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The Open Research team at the University of St Andrews provide support and advice on #OpenAccess, the journal hosting service, #ResearchDataManagement, and #OpenThesis research. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/research/suppo…

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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🎆New #AHRC @ukri.org funded book on UK grassroots artmaking by editors Maryam Ohadi-Hamadani, Catherine Spencer and Amy Tobin 🎨🖌️✂️ doi.org/10.5040/9781... Check it out here👉 tinyurl.com/Grassrootsart @arthistorysta.bsky.social #OpenAccess #ArtHistory #CommunityArt #PoliticalArt
Autumnal trees on the North Haugh, University of St Andrews
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
VACANCY: We are recruiting for someone to join our Open Research team at University of St Andrews. Could this be you? We are looking for a natural leader who will take initiative to further develop our OA services. Closing date 12 Oct 2026 Details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Open Research Manager (Open Access and Publishing) - AD2605
Open Research Manager (Open Access and Publishing) - AD2605, Libraries and Museums Salary: Grade 6 / £38,784-£46,049 pa Start date: As soon as possible Full time Permanent , <p><span>We are looking...
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🎉Congrats to @chrisanaforian.bsky.social! Check out the recently-released thesis here 👇👀 💥 doi.org/10.17630/sta... @crsn-uk.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Another set of #OpenResearch publications from @andygardner.bsky.social & colleagues about the 💬importance of terminology for evolutionary biology processes📚 🔎 #OpenData & supplementary material: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... & doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... #EvoBio #EvoSky #EvolutionaryBiology
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Sexual conflict and sexual pleiotropy
Abstract. Natural selection might favour brightly coloured males and drab females. A male and a female might disagree about whether to mate. Such tensions
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
New thesis! 🎉📙 Queer(ing) reality television: authenticity, embodiment, and transmedia circulation Take a look at Philippa Orme's research here: 👇🎓🌈📺 doi.org/10.17630/sta... #queer #reality #tv #OpenResearch
St Andrews Pride
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Andy Gardner @andygardner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New paper: "The evolution of socially modulated dispersal", with Chon I Kam (@chonikam.bsky.social) & Graeme Ruxton (Open Access) doi.org/10.1016/j.jt... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @standrewsopenres.bsky.social @stagradschool.bsky.social
Forms of dispersal, when social modulation does not improve dispersal success. The 3D cube shows the parameter space for each of the evolutionary outcomes while the 2D slices are cross-sections of the cube at specific s values. For low cost of forcing (low a), high cost of dispersal (high c) and low degree of sibship (low s), only forced dispersal obtains (i.e. x* = 0, y* > 0; portion of parameter space lying behind the orange volume). For high cost of forcing (high a), low cost of dispersal (low c) and high degree of sibship (high s), only voluntary dispersal obtains (i.e. x* > 0, y* = 0; portion of parameter space lying in front of the orange volume). For intermediate cost of forcing (medium a), intermediate cost of dispersal (medium c) and intermediate degree of sibship (medium s), both voluntary and forced dispersal coexist (i.e. x* > 0, y* > 0; portion of parameter space lying within the orange volume).
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Our latest blog post is out! 💥Mel Oakley, Project Analyst from a @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #InFrame project, reflects on Data Availability Statements (DAS) and their function(s) 📈 📝👉https://tinyurl.com/dsofdataDAS @glasgow.ac.uk @edopenresearch.bsky.social #OpenData #OpenResearch
InFrame logo in maroon, purple, and red with superimposed white megaphone.
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Jackie Proven @jackieproven.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Article and #openaccess links on the St Andrews Research Portal hdl.handle.net/20.500.14933...
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Moonlight and the apotheosis of sacred baboons
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Exciting news - our online platform of over 650,000 metadata records of UK doctoral theses (EThOS) is now available again  Find out more about EThOS and how to use it on our website link.bl.uk/kxk
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Newly released thesis! 🎉📙 @mlaurism.bsky.social explores fandom as modern mythology, fulfilling our enduring need for connection, representation, and shared meaning. Read: 👀🐉👉 doi.org/10.17630/sta... @sta-modlangs.bsky.social #OpenResearch #ModernMythology #FanStudies @fanstudies.bsky.social
A red apple on top of a green book that says 'Myths & Legends' in gold on the spine, with a background of greenery
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
What can distant worlds tell us about our own? Ilyana Guez's thesis introduces Molecule Agnostic Spectral Clustering (MASC), a novel method for analysing exoplanet atmospheres through comparative exoplanetology. Read more here: 👇🌎🪐✨ doi.org/10.17630/sta... @earthscista.bsky.social #OpenResearch
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Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We've created a map with all our members on it. Click on each pin to find out more about them. oipauk.org/membership/c...
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Current Members
Supporting open scholarship through community and collaboration This map shows our current full members. You can click on each pin for more details. This map shows our current full and associate me…
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Congratulations from the Theses team to everybody graduating this week! 🥳 Thanks for the live links @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. It's a treat to put a face to the 183 theses added to the St Andrews research repository this year 🔎👇 tinyurl.com/4kvcsfu5 #OpenResearch
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🤓🧪Check out the newest #OpenAccess article from the @ezc-group.bsky.social group in collaboration with researchers from @ucalgary.bsky.social Department of Chemistry! 👉📚Find their #OpenData here:💥 doi.org/10.17630/f37... @chemguyeli.bsky.social @st-andrewschem.bsky.social #ChemSky #OpenResearch
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Some incredible katydid #OpenResearch from @benitoexplains.bsky.social & Nathan Bailey just in time for summer! ❤️‍🔥🏖️😎 🍃👉 tinyurl.com/leafbug1 📣🎬Listen to calls and watch videos in the #OpenData here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #OpenAccess @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This week on the blog, we take a look at #GreenOA and all the myriad reasons it is still very necessary, despite some folks being suspicious of it or even resistant... 💚💚💚👉 openresearch.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/06/why-...
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Last week, we posted a few potato-related theses, and to cap it all off, we have an excellent guest blog post from Dr Kerry Leslie, who has one of the coolest job titles ever as a potato consultant. Take a look at her post at our blog! openresearch.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/a-ca...
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Very excited to support @ojcollective.bsky.social, an excellent organisation doing stellar work to advance diamond open access!
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Jackie Proven @jackieproven.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We are delighted that our Libraries & Museums and @standrewsopenres.bsky.social are helping to support sustainable publishing through @ojcollective.bsky.social
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Another day, another potato thesis... 🍟 Today, resistance may not be so futile, at least in the case of Moray Smith's 2025 PhD thesis, which attempts to identify novel resistance genes to battle potato cyst nematodes and other plagues upon our tatties! 🥔🥔🥔 doi.org/10.17630/sta...
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Applications of next-generation sequencing towards identifying novel disease resistance genes
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
In the lead-up to International Day of Potato, we're highlighting some potato-related St Andrews theses! Today, we point to James Price's 2019 PhD thesis analysing the surfaces of potato cyst nematodes—wormy critters who, like the best of us, like to feast on tatties. 🥔👉 doi.org/10.17630/100...
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Molecular analysis of the eggshell and cuticle surface of the potato cyst nematode, Globodera rostochiensis
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Did you know it's International Day of Potato this Saturday, 30 May? 🥔🥔🥔 To celebrate, we'll be linking to potato-related, @uniofstandrews.bsky.social theses throughout the week! To kick things off though, here's a portrait of a very serious potato. collections.st-andrews.ac.uk/item/potato-...
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'Potato Head'.
Humorous oval 'portrait' of vegetable or stone shaped like human head, resting on cloth draped like jacket and collar.
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Congratulations to @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @arthistorysta.bsky.social Bishop Wardlaw Professor Kathryn Rudy for being shortlisted for the ACLS Open Access Book Prize for her book Image, Knife and Gluepot, which was published open access by @openbookpublish.bsky.social!
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Exploring barriers to Data Availability Statements 🔎📚 tinyurl.com/DASbarriers 👆Check out our guest post from Mel Oakley, Project Analyst for a @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #InFrame project!🎉 @glasgow.ac.uk @edopenresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Green and blue digital art image of a hand holding a magnifying glass over a vertical bar chart.
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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Looking for a home for your research? We are currently accepting submissions for books to be released in 2027. Submit your manuscript today or follow the link to read our submission guidelines. 📖 Learn more: www.sup.ac.uk/submit-a-proposal
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Great to see this #openaccess article from @standrewsphil.bsky.social philosopher Margaret Hampson!
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
‘For me, the primary motivation for open access is wanting my research to be easily available to other scholars working in the field, and to ... anyone else potentially interested in reading it.’ Professor of #Theology at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social George Corbett on making books open access...
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Theology professor on publishing open access – St Andrews Open Research
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Congrats to @ritatojeiro.bsky.social & colleagues from @physastrostand.bsky.social on their huge collab with >70 institutions on a 3D universe map exploring dark energy 🌃🔭 tinyurl.com/3dunimap 🎉 Check out the #OpenResearch: data.desi.lbl.gov/doc/releases/ #DESI #DarkEnergy @desisurvey.bsky.social
Star trails over the Mayall Telescope that houses DESI showing as circles of light on the night sky. A telescope dome atop a mountain is below the center of the circle. Credit: Luke Tyas/Berkeley Lab and KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Thanks to OIPA for sharing the news about our journal hosting service and coordinating this blog post! Very glad to be part of this group. 🥳🥳🥳
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
🎉Congratulations to Mina Riahi and Ifor Samuel for their recent #OpenAccess work on antibiotic alternatives using #OLED technology💡🧫 Check out their publication below! 💥⬇️ @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @physastrostand.bsky.social #OpenResearch
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This month we're celebrating! 🥳🥳🥳 Open access journal hosting is one of the key services our #openresearch team provides. April marks the 15th anniversary since this service launched at the University of St Andrews. Learn more on our blog. 👉 openresearch.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/04/jour...
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Journal hosting at St Andrews hits 15 years – St Andrews Open Research
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This recent #openaccess work from @standrewsosc.bsky.social authors illuminates more than just the OLED displays they discuss!
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
🚨Special feature this week is a @seamammalresearch.bsky.social paper out last month🦭but there's more: Explore research from @jessmontabaranom.bsky.social with open access datasets and articles: 🤓👉📚 research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/persons/j... #OpenResearch #MarMam #MarineMammals
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Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
RLUK's new principles call for collective funding, not-for-profit governance protected from commercial acquisition, bibliodiversity, and transparency. For us here at the OBC, these principles are at the core of our operating model. 📚 #OpenAccess #DiamondOA
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RLUK's new Shared Principles for OA Monographs points straight to the OBC - Open Book Collective
RLUK, a consortium of UK and Irish research libraries, recently released their Collections Strategy Network’s Shared Principles for the Evaluation and Acquisition of Open Access Monograph Models: a ne...
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🔎We’re exploring why researchers do (or don’t) share low-risk research data for our #InFrame project with @edopenresearch.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk📈 📣🙋 If you’re a researcher working with data we’d love to hear from you! 📧research-data@st-andrews.ac.uk @uniofstandrews.bsky.social #ResearchCulture
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
🌊 Featuring a fascinating orca & elasmobranch🦈imagery dataset from @mattidcarter.bsky.social and Maeva Terrapon 🖼️🎥👉 doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... 🔓📙Read the #OpenAccess article here: doi.org/10.1038/s415... @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social #MarMam #MarineMammals #OpenResearch
Two orca dorsal fins from an image featured in the dataset, taken by Dane McDermott
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
📊✨Curious how your research is being noticed? #Altmetrics can: 🔹 Track engagement beyond citations 🔹 See who’s talking about your work 🔹 Communicate wider impact 💥📅 Book into our session! tinyurl.com/altmet1 @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social
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Introduction to Altmetrics - PDMS - University of St Andrews
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OAPEN Foundation @oapenbooks.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
📚📰 Open access isn't uniform! This OA Books Toolkit piece outlines the main distinctions between OA books and journals, emphasizing why book publishing often involves more intricacy than journal articles—vital insights for authors. 👉 Explore the article: buff.ly/NRv2pfL #OpenAccess #OAbooks
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OA Books Toolkit
Although the process of open access is similar for both books and journal articles, the two formats are arguably very different, making the publication of open access books a more complex process…
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🎉Congrats to @francae.bsky.social, @lrendell.bsky.social & @ellengarland.bsky.social on their new #OpenAccess article about humpback population recovery! 🌊🐋📈 📚👉Read the research directly: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... @seamammalresearch.bsky.social #OpenScience #MarineMammals
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
📖Publishing an article with an #openaccess or hybrid journal? There are a few things you may want to think about, especially when it comes to article processing charges 💸 and the fine print of agreements... openresearch.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/02/arti...
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Congratulations to researchers from @st-andrewschem.bsky.social on this selection from Chemical Science — yay, no-fee, #DiamondOA!
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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Following the success of our book publishing offer we are preparing to launch our journal publishing programme. We are now accepting expressions of interest from editors of existing journals. As a cross-disciplinary publisher, all subjects will be considered. Learn more: bit.ly/3LSvLfx
Announcement for the launch of a journal publishing programme by Scottish Universities Press with a scenic mountain background.
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
🔎Explore the new #morphss report about #OpenResearch in arts, humanities & social sciences: 💥Recommendations for institutions, publishers, & #AHSS researchers @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @standrewsphil.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social @standrewshist.bsky.social @arthistorysta.bsky.social
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🚀Launching a new blog series for #LoveData26! 🌟Cornerstone your project with good research practice: Data management plans = small document, big impact 💪🎉 tinyurl.com/dsofdata #OpenResearch #RDM #FAIRdata @standrewspsyneuro.bsky.social @earthscista.bsky.social @standrewssgsd.bsky.social
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Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
It's #LoveDataWeek and things are heating up with interesting events that you can log into from anywhere. We wanted to highlight talks hosted by @unisouthampton.bsky.social this week, starting this afternoon with friends from @glasgow.ac.uk about their new Petabyte storage system abdn.site/XY0B7
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Celebrating Éadin O'Mahony, PhD's research making a splash 🌊 Featured on NPR, New Scientist & more: ow.ly/Gbp650Y8f72 🐳 📚 Explore her open publications/data: ow.ly/xvAs50Y8fm8 As we count down to UNESCO’s #IDWGS on 11 February, we’re spotlighting #WomenInScience & #WomenInSTEM 🌐
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Open Research, University of St Andrews @standrewsopenres.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
✨ Celebrating Dr. Pia Cortés Zuleta’s planetary science research! 🪐 Explore her open access work: research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/persons/p... 🔎 Spotlighting women researchers ahead of #IDWGS 2026 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #OpenResearch @piacortes.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The wait is over. Democratising spy watching: Public oversight of intelligence-driven surveillance in Southern Africa is out now. 🎉 Get your copy and dive in today: www.sup.ac.uk/forthcoming-books #NewRelease #BookDrop
Now available - Book cover titled Democratising spy watching: Public oversight of intelligence-driven surveillance in Southern Africa
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St Andrews X-Ray Crystallography @standrewsxray.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Another paper accepted late last year is this work with the Kumar group, published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1002/anie...). The service determined the structure of an intermediate complex in their proposed catalytic cycle for upcycling PET waste. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social
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School of Chemistry@St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
A new pathway for an old reaction! Check out a new approach to conduct catalytic enantioselective [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement. A groundbreaking discovery led by Prof. Andrew Smith just published in @natchem.nature.com. See more details at: nature.com/articles/s41...
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The catalytic enantioselective [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement cascade of allylic ethers - Nature Chemistry
The [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement of allylic ethers is traditionally considered to proceed via formation and recombination of radical pairs. Now it has been shown that an alternative reaction cascade, in...
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