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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
⚗️Meet the winners of the 2026 Jamie Ferguson Chemistry Innovation Awards. Read more:
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Meet the winners of the 2026 Jamie Ferguson Chemistry Innovation Awards
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Double success for Ewan Forsyth at ViCEPHEC 2026. www.chem.ox.ac.uk/article/double-pr… #ViCEPHEC2026
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Double prize for Ewan Forsyth at ViCEPHEC 2026
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What really drives the hydration of aromatic molecules? New research from Oxford, UCL and ISIS reveals the key role of weak hydrogen bonds involving π electrons. Read more:
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π electrons are key to aromatic hydration
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🎖️Congratulations to Professor Charlotte Williams OBE FRS and Professor Iain McCulloch FRS on receiving Royal Society Awards today. Read more:
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Charlotte Williams and Iain McCulloch receive Royal Society awards
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Congratulations to Kieran Agg, who has won the 2026 Katharine Burr Blodgett Award for the best PhD research in colloid and interface science.
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Kieran Agg wins 2026 Katharine Burr Blodgett Award
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Oxford chemists have developed a new on-support phosphitylation strategy for adding a range of chemical groups to oligonucleotides during synthesis. Read more:
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New strategy opens up oligonucleotide modification
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Congratulations to Professor Philipp Kukura, who has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship. Read more:
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Philipp Kukura awarded Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Oxford Chemistry spinout awarded £100,000 to develop technology for monitoring river pollution. Read more:
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Oxford Chemistry spinout awarded £100,000 to transform real-time river pollution monitoring
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Oxford researchers awarded £3.7 million to evaluate technologies to detect falsified and substandard vaccines. Read more:
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£3.7 million award to evaluate technologies for detecting falsified and substandard vaccines
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Thinking about studying Chemistry at university? Our undergraduate admissions video offers an insight into what it's like to study Chemistry at Oxford.  Watch the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0iVk3b7agM #OxfordChemistry #StudyChemistry #StudyAtOxford
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Chemistry at Oxford
Oxford students share what it is really like to study Chemistry at ...
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
An Oxford Chemistry team developed a new Appel fluorination method that uses inexpensive potassium fluoride (KF) for efficient alkyl fluoride synthesis. Read more:
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Oxford chemists unlock Appel fluorination with KF
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Researchers from the Ineos Oxford Institute have won a £500k BBSRC award for work to protect ‘last-resort’ antibiotics. Read more:
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IOI News: Researchers awarded £500K to protect ‘last-resort’ tetracycline antibiotics
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Professor Susan Perkin has been recognised with an MPLS Award for Outstanding Research Supervision. Congratulations Susan!
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Ten supervisors recognised with awards for outstanding research supervision
Ten supervisors from across the Division have been recognised with awards for their exceptional commitment to mentoring and supporting colleagues in the 2025/2026 academic year. Each recipient has demonstrated outstanding dedication to inspiring others and fostering an environment in which researchers can thrive and progress in their careers.
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Congratulations to Angela Lintern, Head of Finance in the Department of Chemistry, on receiving an MPLS Professional Services Excellence Award 2026. 
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MPLS Professional Services Excellence Awards 2026
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025-2026 MPLS Professional Services Excellence Awards. These awards honour staff who have made outstanding contributions through high quality planning, delivery and impact of professional services across a service or within a department.
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Congratulations to Adam Hardy on receiving the MPLS Excellence in Estates and Facilities Support Award 2026. 
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MPLS Excellence in Estates and Facilities Support Award 2026
We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2025-2026 MPLS Excellence in Estates and Facilities Support Award. This award celebrates the support provided by teams who maintain and manage our buildings and estate; recognising colleagues who provide the operational backbone and the often less visib...
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Oxford students share what it is really like to study Chemistry at Oxford.  From hands-on labs and tutorials to world-class facilities and an original fourth-year research project – might a degree in Chemistry at Oxford University be for you too?
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Chemistry at Oxford
Oxford students share what it is really like to study Chemistry at ...
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Research from Oxford Chemistry published today in Nature Physics uses ultrafast X-ray pulses to capture electron rearrangement in highly excited molecules:
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Imaging electron rearrangements in highly excited molecules
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Jason Chin has been named the 2026 recipient of the Heinrich Wieland Prize, recognising his pioneering work in synthetic biology and genetic code expansion. Read more:
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Jason Chin awarded 2026 Heinrich Wieland Prize
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Congratulations to Professors Harry Anderson and Jason Davis on being awarded ERC Advanced Grants:
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Two Oxford chemists awarded ERC Advanced Grants
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Congratulations to Oxford chemists recognised in this year’s @RoySocChem prizes! #RSCPrizes www.chem.ox.ac.uk/article/oxford-chemists-recognised-with-royal-society-of-chemistry-prizes?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=140
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
ITV News recently highlighted Oxford researchers' work to discover new antibiotics and stay ahead of drug-resistant infections:
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Oxford scientists work to find new antibiotics as drug resistance concerns grow - Latest From ITV News
Watch the latest from ITV News - The city was at the forefront of developing penicillin 100 years ago.
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Congratulations to Professor Véronique Gouverneur on being awarded the 2026 Grand Prix Scientifique:
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Véronique Gouverneur awarded Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation Grand Prix Scientifique
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Great to see University of Oxford colleagues Dr John Walsby-Tickle and Prof James McCullagh in a new Technical Careers Resource Hub, highlighting the impact and expertise technical professionals bring. Watch and explore:
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Technical staff as partners - UK ITSS
Discover tools and guides to position technical staff as valued partners in higher education and research from the Technical Careers Resource Hub.
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Why are PFASs so hard to replace?  Read about Professor Véronique Gouverneur and her team’s pioneering work in fluorine chemistry, which has been featured in Nature this week:
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Why are PFASs so hard to replace?
As the toxic legacy of ‘forever chemicals’ grows, researchers are racing to develop safer alternatives.
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
🧩 Problem solving and spatial awareness go beyond the lab... Congratulations to DPhil student Eirik Moen Liane from the Kirrander Group, who recently finished in the Top 100 at the inaugural Speed Puzzle World Series in Munich!
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
♻️ Turning CO₂ into sustainable plastics, more efficiently
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New predictive method for manufacturing low-pressure CO₂-based polymers
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Congratulations to Dr Xhoela Bame, named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe (Science & Healthcare). A Novo Nordisk Oxford Fellow, her research is advancing new ways to understand and repair cellular damage.
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Forbes 30 Under 30 2026: Science & Healthcare
Redefining the way we eat, drink and think about consumption.
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“It has been great for meeting people in research groups that I wouldn’t routinely connect with any other way.” Oxford Chemistry’s choir, the Keytones, featured in Chemistry World.
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Meet the researchers who are making bonds outside of the lab
There are many benefits to participating in extracurricular activities with colleagues
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Professor Claire Vallance (Oxford Chemistry) will be speaking in London at this year’s Pint of Science festival on 19 May. An accessible look at the chemistry of interstellar space and the molecules shaping our universe.
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Delighted to share Prof Dermot O’Hare has been shortlisted for the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards with SCGC-FIRST, recognised in the Collaboration for Innovation category for research-led work with external partners tackling sustainability challenges.
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Vice-Chancellor’s Awards
A series of awards to recognise the achievements of staff in a range of areas
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
King Charles III visited OXCCU, an Oxford Chemistry spin-out developing technologies to convert carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel. Read more: www.chem.ox.ac.uk/article/king-charles-iii-visits-university-spin-out-oxccu?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=137
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
New in Nature Methods: a hybrid MS platform integrates complementary fragmentation techniques with deep learning. More:
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Combining fragmentation strategies for next-generation proteomics
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Researchers from the University of Oxford have developed the first peptide-based catalysts for asymmetric nucleophilic fluorination reactions. Read more:
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Peptides for fluoride binding and catalysis
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
🎧 Can we turn CO₂ into rock? In this Oxford Sparks episode, Dr Shurui Miao explains how scientists are trying to convert CO₂ into stable minerals, all to lock it away and tackle climate change. Listen:
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How do you convert CO2 to rock? - Oxford Sparks
We speak to Dr Shurui Miao, an experimental chemist who aims to decouple technological advancement from the impacts of increased carbon emissions, by finding a way to safely store carbon underground.
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
University of Oxford chemists are part of a team that have developed a ring-shaped molecule with an unprecedented topology: the so-called half-Möbius. Read more:
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A molecule with half-Möbius topology
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A study led by Oxford Chemistry researchers provides new structural insights into amorphous elemental arsenic (a-As). Read more:
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A threefold-coordinated continuous random network
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A general and flexible method to prepare unusual oxonium ions:
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Investigating a new family of oxonium ions
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
University of Oxford chemists have created the first heterocyclic small ring propellanes, opening a route to next-generation drug-discovery building blocks. Read more:
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The first heterocyclic small ring propellanes
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Congratulations to the prize-winners from our recent Early Career Researcher Symposium and Poster Event in Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology, sponsored by Pharmaron. Pictured are poster prize winners Stanley Oppong, Oskar Ford, Sara Borghi, Nandini Guzman and Maddison Lovell.
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Apply for JRCF Studentships Fully funded studentships in sustainable chemistry available this summer:
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Apply for JRCF Studentships sponsored by the Joseph Rufino Cordeiro Foundation
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
For International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Oxford Cancer highlights the work of DPhil student Hannah Baillie: www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/news/internatio… #WomenInScience #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science: In conversation with Hannah Baillie
To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026, we interviewed several of our DPhil in Cancer Science students and alumnae to discuss what motivated them to pursue careers in cancer research. Hear from third-year Fundamental Scientist, Hannah Baillie, who works in the Department of Chemistry investigating acute myeloid leukaemia, an aggressive type of blood cancer.
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
🧬 How stress inside the nucleus can slow an entire cell Published today in Nature Chemical Biology @natchembio.nature.com @nature.com 
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Nuclear stress slows down protein synthesis
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
🔬 Oxford Chemistry achieves a breakthrough in nitrogen chemistry Published today in Nature Chemistry @natchem.nature.com @nature.com 
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Making anions containing chains of nitrogen
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Join us at Oxford Chemistry! Apply by 13 March:
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Job Details
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
You can join Prof Philipp Kukura at the Royal Society in February, where he will give a talk about his pioneering work in mass photometry. Free to attend, tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clifford-pat…
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
New method to prepare eight members of the infamous strychnine family of naturally occurring molecules by the shortest route yet:
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Shortest synthetic route yet to alkaloids in infamous strychnine family
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Congratulations to Meera Mehta and Paul McGonigal, awarded SCGC-FIRST funding for high-impact sustainability research:
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Meera Mehta and Paul McGonigal awarded SCGC–FIRST funding for sustainability research
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Congratulations to Oxford Chemistry’s Dr Camilla Di Mino, who has been awarded an ISIS Springboard Award.
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Camilla Di Mino receives ISIS Springboard Award
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
"Most of [the greatest discoveries] are driven by a combination of bold ideas, challenging existing paradigms, and perseverance."
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DPhil student Raman van Wee attends Global Young Scientists Summit 2026
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OxfordChemistry @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A new functional group for energy-transfer catalysis. Read more:
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A new functional group for energy-transfer catalysis
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