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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

F-T but If I’m talking about it I just abbreviate to ‘Fleming Oxidation’. 🙊

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Some of the best choral music I’ve heard is from the Skyrim soundtracks. e.g. open.spotify.com/track/4OfsV4...

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Aurora

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

An #orgchem #postdoc position funded by EPSRC is available to work with me and Manuel Müller in the Chemistry Dept of @kingsnmes.bsky.social, along with Prof Craig Butts at the University of Bristol to develop a new generation of foldamer catalysts. tinyurl.com/yc62fa7h #chempostdoc #chemjobs

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Another long walk through the capital.

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FoldNetUK @foldnetuk.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

The countdown is on! Registrations close in three days on Friday 27 June, 23:59 GMT. 🔗Register now: foldamers2025.com #conference #foldamers #chemistry #chemsky @kingsnmes.bsky.social @andrecobb.bsky.social @anbismillah.bsky.social

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

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

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International Symposium on Foldamers

We are delighted to announce that 2025 International Symposium on Foldamers will be held from the 1st – 3rd September and is hosted by King's College London, UK in the Great Hall on the Strand....

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Well it’s 20 years of the Cobb group. Any ideas on how to celebrate!?

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FoldNetUK @foldnetuk.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

There's just one month left to register for the 2025 International Symposium on Foldamers! Join us this autumn in London for three days of cutting-edge science, networking & discovery. 🔗 foldamers2025.com #conference #foldamers #chemistry #chemsky @kingsnmes.bsky.social @andrecobb.bsky.social

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

There are still some places available for oral/poster presentations for the International Sympsium on Foldamers, and so we have extended the abstract deadline to 16th May. We also have a student rate now! Submit/sign up at www.foldamers2025.com - looking forward to seeing you!

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

You sure you didn’t just accidentally leave your sandwich in a box for a few months?

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Hadn’t been on one of my long walks for a while.. #LoveLondon

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I was there yesterday! Must have missed you. So many to catch up with!

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Cristina Trujillo @trujillo-group.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Join The University of Manchester, AstraZeneca, and Syngenta in a fully funded PhD program on Quantum Mechanics, Machine Learning, and Catalyst Design. 📢 Only one week left to apply! Don't miss out! #PhD #Scholarship #QuantumChemistry #MachineLearning #CatalystDesign #CompChem

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Come along if you’re local! And especially if you’re a tenor!

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Had a great time at the Indian Peptide Society meeting. Here is a photo of me with the last slide, shamelessly advertising the Sept 1-3rd Foldamers meeting in London. Please come along! www.foldamers2025.com #chemsky

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Making Molecules @makingmolecules.com · 18/02/2025

A niche #Chemistry #ChemSky #ChemEd summary, assigning stereochemical descriptors to axial & equatorial chirality. I know some argue these phrases are meaningless, but they're terms used by synthetic chemists. I know others just hate stereochemistry (you weirdos)! Hope it is useful (& corrected)

A 1 page summary giving a quick overview of the rules for assigning stereochemical descriptors to helical and axial chirality. There are five boxes. The first gives brief highlights of the CIP rules. The second looks at helical molecules. The third looks at using a helix to describe a conformation (I know, why would you do such a thing? It's horrible, but I've seen it in the wild). Box 4 is using R/S for axial chirality while Box 5 treats the axis as a helix and uses P/M.

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Penn Chemistry @pennchemistry.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

We are deeply saddened to share that our friend and colleague Professor Amos B. Smith III has passed away. Amos joined Penn in 1973 and was a mainstay in our organic chemistry division. He recently celebrated 50 years of service to @upenn.edu @pennsas.bsky.social.

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Throwback to when it got this cold in my lab at Reading. Perhaps coincidentally, the HPLC hard drive corrupted the same day. #chemsky

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Weekend walk. Such a privilege to live in the glorious Chilterns.

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Cobb Group Christmas outing - did they let me win the first game?? #chemsky

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I started this Minecraft cathedral a few years ago, but progress has been slow because I only play it with the boychild and he only ever wants to play in extreme survival mode rather than this creative mode. But it’s getting there. Only the transepts and ambulatory to go…. Maybe another 2 years?

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

A really fun afternoon/evening. Hope everyone watching thought so!

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Solution : Bring your desktop and monitor in and set them up.

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Well this is an incredible effort - useful for anyone thinking of creating a starter pack and wondering if their theme already exists!

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Really looking forward to making new connections and enabling some stellar science! #chemsky

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

..and thanks to this screenshot, I've realised it should be "OtBu" not "OBn". Thanks Bramble!

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The perils of trying to practice a talk with a cat around. #chemsky #cats

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Guard cat of the Lego Notre Dame

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Yes please if I’m not already in. See weblink in my profile!

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Many families don’t have the resources or tenacity to fight as we did but it shouldn’t be so hard to find the right solution for your child. Schools are definitely underfunded in SEN but they should still ensure their humanity remains intact. /end (I lost count lol)

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

When his second school called me in at the beginning to tell me how amazing he was and how lucky they were to have him I have to confess I blubbed. /4

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It shows how environment and compassion is extremely important for SEN kids. I will never forgive the head or SENDco (ironically also called the ‘inclusions officer’). But the brilliant staff at all his new schools have been amazing.

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The SENDco would belittle him in front of other adults (saying he’d end up in prison for example), they would lie about his behaviour to get him excluded which they eventually did. It was horrific. He then went to a school that was the polar opposite and is now at high school and thriving. /3

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

restrain him with stronger staff when his EHCP stated this was a trigger for him, stop him from going to assemblies, stop him from going on class trips unless one of us went with him and ask us to keep him at home during the 11+ (high school entrance) exams. /2

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Andre Cobb @andrecobb.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

As with @professor-dave.bsky.social our boy was excluded from primary school. He was just 5 yrs old and they did more damage to him than you could possibly imagine. He had obvious special needs, but they would suppress him by locking him in the headteacher’s office, /1 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...