What a year. 2025 has been really tough, but also full of progress: new PhD, 6 papers, a Leverhulme grant, invited talks, new collabs (and even a break‑in at the office…). Very grateful for my team and collaborators. Time to rest and reset for 2026! 🥳 #Chemistry #Research #AcademicLife #CompChem

Rainy Manchester day, BEST surprise ☔️ The Dublin division showed up unexpectedly for our last seminar of the year ❤️ After everything this year has thrown at us, this really meant a lot. #ResearchGroup #PhDLife #AcademicLife #Manchester #Dublin #EndOfYear #ChristmasBreak

✅ Last week, the Scientific Advisory Board visited #IQF for two days of deep discussions, reviewing research, infrastructures & strategy to boost excellence and global impact. Grateful to all who made it possible!

I’m hiring 1-year postdoc position in computational chemistry at the University of Copenhagen The research is focusing on automated reaction prediction in collaboration with two major Pharma companies (see e.g. doi.org/10.1002/anie...) Please share #compchem

Registration NOW OPEN for the 2026 #VWSCC! 📅 26-30 January 2026 Join researchers worldwide for lectures, SFPs, hands-on workshops (Q-Chem & GROMACS), and panel discussions! 🌟 Incredible international speaker lineup from leading scientists across the globe! Register free: www.winterschool.cc

Excited to share our book chapter "In silico Catalyst Design within Asymmetric Organocatalysis", published with Wiley. It covers computational methods from basics to data-driven approaches. @iiribarren.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Compchem #CatalystDesign

This weekend was cheesecake brownie time… made for @goar-sanchez.bsky.social’s colleagues. Hope they like it 🤞😄 #CheesecakeBrownie #homemadecakes #chemsistwhocook

Check out this computational work on understanding [P7] cluster dynamics! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Great to see this collaborative work out in @natureportfolio.nature.com , led by Michael James @manchester.ac.uk and James Douglas @astra-zeneca.bsky.social Congrats to Ethan Lim and everyone involved! www.nature.com/articles/s44... #Chemistry #Collaboration #AcademicIndustry #compchem

It turned into a bit of a baking weekend 🤣🤩 #chemistswhocook #homemadecake

Interested in a PhD at @manchester.ac.uk Explore noncovalent catalysis with quantum chemistry + machine learning 🖥️🤖⚛️ Top candidates will be considered for faculty funding (deadline 19 Dec 2025). Project details 👇 #PhD #compchem #machinelearning #catalysis www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

We are seeking a motivated candidate to apply for the prestigious Bicentenary PhD Scholarship at the University of Manchester👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬 Interested applicants should contact me at [email protected]. We welcome applications from the UK and worldwide🗺️ Info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

My PhD students made this great poster for the Research Open Day, @manchester.ac.uk. It really shows what our group is about: the science, the ideas, the collaborations, and the fun behind it all! 🥳 Very proud of this creative and hard-working team, past and present! #CompChem #Catalysis #PhDLife

🚀 Exciting PhD in Manchester! Work with Andrew Leach, Lia Sotorrios & me, plus a placement at MedChemica Ltd. Combine computational chemistry, AI & drug design to explore how generative AI can accelerate new medicine discovery. #CompChem #PhDStudentship 📩 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Two Basque cheesecakes this weekend 🫠🍰 One for home, one for a birthday in the group, and to inaugurate the group seminar season tomorrow 🎉 #BasqueCheesecake #Homemadecake #AcademicLife #GroupSeminar

Here’s our new group photo outside the Dover St Building, @manchester.ac.uk ! A couple of our members (Ethan and Nik) are missing from this one, but it’s great to have most of the team together. Excited for everything we’ll be working on this year! 🖥️ ⚛️ #CompChem #AcademicLife #GroupPic

Excited to share that our latest paper has just been published at @pubs.acs.org ! This project began back in my postdoctoral days at @tcddublin.bsky.social, working with Isabel Rozas, so it feels rather nostalgic to see it out now 🥰 #CompChem pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Perfect way to end the week: 'We are pleased to inform you that your manuscript has been accepted for publication' 🎉 Have a lovely weekend, all! #compchem #AcademicLife

Just found out a manuscript I rejected twice got published… without so much as a heads-up. Not the first time this has happened. Peer review is voluntary and unpaid; the least journals could do is be transparent. Feels like some “big names” get a free pass. So frustrating. #PeerReview #AcademicLife

Summer 2025: beaches, heat, family, friends, wandering around cities, and way too much good food. But all good things have an end… so next week, back to Manchester 😄 #Summer2025 #Family

Time to head home for a well-deserved and much-needed holiday break ✈️☀️ #holiday #academiclife #break

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A great day in Burlington House for the OBC Editorial Board meeting yesterday. Wonderful to see so many of the board in person and to talk about the exciting future for the journal!

At the @rsc.org for the @orgbiomolchem.rsc.org 2025 Editorial Board Meeting! #OBC2025 #RSC

Nothing like landing back home after a week away at a conference… to find a lovely rejection email waiting for the funding proposal you’ve been sweating over for months. 👏 Bravo. Welcome home. 😂🎉 #AcademicLife #GrantWriting #RejectedAndResilient

Amazing week in Oslo for #WATOC2025. Best part? Catching up with old friends and meeting new people. I shared one of our latest projects, and Diana, Tim @jamesob2.bsky.social , and @juliak4czm4r3k.bsky.social presented a poster 🥳 Time to go home! #compchem #phdlife #academiclife

Great day at NSSC 2025 in London. Lovely to catch up with friends, meet new people, and hear some genuinely exciting science. Some good chats about possible collabs too. Thanks everyone! #NSSC2025 #chemistry #catalysis #sciencelife #compchem

First stop on a very full month of scientific travel: heading to London today for the New Starters in Synthesis and Catalysis (NSSC) 2025 meeting. Looking forward to connecting with early-career researchers in catalysis! #NSSC2025 #catalysis #AcademicLife #CompChem

Made a Basque cheesecake to celebrate some May & June birthdays in the group 🎂🧀 They totally earned something sweet 🥳 #PhDLife

It’s been ages since the Trujillo Group had a proper day out, so it was fab to finally get (almost) all of us together in Hebden Bridge! We had a lot to celebrate, including birthdays, one of our students finishing his visit, and just the chance to hang out outside the office #CompChem #GroupDayOut

Our UoM Bluesky community is growing! Welcome @trujillo-group.bsky.social @meaganoakley.bsky.social @yuantian23.bsky.social @miabennion.bsky.social @jamesob2.bsky.social 💜😊

Our Nika Melnyk presented her PhD journey at the Dublin Chemistry 3rd Year Talks 2025 and absolutely nailed it! 💥 “Catalysis of Organic Reactions Through XB-Based Organocatalysis.” Super proud of her! @tcddublin.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk #CompChem #Organocatalysis #ProudSupervisor

#chemistry #conferences #peptides #oligonucleotides #foldamers

Excited to be part of this PhD project with Andrew Leach’s team in Manchester. Great opportunity to get involved! #compchem #phd www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 call is open. If you're a motivated postdoc with a strong CV and you're interested in working on computational chemistry and catalysis, drop me a message! Happy to discuss ideas and support good candidates. #MSCA #ComputationalChemistry #Catalysis

In terminating hundreds of NIH grants, the Trump administration dumped years of investment down the drain. In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column, we analyzed the cancelled projects & talked to scientists to understand just how much the public loses out. It's a lot: tinyurl.com/bdey86su

Back in the kitchen for Easter break! Today, it’s Mediterranean baked sweet potatoes and lemon pudding cake. #Cooking #Baking #Homemade #DaysOff

‼️‼️Postdoc position opening for photoswitches synthesis #OrganicChemistry #ChemBio Apply online here: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/e... Deadline 27.04🗓️ please RT ❤️

Join The University of Manchester, AstraZeneca, and Syngenta in a fully funded PhD program on Quantum Mechanics, Machine Learning, and Catalyst Design. 📢 Only one week left to apply! Don't miss out! #PhD #Scholarship #QuantumChemistry #MachineLearning #CatalystDesign #CompChem

I am thrilled to share that I have officially joined the International Editorial Advisory Board of the EurJOC! Thank you to the Editorial Office and @chemistryeurope.bsky.social for the opportunity. #OrganicChemistry #EditorialBoard chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

The thematic issue “Adaptive experimentation and optimization in organic chemistry” edited by Philippe Schwaller @pschwllr.bsky.social and Artur M. Schweidtmann is complete ✅. Download the issue PDF for free with just one click: ➡️ https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/series/131?B=y 💎🔓 #BJOC

🚀 Join Us! We have an exciting opportunity to join our research group! This fully funded PhD position is part of the IPCat training programme. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need more information. 👉 Apply now: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PhD #compchem

Delighted to welcome Matas Misevičius, PhD student from Isabel Rozas' group @tcddublin.bsky.social, to our team! He'll work on a comp comparative study of metal & non-metal mediated guanidylation reactions. Thanks @rsc.org for the Researcher Collaborations Grant! #compchem #visitingstudents

Hope you all had a lovely sunny weekend! 🌞 #InternationalWomensDay #Tiramisu #Dobby

Delighted to be part of hashtag#RSCPoster 2025 as a judge for the hashtag#RSCOrg category! The event takes place online from March 4-5. Present your work or join the discussions – it's a fantastic opportunity to connect with the global chemistry community! Register here: lnkd.in/dJr_ywAp

Amazing cover from @iiribarren.bsky.social for the "Adaptive Experimentation and Optimization in Organic Chemistry" issue at @BeilsteinInstitut.hessen.social.ap.brid.gy ! #compchem Check out the awesome papers here: www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/series/...

We’re excited to welcome Ashelyn Kyne to our group as an MSc student. She will be working on quantifying sigma-hole properties, exploring key aspects of noncovalent interactions. Welcome to the team, Ashelyn! 🎉 #CompChem #TheoreticalChemistry #SigmaHoles www.linkedin.com/in/ashelynky...

Associate Professor or DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Chemistry - DTU Chemistry 🇩🇰 efzu.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #compchem Candidates working within automatization, .... and application of ML in chemistry are particularly encouraged to apply.

Spent a great day at AstraZeneca, giving a seminar and meeting some brilliant people. Thank you all for the hospitality, and in particular, thank you, Megha Anand, for the invitation and for organising the meeting. #compchem #catalysis

🚀 First Bluesky Post! 🎉 VMD 2.0 Alpha is here! Released today at BPS 2025, this is the biggest update in 30 years—new UI, real-time ray tracing, fast surfaces, UHD & touchscreen support. Monthly updates coming in 2025! Try it now! #VMD #BPS2025 #MolecularVisualization www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd...