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Organic and Supramolecular Chemistry

Our research is at the interface of supramolecular chemistry and medicinal chemistry, using synthetic organic chemistry to design and develop new mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) such as rotaxanes and catenanes to improve biomedical diagnostics and therapeutics.

January 2026: We kicked off 2026 with a group lunch, good laughs and a great start to the year🎊. Looking forward to an exciting year ahead!.

November 2025: We had the great pleasure of welcoming Prof. Han Zuilhof and thoroughly enjoyed his fascinating talk on SuFEx click chemistry!.

November 2025: Proud moment for our group! Congratulations🎉🎉 to Sapir for being the first recipient of the Paul Haberfield Fellowship for Excellence. Truly well-earned!.

November 2025: Abed gives an invited lecture at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, hosted by Ori Green and Nir Hananya. A wonderful visit after more than 5 years!

October 2025: Three new members join the Saady Lab this month. Hala and Yitshak join as M.Sc. students, while Odai joins as a first year Ph.D. student. Welcome to the group everyone!.

October 2025: The group won first place in the 2025 Safe Laboratory Competition.

August 2025: Our very first group photo! Perfectly timed with Abed’s birthday. 🎉📸!.

July 2025: Our work on the solvatochromic behaviour of Brooker’s merocyanine dyes, explored through NMR spectroscopy, has been accepted for publication in RSC Advances!. [Link].

June 2025: Congratulations to Hajar and Guy 🎉🎉, whose paper on the synthesis of 2,5-disubstituted thiazoles from α-amino acids has been accepted for publication in Organic Letters!. [Link].

May 2025: Sapir and Hajar’s review on the biological and medicinal applications of cyclodextrin-based rotaxanes is published in Communications Chemistry!. [Link]. Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

April 2025: The Saady Lab are excited to welcome Dr. Arjun Prakash to the group as our first postdoctoral fellow!.

March 2025: Abed visits the School of Chemistry | Tel Aviv University to give an invited seminar hosted by Muhammad Jbara and Doron Shabat.

February 2025: Abed gave an invited lecture at the 2025 Israel Chemical Society meeting, presented the platform approach to mechanically caged molecules.

February 2025: Sapir, Hajar and Abed attend the annual Israel Chemical Society meeting in Jerusalem. Excellent talks and of course catching up with friends and colleagues.

February 2025: Congratulations to Hajar, currently a 1st year M.Sc. student in the group, who has won the the Council for Higher Education Fellowship.

January 2025: Sapir, Hagar and Helal presented our research at the department’s graduate evening. Thank you guys.

November 2024: Our joint project with Prof. Georgios Vassilikogiannakis’s research group on the simplification of the synthesis of heterocyclics compounds was fully funded by the Ministry of Regional Cooperation. Exciting time.

November 2024: Abed visits the Department of Chemical Sciences – Ariel University to give an invited seminar hosted by Netanel Shpigel and Alex Szpilman.

October 2024: We are delighted and excited to welcome our new MSc students: Hajar, Sapir and Helal.

October 2024: Abed has completed a course for the young researchers. The last meeting includes a fruitful discussion with Prof. Arie Zaban president of Bar-Ilan University and Prof. Amnon Albeck, Rector.

September 2024: Abed joined the Academix meeting organized by The Israel Young Academy and delivered a talk about the synthesis and applications of mechanically interlocked molecules.

July 2024: Abed traveled to Dublin to join the 9^th EuChemS Chemistry Congress and delivered a talk about the recent development of mechanically caged molecules. Great Science and amazing people!.