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Ben Pilgrim @benspilgrim.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Our recent Chem. Sci. review article 'Encapsulation of reactive species within metal–organic cages' has been selected as one of the most popular supramolecular articles of 2025 based on a range of metrics. #ChemSciMostPopular pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

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Ben Pilgrim @benspilgrim.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The group is advertising for a new postdoctoral research fellow/associate to join our team on for 18 months, looking into new structures and functions of metal-organic cages. Deadline Friday 6th March 📆 Full details can be found here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQM785/r... Informal enquiries welcome

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Research Associate/Fellow (Fixed-Term) at University of Nottingham

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Research Associate/Fellow (Fixed-Term) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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Ben Pilgrim @benspilgrim.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The group has a new preprint out on ChemRxiv, continuing our work into understanding intermediate-sized palladium cages: A framework for accessing elusive intermediate-sized PdnL2n (n = 8, 9) metal-organic cages. chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

📣 Announcement 📣 We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Bob Hay Lectureship 🏆 has been awarded to Prof Paul McGonigal “for his use of geometric and ionic frustration to engineer dynamic processes in functional molecules and materials." Congratulations, Paul! @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social (1/2)

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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

✨Spotlight✨ The Bob Hay Award Lectureship 🏆 Given in memory of Prof. Bob Hay by a chemist within 15 years of PhD completion, for exceptional research contributions to the MASC field and/or exceptional service to the community. Deadline 📆 5th Sep More on mascgroup.co.uk/2025-masc-pr... (1/4)

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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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Ben Pilgrim @benspilgrim.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Through use of perfluorinated ligands to induce dihedral twisting, our group reports the first stable Pd8L16 square antiprism as a new member of the PdnL2n family. Now out in @jacs.acspublications.org with work led by @soumalya.bsky.social with @steppphhhen.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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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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Ben Pilgrim @benspilgrim.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Delighted that our review on the Encapsulation of Reactive Species within Metal-Organic Cages is now out in Chemical Science: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... Written by @soumalya.bsky.social and Martin Black @chemicalscience.rsc.org

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