🚨We are recruiting!🚨 Looking for a PDRA in Analytical Chemistry for Cultural Heritage. Deadline 29th April. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Fully-funded PhD position available "Break'N open the black box – Understanding microbially mediated N dynamics to improve soil health and agriculture"(3.5 years, starting Sept 2026). www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Job news!! We're looking for an archaeological chemist to join us on the ReNEW project: on waste management during the transition to the Neolithic. This role will be to carry out organic residue analysis. The PDRA position is for 2 years: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post... Please share!

Registration and abstract submission are now open! More information can be found on the website: simsug2026.carrd.co

Save the date for the Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry User Group (SIMSUG) 2026 meeting. SIMSUG 2026 will be hosted by the Bristol laboratory of the National Environment Isotope Facility (NEIF) and held at the University of Bristol on the 15th and 16th of June 2026.

UKAS and @laard.bsky.social have the pleasure to announce that we will be hosting a networking event in the School of Chemistry @bristoluni.bsky.social on 30th March before the official start of the UKAS. Please register your interest there: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

🚨We are recruiting!🚨 Looking for a PDRA in Biomolecular Statistical Analysis to work with us and the MACE lab @ucl.ac.uk. Deadline 16th February. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

If anyone is interested in applying to access NEIF facilities, the deadline for the next application round is the 25th of March 2026. Please discuss projects with relevant NEIF laboratory prior to submission. Applications are submitted via the NEIF Application Portal - www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html

🚨New paper! 🚨 Volatile compounds reveal the composition of embalming materials used in Egyptian mummification: www-sciencedirect-com.bris.idm.oclc.org/science/arti...

Last few days for submitting your UKAS abstract www.ukas2026.co.uk. Deadline 8th January!

Due to popular demand, we will be extending the abstract submission for UKAS to after Christmas (8th January). Wishing a nice Winter break to everybody.

🚨New paper! 🚨Thermal Desorption Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry Methods for Minimally Invasive Organic Residue Analysis of Archeological Potsherds: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

A paper from our PhD graduate Charlie Monkley, published in the Analyst, has been selected for the journal's prestigious 'HOT' papers collection for 2025. Here's a link to the paper, if you've not already seen it: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

The website for UKAS2026 in Bristol is live! www.ukas2026.co.uk. Save the date - 30th March to 2nd April.

🚨🚨Job alert🚨🚨 (Senior) Research Associate in Biomolecular Statistical Analysis. The successful applicant will join the OGU and the Molecular and Cultural Evolution Lab (@ucl.ac.uk), to investigate the dichotomy between farmed and aquatic resource exploitation during the Neolithic.

Save the date for UKAS 2026! The next UK Archaeological Sciences conference will be held at the University of Bristol from 31st March to 2nd April 2026.

A reminder that the deadline for the next application round to access NEIF facilities is the 8th of October 2025. Applicants must discuss projects with the relevant NEIF laboratory prior to submission. Applications are submitted online via the NEIF Application Portal - www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html

Several Members of the OGU will be at the 32nd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (#IMOG2025) next week sharing their research. Here’s who to look out for:

Thank you all for attending BOGS 2025! We are a great community, and we look forward to many future successful meetings.

A sneak peek to our Festival of Nature stand - see you tomorrow or Sunday on Millennium Square in Bristol!

The OGU will be at The Festival of Nature for a Wild Weekend! Come and visit us in the @bristoluni.bsky.social tent! www.bnhc.org.uk/festival-of-...

Registration and abstract submission are now open! www.bogs2025.com/registration

Congratulations to our latest NERC FRESH CDT student, Katharine Moss, for successfully defending her PhD thesis on 'Understanding The Ecological Impact Of Sewage Effluent On Freshwater Environments', jointly supervised by @ukceh.bsky.social @ogu-bristol.bsky.social and @pennyjohnes.bsky.social 🧪🎉

The announcement you have all been waiting for... Save the date for BOGS 2025! The 35th meeting of the British Organic Geochemical Society will be held in Bristol on the 1st and 2nd of July 2025. www.bogs2025.com #BOGS2025