Protective group strategies in carbohydrate and peptide chemistry
Ali, A.
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Ali, A. (2010, October 20). Protective group strategies in carbohydrate and peptide chemistry. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/16497
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Asghar Ali was born in Kasur, Pakistan on October 8th, 1978. After completing his high school in 1994, he started his scientific studies at the Govt. Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore. In 1999, he graduated as a bachelor of science with Chemistry, Zoology and Botany as the major subjects. In 2001, he got his Masters degree in Chemistry from the University of Punjab. During his master, he worked on various research projects especially analyzing the drinking water in the Narowal region.
He started his Ph.D at Leiden University, the Netherlands, in February 2006 with financial support from the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan. The research which is described in this thesis was conducted in the Bio-Organic synthesis group (Biosyn) of the Leiden Institute of Chemisty (LIC) under the supervision of Prof. Dr.
Gijsbert A. van der Marel, Jeroen D. C. Codée and Dmitri V. Filippov. Part of the work described in this thesis was presented at the 14th European Carbohydrate Conference in Lübeck, Germany (2007) and HRSMC meeting of the Design and synthesis Divison in Luntren, the Netherlands (2007, 2008).
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Finally, I am here, on the last page. Through all the good and bad, when I look back, I can say, “Past is always beautiful.” To make this happen, I owe a lot to many.
Colleagues inside the lab (gorlaeus labatorium) made my time, one of the most memorable period of my life. The first person, whom I like to thank, is Richard van den Berg. His help during the earlier part of my Ph.D was vital to put me on course. Alphert Christian, being in the next fume hood, was the person, with whom I gossiped a lot of fun, jokes and feelings.
Boudewijn Duivenvoorden always brings a smile on your face. Leendert van den Bos, Jasper Dinkelaar, Henrik Gold, Marthe Walvoort, Wouter Hogendorf, Marian Willems and Na-Rae de Jong (Sugaboys) helped me to integrate (to whatever extent) in the Dutch (or western) culture. Finally, Biosyn in general was a nice bunch of people to work with.
Caroline de Bruin and Esther van Delft did not let me bother about any of the paperwork. I am grateful to Hans van den Elst, Nico Meeuvenoord, Kees Erkelens, Fons Lefeber for their technical assistance.
I am obliged to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan to provide me an opportunity to do my Ph.D in the Netherlands. The financial support from the HEC and the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC), Leiden University is appreciated greatly.
Outside the lab, in the Netherlands, I owe special thanks to all the Pakistanse Leidsen, who made my time so special and memorable. Soban Umar, with his caring attitude, in the new kind of society, during earlier part of my stay, helped me to adjust and showed us how to enjoy simple things. Muahammad Akram, Nailah Ayub, Aamir Aziz, Muhammad Tariq, Faisal Wali, Waseem Akhtar, Farrakh Mehboob and Mazhar Iqbal made the life more colorful, easier and more delightful. In general PakLeidse (Kashif, Muzammal, Yahya, Tayyab, Imran, Nadeem, Fraz, Khurshed, Sohail, Shahbaz, Jahangir, Hasnain, Qamar) was a great group of people. Without giving my compliment to Sara de
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Roos, the zusjes, how could I finish this page? Both she and Tariq treated me as we treat our family members in Pakistan. Lastly, I will like to thank the Sabr (student organization from Leiden University) for providing platform, company and many good friends.
Outside the lab, out of the Netherlands, I firstly would like to thank my parents.
Their help, support, encouragement and prayers were always a blessing. I am deeply grateful to four persons who had an impact on my life. Abdul Saeed Dogar, for giving me confidence, when I used to be very nervy; Abdul Rehman, for standing alongside through all the studies; my mother, she taught me how to be patient; and last but not the least, my uncle, teacher and friend Muhammad Saddique Sajid, for whom I will just say
