SYNKOLA S.R.O.
Description:
SYNKOLA was established in 1990 as Contract research laboratory, and it is still working in custom synthesis and Fine chemical intermediates, and has been active from 1.1.1991 till now. Staff consists of 14 PhD chemists with long time international experience in the area of biologically active substances and chemical specialties. They are authors of more than 200 scientific publications and more than 150 patents; many of them have been realized in technical praxis. Each member has PhD. degree and postdoctoral fellowship at prominent foreign universities and institutes – especially in Switzerland (ETH Zurich), Canada, USA, and Sweden. SYNKOLA employs specialists, who are also experienced in projecting and introducing new technologies into technical praxis. SYNKOLA is located within the Comenius University campus and takes advantages of following analytic equipment GC-MS, 300MHz NMR, FT-IR. Laboratories are equipped with Parr autoclave and all other necessary equipment for each kind of organic synthesis. There are available also equipment with microwave radiation. SYNKOLA cooperates with renowned life science companies in Europe in the field of phytopharmaceutics and medicinal chemistry. Staff (has large experiences in more steps synthetic procedures in heterocyclic chemistry and wants to be active also in synthesis of chiral active substances.
The group that will participate to the project in Synkola will be lead by led by Dr. Julius Durmis
In the contest of CATAFLU.OR consortium SYNKOLA will be working in the WP1 and WP7 workpackages.
Dr. Julius Durmis was Born 1942 in Vysny Skalnik, Slovakia, and he is the executive chief of SYNKOLA Ltd., a position he has held from 1991. He holds the degrees of MSc from Slovak Technical University in 1964 and PhD. in 1971. Professional career began as a Research Fellow at the Research Institute of Organic Technology, from 1964-79. He was a postdoctoral fellow at ETH Zurich in Switzerland from 1973 to 1974 and at National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa, Canada in 1980. From 1979-83 he took up the appointment of Department Manager at the same institute and from 1983-90 the position of Vice Director at the Research Institute of Chemical Technology. Author of forty three original papers , seventy five patents, some of them with international impact. He is a member of Slovak Chemical Society and was a affiliated member of the IUPAC and Slovak PhD Committee on Organic Technology and Board Member for Basic Research Organic Compounds and Polymers in former Czechoslovakia and Expert in Slovak and Czech Ministry of Economy. Since 1991 as a executive chief of SYNKOLA , s.r.o. cooperates with leading world Life Science Companies.