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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 16h

Are you interested in learning about how agentic AI systems like El Agente operate? Curious on how to incorporate them into your research workflow? Join our live webinar as we show El Agente in action 🤖 🗓️ 24 Nov 2026, 10 AM - 11AM EST ✅ Registration & qns: register.gotowebinar.com/register/828...

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Responsible solutions help define the AC's research excellence. Learn how the AC puts responsible discovery into action in our latest impact report: shorturl.at/hVBsI

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Special Chemistry Seminar: Professor Zhanyun Wang, USDwill discuss “Rethinking Chemical Innovation: From Substances of Very High Concern to Safe and Sustainable by Design,” September 30, 2026 10:00 am Info at www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today #ArtemMishchenko gave an #ACseminar on why experimental data is the next frontier for AI-driven materials discovery. He’s #hiring a thin-film research scientist to join the #GoogleDeepMind Materials Discovery Lab in London!🔬To apply DM Artem your CV + why you’re a fit for the role on LinkedIn.

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Accelerated discovery (AI for science) is foundational to the Acceleration Consortium. In 2025-26, the AC: 🔬 Secured $34M+ in leveraged research funds 📚 Published 267 papers in top journals 🤖 Built 94 self-driving lab tools & platforms Learn more in our impact report: shorturl.at/hVBsI

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#ICYMI: Tomorrow, Thursday September 24th from 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM, #ArtemMishchenko of Google Deep Mind will be at #UofT for an #ACseminar. Join Artem as he explores how experimental data is shaping the next frontier of AI for materials science. Register: acceleration.utoronto.ca/events/ac-se...

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Alex Zhavoronkov @elonverse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Agentic AI closes the experimental loop - forming hypotheses, designing experiments, running analysis, revising from results. Our Cell perspective (Guo LY, Ting DSJ, Su X, Aliper A, Zhavoronkov A, Ting DSW): upside and risks are inseparable. www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🧑‍🔬⚛️We are hiring a postdoctoral fellow at the Matter Lab, University of Toronto. We seek expertise in electronic-structure theory and computational chemistry, preferably including multireference methods and quantum computing for chemical and materials applications. Start date: as soon as possible 🕐

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We’re proud to introduce another member of the El Agente family - El Agente Potente 🎊 📜 arxiv.org/abs/2609.14840 Potente is an agentic system that combines typed execution graphs with a complementary coding mode for machine-learning interatomic potentials (MLIP)-driven atomistic simulations.

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Join our faculty! The Department of Chemistry at U of T invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in Theoretical Chemistry. To learn more or apply, visit: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚀 A new member joins the El Agente family at The Matter Lab: La Agente Óptima! ⚡ Óptima takes us further into developing AI agents for experimental planning and adaptive decision-making during an ongoing optimization campaign. 📜 arxiv.org/pdf/2609.04564 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwbz...

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La Agente Óptima controls RoboChem-Flex in a Bayesian optimization campaign.

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What does it take to build a medicinal chemistry self-driving lab for drug discovery? 🧪🤖 Join the AC + Tecan on September 22nd from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM for a free workshop at @utoronto.ca on the tech, tools & infrastructure powering our SDL. Register: acceleration.utoronto.ca/events/build...

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a #DataEngineer to help build data infrastructure to support scientific research projects at the University of Toronto's Acceleration Consortium. Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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Jan H. Jensen @janhjensen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

New highlight: Rapid Generation of Transition-State Conformer Ensembles via Constrained Distance Geometry www.compchemhighlights.org/2026/08/rapi... #compchem

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We're still buzzing from the success of AI4X-Accelerate conference co hosted by the Acceleration Consortium at University of Toronto and the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (I-FIM) at the National University of Singapore. 🎊 Let’s take a look back: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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AI4X–Accelerate 2026: Reflecting on our biggest conference yet + what’s next

Based at the University of Toronto, the Acceleration Consortium is a global community of academia, government, and industry that is accelerating the discovery of new materials and molecules needed for...

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Chemistry Stories: D.J. LeRoy Prize Lecture delivered by Cher-Tian Ser: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/news/dj-lero...

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

📅 Join us August 27 from 3:30 - 4:30 PM for an AC Seminar ft. Jongwoo Lim of Seoul National University. Learn about new AI research for batteries, using data-driven approaches to discover better electrolytes and extend battery lifetime🔋 Register to attend: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Love teaching chemistry? We’re hiring! Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream, CLTA) in Analytical Chemistry @UofT 🧪 Help shape student learning and curriculum: 🔗 jobs.utoronto.ca/job-invite/4...

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Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream - Contractually Limited Term Appointment - Analytical Chemistry

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Digital Discovery @digital-discovery.rsc.org · 29/07/2026

Our new Digital Discovery themed collection on ‘Quantum Computing for Chemistry, Material Science and Biotechnology’ has now been published online! Read this collection at the link below: blogs.rsc.org/dd/ddquant25/

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

FOE Public Seminar: PhD Student Ella Rajaonson will speak on, “Predicting the Properties of Molecular Mixtures Using Machine Learning,” Tuesday, August 04, 2026 10:00 am. Learn More at: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

💰Funding alert: Help build a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive STEM community at #UofT and beyond through the AC's Equity, diversity and inclusion initiate grants. Learn more and apply by September 18, 2026: acceleration.utoronto.ca/programs/ac-...

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We are happy to share that El Agente Cuántico has been published as Original Research in Reports on Progress in Physics! 🎊 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... [1/7]

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

💠Introducing Clari, a generative model to predict organic crystal structure in seconds, enabling virtual screening of organic molecules on the basis of solid-state properties. 📜 arxiv.org/abs/2606.03199 👩‍💻 huggingface.co/the-matter-l... 💻 github.com/aspuru-guzik... [1/4]

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

FOE Public Seminar: PhD Student Austin Cheng will discuss “Generative Models of Molecular Structure,” Tuesday, July 14, 2026 10:00 am. Learn More at: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We are excited to share that members of The Matter Lab presented their latest research at the Canada–Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation (CKC 2026), held on June 21–25 ⚛️ [1/6]

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🎉 We are excited to see our lab co-director @variniabernales.bsky.social featured this Chemistry World article on how AI agents are accelerating catalyst discovery from simulation to industrial scale-up. [1/4]

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Announced this month by the AC @utoronto.ca & I-FIM at the National University of Singapore, a new self-driving lab will create the world’s largest open materials dataset, helping solve a shortage of high-quality data for AI-driven discovery. More here: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/u-of-t-...

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

☃️ Excited to share our new paper: “Lessons From Drug Discovery for Cryoprotective Agent Design: An AI-Oriented Perspective.” 🔗 advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... [1/8]

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🎉 We were honored to have our Lab Director, @aspuru.bsky.social, deliver the convocation address at this year’s University of Toronto (University College-Sciences) ceremony! 🎓 📹 www.youtube.com/live/ib2Fpfm... [1/5]

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

How will AI & chemistry intersect in 2050? And what does the future hold for science in the age of AI? AC Director @aspuru.bsky.social explores the history of chemistry & materials science to imagine the future & a possible new era of materials by design. Read the essay: amacad.org/publication/...

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A new member of the El Agente family - “El Agente Seguro: An Agent for Chemical Safety” is now on ChemRxiv 🤖 🔗 chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.... It focuses on one of the most important challenges for AI-driven chemistry and self-driving laboratories: safety. [1/7]

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The AC is proud to be part of @utoronto.ca's long-standing expertise in artificial intelligence, and we welcome the Government of Canada’s new national AI strategy. We look forward to continuing our work with our partners to advance shared priorities & scale AI adoption responsibly. #AI4Science

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Alán Aspuru-Guzik @aspuru.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Honoured to give the Chemical @chemicalscience.rsc.org lectureship this Fall! I am especially fond of this recognition as I was the first theoretical/computational associate editor when the journal was in its early days. Glad to come back full circle and give this lecture!

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Chemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 01/06/2026

📢 We are delighted to announce that Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik @aspuru.bsky.social has won the 2026 Chemical Science Lectureship! (rsc.li/chemsci-lectureship26) Alán will deliver his Lectureship at the 2026 #ChemSciSymposium on 29–30 October in London, UK: rsc.li/chemscisymp2026 #ChemSky #🧪

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Congratulations to AC Director & @utoronto.ca Prof. Alán Aspuru-Guzik, who is featured in @betakit.com it Most Ambitious 2026, an annual list recognizing Canada’s most ambitious researchers, companies and community-builders! mostambitious.betakit.com #TorontoTechWeek

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Curious to see what’s going on at the Matter Lab? Join us at CSC Toronto as our group members present their latest research in computational chemistry, machine learning, and materials science. We’d love to connect and share our work with you!

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

AI4X-Accelerate Conference 2026 is next month! Join us in Singapore to hear from a global lineup of leading researchers and industry experts working at the intersection of AI, scientific discovery and materials science. Register now to hear from these names + more global speakers: ai4x.cc

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

From alchemy to AI-chemy: how will AI reshape the future of chemistry and materials discovery? In Dædalus, @aspuru.bsky.social reflects on the relationship between matter, minds, and tools, from the rise of modern chemistry to today’s AI-driven systems. 🔗 www.amacad.org/publication/... [1/4]

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UofT Department of Chemistry @chemuoft.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Special Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Ojistoh Horn, Medical Director of Health, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne will discuss “The Effects of the Chemical Pollution and the Environment on Health,” Tuesday, May 26, 2026 11:00 am. Learn More: www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/events

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Join us next Wed May 27 from 10–11 AM for an AC seminar led by Cara Brocklehurst of Novartis. Learn about the future of drug discovery at Novartis through MicroCycle, an integrated platform accelerating medicinal chemistry. Register to attend at U of T or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...

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<Matteo | Cavalleri> <He | Him | Dr> @physicsteo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The Department of Applied Physics at Cinvestav Mérida 🇲🇽 is opening a full-time research position in theoretical/computational electrochemistry. #CompChem #ChemJob 📅 Application deadline: May 31st, 2026 🔗lnkd.in/e3aFznkM

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Excited to share another work: “QCalEval: Benchmarking Vision-Language Models for Quantum Calibration Plot Understanding” 📄 arxiv.org/abs/2604.25884 🤖 huggingface.co/nvidia/Ising... 💽 huggingface.co/datasets/nvi... 📝 developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-... [1/8]

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🚀Excited to share our latest work: “Optimizing ground state preparation protocols with autoresearch”. We explore how language-model coding agents can automate the optimization of ground-state preparation protocols in quantum computing & classical quantum simulation. 🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2604.25610 [1/4]

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Join us Wed, May 6, 3:00–4:00 PM for a Director’s edition of the AC seminar series, ft. Steven Cranford of Matter. Learn about trends, opportunities and the role of data and interdisciplinary collaboration in shaping future discoveries. Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...

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The Matter Lab @thematterlab.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Everyone is racing to build agents for science, but what how about letting scientific agents build themselves? Here we built El Agente Forjador where agents forge ⚒️ their own tools on demand for quantum chemistry and quantum dynamics. 📜 arxiv.org/abs/2604.14609

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Acceleration Consortium @accelerationc.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Congrats to the recipients of our first AC Craft seed grants! Funded projects will explore integrated digital microfluidics platform for autonomous low-volume cell assays and advance SDLs for organ-on-a-chip with multiplexed molecular biosensing. Read more: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...

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