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Pittcon Conference + Exposition @pittcon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🔬 Pittcon is heading to Steel City Chemistry: Past, Present & Future on October 3 in Pittsburgh as part of the celebration of ACS150! If you’re there, come say hi and visit the Pittcon team! 👋 We’d love to connect and tell you what’s coming to Pittsburgh with Pittcon 2027. #Pittcon2027 #PGH #ACS

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Biophysical Journal @biophysj.bsky.social · 2h

Special issue call for papers: Foundations of Membrane Biophysics: Dedicated to Wolfgang Helfrich. buff.ly/B2pvPtR

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PLOS One @plosone.org · 5h

Interested in supporting rigorous, inclusive peer review? We are currently seeking Academic Editors to join our Editorial Board 🤝 🔗 Learn more about the role, responsibilities, and how editorial work can complement your research career: plos.io/4ynTAyz

PLOS ONE recruitment banner asking "Could you be our next Academic Editor?", inviting readers to learn about the role, benefits, and editorial board's contribution to research integrity and open science, set on a dark background with a colorful, eye-like data visualization.

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Patrick van der Wel @pcavanderwel.bsky.social · 15h

Upcoming webinar by Arnold Boersma @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social in the new Webinar series “Messages from Cells”… sites.google.com/view/message... Title: "Probing crowding and confinement effects in cells and cell-like systems" Oct 16th. Registration via link above!

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Magnetic Resonance News @nmr900.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Associate Professor/Professor - Experimental Physical Chemistry, The Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... #chemjobs #chemchat #chemsky 🧪

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I had a truly lovely time at NWO Biophysics 2026. Great questions from trainees, in both the keynote and master class. Very grateful to @drjorine.bsky.social for inviting & introducing me, Daan Brinks for chairing the program committee, and Anastasia Vinogradova for expert organization. Plus, socks!

Sarah Keller visiting Maastricht on the day after the meeting, showing off her snazzy new socks that say "NWO Biophysics". The right sock is dark blue, with white text, hot pink dots, and a bright orange edge. (You can't see the left sock, but because I know you are very curious, it is hot pink with dark blue lines, a bright orange edge, and it of course also says "NWO Biophysics"). To me, Maastricht really stands out for two outstanding renovations of churches for new applications: the Boekhandel Dominacanen and the State Archives. Worth visiting!

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 07/10/2026

The #NobelPrize in Chemistry 2026 recognises discoveries that have enabled chemists to drive chemical reactions that lead to homochirality.

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 07/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.”

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Confocal NL @microscopy.confocalnl.com · 06/10/2026

Discussions on gentle confocal imaging are in full swing at NWO Biophysics 2026! 🔬 We are thrilled with the interactions and research questions throughout the event. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our poster! There is still time to experience AION Line 𝑅𝐸scan running directly within ZEISS ZEN.

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Keith Hornberger @krhornberger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s that time of year once more! Who will win the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry? Wrong answers only.

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Nature @nature.com · 06/10/2026

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.” More to follow.

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EMBL @embl.org · 06/10/2026

EMBL congratulates Francis Halzen on winning the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics! ⚛️ He received the award “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”

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★ govert schilling @govertschilling.nl · 06/10/2026

francis halzen! hoogenergetische neutrino's uit het heelal, ontdekt met icecube detector op antarctica #nobelprijs

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Patrick van der Wel @pcavanderwel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yep! Great energetic presentation, of course :-)

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

@kaytrue.bsky.social talking about our collaborative work on phase separation within biological membranes, or so I hear :) Micrographs by S. Noaman, a dissertation student in our labs.

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Patrick van der Wel @pcavanderwel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Somehow reminded of Rietveld et al., “Polymorphic Regulation of Membrane Phospholipid Composition in Escherichia Coli.” 1993..

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Patrick van der Wel @pcavanderwel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Finally: “Your submitted manuscript is currently under review. You can track the status of your submission in Editorial Manager…”

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 05/10/2026

Nobel Prize awarded for optogenetics. Congrats to Karl Deisseroth, Hegemann, and Nagel. The prize is well-deserved, for work that has been transformative. a few quick thoughts 1/4 🧪#neuroscience

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Patrick van der Wel @pcavanderwel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Good start to #NWOBiophysics ! Ready for the next plenary talk .. Louise Jawerth (Leiden University @unileiden.bsky.social ) talking about biomolecular #condensates @unileiden.bsky.social

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Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m not sure how #ChemSky missed this one but I KNOW we all have lab mishap stories … Lots of stories - let’s share them with @chemistryworld.com [Me: I’m (still) using the Not Voodoo Rookie Mistakes webpage as a checklist]

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Tamas Lazar @tamaslazar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📄 For those interested in #IDPs, #modeling and #simulation of ensembles, biomolecular #condensates, their disease relevance, and designed synthetic #LLPS applications: Our new review is now available in Curr Opin Struct Biol 🎉 🔗 Free access for the next 50 days: authors.elsevier.com/c/1nlQt,LqAr...

Experiments (NMR, SAXS, FRET, EPR spectroscopy) and simulation, as well as generative AI enables integrative modeling of IDP conformational ensembles. However these ensembles need to be evaluated, filtered and compared against each other other. Besides monomeric state simulation, multi-copy simulation can also reproduce condensation-type droplet formation (usually coarse-grained MD or Monte Carlo simulation) and this enables to map out an LLPS phase diagram.

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Patrick van der Wel @pcavanderwel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

(NB. that’s the title, not the abstract)

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Patrick van der Wel @pcavanderwel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Looking forward to tomorrow’s NWO #Biophysics symposium, and especially also @kaytrue.bsky.social keynote lecture: “Two extremes of liquid-liquid phase separation in membranes: minimal, artificial membranes with two lipids versus living, biological membranes with hundreds of components” #LLPS ..

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@KayTrue (Sarah L. Keller) @kaytrue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Very excited to share that my department at @uwchemistry.bsky.social will be hiring an Assistant Professor of Chemistry! Come be my colleague at the University of Washington in Seattle! It is a wonderful city filled with wonderful scientists. Details in the link: ap.washington.edu/ahr/academic...

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Teddy Zartler @quantumtessera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Anybody have suggestions for a good field guide for identifying native plants in Massachusetts/New England? I am tired of using google image search. I should know this stuff by now.

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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#chemchat This afternoon I saw at the parking of the science park a car with Spanish license plate **** NMR (I anonymized the numbers), and was wondering: The NMR technician has a new car? Or This is some random dude who doesn’t know what he’s driving

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Maurits Wever 🚵‍♀️🚄 @mauritswever.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Welkom op Wight!

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Kai Yi @kaiyi94.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1/7 Excited to share GuideFlip! We use guided discrete flow matching to co-design protein sequences and structures for flexible interactions, with experimental validation across three systems: α-synuclein, RBX1 and active-state GPCR nanobodies.

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Virtual ChemBioTalks @chembiotalks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Virtual ChemBioTalks get on the way with a great keynote lecture by @dirktrauner.bsky.social. He gave an insightful talk on "Designing Molecules to Restore Human Vision and Alleviate Pain" #ChemBioTalks #ChemBio #ChemSky #AnywhereChem #Science

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

29 September 1571. Leading artist Michelangelo Caravaggio was born in Milan. He used an innovative use of light and dark called tenebrism which placed subjects in bright beams of light against dark shadows. He depicted saints and biblical figures using ordinary people as models.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

strange how your family has no interest in your work when travel is in North America yet as soon as you’re scheduling Aus/NZ dates everyone is like “hey dad would be great to see you do your thing?”

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Patrick van der Wel @pcavanderwel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Webinar: "Proteostasis Consortium Seminar: Amyloid Polymorphism: More than just the Fibril Core”. by Sheena Radford @radford-lab.bsky.social (presumably about the cruciial ‘fuzzy coat’ of #amyloid fibrils ) Sep 30, 2026; #Proteostasis consortium seminar www.proteostasisconsortium.com/seminars/

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Virtual ChemBioTalks @chembiotalks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Due to force majeure we have a change in our speaker program. We are very thankful that @dirktrauner.bsky.social agreed to give a keynote lecture on "Designing Molecules to Restore Human Vision and Alleviate Pain". If you have not registered yet, do so for free: events.zoom.us/ev/Ag1AUcW3n...

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Chelsea Brown @chelseabrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We used CG simulations to investigate this at a large scale, and saw that these dimers could also generate membrane curvature. An incredibly high level of cardiolipin occupancy was measured, with residues known to be vital for cardiolipin recruitment found at this binding site

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Jannis Anstatt @jannisanstatt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A cool new pathway that could explain how lysosomal BMP synthesis is decoupled from mitochondrial cardiolipin synthesis although both are structurally derived from PG!

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David Eerdmans @davideerdmans.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hebben jullie toevallig nog tips voor fijne non-fictie-boeken om mee te nemen op reis binnenkort? Bijvoorbeeld over geschiedenis (vooral vanaf industriële revolutie), wetenschap (bijv. toegankelijk uitgelegde dingen over het heelal etc), politiek, maatschappij...

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Gawen Jenkin @gawenjenkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

They then publish their method - and everyone uses AI to game their application so it says the right things and gets a high score. What then? No prizes for doing something different and imaginative.

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Ed Hollox @edhollox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Dreadful, I'm sorry. The obvious next step is to sell those LLMs to universities who can then churn out grant applications perfectly tailored to these models without any academic input at all. A triumph of efficiency...

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Patrick van der Wel @pcavanderwel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A new preprint from my lab - this time on chemRxiv: Xingang Liu et al "Unmasking the Non-Covalent Nature of HA–Dopamine Assemblies: Insights from 1H NMR Degradation Tracking and Multidimensional NMR” Notably, my lab’s first solution #NMR paper !! #nmrchat #glycotime doi.org/10.26434/che...

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Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a polysaccharide with diverse clinical and industrial applications. One of the key challenges is its sensitivity to enzymatic degradation. Chemical modifications offer a potent...

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Giovanni D’Angelo @giodang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#lipidtime: It's a lipid universe. Today in Nature we publish the Lipid Brain Atlas, the first map of membrane lipid composition across the entire mouse brain, a layer of organisation that cell-type and transcript maps had left out. #lipidomics #neuroscience #BrainAtlas

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