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Kjell Jorner

@valencekjell.com
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Assistant Professor of Digital Chemistry at @ethzurich.bsky.social. Making chemistry more sustainable within NCCR Catalysis. Views my own. dcl.ethz.ch www.valencekjell.com

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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 01/10/2026
He needs to mentally prepare the jump
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Martin Rahm @rahmlab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
PhD position at Chalmers University of Technology in 🇸🇪: computational materials design of carbon- and oxygen-based conductors! @chemjobber.bsky.social @thephdplace.bsky.social #PhDposition #CondensedMatter #CompChem #ChemSky #AcademicSky www.chalmers.se/en/about-cha...
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Alán Aspuru-Guzik @aspuru.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Come work for @thematterlab.bsky.social with @variniabernales.bsky.social ! See below!
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 17/09/2026
That is what we pay for…
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Ylva Ivarsson @ivarssonlab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Do you want to be my colleague? We are recruiting a tenured #Associate #Professor in #Biochemistry to the Department of Chemistry for Life Sciences at #Uppsala University. Deadline for application November 20. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Associate Professor in Biochemistry - Uppsala University
Associate Professor in Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry for life sciences, Uppsala University
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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Check out our recent study! now out in Digital Discovery
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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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Janani Durairaj (Jay) @ninjani.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Some exciting news: I'm joining the University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social @dbc-unil.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor next month 🎉 My group will work on context-aware deep learning for protein structure, interaction & design. Postdoc and PhD openings coming soon - keep an eye out!
compare, predict, design
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 30/08/2026
Thanks for the highlight! Please let us know if you find any issues.
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 07/08/2026
Not so familiar with this work. Have they actually used AI for anything they couldn't do before?
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 04/08/2026
You just need to make an agent to do the arguing for you 😉
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 27/07/2026
What a dream team!
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 16/07/2026
Team building 😉
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Glorius Group @gloriusgroup.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Huge congratulations to Leon Schlosser on defending his PhD! From lab discussions to race days, it’s been a pleasure sharing the journey. EnTDecker is an amazing legacy to leave behind, and we can’t wait to see what you’ll build next. Wishing you all the best for your next chapter! 🏃🏻‍♂️🧪🚀 #PhDone
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Bettina Keller @bettinagkeller.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📢 We're hiring a PhD student (4 years) in computational chemistry at Freie Universität Berlin. Research on molecular dynamics, molecular kinetics, rare events & machine learning. Apply by 3 Aug 2026: jobs.fu-berlin.de/job/Research... #CompChem
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Research assistant (praedoc) (f/m/d) DM-786
Research assistant (praedoc) (f/m/d) DM-786
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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Come join the new Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Design as a group leader Cool science in a great scientific environment in wonderful and very family friendly Copenhagen There are two positions that can either be at TT assistant or associate prof level employment.ku.dk/tenure-track...
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of De novo Protein Design
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Design at the University of Copenhagen seeks to appoint two new group leaders in de novo protein design from 1 February 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter. These positions will be at the Assistant or Associate Professor level and associated with the Department of Biology (Faculty of Science) or the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology (Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences).
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 22/06/2026
Surprisingly doable was my experience from previous years.
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 22/06/2026
30 min
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 21/06/2026
Just got my schedule for the exam period in August: 53 oral exams in three days 😅
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Michal Juríček @michaljuricek.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
#PhD position available in our group! 🙏 Share, recommend or apply! :-) For more info and to apply, follow this link: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... @chem.uzh.ch @juriceklab.bsky.social @snsf.ch #OpenPosition #PhDPosition #ApplyNow #JobOffer #JuricekLab
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Jan H. Jensen @janhjensen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
New preprint: Chemically Intuitive Descriptors for Predicting C–H Borylation Regioselectivity doi.org/10.26434/che... #compchem with Rasmus Borup & @valencekjell.com
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 30/05/2026
Ketcher is used by for example the Chemotion ELN. github.com/epam/ketcher
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GitHub - epam/ketcher: Web-based molecule sketcher
Web-based molecule sketcher. Contribute to epam/ketcher development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 27/05/2026
Let’s make AI search the only alternative by destroying normal search
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 16/05/2026
Almost impossible to find any original quality material with Google search anymore. Many of the top hits are clearly AI-generated.
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 16/04/2026
I thought it should be ”I’m stoked…” 😉
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 15/04/2026
After a while you get used to it 😉
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Lukas Sigmund @lukasmsigmund.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Do you need easy access to local atom or bond features? Then our new Python package BONAFIDE could be of interest to you. More than 550 descriptors are now just a few lines of simple Python code away. Check it out here: molecularai.github.io/atom-bond-fe...
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Atom & Bond Featurizer
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 09/04/2026
I think excited state SNAr is well know in the photochemical literature since decades
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 09/04/2026
Realistic, charged and xTB in the same post 😉
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Olexandr Isayev 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @olexandr.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Glad to share our new work: RitS (Right into the Saddle): a generative model for direct transition state (TS) prediction. 📄 Paper: chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26… 🤠 Code: github.com/isayevlab/RitS • Flow-matching model with explicit stereochemistry control • Direct TS generation from SMILEs #compchem
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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New preprint with Chao Zhang's team at Uppsala University! We used GraphINVENT to design new rechargeable battery solvents de novo. 🧑‍💻 #chemsky Pre-print: doi.org/10.26434/che... Code and data: to be released
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Arne Elofsson @handle.invalid · 07/04/2026
Two (or more) PhD student positions are open with me in protein structure evolution (using AI). Please apply/spread the word. su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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PhD student in Bioinformatics
The Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics   SciLifeLab ( SciLifeLab ) is a national center for molecular biosciences with a focus on health and environmental research. The center combines frontl
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 22/03/2026
Tried chemotion.net?
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Chemotion
Electronic Laboratory Notebook & Repository for Research Data
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 19/03/2026
Quarto is quite nice
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 07/03/2026
Most physicists seem to rather use PBEPBE 😉
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 25/02/2026
Rather more like 300k characters 😉
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 25/02/2026
You forgot to mention that you can go to the Wagner festival every year 😉
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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
My university (Chalmers University of Technology in 🇸🇪) is recruiting an assistant professor in data-driven cell & molecular biology, funded by the DDLS program @scilifelab.se #chemsky #facultychemjobs The position comes with a nice start-up package www.chalmers.se/en/about-cha...
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 18/02/2026
Excellent news!
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Johannes Margraf @jtmargraf.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Hello bluesky, I'm a theoretical chemist at University of Bayreuth. My group works on atomistic modeling of energy materials with electronic structure methods and ML. I'm hoping to connect to other #compchem and #materials folks!
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 17/02/2026
I gave up on journal feeds a while ago and use Google Scholar alerts, but for RSS feeds in general I use Reeder (Apple ecosystem).
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 14/02/2026
Seems unfortunately that LinkedIn is the new platform of choice…
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Digital Chemistry Laboratory @dcl-ethz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Happy to see the fruits of Leon Schlosser’s research stay at the Digital Chemistry Laboratory published in @jacs.acspublications.org! 🎉
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 09/02/2026
I think there was a big shift when preprints became popular, especially ChemRxiv that is supported by several publishers. When I started my PhD, we always used templates, by the end not.
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Nessa Carson @supersciencegrl.co.uk · 03/02/2026
AstraZeneca is hiring in Predictive Science, Digital, and Automation and you even get my face on your screen. Being real, this is an awesome department to work in though #chemjobs #UKchemjobs #EUchemjobs www.linkedin.com/posts/nessac...
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Not 100% sure whether becoming *my* new colleague is a win or a threat, 😂 but the amazing PSDA group at AstraZeneca is looking for new faces to join a clever, fun, and interdisciplinary team! I… | Nes...
Not 100% sure whether becoming *my* new colleague is a win or a threat, 😂 but the amazing PSDA group at AstraZeneca is looking for new faces to join a clever, fun, and interdisciplinary team! I believ...
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COSMO Lab @labcosmo.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Release candidate 3 of chemiscope 1.0 is out, with class and range based highlighting of points. Try it, break it, report it on github.com/lab-cosmo/ch...
Cluster highlights in chemiscope 1.0 RC3
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 26/01/2026
Congrats! I like RSC journals. Any particular one that you will be working with?
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 26/01/2026
Or we start naming theories, reactions etc descriptively
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Robert Pollice @robpollice.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026
Are you interested in any aspect of molecular chemistry? Come and joins us for the first Groningen Molecular Chemistry Symposium (GroMoChem): gromochem.web.rug.nl We have an excellent line-up of speakers, covering a broad range of topics. Additionally, if you are within 4 years of […]
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Kjell Jorner @valencekjell.com · 09/01/2026
Reminds me of this dish which I started cooking when I lived in the UK. www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cull... understated but sublime!
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Cullen skink
Simmer haddock, potatoes, milk, onion and parsley to make this comforting soup. Serve with crusty bread for a filling lunch or supper
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