Anyone ever written to an instrument manufacturer tech support with a question, only to be told "I asked AI, your question and I have attached the answer. I would be very interested to know if it helps you"? Not impressed... (v. expensive kit & service contract!)

Happy Friday! 🌞 We're recruiting a PhD candidate here in Sydney! Link with detail below. If this sounds like it might be a fit for someone in your network, please reshare. Interested applicants are welcome to reach out to me with questions. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

As someone who has used nBuLi a lot, 10 molar and rarely even tBuLi too, this sounds very interesting. I’ll never forget holding a syringe with 50 ml 10 M BuLi when an earthquake magnitude 6.6 struck… I was fine! #chemchat #chemsky www.chemistryworld.com/news/new-rea...

Our next vMASC seminar will be from: • Xavi Ribas (QBIS-CAT) • Subhasis Chattopadhyay (Masaryk University, Czech Republic) Date 📆 and time 🕰️: Thursday 29th January 2026 at 14:30 (UK time) Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4 to attend! #RSC_MASC #vMASC

Thanks to the editor and reviewers behind my Christmas night "accepted for publication in its current form" email. A rare piece of cheer at any time of the year, and one of this year's better presents! (though at least one reviewer spotted something I'd like to fix)

Reports of a scientific meeting run by the Royal Society on how we don't really understand the primary structure of an important biopolymer seem like something you'd expect to learn about with black and white photos. This was 2024... #chemsky

I hadn't realised: Zotero now runs on Android. (extremely handy for finding papers while ranting) #chemsky www.zotero.org

Hackathon time! Can you build an ML model for sigmatropic rearrangements of allylcatechols in flow? Teams of <=4; total prizes £2000; time limit 09 Jan. 🧪 #Chemsky Competition Link: www.kaggle.com/competitions... Example Notebook Link: www.kaggle.com/code/josepab...

Our next vMASC seminar will be from: • Muhammad Ghufran Rafique (McGill University) • Chebrolu Pulla Rao (SRM University AP) Date 📆 and time 🕰️: Thursday 25th September 2025 at 09:30 (UK time) Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend! #RSC_MASC #vMASC

🗣️ Only a few weeks left to submit your oral abstract for the RSC CNN Annual Symposium 2026! Don't miss this event to share cutting-edge research and network with nanoscience community 🔬 📅 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025 📍 12–13 Jan, Burlington House, London 🔗 rsc.org/events/detail/81692 #chemsky #nanosky

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)

Does anyone on here have any positive experiences of using LabArchive for chemistry? Or, even better, resources? #chemsky

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...

!New paper! We're delighted to see this finally out @J_A_C_S! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #Chemistry #Supramol #Supramolecular (1/3)

We still have several ECR bursaries for the Foldamers meeting (see foldamers2025.com to register) which pays for conference fees, travel and board! Applicants need to be from or based in the UK but there is still a student rate for those who are not. #chemistry #conference #foldamers #supramolecular

‪ 📣 Join us for two days of inspiring talks, and networking with leaders in the field of nanoscience at the RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Annual Symposium 🧪✨ 📍 London, UK 📅 12–13 January 2026 📝 Abstract deadlines: — Oral: 30 Sept 2025 — Poster: 31 Oct 2025 @rsc.org #chemsky #nanosky

It has been a fantastic #ECRMASC25! Thanks to the Langton group for organising, and to all the attendees for making it a memorable and inspiring day! #RSC_MASC

Have you voted in the RSC elections? (I forgot, just got reminded; searched "RSC vote" to dig up the email)

Thank you anonymous colleagues! (For some nice reviewer reports, which don't pull the punches, but which are positive and constructive.)

We are excited to announce that registration for the ECR MASC Meeting 2025 is now open. We look forward to receiving your abstract submission and seeing you in Oxford, on the 2nd of July 2025! Further information is available on our website: mascgroup.co.uk/ecr-masc-2025/

Our next seminar will be from Giulia Lavarda (TU Eindhoven) and Simon Webb (UoManchester) speaking Thursday 27th March 14:30 (UK). Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend - We are migrating mailing lists, so signup is essential!

🚨Out now🚨 Why aren't supramolecular scaffolds commonplace in asymmetric catalysis? Check out my perspective in the EuChemS Young Investigator Special Issue in SynLett looking at the major advantages and remaining challenges! doi.org/10.1055/a-2513-2141 #chemsky #womeninSTEM

Does anyone know the history of there being no RSC local section for London? (Seems like a story...)

FWIW, more jobs advertised at KCL, for Profs, Readers, Lecturers & Senior Lecturers for "AI in Science", including for Chemistry. #chemjobs (I'm not invovled in hiring) www.nature.com/naturecareer... www.nature.com/naturecareer... www.nature.com/naturecareer...

#MASC2025 will be held at the Open University, 15th-16th December 2025, so keep the dates free! As more info comes out (this'll be later in the year), it'll be posted at mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025/.

Our department (KCL, London) has just advertised a couple of Lecturer jobs (c.f. Assistant Prof in the US system), with a focus on sustainable/green or automated chemistry. (I'm not invovled in hiring, and there are contacts/details in the ad) www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/105085-... #chemsky #chemjobs

The Newton International Fellowships are opening for applications next week. We'd be delighted to support an application - especially someone interested in working with areas in our last couple of preprints (or our recent patent applciation). The scheme is here: royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

#rsc_cnn 2025 kicking off...

Quote of #MASC2024 "We didn't design it. It just happened."

Today is the final day to register for #MASC2024 in York - we have a great meeting lined up on December 16/17 with an array of leading supramolecular chemists. mascgroup.co.uk/masc2024/

The first thing I read when I opened up bsky is a happy story. It bodes well...