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@aurorawalshe.bsky.social
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Here to talk about chemistry, science, sustainability, #scicomm, and #volunteering, though there might be the occasional rant... Currently working in Member Community Development at Royal Society of Chemistry. Views my own.

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
📣 Register now for this year’s RSC Macrocylic and Supramolecular Chemistry meeting! 📣 We will be at the University of Sheffield on the 21st and 22nd of December 2026 Registration and abstract submission are now open (key deadlines below) More on mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2026 #RSC_MASC #RSC_MASC_2026
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RSC-CICAG @rsc-cicag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We are pleased to announce that the RSC-CICAG Quantum Computing in Chemistry is taking place on 19th November 🔗 Registration & details here: t.ly/7Nagb We're delighted to announce this year's speakers 🔊 - Chiara Leadbeater - University of Cambridge - Ivan Rungger - NPL
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Stefan Bon 🏳️‍🌈🎸🐕 @bonlab.info · 26/02/2026
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...
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Assistant Professor in Chemistry x2 (111367-0226) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Chemistry x2 (111367-0226). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
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RSC Nucleic Acids Group @rscnucleicacids.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Happy new year! We have some exciting news, the registration and abstract submissions for the 22nd Nucleic Acids Forum 2026 are now open! Join us on the 10th of July at Burlington House! Hurry before it sells out! 🧬 www.rsc.org/events/detai...
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22nd RSC Nucleic Acids Forum – 2026
The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom
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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 02/12/2025
📢 Save the Date! We’re delighted to announce that #RSCPoster 2026 will take place on 3 March 2026 at 12:00 GMT. Join researchers from around the world for a day of sharing, connecting, and celebrating scientific creativity across disciplines. Mark your calendars — more details coming soon!
Promotional image for a 24-hour online conference on LinkedIn by American Elements and the Royal Society of Chemistry, scheduled from March 3, 2026, at 12:00 GMT to March 4, 2026, at 12:00 GMT. Features an orange and black design with abstract lines and dots, highlighting the text 'Save the date'.
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Nature @nature.com · 08/10/2025
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks” Stay tuned for more. #NobelPrize
A Nobel medal
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RSC-CICAG @rsc-cicag.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
⏳ There is still time to register for the 8th Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry Symposium: www.eventsforce.net/hg3/frontend... 📅 22nd – 24th September 2025 🕛 12:00 PM - 06:00 PM, BST 🏙️ Churchill College, Cambridge
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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 17/04/2025
Calling all UK-based start-ups & academic spin-outs 🌍 The Change Makers Venture Acceleration Programme offers fully funded support to help your deep-tech chemistry venture scale and thrive. Deadline extended to 30 April 2025 - apply now: buff.ly/uuxQsOS #ChemSky #Cleantech #ChemistryInnovation
Apply now for funded support for cleantech start-ups.
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RSC Porous Materials Interest Group @rsc-pormat.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
More Exciting news - We now have confirmed our list of Invited Speakers for the 8th Annual UK Porous Materials Conference (UKPorMat) in Birmingham 3-4 June. Oral abstracts deadline is now 21st March (this Friday!). More information: www.ukpormat.com
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Dr Stephen Hendry @drstephenhendry.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
📢UK Chemical Sciences Undergraduates – The @rsc.org need your voice How does your socioeconomic background affect your career retention & progression ? #ChemSky Open to 🌟All nationalities & backgrounds 🌟 Distance learners including apprenticeships survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90795993/...
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Aurora @aurorawalshe.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Today is the last day to fill in the @rsc.org survey for UK #undergraduates in the chemical sciences! How can your background affect your career retention & progression? Tell us: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90795993/... #ChemSky #Socioeconomic #Inclusion #AcademicSky #RSCSocioeconomicInclusion
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Royal Society of Chemistry - Socioeconomic Background Survey 2025
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Congrats to whomever came up with "little Velcro hooks" for this 'polyphenols in tea grab lead' paper guessing the PI and university comms office are delighted chemsky 🧪⚗️ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/s...
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Tea Leaves Can Steep Away Lead, Study Finds (Gift Article)
Researchers found that compounds in black and green tea leaves acted like “little Velcro” hooks on lead molecules.
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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Latest blogpost on Musk/Royal Society debacle: deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/seve... I look at the reasons that have been given for inaction, and find them wanting. @royalsociety.org
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Seven reasons for keeping Elon Musk as a Fellow of the Royal Society
Last November, I wrote a blogpost explaining why I had resigned as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). In brief, over the summer a group ...
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
🚀Join us this lunchtime for an exciting webinar in our “Cutting-Edge in Analysis of Complex Environmental Matrices” series! We’re diving into microplastics, air pollution, and more with Stephanie Wright and Valerio Ferracci @rscsepsci.bsky.social 📌 Register here: www.rsc.org/events/detai...
The flyer gives details about the webinar and a picture of both speakers, the same details can be found in the weblink linked in the post.
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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
In the light of Trump's attack on LGBT+ rights and his ban on DEI initiatives, if there are any informal groups in US chemistry departments/companies who would like to hear one of my webinars discussing #LGBTSTEM issues, I would be happy to arrange. [1/5] www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump moves to make 'two genders' and anti-DEI policy official
The president has vowed to use his post to fight elements of what conservatives have decried as
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Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry, Dublin @fenicu.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher. Visit the following link for details. Deadline is February 14th. Please share! #chemjobs #chemsky www.euraxess.ie/jobs/308086
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Postdoctoral researcher post in the Bioinspired Catalysis
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral researcher post in the Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry group led by Dr. Aidan McDonald based in the School of Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin, the Unive...
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 14/01/2025
Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵 In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians. We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties. with @julianachueri.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1940...
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/01/2025
Cleopatra lived closer in time to 'yeet' being in the dictionary than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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John O’Donoghue @drjohnodonoghue.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Applications for the Kathleen Lonsdale prize are open. We’re looking for the most outstanding Irish PhD thesis in the chemical sciences. Thanks to Henkel for sponsoring again. This my 3rd year involved & it’s an honour to read such great #IrishResearch #ChemSky www.ria.ie/2024/11/28/c...
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Call for entries: Kathleen Lonsdale Chemistry Prize 2025 - Royal Irish Academy
Applications for the Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize 2025 are now invited. The closing date for submissions will be 17.00 on Wednesday, 8 January 2025.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Hey scientists! Want to share your science with classrooms via video chat in 2025? Sign up for @skypeascientist.bsky.social! You can volunteer to chat with 1-5 classrooms between January and August. It's easy, it's fun, it's life-affirming. Sign up www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html 🦑 🧪
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm RFK Jr. The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
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Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination
Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.
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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 02/12/2024
Unlock the magic of December with our @thamesvalleyrsc.bsky.social's unique advent calendar!🎄 Each day brings a symbol, chosen by students to celebrate the festive season. Find out the fascinating chemistry behind each symbol! 🔬✨Starting with snowflakes ❄️ @compoundchem.com
Educational poster titled "Why do snowflakes have six sides?" with illustrations of snowflakes, chemical diagrams of water molecules, and a temperature scale. The poster explains how hydrogen bonds influence the hexagonal structure of snowflakes and discusses variations in snowflake shapes. The ICC logo is present at the bottom.
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Jose A. Mendiola @ja-mendiola.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
At-risk researchers, apply now! 🇪🇺 The SAFE program offers fellowships for non-EU doctoral/postdoctoral researchers facing threats in their countries to continue their work in Europe. saferesearchers.eu #chemsky #chemjob #posdoc
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SAFE - Supporting 
At-risk researchers 
with Fellowships in Europe
As a pilot fellowship scheme, the SAFE project offers 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of any non-EU nationality to work at a research institutio...
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Aurora @aurorawalshe.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Hooray! Welcome! #ChemSky
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Aurora @aurorawalshe.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Wait, what?! 🤯 Putting this on while writing papers...
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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero. 🖖
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Mattia Maroso @mattiamaroso.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Such an important topic for young scientists...having a good network of colleagues and mentors can have a huge impact on a scientist's career! www.science.org/content/arti...
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How I learned to embrace networking
“The real challenge wasn’t the act of networking itself, but letting go of the fear of not doing it ‘right,’” this Ph.D. candidate writes
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Aurora @aurorawalshe.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Oh my goodness, thank you for #ChemSkySarcasm 👏 #ChemSky #Chemistry #Chemists
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