Thrilled to share my first first-author review paper—now published in @jidjournal.bsky.social Massive thanks to all the co-authors for their time and insights! #InfectiousDiseases #Neuroinflammation #Neuroscience #BloodBrainBarrier #Virology #Research

New paper! Sarah Boardman takes us on a tour of Viral Infection and the Blood-Brain Barrier. Just out in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. From the group of Benedict Michael, with Cordelia Dunai, Adjanie Patabendige, and a host of others including myself. academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

Our 6-hands review/perspective: "Hacking 3D printers as laboratory robots" is now on ChemRxiv. In there, we show how many robots you can make by simply modifying a 3D printer. #chemsky 1/n with @sandersays.bsky.social and @supersciencegrl.co.uk chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

IT IS TIME.

Bruce Springsteen is going to feel silly when he learns about autoignition temperatures

The UK is ‘losing the race’ for investment in R&D, clinical trials, and foreign direct investment, a new report warns. Since 2018, UK pharmaceutical R&D investment has underperformed against international rivals, the report from an pharma industry body said. www.soci.org/news/2025/9/... #chemsky 🧪

So this paper: spj.science.org/doi/10.34133... Aside from some major writing issues, appears to involve injecting *Ni-particle-filled-droplets of dodecane into a living creature*. Science Partner Journal. No ethical approval statement is given. Have @aaas.org just given up or am I misreading?

Can cellular life be created in the lab? We are not yet there, but clearly getting closer! Check this paper where a new scenario for protocell replication is presented by Job Boekhoven and co-workers @manlius.bsky.social www.cell.com/chem/pdf/S24...

Our new preprint 📑 about oscillating chemical reactions ⚗ just came out! arxiv.org/abs/2508.15273 We introduce tools 🛠️ that expand the scope of oscillators that can be analyzed, and use them to extract a lot of new qualitative and quantitative insights about oscillating chemical reactions! 1/3

The Roadmap for Animate Matter is out! From self-building lasers to buildings that breathe, we lay out a vision for materials that are: 1. Active - they move, 2. Adaptive - they switch between dynamical states, 3. Autonomous - they can make a decision. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #chemsky

Tell you what lads Alberta's lovely. Go to Alberta.

📢 3 PhD positions available in the Raval group! ⏰ Deadline 1st of September 2025 🧑‍🔬 The selected students will be enrolled in the @ukbiofilms.bsky.social BITE doctoral training programme. Follow the link to apply 👇 www.liverpool.ac.uk/antimicrobia... @livunisps.bsky.social #MicroSky

Crossing off a really big item on the Academia bucket list today lads. #ChemSky

UCL Chemistry Hackathon 2 is running 22nd & 23rd July. How to make Lab Environments FAIR? See www.inator-project.org/Events/event... for details

📢 We’re hiring: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Theoretical Chemistry Join Prof Alessandro Troisi’s group at the Materials Innovation Factory → cutting-edge work on the theory of materials for bioelectronics ⚛️⚡ 💼 £39,355–£45,413 🗓️ Closes 10 July 2025 Apply now 👉 tinyurl.com/z2yp4rff

NEWS | The University of Liverpool is leading GreenNanoBone, an €8.6M EU project using AI and plant waste to tackle MRONJ—a severe jaw condition affecting cancer survivors. Read more ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/06/17/l...

New paper! Droplets that change shape, move, and divide by incorporating an active magnetic particle cytoskeleton. Collaboration with Tom Russell at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov. Led by Paul Kim. Happy to have played just a little part in this one! #chemsky advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

📢 We are hiring!! 3 year PDRA available in our group on self-optimising flow microwave platforms for #MOFs At Leeds Uni, UK, with me & Rich Bourne. ⏰ Deadline: 8th June. #flowchemistry #automation #chemjobs #chemsky @universityofleeds.bsky.social Info & to apply: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

New paper! We use printing methods and some simple theory to discuss a liquid material made of water droplets that builds itself. A collaboration with Giorgio Volpe, Matt Blunt, and Rob Malinowski at @uclchemistry.bsky.social. Led by Anshu Thapa. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Delighted to share the first publication from our group at @livunisps.bsky.social in collaboration with @barryblight.bsky.social! In this work, we combine two of our favourite things: #automation and #photocatalysis! 🤖💡🧪 Huge congrats to Harri Jones and Chris Bradshaw 🎉 shorturl.at/A67BG

In our latest manuscript, we demonstrate that grayscale control over local #biomaterial biochemistry and mechanics can be rapidly achieved across large constructs using an inexpensive (~$300) and commercially available LCD-based printer. Find it published in JBMR-A! doi.org/10.1002/jbm....

We may not have really squared the circle — but we came close! 😉 In our @NaturePhysics paper w/ @fakhrilab.bsky.social, light-triggered membrane excitability enables programmable shapes — a step toward engineering living matter. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #biophysics #syntheticcell #softmatter

Abstracts for #ViCEPHEC25 close in 6 weeks. We've had a good number of proposals for lightning talks, posters, talks, lab sessions, and workshops already. It looks like the conference is going to have a really exciting programme. If you want to share your work, submit an abstract by May 9th.

In collaboration with @fakhrilab.bsky.social we show how cell shape can be controlled with light 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

One week left to apply to join me, Will Sharratt, and Katarzyna Gurzarska-Comis as a postdoc at @livuninews.bsky.social and @livunisps.bsky.social! The successful applicant will be using Machine Learning to design granular microgels for accelerated bone healing. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLY766/p...

📣Join our Department of Chemistry as a Research Associate in AI-Accelerated Microgel Design and help shape the future of biomaterials! 📍 Grade 7 | £39,105–£45,163 🤖 AI + Soft Materials + Tissue Engineering 📅 Apply by 13 March ⬇️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/cpzdjt39

🚀 #PhD studentship available to work with me and Gabriella Pizzuto on the #digital transformation of chemical analysis for #sustainable materials development @livunisps.bsky.social in collaboration with @unileveruki.bsky.social, starting October 2025 🧪🤖 Deadline 30th April tinyurl.com/yf38kshs

Our review is now out in the March print issue of Lancet Neurology! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

We're hiring! I have a 3-year Postdoctoral Researcher position at University of Liverpool (@livuninews.bsky.social) to use Machine Learning to formulate granular microgels for accelerated wound healing. DM / email me for details - closes on 13th March. my.corehr.com/pls/ulivrecr...

Huge congratulations to Professor Brianna Heazlewood from our Department of Physics, who has been named a finalist in the 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK—a first for the University of Liverpool! 👏 Read the full story ▶️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/02/19/l...

Postdoc position available between us, Tsigkou group and Choudhury group! Gels for tumour microenvironment research: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job...

Hi friends, we are hiring for a non-lab-based undergraduate summer intern! Paid position, for students who can be based in UK. Please share with those who may find it relevant! #AZProud #chemjobs #ukchemjobs #chemsky 🧪 www.linkedin.com/posts/nessac...

The School of Chemistry @uofgchem.bsky.social at the University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social is recruiting a permanent lecturer/senior lecturer in Physical Chemistry. Apply by 21 Feb. Come join us! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLQ320/l...

The #ViCEPHEC25 website is live! Follow this account for updates on BSky, and consider submitting an abstract - we are trying to widen the range of formats presentations can take this year. vicephec2025.weebly.com

Late Christmas present just arrived. #ChemSky

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLH628/p... Join our team in 2025!

The first cohort of University of Liverpool's Digital Chemistry MSc just finished their first semester! In mine and @annagslater.bsky.social's course (CHEM501) students use an Arduino to build and code a WiFi-connected environmental sensor. Some highlights. www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/2025...

Honestly as soon as I heard @epimechfc.bsky.social was on here I did question the value of being on the other place. Here's a cat photo to celebrate the weekend.