Mentoring the next generation is one of the most rewarding aspects of the job, and I'm delighted to share the 2026 ACS Global Outstanding Student and Mentor Awards in Polymer Science and Engineering with former PhD student Lei Chen! pmsedivision.org/global-outst...

Supramolecular chemists, can you help me out? Who do you recognise in this photograph from 1994?

Excited to share our recent @jacs.acspublications.org Pulling a fluorinated 1,2-diazetidinone mechanophore through three arms activates two orthogonal mechanochemical pathways, quantitatively mapped using 19F NMR spectroscopy. bit.ly/40EHUZl #chemsky

Your PhD was funded by the EPSRC (CDT, DTP, iCASE...)? You want to explore something new? Then come and join us with the support of an EPSRC Postdoctoral Pathway Fellowship. More information below. www.se.manchester.ac.uk/research/fel...

We are looking for two talented people to join us at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick as assistant professors. Permanent positions. 🧪🍎🥽 warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

Hello world 👋 My first post here on Bluesky Excited to share our review in Chemical Reviews’ special issue “Mechanochemistry and Strain” on Mechanochromic Mechanophores 🛠️🌈 bit.ly/3OajSCg A memorable experience to read, reflect on, and synthesize the incredible work from the community @pubs.acs.org

Come work with us at Nature Chemistry! We're hiring a locum editor to handle our chembio content in London or Pune.

In our first paper of 2026, @aliceieong.bsky.social puts NHC organocatalyst in action with mechanical force in ACS Catalysis! 🔨 NHC generated by milling a new betaine mechanophore to catalyse transesterification and polymerisation reactions. #chemsky @pubs.acs.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

We're Hiring! If you are interested in a PDRA post with the Mehta group, please apply! @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Today, we make further steps in our renewed EU-UK strategic partnership. We have concluded the negotiations for the UK’s association to Erasmus+ in 2027. Bringing back Erasmus+ for our young people, opening the door to new shared experiences and lasting friendships.

Organelles do NOT have a single uniform pH. And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you. A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n

Prof Paul McGonigal @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social receives the 2025 Bob Hay Lectureship 🏆 Congratulations, Paul! #MASC2025 #RSC_MASC

Congrats to Dr Simona Bianco (University of Glasgow) and Dr Jiarong Wu @jiarongwu.bsky.social (University of St Andrews/Universität Würzburg) who were awarded the 2025 RSC MASC Group PhD Thesis Award trophy 🏆 given in memory of John Fossey! #MASC2025 #RSC_MASC

Congratulations to Dr Ormson @jamesormson.bsky.social our newly minted PhD! Thank you Nick Evans and Simon Webb for examining.

Congratulations to Alice @aliceieong.bsky.social who is now known as Dr Ieong! Thank you Debbie Crawford @deborahcrawford.bsky.social and Michael James for examining!

Look if you had one ring with one Pd in it, and pull everything onto one thread in one moment. would you break it or just let it slip? Great work by @jamesormson.bsky.social and @tomasnicolas.bsky.social now in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! #chemsky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🚨(1/3) We are excited to announce that the 2025 MASC/WISC EDIA Award🏆 is to Dr Aisha Bismillah, King’s College, London, (@anbismillah.bsky.social) @rsc-masc.bsky.social mascgroup.co.uk/masc-wisc-ed... #ChemSky #SupramolecularChemistry #WomenInSTEM #MASC2025

Great work led by my colleague Michael James at the University of @manchester.ac.uk

Now online and open access: Article by Michael J. James & co-workers Reductive radical chain initiation through the thermal generation of carbon dioxide radical anion www.nature.com/articles/s44... #Chemsky

📣 Announcement 📣 We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Supramolecular Chemistry Award 🏆 goes to Prof Dr Job Boekhoven from TU Munich. Congratulations, Job! @boekhovenlab.bsky.social Thanks @cellpress.bsky.social for generously sponsoring the award! (1/3)

📣 Announcement 📣 We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Bob Hay Lectureship 🏆 has been awarded to Prof Paul McGonigal “for his use of geometric and ionic frustration to engineer dynamic processes in functional molecules and materials." Congratulations, Paul! @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social (1/2)

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absolutely delighted to have been awarded one of these prizes! Thanks to the @leverhulme.ac.uk for their generous support, and congrats to all other prize winners!

Of the 202 Nobel laureates who have been awarded prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine this century, less than 70% hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize. go.nature.com/4ocbFu6

The Mehta Group is recruiting a PhD student in Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis. www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me... We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g... If you are interested, apply!

The European Commission has launched a new Science, Research & Innovation account. On 🦋 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu !! They promise: - EU scientific news - Horizon Europe funding opportunities - Innovative EU-supported projects - Events, tools & resources Share the news 🔁

Fantastic talk from @marklautens.bsky.social, our 2025 T Y Shen Lecturer! Ably supported by…

A trip “home” - back to the area my family emigrated from in 1951! They left Oldham after WWII, when jobs were in short supply for unskilled workers. I return a few years later to give the TY Shen Lecture University of Manchester with my kind host @profdaveleigh.bsky.social

Join us at The Open University, Milton Keynes on the 15th and 16th of December 2025 for this year’s RSC Macrocylic and Supramolecular Chemistry meeting! Registration and abstract submission are now open (key deadlines below) More on mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025-ho... #RSC_MASC #RSC_MASC_2025 (1/2)

Great people and great science at the annual MACRO group meeting in Manchester this week. Congratulations to my colleagues @labgibson.bsky.social, Niamh Fox, and Daniel Toolan for organising an excellent meeting.

Our recent papers are now published back to back in issue 37 of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social supported by a front cover designed by @drawimpacts.bsky.social #chemsky #openaccess Read the papers here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Congratulations to Rob who won the ACS @pubs.acs.org poster prize at the Macro group UK annual conference! #chemsky

Can I flip it? Yes you can! Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force! An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social ! Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485 #chemsky

In @science.org this week, Harry Anderson's group finally put their cyclic carbon allotrope into solution. The, well, solution to getting it there? Protection by catenation--have a look! chemsky🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🎉 Thrilled to share our first @angewandtechemie.bsky.social cover! Huge congratulations to @guillaumedebo.bsky.social and Lei Chen on this beautiful work!

We are delighted to see our recent work highlighted on the front cover of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social ! Great collaboration with Emma Vidal from @drawimpacts.bsky.social ! Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The 2025 MASC Group Awards are all open for nominations, with the following deadlines: 🏆 MASC Group Supramolecular Chemistry Award. 📆 5th Sep 🏆 Bob Hay Award Lectureship. 📆 5th Sep 🏆 MASC Group PhD Thesis Award. 📆 7th Nov 🏆 MASC/WISC EDIA Award. 📆 5th Sep More on mascgroup.co.uk/2025-masc-pr...

Dual release with a bit of logic! We show the release of a double cargo payload with 2 stimuli, force and water, with an AND gate mechanism. Great work from Lei Chen, now available in #openaccess as a #HotPaper in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #chemsky

Really excited and honored to be this year's recipient of the RSC Robert Robinson Prize!! #RSCPrizes @rsc.org A huge thanks to everyone in the group, collaborators and funders, as well as to @manchester.ac.uk for providing such an amazing environment to work in.

Two for one mechanophore! 4-membered ring mechanophores broken 2 ways with a rotaxane actuator for the generation/release of diverse functional molecules! Great work from Lei Chen now as a #VIPaper in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #chemsky #OA

Many congratulations to @esmeward.bsky.social and her colleagues. We, the @manchester.ac.uk community are lucky and proud to have this museum.

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🎉 Registration is now open!! 🎉 Come join us this year at UCL for a fantastic programme in polymer science. It's a great way to extend your network in the field. Link: www.raps.org.uk/raps-meetings

Welcome & please follow to get updates on International Symposium on Macrocyclic & Supramolecular Chemistry 2026 at Bordeaux 🇨🇵 and don't hesitate to reach out... ...but first lets enjoy the excellent programme at ISMSC2025 in Kyoto 🇯🇵

It’s an honour to be one of the recipients of the 2025 ACS Macro Letters / Biomacromolecules / Macromolecules Young Investigator Award ! And congratulations to my co-awardee Julia @kalowlab.bsky.social ! #chemsky

What are molecular machines? Something I have been thinking about for a while (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...). Now you can help us (@deanast.bsky.social @daisypooler.bsky.social @sgoldup.bsky.social Pierangelo and Carson), maybe, define for @iupac.org Read the article and take the poll 🧪⚗️ #molswitch

Loking for an Editor handling our organic chemistry content. Ideally based in any of our US offices or in our London office. DM me if you want to have a chat about this position. Application deadline is April 22nd. If you want to learn more about the role and apply click here: shorturl.at/ZkML4

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We are now LIVE on #ChemSky – joining @pubs.acs.org, @acs.org, and @cenmag.bsky.social! Follow us for the latest significant research from the world’s preeminent journal of chemistry and interfacing areas of science. Learn more about JACS: buff.ly/efZCTEt