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The official account of the School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews.
Work published in
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demonstrating how pulse dipolar EPR can resolve different states of a human transporter in native membranes.
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Swapped and non-swapped TRAAK states co-exist in membranes at a ratio influenced by temperature
Nature Communications - TRAAK is expressed in the nervous system and helps regulate neuronal excitability. Here, the authors use EPR to quantify the relative populations of TRAAK’s swapped...
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Cu(II) binding to Human Serum Albumin. 1st structure including the square-planar ATCUN site, as expected. Multiple Cu(II) sites exist, and EPR reveals occupation of several sites at low loading. More details at
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Pint of Science 2026 is here! The University of St Andrews team brings 3 themes: From Comics to the Cosmos, Earth Matters, and When Polymers Walk into a Pub. Join us 18–20 May at Sandy’s Bar, 19:30–21:30. Book before tickets sell out!
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An engaging session at yesterday’s Chemistry Inaugural Lecture Showcase, where
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presented a compelling overview of illuminating a research career in
#optoelectronic
materials.😍👏🏻
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Check out our latest in
@chemrxiv.org
(
doi.org/10.26434/che...
), where we highlight the use of BINAP motifs to modulate the photophysics of hashtag#mrtadf emitters.
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Rather belatedly now is this work published in Nature Chemistry early this year. The service determined two structures for this work, including the absolute configurations, one of the compounds existing as a pair of diastereomers.
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Our paper in
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(
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xc...
) on Ir NHC photocatalysts has been identified by the editors as one of the best catalysis papers in the journal (
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Who said love only glows red? Salil fell for green long-lived, low-temperature phosphorescence.💚 Some love doesn't fade… they keep glowing.😁✨
#FluorescenceFriday
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🚨Fully Funded
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Studentships – Open globally🚨 Join us (
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Work just published in
@natcomms.nature.com
rdcu.be/e9ieD
demonstrating how pulse dipolar EPR can resolve different states of a human transporter in native membranes. EPR contributions by
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Swapped and non-swapped TRAAK states co-exist in membranes at a ratio influenced by temperature
Nature Communications - TRAAK is expressed in the nervous system and helps regulate neuronal excitability. Here, the authors use EPR to quantify the relative populations of TRAAK’s swapped...
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Check out Abhi's beautiful cover for
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(
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Check out our latest contribution on
@chemrxiv.org
(
dx.doi.org/10.26434/che...
), a collab/w the group of Kaji, continuing our exploration of
#tadf
#liquid
crystalline materials.
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When tidying up looks better than the measurements.😁😍🥳 Thanks to Egle for capturing it!
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Yesterday, Janine had the honor of presenting her poster on
#TADF
Odots for multiplexed FLIM at the Little France Postgraduate Symposium during her stay at the Vendrell lab at the Uni of Edi. She enjoyed the great conversations and was awarded the first poster prize.
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🚨The clock’s ticking, just one week left to secure a fully funded
#PhD
studentships.🚨⚗️🧪
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Recent research published in the @J_A_C_S (
doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
) by the Ashbrook and Morris groups has used in situ solid-state NMR spectroscopy and in situ X-ray diffraction to study the mechanism of non-traditional zeolite synthesis.
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Research from the Ashbrook and Morris groups (Exploiting in situ NMR spectroscopy to understand non-traditional methods for zeolite synthesis), has been selected for the RSC 2025 most popular analytical chemistry articles collection. More details:
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hosted a panel event for the RSC IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast 2026, organised and chaired by final-year student Katie. Prof Sharon Ashbrook, Dr Alex Gibbs & Dr Amy Price shared their journeys and research. A packed, inspiring celebration of women in science.
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We’re proud to be championing diversity in the
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at
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. In 2024, we launched our first Broom-McIntyre Diversity Fellowship, supporting postdoctoral researchers from backgrounds historically under-represented in chemistry.
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Prof Venkataraman Thangaduraidelivered an exciting lecture entitled ‘Electrochemical Technologies: A Pathway to Achieve NetZero Emissions and Promote Sustainability’ at the
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inaugural lectures showcase.
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Professor Stuart Macgregor delivered an inspiring lecture entitled ‘Computational Inorganic Chemistry: Methods, Models, Collaborations and Catalysis’ at the
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inaugural lecture showcase.
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Professor Eli Zysman-Colman
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delivered an inspiring lecture entitled ‘Illuminating a Research Career in Optoelectronic Materials’ as a part of
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inaugural lecture showcase.
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Professor Finlay Morrison delivered an exciting lecture entitled ‘Polar Exploration of Chemical Space’ as a part of the
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inaugural lecture showcase.
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Congrats 🎊 to Julius and Tomas for their paper accepted in
@jmaterchem.rsc.org
(
doi.org/10.1039/D5TC...
), demonstrating the use of boron-based
#mrtadf
#lc
emitters. This paper continues a productive collab/w the group of Sabine Laschat.⚗️🧪
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Our first preprint of 2026 is out in
@chemrxiv.org
(
doi.org/10.26434/che...
), and it highlights the rational design of a potent, strongly photoreducing, and high triplet energy Ir
#photocatalyst
that can be excited in the visible.
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Our paper
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in
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was highlighted by Hepatochem (
hepatochem.com/2025-photoch...
) as one of their favourites of 2025.😍🧪⚗️
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A new pathway for an old reaction! Check out a new approach to conduct catalytic enantioselective [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement. A groundbreaking discovery led by Prof. Andrew Smith just published in
@natchem.nature.com
. See more details at:
nature.com/articles/s41...
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The catalytic enantioselective [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement cascade of allylic ethers - Nature Chemistry
The [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement of allylic ethers is traditionally considered to proceed via formation and recombination of radical pairs. Now it has been shown that an alternative reaction cascade, in...
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Another paper accepted late last year is this work with the Kumar group, published in
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(
doi.org/10.1002/anie...
). The service determined the structure of an intermediate complex in their proposed catalytic cycle for upcycling PET waste.
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The School of Chemistry is looking to recruit motivated students onto our MSc by Research degree.
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Huge congratulations to all the prize winners at this year’s PG symposium
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. Thanks to our sponsors
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,
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, Radleys, Restek, Alvatek, Vapourtec, Huber & Lauda for the support and to the organisers Craig Johnston & Julia Payne.
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Congrats 🎊 to Fran, Jay, Suraksha, Aniket, Violaine, Máire, Megan, Tom, Lea, & Aminata for their paper accepted in
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(
dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie...
) a collab effort w/ Grzybowski group, on an
#ML
agent for recommending
#photocatalysts
.
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A fantastic representation of our group's research at this year’s Postgraduate Symposium held
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. Posters from Aniket &
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on mechanophotochemistry, and brilliant talks on
#TADF
emitter design by Emily, Mahni & Praveen. 🎊 🧪⚗️
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Huge congratulations to Sophia from our group for winning the best poster prize at the 2025
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Postgraduate Symposium.
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Check out our latest in @ChemRxiv (
doi.org/10.26434/che...
) where we report a compound that looks like an
#mrtadf
emitter but in fact shows
#RTP
.
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Check out our latest collaborative paper with the group of Ifor Samuel in
@chemrxiv.org
(
doi.org/10.26434/che...
), where we disclose a fast and reliable method to extract rate constants from the turn-on of the PL of
#TADF
emitters.
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Today at the synthesis and catalysis departmental seminar, Wenrui gave a talk on blue emissive heavy atom-free MR-TADF
#emitters
, which show ultra-fast
#RIC.😍⚗️🧪
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Congratulations Prof Bela Bode!
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Officially inducted as Professor of the University of St Andrews today.
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This would not have been possible without the contributions co-workers and collaborators past and present. Many thanks to you all.
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Check out our latest paper in
@chemrxiv.org
(
doi.org/10.26434/che...
) where we demonstrate high-performance
#SP-MR-TADF-OLEDs
showing ultra-low efficiency roll-off using an intramolecular FRET exciton management strategy.
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Today, Tabea gave a departmental talk
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, where she presented her work on the design and synthesis of supramolecular
#photocatalysts.😍
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The group welcomes new PhD students,💐Stavros, who will work on photophysical characterization
#automation
for emissive materials,🤩, and Jiaxuan, who will work on chiral
#MR-TADF
emitter design.🤩
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Check out our latest in
@chemrxiv.org
(
doi.org/10.26434/che...
) where we disclose a light-assisted Ir-catalysed
#borylation
protocol that works over a wide substrate scope at shorter reaction times.🧪⚗️
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The group welcomes Blair,💐who will be doing his MSc(res).🧪⚗️
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11 months ago
Huge congratulations to Alejandra Sophia Lozano Perez
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on winning the best poster prize at the International Conference on Sustainable Chemistry for Net Zero! Well done!
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11 months ago
🎓 Huge congratulations to our brilliant M.Chem. project students Maia and Emily who graduated today! 🥂🎉 Your hard work, curiosity, and lab skills have been a joy to watch — we’re so proud of you both. Here's to exciting adventures ahead! 🧪💫
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10 months ago
Had a great time presenting with my PhD student, Sophia, to school students about waste recycling as part of the Sutton Trust Summer School at the University of St Andrews. Always a pleasure to interact with next generation thinkers!
#SuttonTrust
#Sustainability
#Recycling
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7 months ago
Excited to share our new
#ACSSustainable
paper on hydrogenating carbamates, ureas, and polyurethanes using heterogeneous catalysts —advancing sustainable materials recycling. Congrats to Ben Sole and the team!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Check out our latest in
@chemrxiv.org
(
dx.doi.org/10.26434/che...
), where we demonstrate the use of ascorbate as a sacrificial reductant. Here, poorly soluble reagents are not an issue when conducting
#photocatalysis
in the solid state.⚗️🧪
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Congratulations 👏to Mahni for winning the poster prize at the Beilstein Organic Chemistry Symposium 2025 on Organic
#Semiconductor
Materials at
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,
@kitinformatik.bsky.social
🎊😍
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Congratulations 👏 to Emily for winning the best talk award, where she highlighted boron LA incorporation in MR-TADF
#emitters
, and to Janine for winning the best poster award, also rocking a flash talk, at the core-to-core meeting in Karlsruhe.
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