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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The bureaucracy of science has grown so much, the system is collapsing upon itself: Scientists have become administrators of grants rather than spending time on science. Paid administrators are demanding even more administrative work from scientists. Administrators are eating the science budget.

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Nature Chemical Biology @natchembio.nature.com · 16/01/2026

Pick a color to control TRP channels - Check out the associated News & Views by Jana Volaric and Wiktor Szymanski on photoswitchable compounds that can agonize or antagonize TRPC4/5 channels depending on the color of light used www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Pick a color to control TRP channels - Nature Chemical Biology

Ideal efficacy photoswitching is introduced as a concept in controlling protein activity with light. Largely independent of the concentration of a light-responsive compound, it enables TRPC4 and TRPC5...

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Robin Bon @rsbon.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Very happy that our group has been able to contribute to this fantastic study. @astburycentre.bsky.social @astbury-bsl.bsky.social

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PlessLab @plesslab.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Time to sign up! Registration for the joint FEBS/EMBO course on ion channels and transporters in Erice, Italy (May 13-19th 2026) is now open: meetings.embo.org/event/26-ion... Please share and repost.

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Robin Bon @rsbon.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Had a great time at the first @rsc.org Peptide & Protein Science Group symposium. Thanks for organising @mitchellchem.bsky.social @louislukpeptide.bsky.social and Louise Walport. I hope there will be many more.

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

The latest from an honored member of the Royal Society. Every week he attacks the foundations of society in the UK and the EU and @royalsociety.org is apparently too worried about retribution to do anything about it.

A screenshot taken by someone on Twitter/X of Elon Musk agreeing with a tweet that shows the EU flag being peeled back to reveal a Nazi one. For Elon’s purposes here Nazis are apparently bad, but you can’t rely on that with him, of course.

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Robin Bon @rsbon.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

We are looking for a PhD student in #chembio / #medchem to help progress our drug discovery project targeting incurable brain cancers. lnkd.in/eaGsgWVr You would use multi-parameter optimisation to improve drug leads and develop chemical probes to identify their (off-)targets and binding sites.

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Robin Bon @rsbon.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Thanks to the @proteinsociety.bsky.social for organising an excellent virtual seminar on structural biology of #TRPchannels at different temperatures. Inspiring talks by Alexander Sobolevsky, Juan Du and David Julius, chaired by Yifan Cheng.

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Robin Bon @rsbon.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Congratulations to former PhD student Dr Aidan Johnson on winning the VC Jordan/PR Radford Prize 2025 for the best @astburycentre.bsky.social PhD thesis. Also congratulations to PhD student Catalina Onel on passing her transfer viva yesterday.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.

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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Great opportunity to perform a #PhD in the field of #OrganicChemistry or #CellBiology / #Biochemistry with a great mentor in the group of Steven Verhelst (@verhelstlab.bsky.social) at KU Leuven! #ChemBio #Academia

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

No matter how hard you try, you simply cannot guess the journal withe the highest “impact factor” in organic chemistry last year. Really. Nor will you guess many of the other “winners”:

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Journal Impact Nonsense

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

(-)-Englerin A binds a conserved lipid site of TRPC5 and exposes a Met-aromatic motif in channel activation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Robin Bon @rsbon.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

We are proud to share our latest preprint: "(-)-Englerin A binds a conserved lipid site of TRPC5 and exposes a Met-aromatic motif in channel activation". www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Structure of human TRPC5 in complex with the plant nature product (-)-englerin A

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Robin Bon @rsbon.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

It has been great working with Matthew Langton to edit this themed issue of Current Opinion in Chemical Biology on Ion Transport across Biological Membranes. The collection of 16 articles is now complete. Thanks to all authors and reviewers! #ChemicalBiology authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHil4sz6M...

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Robin Bon @rsbon.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

An absolute pleasure to host @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social in Leeds today for an amazing @astburycentre.bsky.social seminar.

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Robin Bon @rsbon.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Couple trying unsuccessfully to use the self-scan passport gates at Schiphol, holding up the queue. Border guard over intercom: "Mr and Mrs Campbell, this is for European passports only - you voted for Brexit".

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Robin Bon @rsbon.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Interesting paper that we discussed in a recent group meeting. A lot of the things we like: ROS, reactive Cys, S-palmitoylation, nicely designed bioresponsive probes, mitochondrial targeting, cell imaging.

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RSC Chemical Biology @rscchembio.rsc.org · 06/03/2025

RSC Chem. Biol. and @orgbiomolchem.rsc.org are proud to offer our support to the 2025 RSC Chemical Biology & Bioinorganic Group Postgraduate Symposium. Taking place 13 June in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, this meeting features exciting work from early career researchers: www.rsc.org/events/detai...

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2025 RSC Chemical Biology and Bio-organic Group Postgraduate Symposium

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RSC CBBG Interest Group @rsc-cbbg.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Nominations for the CBBG Lectureship Award are now open! Get your nominations in by 30th April, to recognise individuals who have made excellent contributions to both research and the UK chemical biology community. www.rsc.org/membership-a...

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Chemical Biology and Bioorganic Group Awards

Our community recognising scientific excellence.

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ChemKritzer @chemkritzer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🚨 Chemical Biology & Probes study section (formerly SBCB, one of two NIH panels that reviews chemistry #chemsky 🧪) was abruptly POSTPONED w/no specific plans for rescheduling, less than 24h before start. If this affects you call your reps & senators, talk to local news, make your voice heard 📢 👩‍🔬

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Robin Bon @rsbon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

How have I managed without these for 46 years?

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RSC CBBG Interest Group @rsc-cbbg.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Nominations for this year's CBBG Lectureship Award will be opening in March - so get thinking of scientists who have made major scientific and community contributions to our chemical biology community! Self-nominations are permitted, we'll be back with further details when nominations open

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Ben Schumann @drglycoben.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Amazing speaker lineup (Imperiali, Seeberger, Aye, Gonzalez Bello, Walport, Walport, Vendrell, Kele, Zeymer, Green, Thorn-Seshold, Biber) and beautiful venue - join us at #ESBOC58 in Gregynog/Wales on 28th-30th May for amazing #chembio and #bioorganic. Speaker/poster slots, registration 14th March!

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

This one is mostly about the title subject (featuring a very interesting compound from academia) but it’s also about attacking the NIH:

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Attacking Estrogen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

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Ute Hellmich @hellmichgroup.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

😱 For every researcher at the ~420 German universities (nr includes applied science unis), there are certainly many respectable publishing options available, with serious peer review, both in the form of society journals or even with "commercial" publishers... 😥🧪

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Robin Bon @rsbon.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

There's always an odd one out...

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Sascha Hoogendoorn @hoogendoornlab.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Job alert: fully funded postdoc position in chemical biology in beautiful Geneva! Do you have a PhD in Chemical Biology or related field with organic synthetic experience? Apply now! Details on how to apply can be found here: www.hoogendoornlab.org/joinus #chemsky #ChemBio

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Join us! | Hoogendoorn Lab

Openings for PhD students and postdocs will be advertized here

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Robin Bon @rsbon.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

A difficult topic: increased neurodiversity awareness has helped lots of people. At the same time, many children with severe autism are not getting the support they desperately need. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The Good Doctor’s version of autism masks a grimmer truth of badly failed children | Martha Gill

Tales of ‘too much’ progress don’t stand up when severe cases are still being treated with a Victorian harshness, as recent disturbing footage shows

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RSC CBBG Interest Group @rsc-cbbg.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The RSC Chemical Biology and Bioorganic Group is now on Bluesky and delighted to be here! We're really looking forward to keeping you all updated with the latest events and news from our community, across the UK and internationally. Spread the word to those you know, and give us a follow! #chembio

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Robin Bon @rsbon.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

Thanks for the invite @drmikebooth.bsky.social. Hopefully this will provide my occasional fix of the (late) blue bird app's good stuff: interesting science, networking and a bit of entertainment.

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