Registration for the 11th European Crystallography School (ECS11) is now open! Topics: single crystal XRD, powder XRD and 3D electron diffraction. Details can be found at ecs11.org and registration at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F.... We hope to see you in Stockholm!

Registration for the 11th ECA crystallography school is now open! It will be held in Stockholm on the 28th of June to the 4th of July and will give practical experience of solving and refining data from both powder, single crystal and electron diffraction. www.ecs11.org forms.gle/ckyFQoNqRd7d...

¿Cuál es el primer GIF que os sale cuando ponéis vuestra profesión?

This is why you can't afford RAM anymore

😡 #chemchat

Open PhD position in Tom Willhammar’s group on MOF synthesis and advanced electron crystallography @stockholm-uni.bsky.social, which I will co-supervise. Please spread and apply if interested! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Nobel Day is here! The work on Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025. Research on MOFs has been going on at Stockholm University for twenty years. Read more about our basic research on MOFs aiming for future solutions. #NobelPrize www.su.se/english/news...

When you collaborate with proper organic chemists. #chemchat #chemsky

And another one is out: a crystallographic and fundamental solid-state study of size-dependent properties in porous materials. A fun adventure that required quite a bit of coding - learned a lot in the process! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Nobody makes enemies by finishing their talk early…

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

Deadline: 4 November! The ESRF User Organisation invites nominations for the 2026 Young Scientist Award. If you know an outstanding young scientist who deserves recognition for her/his work at the ESRF — now is the time! Deadline: 4 November 2025 More information: lnkd.in/dxjn8qqY

Latest article is out: Studying mixed ionic-electronic conductivity in Metal–Organic Frameworks. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

The more I reflect on the damage the AI bubble could wreak when it bursts, the angrier I get at the credulousness that has inflated it. Especially in the media, and especially the tech media, which often seems like an industry PR machine. My lastest column. www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...

I had another fun opportunity talking about #MOFs this time on the Swedish kids news program Lilla Aktuellt with my colleague Mathias Nero! #NobelPrize urplay.se/serie/240068...

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10 days left to submit your abstract! Join us and an impressive list of speakers at MRS spring 2026! Please repost! 🙏👍🙏 #conference #chemistry #MOF #Science #NobelPrize #MRS #EuroMOF #materials #sustainability #research #Hawaii www.mrs.org/meetings-eve...

My tutorial review on single crystal diffraction analysis is now online @crystengcomm.rsc.org! Students, supervisors, and reviewers: Please consider this thought-provoking read to discover many facets of the crystallographic practice that are often overlooked or misunderstood 💎 #crystallography

Whether you're just starting out or well established in your field, adding your name helps build visibility, collaboration and community. Join the World Directory of Crystallographers. It's free! Sign up today and connect with peers worldwide: www.iucr.org/people/wdc

Keep this in mind when everything we do has to be PURPOSE driven. This is not how innovation works. It is often about curiosity. It can be silly.

Nytt nummer av SU:s nyhetsbrev: Läs om Vasaskeppets lillasyster Falken, donation på 40 milj till forskning om film och teater, ny teknik som avslöjar strukturen hos färgämnet karmin, Tovetorps forskningsstation, semestertips och tips för att en skön ledighet. Läs & prenumerera: www.su.se/nyhetsbrev

I hope you enjoyed my little #tiling voyage a few weeks ago 😊 Now you can admire some of the protagonists in this contribution to @iucrj.iucr.org Newsletter, along with some thoughts inspired by me being an irredeemable #PatternSeeker ❄️ www.iucr.org/news/newslet... #BraggYourPattern

Interested in how surface layers can impact photocurrents from illuminated semiconductors? This is illustrated in MOF-coated semiconductor photoelectrodes. Check it out, open access in @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10....

Getting a small-molecule crystal structure of a sixty-year-old drug should be no problem, right?

Definitely the most surprised I've been upon acquiring a powder X-ray diffraction pattern, and then looking at the beatiful crystals in an electron microscope! 🔍💎

Using advanced electron crystallography techniques, researchers at Stockholm University have succeeded in determining the structure of the red pigment carmine. It turns out that the substance, used today in products such as candy and paint, has a complex porous structure. www.su.se/english/news...

Carmine is a red pigment used since antiquity to color textiles, in paintings by Rembrandt and Van Gogh, and today as a food coloring agent (E120). Very excited that @esvenssongrape.bsky.social finally reveals the crystal structure of carmine by #3DED! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Turn-on Conductivity with Proton-Coupled Electron Transport in Metal–Organic Frameworks https://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-h4f9w?rft_dat=source%3Ddrss

Exicted about our new work on the really unusual (and highly informative) water capture properties of the SU-102 MOFs. A shoutout to @keninge.bsky.social and his group for ongoing work with this awesome series! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pocket guide to materials discovery calculation methods (repost from the other place)

CAU-52: An Iron Metal–Organic Framework Containing Furandicarboxylate Linker Molecules http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c00184

Electron transport through redox-conducting MOFs is not all diffusion, but emerging electric fields cause migration that has been overlooked until now. It can be measured by steady-state experiments. Collaboration with Ben Johnson pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Lungfish xkcd.com/3064

The CCDC team are saddened to learn that George Sheldrick has passed away. His impact in #Crystallography was immense; from the SHELX software used globally, to teaching, structures, journals, and more. More by the ECA here: ccdc-info.com/41gvV3M

*tries to put my one egg in multiple baskets*

I have learned from several sources that NIH staff tried to find out how to transfer F31-diversity applications to other program announcements for funding but were not able to do this. I don't know whether this was technical (regulations) or ideological. 1/n

Postdoctoral position in Valencia (Spain)

We often talk about open data, but what's in it for the scientists. Read about the opinions and experience of some of or author on our just published viewpoint #opendata #openscience 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Now out in Nature Water, "Stories of data sharing", a Viewpoint article where recent authors in the journal (including me) share some thoughts on the value of making research data publically available. rdcu.be/d6qG3 #chemsky

Greetings new Bluesky friends, excited to kickoff here by sharing our NSF CAREER has been recommended for funding! Thank you reviewers!! We’ll be looking for a postdoc interested in the SFG spectroscopy of porous colloidal interfaces—a vast, open, and fascinating landscape

OK #chemsky do your thing. I have an immediate PhD vacancy working on a MOF / crystallography / electron diffraction project with Syngenta. Home fees and stipend are covered. Spread the word!