This week's Chemical Science Pick of the Week is "Recycling Fluoropolymers to Acyl Fluorides through Shuttle Catalysis" by @shannonesf.bsky.social, Amanda Fogh and @crimmingroup.bsky.social from @imperialchemistry.bsky.social! Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... #ChemSciPicks

Last week was excellent timing to be 300 miles from Cambridge by the sea in Pembrokeshire 😎

Dalton Transactions is delighted to announce that Professor Christine Thomas of The Ohio State University has been appointed as our new Editor-in-Chief‼️ Please join us in congratulating and welcoming Christine to the journal👏 Find out more: blogs.rsc.org/dt/2026/06/0... #ChemSky 🧪

📢 We are excited to announce this year’s Chemical Science symposium on the topic of digital chemistry in the age of AI and machine learning! Find out more at rsc.li/chemscisymp2026 The symposium will be held in London, UK on the 29th and 30th of October 2026 in person only. #ChemSciSymposium

Some beaut weather (and beaut beers) at the @cambeerfest.bsky.social this week 🍻

Well I have a whole two photos as evidence, but that's a wrap on a week in Barga! Much great solar fuels research, so many great people, maybe not enough sleep...

Lucca: Gorgeous cathedral, stylish little squares, impressive complete wall/park (not pictured: excellent gelato)

My 4am alarm this morning will (hopefully) be worth it to get to the Solar Fuels GRS starting in Italy today!

This week's #ChemSciPicks is from Robert Wolf et al. (@wolflab.bsky.social) from Universität Regensburg, Germany! "Selective white phosphorus activation and functionalization with inorganic Grignard reagents" Read the article for free here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Huge congratulations to Saurabh Chitnis @sschitnis.bsky.social (University of Victoria) and Xiongyi Huang (Johns Hopkins University), who we are delighted to name as the joint winners of the 2025 ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship!

I've seen a lot of skeletons runs (all within the last week) but Matt Weston's run just now to get the gold was absolutely sensational

Registration is now open for the 2026 RSC (@rsc.org) Main Group Interest Group Conference: www.rsc.org/events/detai... The meeting will be taking place on the 8-9th April 2026 at the University of Edinburgh, showcasing a breadth of inorganic/main group chemistry- We would love to see you there.

After ten years of having my undergraduate lecture handouts and notes stored in a box (and having barely touched them), I have decided today is the day they will be recycled. Can't wait for someone to stop me on the street tomorrow and ask me to explain an equilibrium isotope effect

I am advertising a fully funded chemistry PhD scholarship in my group at @aucklanduni.bsky.social to study titanium catalysts attached to sold supports. For more details see: tinyurl.com/FalconerPhD1 Please repost and share! #chemsky #inorganicchemistry #PhD #PhDscholarship #catalysis #greenchem

Are you a UK or Ireland based chemistry undergraduate, postgraduate or recent graduate from a Black or minority ethnic background? Apply by 5 February 2026 to our 2026–2027 Broadening Horizons cohort to explore career opportunities in the chemical sciences. rsc.li/broadening-horizons

🧪 PhD Opportunity (UK/international) with Simon Lewis & James Taylor at the University of Bath: “Radicals on Demand from Sulfonium Salt Electron Donor-Acceptor Complexes” Electrosynthesis ⚡ + photochemistry 💡. See: bit.ly/4qjBsS3 **DEADLINE 8TH FEB** #chemistry #phd #orgchem @bathchem.bsky.social

Are you a UK or Ireland based chemistry undergraduate, postgraduate or recent graduate from a Black or minority ethnic background? Apply by 5 February 2026 to our 2026–2027 Broadening Horizons cohort to explore career opportunities in the chemical sciences: rsc.li/broadening-horizons #ChemSky

Better try and predict the lottery numbers this week too #WatfordFC

Burlington House needs bigger stairs for symposium photographs😌 Thank you so much to all of the attendees for joining us for a wonderful exploration of sensing, diagnostics and bioimaging! We will be closing out the day with our publishing panel and a very special invited talk from Chris Chang!

Me logging on today to see it's my work anniversary...

We’re delighted to announce Professor Derya Baran as the winner of this year’s EES Lectureship! Huge congratulations Derya, from everyone in the Energy & Environmental Science (EES) editorial board & editorial office. Read her latest work 👉 https://rsc.li/42H542r @ees-journals.rsc.org #ChemSky

🚨 Check out issue 12 of RSC Sustainable Energy & Fuels for the latest on #batteries, #photovoltaics, #hydrogen, #electrocatalysis and other #energy_materials. Look out for themed collection tags offering free access. #chemsky #renewable_energy @sef-journal.rsc.org www.linkedin.com/posts/rscene...

Cambridge to Swanage is a long, multi-step journey by public transport, but the last leg involves an open top double-decker bus hopping on a ferry which does add a bit of flair ⛴️

An amazing few days in Nova Scotia comes to an end. Thanks to my wonderful friends-cum-tour guides, all the locals who enjoyed speaking to me (mostly for the accent) and the weather gods for the lovely weather

Canada has not disappointed in sights, friendliness and poutine thus far (although slightly less continuous rainfall wouldn't have gone amiss... )

Another season of @rsc.org Cricket Club has got going! Highlights of our first game included a beautiful sunset (after a grey and windy start), our last wicket pair surviving the final over and meeting a three legged golden retriever in the pub afterwards

Do you know an outstanding early-career researcher in materials chemistry who deserves recognition? Nominations are now OPEN for the prestigious 2025 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship. Nominate your candidate by 5 June 2025. 🔗 www.rsc.org/journals...

While going through my Grandad's things, we came across a 1948 QMUL Student Union magazine, containing an advert for a certain learned society's predecessor that his grandson is now employed by 👀

The rugged and steep slopes of Glas Bheinn provided today's challenge and first mountain of the year! Spectacular views of the other Assynt hills and a relentless icy blast to the face (🏔 Height 776m Corbett 8️⃣)

A successful Sunday for Woof-pack runners/supporters at the London Landmarks Half Marathon on Sunday raising money for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social ! Followed by a celebratory roast with Nelson the cat at Tapping the Admiral 🐈‍⬛️

We're delighted to announce that Duncan Graham has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of ChemSocRev! Check out the video below where Duncan talks about taking on the role of Editor-in-Chief and his ambitions for the journal. Learn more on our webpage! 👉 www.rsc.org/news-events/...

One month to go to the abstract submission deadline (24/03/25) for contributed talks at the 5th International #SolarFuels conference, which we're organising together with the @rsc.org in Newcastle, UK, this September. #chemsky #photocatalysis

Ahead of International Women's Day 2025, we are delighted to share with you our collection which celebrates some of the fantastic work in our journal in 2024/2025 led by women researchers across the world👩‍🔬🧪 Read the collection here👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/... #IWD2025 #Chemsky

It's all hands on deck at RSC Poster HQ, going through all the great work presented (so far!) - join us over on LinkedIn today and up until 12pm tomorrow! #RSCPoster

It's snowdrop season at Wandlebury Country Park, as well as parrot season? 🦜

Please enjoy this extremely niche Valentine's Day card I made for those who enjoy frontier orbitals and love. #chemsky

Every year during #LGBTHistoryMonth we reaffirm our belief that LGBT+ individuals should feel safe, seen & thrive in their place of work & study. #LGBT+ inclusivity is key to ensuring science continues to take inspiration from diversity of thought, experience & perspective rsc.li/3Q6aMo4 #ChemSky

We need your help! The Main group Interest group is looking to award the @roysocchem.bsky.social Main Group PhD Lectureship Prize for the advancement of Main Group chemistry during their PhD. See details below:

Racked up my 40th Football League ground on a trip up to Derby on Saturday - some great pubs and a very warming win from the yellow army ⚽️ Ground Count: 40

An extremely cold night on the Thames, watching @watfordfc.bsky.social get outclassed by Fulham. But a good away fan atmosphere, an iconic ground and most importantly I witnessed this guy dispensing beer from a rucksack ⚽️ Ground Count: 39

An icon of Thomas Graham House had her last day on the job today before retirement - the @roysocchem.bsky.social will be a poorer place without Liz and her famous cheese scones!

A selection of festively-dressed editors at the @roysocchem.bsky.social SSC Christmas Party 🎄

If you've got a story about inorganic-organic hybrid polymers, I invite you to submit it to this special issue that I'm pleased to guest edit with Bekka Klausen and Erin Leitao for @roysocchem.bsky.social #PolymerChemistry! #ChemSky

Last week we had our annual Sustainable Energy & Fuels Editorial Board meeting at Burlington House! It was great to meet with our Associate Editors and Editorial Board Members (in person for the first time in 5 years!) and talk about the journal's achievements and future.

24 Hours in Plymouth, in and out just before Storm Bert hit ⚽️ Ground Count: 38

Have jumped on the bandwagon and migrated over to where the grass is greener (or the sky is bluer?). Which also provides a great opportunity to show off from my recent travels round South America...