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Andrew Surman @andrewjsurman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm very fond of the RSC. But, why would you have event pages where you can't find the price to attend without doing most of the registration (remember password, enter details, agree to terms and conditions, etc)? On this one, I've given up...

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M. Eugenio Vazquez @glowsticks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🧵 Want to do your PhD with us? We study the intrinsic (non-aromatic) fluorescence of peptides and its use in sensors: www.evazquezlab.gal Interested? The Spanish predoctoral FPU fellowship call is open (20 Oct-20 Nov). 🔗 bit.ly/4dCFrFt #ChemSky

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Ayudas FPU 2026 | Agencia Estatal de Investigación

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Andrew Surman @andrewjsurman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

First time I've heard "Snoop-and-scoop". I fear it might not be the last...

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Sophie Benjamin @benjaminchem.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Just seen that the Elemental Analysis service at London Met is closing! This is devastating for us UK inorganic synthesists. They have been such a great, reliable service. @londonmetuni.bsky.social #chemsky

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

📣 Call for vMASC abstracts 📣 Come speak at vMASC! Share your work with a large and diverse audience! We're opening our next call for abstracts for speakers from ALL career stages. Apply here: mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc/vmasc-... Deadline ⚠️ Monday 9th August 2026 #RSC_MASC #vMASC

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🚨The registration deadline for the ECR MASC Meeting 2026 has been extended to 5th of July 2026! Don’t miss your chance to register and submit your abstract! For any questions, please email ecrmasc2026@kent.ac.uk, including your full name and affiliation. #RSC_MASC #ECR_MASC_2026

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

📣 vMASC seminar special edition 📣 Our next vMASC seminar will feature presentations from 4 MASC prizes awardees! Date 📆 Thursday, 25th June, 14:30 (UK) Register (for free) at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend! #vMASC #RSC_MASC

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

📣 Announcement 📣 Registration for ECR MASC Meeting 2026 is now open! Date 📆: 28th July 2026 Location📍: University of Kent, Canterbury Website 🔗: mascgroup.co.uk/ecr-masc-2026/ Deadline ⚠️: 20th June 2026 We look forward to receiving your abstract submission! #RSC_MASC #ECR_MASC_2026

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Andrew Surman @andrewjsurman.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Anyone ever written to an instrument manufacturer tech support with a question, only to be told "I asked AI, your question and I have attached the answer. I would be very interested to know if it helps you"? Not impressed... (v. expensive kit & service contract!)

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Nicole J. Rijs @njrijs.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Happy Friday! 🌞 We're recruiting a PhD candidate here in Sydney! Link with detail below. If this sounds like it might be a fit for someone in your network, please reshare. Interested applicants are welcome to reach out to me with questions. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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PhD in Supramolecular Chemistry at UNSW Sydney on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - PhD in Supramolecular Chemistry at UNSW Sydney, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Nick Greeves @nickgreeves.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

As someone who has used nBuLi a lot, 10 molar and rarely even tBuLi too, this sounds very interesting. I’ll never forget holding a syringe with 50 ml 10 M BuLi when an earthquake magnitude 6.6 struck… I was fine! #chemchat #chemsky www.chemistryworld.com/news/new-rea...

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New reagents take the burn out of butyllithium

Merck KGaA's non-pyrophoric butyllithium in poly(α-olefin) oil make BuLi stable to air and water

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Our next vMASC seminar will be from: • Xavi Ribas (QBIS-CAT) • Subhasis Chattopadhyay (Masaryk University, Czech Republic) Date 📆 and time 🕰️: Thursday 29th January 2026 at 14:30 (UK time) Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4 to attend! #RSC_MASC #vMASC

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Andrew Surman @andrewjsurman.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Thanks to the editor and reviewers behind my Christmas night "accepted for publication in its current form" email. A rare piece of cheer at any time of the year, and one of this year's better presents! (though at least one reviewer spotted something I'd like to fix)

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Andrew Surman @andrewjsurman.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Reports of a scientific meeting run by the Royal Society on how we don't really understand the primary structure of an important biopolymer seem like something you'd expect to learn about with black and white photos. This was 2024... #chemsky

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Nessa Carson @supersciencegrl.co.uk · 04/11/2025

Hackathon time! Can you build an ML model for sigmatropic rearrangements of allylcatechols in flow? Teams of <=4; total prizes £2000; time limit 09 Jan. 🧪 #Chemsky Competition Link: www.kaggle.com/competitions... Example Notebook Link: www.kaggle.com/code/josepab...

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Catechol Benchmark Hackathon (NeurIPS 2025 DnB)

ML model-building challenge for reaction yield prediction for catechol rearrangement reaction from transient flow dataset.

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Our next vMASC seminar will be from: • Muhammad Ghufran Rafique (McGill University) • Chebrolu Pulla Rao (SRM University AP) Date 📆 and time 🕰️: Thursday 25th September 2025 at 09:30 (UK time) Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend! #RSC_MASC #vMASC

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RSC Chemical Nanoscience & Nanotechnology @rsc-cnn.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

🗣️ Only a few weeks left to submit your oral abstract for the RSC CNN Annual Symposium 2026! Don't miss this event to share cutting-edge research and network with nanoscience community 🔬 📅 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025 📍 12–13 Jan, Burlington House, London 🔗 rsc.org/events/detail/81692 #chemsky #nanosky

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Join us at The Open University, Milton Keynes on the 15th and 16th of December 2025 for this year’s RSC Macrocylic and Supramolecular Chemistry meeting! Registration and abstract submission are now open (key deadlines below) More on mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025-ho... #RSC_MASC #RSC_MASC_2025 (1/2)

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Andrew Surman @andrewjsurman.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Does anyone on here have any positive experiences of using LabArchive for chemistry? Or, even better, resources? #chemsky

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The 2025 MASC Group Awards are all open for nominations, with the following deadlines: 🏆 MASC Group Supramolecular Chemistry Award. 📆 5th Sep 🏆 Bob Hay Award Lectureship. 📆 5th Sep 🏆 MASC Group PhD Thesis Award. 📆 7th Nov 🏆 MASC/WISC EDIA Award. 📆 5th Sep More on mascgroup.co.uk/2025-masc-pr...

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2025 MASC Prize Calls

MASC: The Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Interest Group 2025 MASC Prize Calls 2025 RSC MASC Group PhD Thesis Award given in memory of John Fossey: The RSC MASC Group P…

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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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RSC Chemical Nanoscience & Nanotechnology @rsc-cnn.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

‪ 📣 Join us for two days of inspiring talks, and networking with leaders in the field of nanoscience at the RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Annual Symposium 🧪✨ 📍 London, UK 📅 12–13 January 2026 📝 Abstract deadlines: — Oral: 30 Sept 2025 — Poster: 31 Oct 2025 @rsc.org #chemsky #nanosky

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RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNN) Interest Group Annual Symposium

The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

It has been a fantastic #ECRMASC25! Thanks to the Langton group for organising, and to all the attendees for making it a memorable and inspiring day! #RSC_MASC

A group of people posing for a photo in a lecture theatre

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Andrew Surman @andrewjsurman.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Have you voted in the RSC elections? (I forgot, just got reminded; searched "RSC vote" to dig up the email)

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Andrew Surman @andrewjsurman.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Thank you anonymous colleagues! (For some nice reviewer reports, which don't pull the punches, but which are positive and constructive.)

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

We are excited to announce that registration for the ECR MASC Meeting 2025 is now open. We look forward to receiving your abstract submission and seeing you in Oxford, on the 2nd of July 2025! Further information is available on our website: mascgroup.co.uk/ecr-masc-2025/

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ECR MASC 2025

We are pleased to announce that the Early Career Researcher Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ECR MASC) Meeting 2025 will be held at the University of Oxford, UK on Wednesday 2nd of Ju…

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Our next seminar will be from Giulia Lavarda (TU Eindhoven) and Simon Webb (UoManchester) speaking Thursday 27th March 14:30 (UK). Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend - We are migrating mailing lists, so signup is essential!

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Laura Cunningham @laura-c-ham.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

🚨Out now🚨 Why aren't supramolecular scaffolds commonplace in asymmetric catalysis? Check out my perspective in the EuChemS Young Investigator Special Issue in SynLett looking at the major advantages and remaining challenges! doi.org/10.1055/a-2513-2141 #chemsky #womeninSTEM

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Andrew Surman @andrewjsurman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Does anyone know the history of there being no RSC local section for London? (Seems like a story...)

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Andrew Surman @andrewjsurman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

FWIW, more jobs advertised at KCL, for Profs, Readers, Lecturers & Senior Lecturers for "AI in Science", including for Chemistry. #chemjobs (I'm not invovled in hiring) www.nature.com/naturecareer... www.nature.com/naturecareer... www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

#MASC2025 will be held at the Open University, 15th-16th December 2025, so keep the dates free! As more info comes out (this'll be later in the year), it'll be posted at mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025/.

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Andrew Surman @andrewjsurman.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Our department (KCL, London) has just advertised a couple of Lecturer jobs (c.f. Assistant Prof in the US system), with a focus on sustainable/green or automated chemistry. (I'm not invovled in hiring, and there are contacts/details in the ad) www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/105085-... #chemsky #chemjobs

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Lecturer in Chemistry

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Andrew Surman @andrewjsurman.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The Newton International Fellowships are opening for applications next week. We'd be delighted to support an application - especially someone interested in working with areas in our last couple of preprints (or our recent patent applciation). The scheme is here: royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

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Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society

This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.

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Andrew Surman @andrewjsurman.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Quote of #MASC2024 "We didn't design it. It just happened."

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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Today is the final day to register for #MASC2024 in York - we have a great meeting lined up on December 16/17 with an array of leading supramolecular chemists. mascgroup.co.uk/masc2024/

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MASC 2024

Home Programme Speakers Registration & Bursaries Abstract Submission Venue Travel Accommodation Sponsors RSC Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Meeting University of York 16th–17th Decemb…

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Andrew Surman @andrewjsurman.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

The first thing I read when I opened up bsky is a happy story. It bodes well...

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