization. Fu...

A research team involving Professors Christos Gatsogiannis and Bart Jan Ravoo has shown that peptides carrying a flat carbon network aggregate into long fibres in water. Using cryo-electron microscopy...

Hydrogels are biomaterials that resemble Jell-O. Scientists are trying to develop hydrogels made from peptides—protein building blocks that are common in all cells and tissues—because unlike silicone, they can interact with biological tissue and be recycled by the body. They are also known to nat...

The Basel Chemical Society was founded over 100 years ago to connect chemists in the Basel area by hosting lectures, symposia and informal meetings.

Annulative π-extension (APEX) reaction is a useful aromatic ring-fusion method for synthesis of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from unfunctionalized small PAHs. While APEX reactions in ...

On 13 October, 2025, Kenichiro Itami, Chief Scientist and Direc

The quest for bioactive molecules has long been confined to a rather narrow chemical space, limiting the discovery of uncharted chemical structures. Identifying such compounds is essential for uncover...