The CSCB Symposium- ‘Recent Advances in Synthesis and Chemical Biology XIII’ took place on Friday 12th of December here in UCD. Brilliant talks were delivered by Professor Steve Buchwald (MIT), Professor Rebecca Goss (St. Andrews), Professor Guy Lloyd-Jones (Edinburgh), Professor Joost Reek (Amsterdam) and Professor Dirk Trauner (LMU Munich). Well done to Joseph Breheny, Tina McSweeney, Mark Jackson, Cian Kingston, Dr. Ramu Akula and Chris Nottingham who presented posters. Thanks to all involved in the organisation of the day.