iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

With the 2026 #NobelPrizes around the corner, a quick plug for an upcoming special issue of @ausjchem.bsky.social for one of last year’s winners, Richard Robson. All submissions welcome; details below. Nominal deadline November 30, 2026. #MOFs #ozchem connectsci.au/ch/pages/cal...

022

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Just another reason I left the farm to become a crystallographer. #IUCr2026

070

Reposted by Stuart Batten

Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 16/08/2026

The #BraggYourPattern project was done very proud at #IUCr2026 by @rosieyoung.bsky.social’s presentation. I got a bit emotional to see all that this group has done over 5 years now! (Picture taken with permission from the speaker)

Image of a women dressed in black with a conference lanyard presenting to an audience on the Bragg Your Pattern project

0134

Reposted by Stuart Batten

Rosie Young @rosieyoung.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Since 2022: >100 entries in a kids pattern competition ~480 visitors to a pop up science festival at IUCr2023 341 kg model of diamond made of 62,356 atoms 775 free Crystal Explorer kits in Aus/NZ primary schools School visits, outreach training, digital resources... AND so much more to come!

183

Reposted by Stuart Batten

Andre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I don't we, as chemists, spend enough time just asking ourselves "what the fuck is up with technetium?"

4141

Reposted by Stuart Batten

Bragg Your Pattern @braggyourpattern.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Who's going to #IUCr2026 in Calgary? As the world's crystallographers 'assemble' in Canada - can we post some #BraggYourPattern pictures that we find on our journeys?

044

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Our very last #BraggYourPattern Crystal Explorer kit has been ordered! After 3 years of working on this project, we have finished with 775 sets going to 697 primary schools across Australia and NZ, including some of the most remote schools in the world! A great legacy of #IUCr2023. #ozchem #IUCr

031

Reposted by Stuart Batten

Bragg Your Pattern @braggyourpattern.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🎉740 Crystal explorer kits sent to primary schools all over Australia and New Zealand - the last 10 will get sent out this week! Thanks to everyone who signed up for one. #BraggYourPattern

Image from google maps of Australia and New Zealand with 750 locations marked on it - each location is of a primary school that has received a crystal explorer kit.

052

Reposted by Stuart Batten

Fiona Whelan @freewhelan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Join us for the FIRST combined meeting of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand + the Australian X-ray Analytical Association: Crystal36-AXAA 2026 29th Nov-2nd Dec 2026 - in the beautiful Adelaide Hills town of Hahndorf. 🍻 Register & submit abstracts for early bird savings!

144

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Had a great visit to my old high school, Wangaratta High School, a few weeks ago, to talk about #MOFs, #Nobels, and assorted study and career tips. Always a privilege to talk to kids about the joys of chemistry, particularly country kids who have few scientific role models. #outreach #ozchem

030

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

So here’s why my flight to #MOF2026 got diverted to Tahiti (not my video). Not shown is the hour of abusive screaming as he was sat on by passengers at the back of the plane until we landed. Fun times.

110

Reposted by Stuart Batten

Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 12/05/2026

Dorothy Hodgkin, Nobel Prize winner and crystallography pioneer, was born #OTD in 1910. Using X-ray crystallography she determined the structures of complex molecules including vitamin B10 and insulin: www.compoundchem.com/2019/05/12/h... #ChemSky 🧪

17929

Reposted by Stuart Batten

CrystEngComm @crystengcomm.rsc.org · 29/04/2026

‼️Don't miss our latest Editorial – The crystal engineering foundations of the MOF Nobel Prize Nathaniel Rosi, @furukawas.bsky.social & @sbattenresearch.bsky.social all share their experiences of working on MOFs in future Nobel-winning laboratories👏⬇️ 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5CE... #Chemsky🧪

A slide highlighting our latest Editorial – The crystal engineering foundations of the MOF Nobel Prize

022

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Ever wonder what it was like to help create a new field of chemistry? Wonder no more... #ozchem #MOFs #BraggYourPattern The crystal engineering foundations of the MOF Nobel Prize - now published in CrystEngComm pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

pubs.rsc.org

The crystal engineering foundations of the MOF Nobel Prize

Nathaniel Rosi, Shuhei Furukawa and Stuart Batten share their experiences of working on MOFs in future Nobel-winning laboratories.

0144

Reposted by Stuart Batten

Simon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Perfect name for something you use for your science and not give any credit

118364

Reposted by Stuart Batten

Rosie Young @rosieyoung.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Come and work with me! The Austron is hiring a chemistry focused beamline scientist on the MX beamlines! Get in touch if you are interested 💎🧪👩‍🔬 #ozchem careers.ansto.gov.au/job/Melbourn...

careers.ansto.gov.au

Beamline Scientist - MX

057

Reposted by Stuart Batten

CCDC Cambridge @ccdc.cam.ac.uk · 07/04/2026

Congratulations to Helen Maynard-Casely and Team for the winning project Crystal-a-con in a Box 🙌 @crystallised-cricket.com

Promotional graphic with trophy icons and raised hands in the CCDC colours.

052

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Great day yesterday talking to the kids of the LabRats Science Club (labratclub.com) about all things MOFs and Nobels. These weekend science clubs are so rare and wonderful - true diamonds in the rough. Still not convinced about the cardboard cutouts though... #OzChem

010

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Here's the latest distribution map. 53 more schools have signed up since the post below! The most recent order is from a remote school in the Pilburra (NW part of WA), somewhere down the track in the photo. The Satellite view reinforces how remote it is. They also have an #elementsets on its way!

032

Reposted by Stuart Batten

Bragg Your Pattern @braggyourpattern.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

We just crossed the milestone of the 500th school to sign up for their crystal explorer kit!! #BraggYourPattern

045

Reposted by Stuart Batten

Rosie Young @rosieyoung.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Attention crystallographers and X-ray Analysts of Australia and New Zealand!! The SCANZ/AXXA conference this year will be in my beautiful home state of South Aus (I'm not biased at all 😉). Save the date! 💎 #BraggYourPattern #Ozchem

Save the Date poster for the Crystal36-AXAA 2026 Conference on the 29 Nov- 2 Dec 2026 in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. A picture of vineyards is in the background

183

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

That's a wrap from #Supramol26. #Supramol27 will be in Brisbane - see you there! #ozchem

020

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Congratulations to Man Him Chak and Lara Holburn on receiving Poster Prizes at #Supramol26. #ozchem

000

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Congratulations to Jess Algar on receiving the @chemcomm.rsc.org Poster Prize at #Supramol26. #ozchem

011

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Congratulations to Svenja Buescher on receiving the @chemicalscience.rsc.org Poster Prize at #Supramol26. #ozchem

021

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Congratulations to Nina Lawson and Sem Boulanger on receiving Best Talk Prizes at #Supramol26. #ozchem

000

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Congratulations to Simona Capomolla on on receiving the Merck Best Talk Prize at #Supramol26. #ozchem

010

Reposted by Stuart Batten

Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 05/02/2026

Our paper on the instrument, beautifully named Wombat, is now published doi.org/10.1107/S160... @japplcryst.iucr.org - We're currently also open for experiment submissions - deadline 16th March neutron.ansto.gov.au

doi.org

Wombat, the high-intensity diffractometer in operation at the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering

We describe the Wombat neutron diffraction instrument, which has been operational for the past 17 years at the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering.

1114

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Congratulations to Witold Bloch on the awarding to him of the Fay and Len Lindoy Medal at #Supramol26. #ozchem

060

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Congratulations to Oscar Williams, the second of our Supramolecular Division PhD Prize winners at #supramol26. #ozchem

0150

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Dev Chatham bringing us lipids and cartoons at #Supramol26. #ozchem

000

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Emily Worobiej, all the way from Birmingham, telling us about some interesting MOF photophysics at #Supramol26. #ozchem

010

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Bailey Richardson is throwing photons at peptides at #Supramol26. #ozchem

000

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Congratulations to Will Murrell, the first of our Supramolecular Division PhD Prize winners at #supramol26. #ozchem

050

Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Steph Bird and Rosie Young working in tandem to update #Supramol26 on the latest developments on the MX beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron. #ANSTO #ozchem