Today, I am delighted to share work from @NarayanLab on biocatalytic oxidative cross-coupling reactions to form tetra-ortho-substituted biaryl bonds in @Nature
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Alison Narayan
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Mary Sue Coleman Collegiate Professor & Director of the Program in Chemical Biology @umich
working with @NarayanLab
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Joined February 2020
- Humbled and grateful to be named a Cope scholar. All a credit to @NarayanLab and my mentors and advocates that have helped me along the way. Congrats to all of the other ACS award winners!! And a special shout-out to @SarpongGroup 🎉👏
- Day 2 of social distancing with kids 6 yo: Has it been 26 days yet? Dad: No, we are still at day 2 6 yo: Aw, this is going to take forever Indeed.
- Overwhelmed with gratitude for the awesome @NarayanLab, the mentors throughout my career @Wolfe_Group @SarpongGroup @davidhsumich, fab colleagues @MichiganChem @UMLifeSciences, the opportunity to do this thing I love, and the outpouring of support from this communityCongratulations to LSI and @MichiganChem faculty member @AlisonNarayanUM, who has been promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure!
- Excited to be back at salve regina tomorrow for #stereochemistryGRC2022
- Six years @UMich! Thankful for all the personal growth during this time and opportunity to work with awesome people each day. Pictured below with Zain “the tenure clock” Narayan on my first day as an assistant professor. 💛💙 @MichiganChem @UMLifeSciences
- Selfie from my #COVID19 sponsored tenure tour. Very disappointing to cancel trips I’ve been looking forward to for months. Location: my office
- A heartfelt thank you to @BlavatnikAwards for their support and recognition of scientists and engineers. This award is a testament to the greatness of my team, @NarayanLab. It is particularly special to share this moment with my @MichiganChem colleague @ArcticKerri 🎉👏🥼🧪🧬Congratulations to @AlisonNarayanUM on being named a finalist for the 2023 Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists! These awards recognize "America’s most innovative, faculty-ranked scientists and engineers." @BlavatnikAwards @MichiganChem blavatnikawards.org/news/items/202…
- We detailed work from @NarayanLab toward applying enzymes in synthesis in a special Acc. Chem. Res. issue focused on natural product synthesis, which was guest edited by @sarah_reisman and Tom Maimone. Check this 🔥 issue!
- Finding a quiet place to work outside my home that has natural light, exposed brick and a white board...yaassssss!
- Zain “the tenure clock” Narayan turned 5 today. Wow....that went fasssst.


















