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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

As the saying goes, "Shut up and take my money!"

Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The Epping Onger Railway Beer and Cider Festival - a beer festival on two sites, linked by vintage busses and a heritage steam railway. More things like this, please!

A photograph of a pint of cider, in an Epping Onger Railway Beer and Cider Festival glass, against a background of a vintage double decker bus

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Well, we're fucked as a society. I just spent a chunk of a train journey listening to medical students discussing how much they use ChatGPT.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 18/05/2026

I am once again begging, praying, weeping for lists of written instructions rather than videos. I do not want to watch your two minute video in the hope of catching the two seconds where you whizz past what goddamn menu the thing is under. Write. It. Down.

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I've got a fully funded PhD position in my group at Greenwich, doing some fun ligand design and main group (aluminium) catalysis with phosphazenes and ylids - please, share widely and drop me an email at e.clark@gre.ac.uk if you're interested. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Fully Funded Phosphazene Stabilised Ylids as Ligands for Aluminium Catalysis at University of Greenwich on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Fully Funded Phosphazene Stabilised Ylids as Ligands for Aluminium Catalysis at University of Greenwich, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Yes! PhD funding acquired for a fun project working with main group catalysts. The advert will follow in a few days, but anyone who has an interested candidate, please tell them to drop me a line for a chat at e.clark@gre.ac.uk and I'll happily answer their questions.

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

If anyone has a final year student interested in a PhD in main group chemistry (namely phosphacation based fun), please could you get them to contact me at e.clark@gre.ac.uk for a chat. It's one of those "need a name to put forward" things, you see. (UK only, I'm afraid)

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Saurabh Chitnis @sschitnis.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

📣I have a PhD position available in main group chem @uvic.ca. Project areas: shown⬇️ Start: 09/26, 01/27, or 04/27. Must have: completed/in-progress research-based MSc in MainGroup/Organomet/Inorg chem + strong academic record. Open globally. Email CV + cover letter: bit.ly/4rLSFon [Pls share]

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

And Euston has once more taken a giant step backwards in terms of userfriendliness, and we're once more down to a single giant board at ow-my-neck-hurts above head height.

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Matthew Evans @evanschem.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I am excited to announce a fully-funded PhD Scholarship in Molecular Bismuth Chemistry (and beyond) is now available in our research group at Flinders University. Advertisement: lnkd.in/g4T8JJ_U Group Website: isolobal.com #PhDPosition #OrganometallicChemistry #ChemistryResearch #PhDOpportunity

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Things you do not want to hear when you get to work: "The chiller failed and the X-ray tube shut down unexpectedly." AAAARGH. Thankfully, all is now well and working again, but I did not need the spike in stress, thank you very much.

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Sophie Benjamin @benjaminchem.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

PhD available in my group, in collaboration with colleagues in microbiology and computational chemistry - "Metals against antimicrobial resistance - Understanding how bismuth inhibits metallo-β-lactamase enzymes". I'm very excited for this project, please repost! #Chemsky

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Metals against AMR - Understanding how bismuth inhibits metallo-β-lactamase enzymes

Find out more about this fully funded PhD studentship opportunity.

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Dear @microsoft.com , Congratulations. You've broken one of your last remaining pieces of useful software. I've just spent a while lightly annotating a .pdf in Edge, something I've used for years, and couldn't save half my notes because the ~80 page document had suddenly ballooned to 1 GB in size!

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Here's a puzzle for #chemsky - why is DIAD so much more stable than DEAD? It can't be steric, and I'd have thought isopropyl groups better for fragmentations and unzipping, not worse.

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Sophie Benjamin @benjaminchem.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Funded PhD position: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... This is an interdisciplinary project where you get to do coordination chemistry with bismuth and zinc, as well as some microbiology and some computational chemistry - all in the name of combatting antimicrobial resistance. Currently UK only.

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Metals against AMR - Understanding how bismuth inhibits metallo-β-lactamase enzymes at Nottingham Trent University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Metals against AMR - Understanding how bismuth inhibits metallo-β-lactamase enzymes at Nottingham Trent University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Help me, #chemsky, you're my only hope. Years ago, on the other place, some people posted gorgeous before-and-after pictures of actionoid organometallic crystals showing rapid radiation damage. Does anyone know where to find them so I can wow my students?

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David Mills @millsgroupchem.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

We are hiring PhD students in very different research areas! Please see two adverts below, and note that the second position is restricted to UK students only. Please re-post; interested candidates please contact me by email: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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[FSE Bicentenary PhD] Controlling magnetic relaxation times in rare earth single-molecule magnets and qubits at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - [FSE Bicentenary PhD] Controlling magnetic relaxation times in rare earth single-molecule magnets and qubits at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Klchemistry @klchemistry.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

#SynTech2026 is coming! 📅 6–8 July 2026 | Old Royal Naval College, London (UNESCO site) The first SynTech Summer School & Conference will unite world leaders in synthesis: electrosynthesis, flow, photochem, AI & more. Pre-register now 👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/klchem... #ChemSky

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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

A PDRA position is available @bathchem.bsky.social in the Liptrot group. Great opportunity with a fantastic group! www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

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AP13080 Research Associate in Organometallic Chemistry - Jobs at Bath

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

There's something off about this DNA sculpture in the local NHS research hospital but I can't quite put my right hand on it.

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Plus from having six Americans 'round for a braai: Great craic, and a lovely afternoon. Minus from same: Why do I have so much booze left? Is this an attempt to drown me by overcatering?

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

My better third and I just made a baked ham which we preboiled in bochet (French black, spiced mead) and it was delicious. I mention this because I was surprised by how little the bochet really affected things. It provided a nice, lightly spiced crust, but no more. #chemistswhocook

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Nessa Carson @supersciencegrl.co.uk · 06/02/2025

Hi friends, we are hiring for a non-lab-based undergraduate summer intern! Paid position, for students who can be based in UK. Please share with those who may find it relevant! #AZProud #chemjobs #ukchemjobs #chemsky 🧪 www.linkedin.com/posts/nessac...

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Nessa Carson on LinkedIn: Chemistry Data Summer Internship

Are you, or do you know, a passionate chemistry or chemical engineering undergraduate in the UK looking for a non-lab-based summer internship (aimed at 3rd…

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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Four-year PhD available in my lab, funded by Johnson Matthey/EPSRC with joint supervision from Prof Ian Fairlamb (also York). Come and explore using supramolecular gels in precious metal catalysis and create innovative, sustainable, ways of doing organic synthesis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Using Gels to Encapsulate Reactive Low-Valent Platinum Group Metals for Applications in Catalysis and Synthesis at University of York on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Using Gels to Encapsulate Reactive Low-Valent Platinum Group Metals for Applications in Catalysis and Synthesis at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Fabrizio Ortu @fabortu.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

🚨PhD alert🚨 We still have 2 x #PhD opportunities for UK students to joing our group in September 2025! #chemsky

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

A fluffy kitty, as seen on my travels.

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

In this essay, I shall demonstrate that _Violent Night_ is a better movie than _Red One_. If we consider ...

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Dr Rosalyn Falconer @rosalynfalconer.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

There is still time to apply for a PhD scholarship in my group at the University of Auckland. Applications close January 6th 2025. Start dates of March to October 2025 will be considered.

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

One for #chemistswhocook - Patina de Piris: a 2000 year old desert of pears, eggs, pepper, cumin, and fish sauce. Damned tasty, too.

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

A question for #chemsky out there my new lines are running at a higher pressure than I'm used to, and whilst this had advantages, my old knackered plastic Keck clips aren't cutting it. Any recs (pro/against) for metal Keck-type clips and where to get them?

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Work with Fabs if you can - they're doing great stuff, and he can hook you up with the *good* Sardinian cheese too.

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Gripe du jour: People who write "Compound X was prepared through a slight modification of the literature method.[ref]" and then cite the reference but don't ever explain the modification should suffer sanctions. Loss of O2 privileges for a week seems fair.

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

When shopping today, the lass at the checkout was young enough that she needed supervisor approval to sell us the beer we wanted. And that's when I got to see the dawning realisation on my better third's face that her Nectar card was older than the checkout operator.

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

I cannot help but feel Henry Cavill took the role in _Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare_ just for the chance to cosplay as Ciaphus Cain for a bit.

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Well, bugger. Poor Basil has scampered off into the void to join his brother.

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Ewan Clark @clarkgroupchem.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

::taps microphone:: Hello? (Hello? Hello? Hello?) Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me Is there anyone home?

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