So infuriating having Word making predictions of what I want to type and derailing my train of thought! And then wasting time working out to turn it off, and venting here...

Our newest paper is on agriculture! Liver cancer is a big problem in Vietnam, in part due to agrochemicals. Madecassic acid might be the basis for a medicine for it, and it can be extracted from Centella plants - but can you grow them without the agrochemicals? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Are you a cell biologist interested in developing a potential new modality for targeting oncogenic protein-protein interactions? Michelle Garret and I have a postdoc position at Kent - it's for 3yr, and a really exciting collaboration to be part of! jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions. Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research. Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

I need to check - does the Funding Service website work in China?

Thanks to @jesspanch.bsky.social at Trends in Chemistry for handling this review article on DNA-peptide self-assembly which is just out. This outlook is going to frame some more papers you'll see coming out my lab over the next year or so. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Postdoc position open for applications until 8th Sept! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

📣 Call for Abstracts - vMASC 📣 We are currently inviting abstracts from all early-career researchers (Master’s, PhD, PDRA) for oral presentations in 2025/2026 as part of our monthly vMASC seminar series. Submission deadline 📆 18th Aug 2025 Find out more on mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/vmas...

I've got a postdoc position open @ucl.ac.uk - using phosphoestamers to block oncogenic protein-protein interactions. Large collaboration, translational outlook, cool chemistry underneath! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

PharmAlliance creates all kinds of opportunities for collaboration between UCL, UNC, and Monash

A great group outing to Bloomsbury Lanes!

Hating on “Big Pharma”? Cool, it’s a $1.6 trillion regulated industry. But hang on…the $6.3 trillion wellness industry sells you mushroom tea, dewormers, crash diets, and alkaline water—no regulations, no oversight. But hey, it’s ‘natural,’ right?

Thanks, AI

Want to take on a new protein-protein interaction but don't know where to start? Have a look at our latest review in @chemsocrev.bsky.social on designing peptides to control protein interactions. doi.org/10.1039/D4CS...

Come join our lab @crick.ac.uk and KCL - looking for a Chemical Biologist, ideally with experience of assay design, to lead our chemical biology work, collaborating across my group, and driving forward basic and translational projects tinyurl.com/4h732e22 closes 23/2! 24-month post initially

We're looking for a postdoc to join the group at @ucl.ac.uk School of Pharmacy to use sequence to tie polymers in knots. Come and combine supramolecular chemistry with precision synthetic macromolecules! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

I finally made a new group website for UCL! Basic for now, but has the key info: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/serpell/

Going to use this method to find out which reviewers to put on my 'please exclude' list

Having a discussion with collaborators. I would much rather see a figure above the text discussing it, others would prefer the text first. Who's right?

Batch vs flow www.youtube.com/watch?v=re1R...

There's so much more we can do with phosphoestamers - I will be soon advertising for a postdoc who'll be working on tying them in knots - get in touch if you're interested.

This one is also a #ChemSci HOT article 🔥! #ChemSky #ChemBio 🧪

Really pleased to see this out now in Chem. Sci.! We can selectively block the interaction between mutant #KRAS protein (25% of tumours) and its partner RAF using the tools of supramolecular chemistry, DNA synthesis, cell sorting, and mass spec. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Has anyone taken apart an Expedite 8909? We've got a small part to replace, and I'm sure there must be a clever way to get there... #DNA

Fully funded PhD in biomaterials and polymer chemistry. Come join us at UCL 😊 rhoresearchgroup.uk www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Here's an interesting paper: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A... - what do you think is going on? My gut feeling is that there must be some other source of chirality in their system.

Chemical Biology #ChemBio starter pack here: go.bsky.app/KLrTWoj Please repost! #ChemSky #realtimechem #FluorescenceFriday

So are we going to make a proper bash at recreating the chemistry(/science) community that used to exist on Twitter here? I'm not sold on left and right having different platforms, but that community was genuinely valuable and I'm here for it.

New preprint! We can selectively block the interaction between mutant #KRAS (25% of tumours) and its partner RAF using the tools of supramolecular chemistry, DNA synthesis, cell sorting, and mass spec. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

chemsky - Is it 'numerous' if the number is 1?

Here's the 1st preprint from our UV-CAP work with Viet Nam - can you get valuable natural products (starting points for therapeutics against liver cancer) without agrochemicals? Yes! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr... (next: med chem on the compound, social science on acceptability, target ID)

Phosphoramidite chemistry is the best chemistry. Here's hoping it gets the #chemnobel today. Know any other chemistry you can use to dial up perfectly defined macromolecules delivered next day? Which underpin all of molecular biology, lots of medicine, and fun nanotech? #TeamDNA

Look, we've got @nickwhite.bsky.social !

I only just found the introduction to every nanoparticle thesis

Anyone know if I can create a Bluesky bot which will repost from a Twitter feed? This place is nice, but no IFTTT integration...

Having been at UCL for a couple of months now, today we ran the first reaction in the lab. Seems like a long time, but actually lots of stuff's been happening in the background.