When Chemistry depts are being decimated at Universities across the UK, the govt needs to focus on resilience further up the chain and fix decades of disastrous mismanagement of higher education. No point safeguarding industry jobs if there’s no graduates coming through to fill them.

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Could the next breakthrough in computing, energy or medicine come from a material we haven’t discovered yet? Find out how scientists design entirely new materials in this six-part course with Physics lecturer Chiara Gattinoni.

A reminder of our introductory QM/MM training course on 4th June. If you'd like to attend please register by Thursday 21st May.

Having lived in Spain this is so recognizable www.instagram.com/reel/DX9kaVY...

After an early flight from London, a quick visit to Pisa, two trains and a taxi up the mountain I made it to the Renewable Energy Solar Fuels GRC in beautiful Tuscany for a week of solar fuels #chemsky

Join us for a unique discussion at our Surface‑Enhanced Raman Scattering Faraday Discussion where we will explore the latest research in the field. #FD_SERS Find out more (and submit an abstract): http://rsc.li/sers-fd2027 #ChemSky

Join us in Edinburgh in July 2026 for the 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. Early bird registration closes in 3 weeks, on 𝟏𝟖 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. 📅 Early Bird registration deadline: 𝟏𝟖 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 🌍 Edinburgh, UK 🔗 www.rsc.org/events/find-... #chemsky #FD_Optoelectron

🇳🇱 Kingsday in London at the Dutch Centre/Church

A good couple of days discussing cable bacteria and (semi)conductive metal organic coordination polymers in sunny Antwerpen. Thanks to Filip Meysman and An Gielis for organising the meeting and the invitation to present our predictions.

G-xTB with gradients is now out! #compchem www.linkedin.com/posts/thomas...

Reposting our webinar tomorrow, April 23, 12 pm - 1 pm US EST. hybrid3.duke.edu/workshops/20... Thank you all!

Three 'popular science' books I enjoyed reading over the Easter holiday. 1) Material World by Ed Conway.

The contributed talk abstract submission deadline for the 8th @thomasyoungcentre.bsky.social Energy Materials Workshop has been extended to next Wednesday the 22nd of April 2026. Get your abstracts for talks in now. #compchem

Reminder: 5 May poster abstract deadline for the Faraday Discussion on Solid electrolyte interphases in next-gen batteries, London, 13-15 July 2026. Poster presenters can expect a collaborative atmosphere where every delegate can contribute. #ChemSky #Batteries #SEI #EnergyStorage #FD_Batteries

Join us at the Corrosion: from fundamentals to extremes Faraday Discussion! Focused on delegate‑driven debate and cutting‑edge research in MPE alloys, light alloys, AI in corrosion & extreme environments. Manchester, 7 April. rsc.li/corrosion-fd2027 #ChemSky

Explore the cutting edge of molecular excited states theory & experiment with our expert speakers, including introductory speaker Michael A Robb, Imperial College & closing remarks from Graham A. Worth, University College London. Join us ➡️ https://rsc.li/excitedstates-fd2026 #ChemSky

I've been posting on conference deadline reminders today - it's that time of year when they fall due. I guess the message is - if you're thinking about submitting to, or registering for, a conference - check the event webpage for the deadline. It's imminent! #ChemSky #BorderCollie pic just because.

A long shot due to the general silence here, but does anyone do vibrational circular dichroism and would like to collaborate on something? #chemsky

happy paris-roubaix day to all who celebrate !!!!

Open now: CMPCity 2026 “Quantum Materials in and out of Equilibrium” in London (July 15–24); posters open to all; contributed ECR talks deadline May 1 #cmpc26 #QuantumMaterials #cmpcity26 research.kent.ac.uk/pqm/cmpcity2...

Hello everyone! We’re excited to announce that the OpenMolcas Annual Meeting will take place in Valencia 🇪🇸 from October 5th to 7th! #ComputationalChemistry #CompChem #Science #ScientificWorkshop

Inorganic and organometallic chemists — Avogadro 2.0 is for you... A new template tool lets you build octahedral, tetrahedral, and other complexes in seconds. Click to add functional groups. Avogadro also detects symmetry and displays symmetry elements #compchem #openscience #opensource

No fooling, Avogadro 2.0.0 is finally here! Rebuilt from the ground up: fast modern rendering, improved stability, designed for the next generation of molecular, biomolecule, and materials research & education. 🧪 ⚗️ avogadro.cc/install/ discuss.avogadro.cc #opensource #openscience #compchem

Congratulations to William Wood from the Price group, Sally's last PhD student, on passing his PhD viva yesterday afternoon! Many thanks to Aurora Cruz-Cabeza for doing most of the heavy lifting in examining Will's thesis as external examiner. #compchem #chemsky

Do you want quick insight on the crystal packing preferences of a new molecule, and can't wait for complete crystal structure prediction results? Check out @jennieemartin.bsky.social 's template CSP method. Template CSP makes use of existing CSP landscapes to accelerate new predictions. #compchem

Just a couple of days left to submit your self-nomination for the 2026 RSC Photophysics and Photochemistry Group Early Career Research Lectureship👇🏻 #chemsky

An interesting evening in the Bloomsbury Theatre tonight with an event celebrating 200 years of @ucl.ac.uk and 200 years of @uclchemistry.bsky.social #ucl200 #chemsky

Interesting evening at the Dutch Centre in London tonight. Robert Dijkgraaf, theoretical physics professor at the University of Amsterdam and former Dutch science minister, in conversation with Christoph Lindner, president of the Royal College of Art.

The deadline for applying for the 2026 @rsc-photochem.bsky.social group Early Career Researcher Lectureship is now less than a month away (31/03/26). For more details see the 🧵 👇🏻 #chemsky

The last paper of Eimear Madden's PhD is now published in @pccp.rsc.org doi.org/10.1039/D5CP... in which we compare and contrast using many-body pertubation theory the optoelectronic properties of group IV -carbon, silicon and germanium- nanoparticles. #chemsky #compchem

The arrival of the first weekend of March can only mean one thing, the annual Berko 5 mile no fun run

We are looking for two talented people to join us at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick as assistant professors. Permanent positions. 🧪🍎🥽 warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

Has @avogadro.cc helped your research? Teaching? As we prepare Avogadro 2.0 for release this spring, I'm hoping to feature some stories (and citations). #compchem #opensource #openscience ⚗️ Let me know: discuss.avogadro.cc/t/avogadro-s...

I have a 2 year PDRA position available in my group focusing on synthetic organic chemistry for supramolecular materials. Please apply using the link below if you’d be a good fit for the role in Glasgow @uofgchem.bsky.social www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

Good to attend the @connects-uk.bsky.social closing event tonight and see Niek Buurma and Nathalie van Meurs talk about their contributions to CONNECTS-UK on behalf of @dna-uk.bsky.social

💜 Today, @ucl.ac.uk marks 200 years since its foundation. Throughout 2026, we will celebrate two centuries of learning and innovation and share those achievements with our global community. ➡️Discover our exciting #UCL200 programme of events and learn how you can get involved.

Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨ #UCL200 #LoveUCL

1) Today (23:59) is the deadline for submitting responses to the Home Office "consultation" on their plans to make life a lot more difficult for foreigners living in the UK: www.gov.uk/government/c...

My colleague Helen Fielding is organising the 2026 Women in Photochemistry Symposium at @uclchemistry.bsky.social on Wednesday the 4th of March with talks by Susannah-Bourne-Worster (Durham), Maria Sanz (King's College) and Marsha Lester (UPenn). www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-p... #chemsky

I have a three-year PDRA position to work on the development of adaptive embedding methods. Please share this with anyone who may be interested. #CompChem www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

We lost a great legend of nanoscience and an inspirational mentor. In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Louis Brus | Arts & Sciences fas.columbia.edu/news/memoria...

Appropriate now the Netherlands is (still) dealing with an excess of ice in the form of snow, more than in years, an article in Dutch newspaper @nrc.nl (in Dutch) on ice including some quotes by my @uclchemistry.bsky.social collegue Christoph Salzmann. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/... #chemsky

#Postdoc (2Y) in Marseille: Exciton transport in bioinspired DNA-templated light-harvesting networks. NEGF, exciton-vibration, decoherence; close link to experiments. Deadline: 23/1 Start: 27/4 More info: fabienne.michelini at univ-amu.fr #QuantumTransport #CompChemSky

We are inviting self-nominations for the 2026 @rsc-photochem.bsky.social group Early Career Researcher Lectureship, which recognises outstanding research contributions and excellence in communication by early career scientists in the area of photophysics and photochemistry. (1/N) #chemsky

♻️🔬 From lab waste to catalysts and co-created learning! We just shared our new preprint on RECOMPENSE, a student-led open science initiative that upcycles polystyrene waste into reusable catalysts for green chemistry. 📄 Read here: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr... #GreenChemistry #ChemEd

and my new view is that if an LLM can do it, it’s a task or form or piece of paperwork that doesn’t need to and shouldn’t exist.

I still have one PhD position available for Oct 2026 - see below for more details.

Great to see/hear the latest research in all aspects of physical chemistry at the Faraday Community Poster Symposium at @rsc.org Burlington House today. Can report that the future of physical chemistry looking very healthy! #ChemSky

Happy to be attending this year’s Faraday Community Poster Symposium organised by @rsc.org A full day of flash poster presentations celebrating the latest in physical chemistry research