The Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher position in medicinal chemistry. Application Deadline: 13 February. Find out more:

🌟We’re Hiring: Group Leader for Metabolic Research Group 🌟 LIOS is seeking an exceptional researcher to lead the newly established Metabolic Research Group as part of the prestigious ERDF TARGETWISE project. 🌐 Read the full job description:

Exciting research work exploring Cobalt-Catalyzed C(sp2)–H Functionalization now published in JACS as a result of fruitfull collaboration of LIOS colleagues with the Daugulis group from the University of Houston!

Šovakar, 19.05 vērts ieslēgt radio un dzirdēt sarunu ar zinātņu doktori Maiju Dambrovu - vienu no 9 sievietēm Latvijā, kura saņēmusi (21.11.24.) augstāko apbalvojumu zinātnē - LZA Lielo medaļu.

25 Nov, LIOS welcomed the UAE Ambassador to Latvia. The visit aimed to showcase the Baltics' leading research institute, highlight its scientific expertise and state-of-the-art facilities, and explore opportunities for collaboration with UAE businesses. (

International researchers group with LIOS scientists “on board” are a step closer to discovering a new promising cancer treatment:

Delighted to inform - a new paper by LIOS’s scientists published at BBA Molecular Basis of Disease

Calcium carbide - cheap, solid and easy-to-handle acetylene source now has been also used for directed C-H bond functionalization under cobalt catalysis. Check out the new research from LIOS for the synthesis of 3-Benzazepines:

We are pleased to announce, that our colleague's Chin-Soon Phan's new paper on enzyme synthases has just been published in RSC Chemical Biology!

We are delighted to share our colleagues' publication from the @KrJaudzems group in the latest edition of the prestigious journal Angewandte Chemie!

Zirnekļu tīkla zīdam ir potenciāls tuvākās nākotnes medicīnā – ķirurģijas diegu, implantu, zāļu apvalku izstrādē. OSI laboratorijās spēj iegūt šo materiālu un aizsākas pētījumi tā praktiskam pielietojumam

On 30th Oct., from 9:30 to 16:15, a seminar dedicated to research of natural compounds, The Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Study in Microbial Natural Products, will be held in the Great Hall of the LIOS. Interested participants are invited to register:

30. oktobrī no plkst. 9:30-16:15 Latvijas Organiskās sintēzes institūta Lielajā zālē notiks dabas vielu pētniecībai veltīts seminārs "The Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Study in Microbial Natural Products". Interesenti, aicināti pieteikties:

LIOS is excited to be attending Drug Discovery 2024 - the ELRIG conference in London (2n and 3rd of October):

Excited to share the news of Georgijs Stakanovs' synthetic chemists at OSM Group (LIOS) 5th consecutive publication, where he delves deeper into the synthesis of structurally complex natural compounds from the widely available caryophyllene oxide:

Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis has announced plans to establish a state-of-the-art Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy Centre dedicated to both fundamental and applied research over the next three years:

Threat of SARS-CoV-2 remains high, maintaining urgency to discover effective treatment. In this study, scientists from BMC and LIOS employed X-ray crystallography to analyze the binding of SAM analogues to active site of nsp16-nsp10 complex:

On 12th September, delegation from DESY @desynews , one of the world’s leading accelerator centres based in Hamburg, visited LIOS. The main aim was establishing future collaboration.

On 12th September, Prof. Dr. Roderich Süssmuth from Technische Universität Berlin delivered a lecture in the LIOS conference hall on biological chemistry involving peptide drugs.

Monopola viesis: ķīmijas doktors Jānis Veliks