Thrilled to have been awarded a 2025 Future Fellowship by the Australian Research Council (ARC). Huge thanks to my team, collaborators & #UNSW for the support. Goal: enzyme-based nanoparticles to reprogram cells for #biomanufacturing to #medicine and #foodtechnology www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...

The Aussie contingent were so proud of Dr @dmdeclercq.bsky.social of @unswchemistry.bsky.social, who wowed us with his #chemistry talk at the #lino2025 Thematic Next Gen Science Session of Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.

Superstar Jay Menham doing us proud in the UNSW Science one-minute thesis. @unswchemistry.bsky.social

Great turn up to Jon Berengut’s Warji talk here at @unswchemistry.bsky.social

🎉 @iupac.org Emeritus Fellow Brynn Hibbert, @unswchemistry.bsky.social, awarded the RACI Ollé Prize for his contribution to #IUPAC Orange Book 📙 🔗 www.royalsoc.org.au/society-fell... 📙 #IUPAC Orange Book (published by @rsc.org): iupac.org/what-we-do/b... ℹ️ Brynn Hibbert: iupac.org/who-we-are/d...

Very honoured to be invited to give a research seminar @unswchemistry.bsky.social, thanks again to Sam Furfari for organising #ChemSky

Really proud of Him, Simona, Kavisha and Isis representing our team in Japan at @ismsc2026.bsky.social! Simona even won a poster prize for the cage catalysis work - woohoo! #OzChem #ChemSky

Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work #AcademicSky #EduSky

Enjoy this latest edition of the Crazy Wave Function Project.

Femtolab is baaaack!

Excited to join the Australian delegation for the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting! Thank you @unswchemistry.bsky.social, @schmidtim.bsky.social for all the support during my PhD! #auschem #realtimechem #LINO25 www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

Marc Greenberg from John Hopkins giving a fantastic lecture here at @unswchemistry.bsky.social UNSW RNA Institute on oxidative damage in DNA-histone protein interactions. #ozchem #RNA #DNA

Fantastic Cavill Lecture by Wilhelm Huck about reservoir computing - inspiring concepts and amazing how these chaotic systems can be made to work for us! #ChemSky @unswchemistry.bsky.social

Time for the Cavill Lecture: this time Prof. Wilhelm Huck from Radboud University

a must read from UNSW Chemistry: Replacements for HCFCs undergo processing in the atmosphere into.....HCFCs! www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...

The ARC have tweeted that they will released Discovery Projects Expression of Interest outcomes tomorrow.

So distressing seeing what is happening to science in the US. Good luck everyone over there - the rest of us watch on in horror #ChemSky

a must read from UNSW Chemistry: Replacements for HCFCs undergo processing in the atmosphere into.....HCFCs! www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...

That's what almost every academic wants to hear!

Very proud of Dr Ray DiNardi for being awarded the RACI supramolecular thesis of the year! #ozchem @unswchemistry.bsky.social

Time to listen to our own colleague, @tristanreekie.bsky.social from UNSW Canberra!

Sydney North Shore beach balls - @unswchemistry.bsky.social analysed them! TL,DR: filthy soap scum. Details below! #tarballs #grimeballs #ozchem

Here we demonstrate proof of concept for spatial patterning of multiple cell types using compression and light triggers. However, the concept is general and we envision wide ranging applications from tissue engineering to soft robotics. @asbte.bsky.social @unswchemistry.bsky.social

Sad to report that our esteemed colleague, Sir Fraser Stoddart, passed away yesterday in Melbourne, surrounded by family. His legacy is the 90+ academics he trained who continue to push the boundaries of human knowledge. Vale Fraser.

The long awaited opus magnus from Hansen Group. He shows that HFC replacements actually produce HFCs under atmospheric conditions! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Dr Felix Rizutto has just signed on for a life sentence at UNSW Chemistry! Congratulations and welcome to the team Felix! Felix is completing his DECRA fellowship but already has new salary support lined up with a Moderna Australia fellowship. Lots of DNA craft ahead!

Good morning #ChemSky! In a fit of insomniac helpfulness, I created a starter pack of chemistry departments*. I know the pack is rather incomplete and mostly reflects English-speaking institutions due to my own linguistic & search limitations. So please feel free to reply to request additions!

Great to have Steve Goldup @sgoldup.bsky.social here today to show all things chiral interlocked molecules! #ChemSky

Did the thing.

Presenting E/Prof. David St. Clair Black, DSc

A/Prof. Junming Ho on “amphiphilicity” at #NZIC24 in Dunedin

Another great paper from @njrijs.bsky.social group. @oscarhlw.bsky.social shows off his drawing (and chemistry) skills! #chemsky

Is there a Chem Department starter pack?

Had a good time at @unswchemistry.bsky.social Christmas party last night. Hosted at the original site of the School! @schmidtim.bsky.social gave an excellent history lesson on over 100 years of chemistry at UNSW. The School began in 1879 and predates the establishment of Australia (1901).

Monday morning plenary from @schmidtim.bsky.social - with little chromophore A and little chromophore B. #DrSeuss NZIC, Dunedin. #NZIC24

Dr Lauren Macreadie representing UNSW at NZIC, Dunedin. #MOFIA

Our excursion to Lithgow in 1914 was a blast! #chemsky

We are here in the Blue Sky! Follow us for amazing chemistry! #ozchemsky #ozchem #chemsky

We have 2 PhD positions available in my group @unswchemistry.bsky.social . Please share with people who might be interested! www.unsw.edu.au/research/hdr... chemsky

@LauraWimberger graduated as Dr Laura today! It was great her parents could come all the way from Germany to be there too! #ProudSupervisor #ozchem @unswchemistry.bsky.social

Welcome @martinp23.bsky.social !! Dr Martin Peeks!

Welcome Palli!! Help us boost this school account to spread the joy.

**EQUIPMENT GRANTS** We have had a few successful infrastructure grants this year. UNSW as a whole did extremely well. A/Prof. W. Alex Donald Open Access Native Mass Spectrometry Facility.  $657,987.00 Prof. @schmidtim.bsky.social Tim Schmidt Ultrafast Infrared Spectroscopy Facility.  $762,800.00

Teachers: Do your students know about the Yr12 Science Extension Immersion running in the UNSW Faculty of Science in January?!   *15-19 January, 2024*   We are thrilled to announce SciX is running again for 2024! Information and enrolment are now available here: scix.au/student_info/

Kris Kilian and team have discovered a short peptide hydrogelator based on the “tryptophan zipper” motif, that self-assembles into a hierarchically structured material that supports mammalian cell culture and shows a range of interesting properties. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Classy reception for our guest from Melbourne. @jonbeves.bsky.social #chemsky #ozchemsky

I’m not sure if this was already advertised here: open 3 year education focused position in our chemistry school, please share! #ozchem @unswchemistry.bsky.social www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/job-search

**CONTINUOUS FLOW POLYMERSOMES** Magic from Stenzel Group. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

**EDUCATION-FOCUSSED LECTURER POSITION** Come and work with the best Chemistry School on Bluesky!

***PHOTOSWITCHABLE GELS*** Thordarson <------ UNSW @jonbeves.bsky.social JonBeves <------ UNSW Ravoo <------ Münster chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...