AI4X – Accelerate Conference 2026 deadline to submit abstracts extended until January 26! We welcome research at the intersection of AI and materials science, chemistry, biology, economics, and more. Submit now and join us in Singapore, June 15–19, 2026: ai4x.cc/call-for-sub...

📅Join us on Wed, Jan 21, 1:30 – 2:30 PM for the first AC seminar of the year featuring Eric Brown from McMaster to learn about how nature + AI can work together to discover new drugs Register to attend in person at @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...

A year in review: Take a peek at what we've been up to and what we have planned for 2026. accelerationconsortium.substack.com/p/a-year-in-... Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday season and all the best for the year ahead!

Congrats to Benjamin Sanchez-Lengeling + Weilai Yu of @utoronto.ca's Chemical Engineering department, who were both awarded $750K to accelerate materials discovery! Learn more: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/acceler...

Telescope Innovations, a spin-out company founded by AC scientific leadership team member @profhein.bsky.social, is making great strides w/the recent sale of a self-driving lab to the largest trade association for Korea’s pharmaceutical and biotech industry. telescopeinnovations.com/telescope-in...

Funding alert! 💰 Calling all #socialscience and #humanities researchers at @utoronto.ca interested in exploring the ethical, legal + economic consequences of speeding up science with AI + automation. Join our info session on January 14, 10:30–11:30 AM: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...

The Acceleration Consortium will be an exhibitor the Toronto Public Library AI Summit on Dec 6! Join us at North York Central Library for insights into AI’s impact on the economy: www.eventbrite.ca/e/ai-summit-...

We're championing translational research via a new grant program in collaboration with partners UBC! From AI methods for smarter self-driving labs to next-gen electrochemistry, these projects are shaping the future of science. Meet the grant recipients: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/meet-th...

“Very often, people will tell you 10,000 reasons why something cannot be done. But, in the Acceleration Consortium, there’s a culture of ‘yes we can.’” - Milica Radisic, AC scientific leadership team 🔬 Read more on @torontolifemag.bsky.social: torontolife.com/deep-dives/t...

We’re thrilled to partner with the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials at the National University of Singapore to host AI4X – Accelerate in Singapore June 15–19, 2026 Sign up for more info: zr2z766pxls.typeform.com/AI4XAC26?typ... Submit abstract by Jan 16, 2026: ai4x.cc/call-for-sub...

The 2025 Accelerate Conference was our biggest yet! We welcomed 435 attendees from nearly 20 countries to @marsdd.bsky.social & @torontosri.bsky.social on the @utoronto.ca campus. Take a look back: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/acceler...

Two AC self-driving labs at @utoronto.ca + #UBC are reshaping how scientists purify chemicals, thanks to new NSERC Alliance funding and a partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb. Read the full story: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/this-ch...

We visited Chemical Valley in Sarnia, ON, to learn about the impact of petrochemical production on Indigenous lands. Led by Aamjiwnaang community members Vanessa Gray + Beze Gray, the tour emphasized the need for ethical, community-informed research: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/toxic-t...

📅 Join us on Tue, Nov 18 (10–11 AM EST) for our final AC seminar of the semester. Tim Cernak of University of Michigan will present “Combinatorial explosion: from atom-bond arrangements to exotic diseases”🚀 Attend in person @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...

Automation is reshaping research, but science education hasn’t kept up. Take a survey about the skills, competencies, and training needed for automated research labs: forms.gle/ZeDc2o33b1FR...

Congrats to AC staff scientist Joseph Brown on your upcoming new role as Assistant Prof in Biomolecular Science at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at U of T! We look forward to our continued collaboration and excited for you to embark on the next chapter of your research journey 🌱:•.🧪

📅 Join us tomorrow (Nov 11): RoboChem and the Rise of Intelligent Flow Chemistry Timothy Noël, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB... Establishing the Data-Driven Organic Materials Lab Martin Seifrid, 1:30 – 2:30 PM Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...

Congrats to @aspuru.bsky.social (AC director, #UofT professor + #NVIDIA senior director), who has been named a #AI2050 Senior Fellow by #SchmidtSciences. Alán is one of 28 researchers who will receive >$18 million to advance research in beneficial #AI. Read: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/alan-as...

Nov 11, 11:30 AM EST: Join our next #ACSeminar ft. @tnoel82.bsky.social to learn about #RoboChem, an autonomous laboratory system that integrates flow reactors, real-time analytics, custom control software + machine learning algorithms. Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...

The legends are true - the new @accelerationc.bsky.social building being constructed in Toronto yesterday

#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a Software Engineer! If you excel at collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, designing software architectures, developing code and creating solutions for challenging IT problems, we want to hear from you! Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

🎧 #ICYMI, check out AC scientific leadership team member Jason Hattrick-Simpers in an ep of #CarryTheTwo podcast by IMSI Institute! He dives into how AI & automation are accelerating materials discovery & breakthroughs in health + tech. 🔗 www.imsi.institute/podcast/emer...

Congratulations to our AC social science grant recipients who will be exploring the societal impacts of using AI and automation to speed up science. Learn more about their research goals: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...

🤖 Can a robot do chemistry like a human? Find out on Oct 15 @ 3PM EST with AC member @aicooper.bsky.social of @liverpooluni.bsky.social at our next #ACSeminar! Learn how autonomous labs + AI are reinventing discovery. Register to attend in person or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...

#ICYMI: Check out our series on #womeninSTEM at @utoronto.ca by @bme-uoft.bsky.social PhD students Meghan Rothenbroker & Ana-Maria Oproescu, with support from AC's EDI Initiate Grant 🚀 Meet Nasim Abdollahi, Carla Brown, Nandita Vijaykumar, and Marta Skreta: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/meet-th...

#UofT's Acceleration Consortium + #Unilever have teamed up to use self-driving labs to advance the science of submicron emulsions—found in personal care products like body washes, lotions + creams, as well as in pharma, agriculture, food + cosmetics. acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...

🧪 Can we teach a lab to design biomaterials on its own? Join us Sept 24, 11 AM EST for the next #ACSeminar with Adam Gormley of Rutgers University to learn more. Register to attend for #free in person at University of Toronto or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...

#ACSeminar📣 Material Discovery in The World Avatar Sept 11, 11 AM EST Join Markus Kraft of #CambridgeUniversity as he explores The World Avatar (TWA), a dynamic framework for material discovery and knowledge representation. Attend for free at @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...

#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a #SoftwareEngineer to manage and optimize our software infrastructure to support high-impact research projects at at the Acceleration Consortium🚀 Learn more + apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

We're thrilled to announce the winners of the Accelerate Conference 2025 poster competition: 🥇 1st: Florian Boser, Universität Münster 🥈 2nd: Xu Chen, @utoronto.ca 🥉 3rd: Joy-Lynn Kobti, University of Windsor Thanks to Digital Discovery for generously sponsoring this year’s poster prizes!

What a catch! 🎣 Huge congratulations to @boser-florian.bsky.social for winning the first place poster prize at this year’s @accelerationc.bsky.social Conference in Toronto awarded by @digital-discovery.rsc.org! 🥇 Thanks to the judges & organizers! #Accelerate2025 doi.org/10.1039/D4DD...

#JOB OPP: We’re hiring a Staff Scientist (Machine Learning Specialist) to join our Human Organ Mimicry Self-Driving Lab. Leverage your expertise in machine learning (ML) and computational biology to drive innovation in cutting-edge scientific research. Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a Training Lead at the Acceleration Consortium. You’ll design and deliver training programs for students, faculty + industry partners at the intersection of machine learning, robotics, lab automation + materials discovery. Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a #DataEngineer to manage and optimize data infrastructure to support research projects at U of T's Acceleration Consortium. Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Are you at the @accelerationc.bsky.social Conference in Toronto? Did you catch Siwoo Lee presenting on "MuAPBEK: An Improved Analytical Kinetic Energy Density Functional For Quantum Chemistry"? 🐯 #ACConference #Vertaix Check out the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2505.04559

Glorius Group on tour in Toronto! 🇨🇦🧳 Happy to see our Data Science team discussing the lab of the future at #Accelerate2025 🦾🧪. Special thanks to all organizers from the @accelerationc.bsky.social! #Closingtheloop #Chemistry

This afternoon, we're hosting our final poster session of #accelerate25. Congrats to the >140 presenters who presented their work yesterday and today, including Rory Butler from the University of Chicago!

A pleasure getting (most of) the band back together and presenting our recent work at @accelerationc.bsky.social

We started day 3 at the 2025 Accelerate Conference w/a variety of sessions incl. a panel on responsible discovery to explore Indigenous science, refusals, and the future of automated discovery. The session featured #UofT's Reena Shadaan, Erin Konsmo, Fernanda Yanchapaxi, Kristen Bos + M. Murphy.

This afternoon, we're hosting 1 of 2 poster sessions as part of #accelerate25. Congrats to the >140 presenters who will present their work today + tomorrow, including Rama El-khawaldeh from the University of British Columbia!

We're kicking off the 2nd day of the 2025 Accelerate Conference w/2 keynotes this morning by Mitra Taheri + James Love. Thanks also to Grace Lee Reynolds, #UofT's Leah Cowen + Melanie Woodin for welcoming us with opening remarks! @marsdd.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @novonordisk.bsky.social

It’s day 2 of @accelerationc.bsky.social conference! My first time ever at the conference and I get to present the work I’ve been doing at the NRC this afternoon 😁

This afternoon at the Accelerate Conference, we're featuring a variety of workshops, including "Knowledge graphs for materials and autonomous experimentation/research" hosted by Cogan Shimizu, Benji Maruyama + Thomas Pruyn. The session will close w/an extended facilitated discussion. #accelerate25

Presenting my poster at Accelerated Conference 2025 (@accelerationc.bsky.social) in Toronto next week! I’ll be sharing PEGKi – a framework for gamified fidelity measurement & policy assignment in self-driving labs. 🧪 Poster 56 – Day 2 (Aug 12) #AI #SelfDrivingLabs #MachineLearning #Accelerated2025

Come and the amazing work of @thematterlab.bsky.social at #accelerate2025 next week @accelerationc.bsky.social

The first day of our 4th annual Accelerate Conference is finally here! We're excited to welcome over 400 people from nearly 20 countries. We look forward to connecting with this growing community over 4 days of talks, panels, posters, and networking. #accelerate25 @marsdd.bsky.social @utoronto.ca

With the Accelerate Conference less than 1-week away, we want to extend a big thank you to both our exhibitors and sponsors this year including @marsdd.bsky.social, @brukercorporation.bsky.social + many more! We are thrilled to have your support.

#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring 2 lab technicians to play a pivotal role in supporting research projects at the AC’s self-driving lab for medicinal chemistry, where you will collaborate closely with our interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers. Apply: acceleration.utoronto.ca/job-board

🚨 We're 2-weeks away from the 2025 Accelerate conference in Toronto, August 11–14, and we are officially SOLD OUT! We are doing our best to add some more tickets, so please be sure to register and join the WAITLIST for a chance to still attend: 2025.accelerateconf.ca/registration

Digital Discovery is proud to support this year's @accelerationc.bsky.social Accelerate Conference, taking place August 11-14 in Toronto, Canada. The journal will be sponsoring prizes for the best posters! Online registration closes on 10 August. Find out more below. 2025.accelerateconf.ca/