Delighted to share our @natcomms.nature.com paper on discovering new DNA damaging agents with click chemistry 🧬✂️ doi.org/10.1038/s414... with @gassergroup.bsky.social @westerlundlab.bsky.social @sspc.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

Organized with the @sheffielduni.bsky.social team: Matt Newton, @alicepyne.bsky.social & Ruby Peters. 👏 Speakers include Gijs Wuite, @jwelburn.bsky.social, @slfort.bsky.social, @akellett.bsky.social, @michellepeckham.bsky.social & Aakash Basu. Program & registration --> bit.ly/3NtxZlM

A culmination of many years of research! 🔬 Glad to present our publication on tools for targeting non-canonical DNA forms🧬 rdcu.be/eR7H1 @brionnamcgorman.bsky.social @akellett.bsky.social @christinecardin.bsky.social @biophysicalreviews.bsky.social

Delighted to share our recent review "Recent progress in probing small molecule interactions with DNA" published in Biophysical Reviews. @akellett.bsky.social, @christinecardin.bsky.social, @dcuresearch.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Recent progress in probing small molecule interactions with DNA - Biophysical Reviews

Nucleic acids are primary therapeutic targets, and understanding drug-DNA interactions is essential to the discovery of new clinical agents. In recent years, the desire to develop therapies with speci...

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🌍🧪 The 46th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC 2026) invites symposia proposals! 🗓️ Deadline: September 15, 2025 🔗 iccc2026.com Shape this key Coordination Chemistry event! @dcuresearch.bsky.social

Excited to share our @narjournal.bsky.social work on a trackable trinuclear platinum complex for breast cancer therapy: doi.org/10.1093/nar/... 🧬 With @raphael-depaiva.bsky.social @afshinsamali.bsky.social @alicepyne.bsky.social @westerlundlab.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @dcuresearch.bsky.social

Andrew Kellett is a Professor at Dublin City University ‪@dublincityuni.bsky.social‬, working to develop nucleic acid-targeted therapies. Within MeChaNiSM, he will host 2 students working on artificial gene editing systems and Holliday junction recognition agents. ‪@akellett.bsky.social‬‬‬‬‬

Fredrik Westerlund is a Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, working with single-molecule biophysics for nucleic acid analysis. Within MeChaNiSM he will host 2 students working on mechanical characterization of nucleic acids and nucleic acid-drug interactions. @westerlundlab.bsky.social

Great success at the first IRN on Nucleic Acid Junctions meeting — inspiring science, engaging discussions, and exciting prospects. Thanks to all, especially @dmonchaud.bsky.social for the leadership! @cnrs.fr @akellett.bsky.social @granzhan.bsky.social #IMAJ1 #ChemSky #DNAjunctions

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless, has today announced a €17.7 million investment in nine research infrastructure projects through Research Ireland’s Research Infrastructure Programme. Read here: www.researchireland.ie/news/ministe...

This review is from @hollensteinlab.bsky.social, @debashisdhara.bsky.social and Laurence Mulard at @pasteur.fr 'Natural, modified and conjugated carbohydrates in nucleic acids' #OpenAccess 🔓 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Natural, modified and conjugated carbohydrates in nucleic acids

Storage of genetic information in DNA occurs through a unique ordering of canonical base pairs. However, this would not be possible in the absence of the sugar–phosphate backbone which is essential fo...

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#research Enzymatic synthesis of reactive RNA probes containing squaramate-linked cytidine or adenosine for bioconjugations and cross-linking with lysine-containing peptides and proteins (Hocek): nature.com/articles/s42... @iocbprague.bsky.social #charlesuniversity @czechacademy.bsky.social

Delighted to share our @NAR_Open paper on a click chemistry-derived DNA damaging agent 🧬✂️👏 Congrats to @westerlundlab.bsky.social @alicepyne.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social @sspc.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

Extremely honoured to receive the Cannizzaro-Arnaudon Lectureship 2024 jointly delivered by the Italian and French Chemical Societies. Looking forward to going to Italy next year! Many thanks to all current and previous members of the group. Special mention to @cariouk.bsky.social for all his help.

Applications for the Kathleen Lonsdale prize are open. We’re looking for the most outstanding Irish PhD thesis in the chemical sciences. Thanks to Henkel for sponsoring again. This my 3rd year involved & it’s an honour to read such great #IrishResearch #ChemSky www.ria.ie/2024/11/28/c...

Call for entries: Kathleen Lonsdale Chemistry Prize 2025 - Royal Irish Academy

Applications for the Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize 2025 are now invited. The closing date for submissions will be 17.00 on Wednesday, 8 January 2025.

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Second post! We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher. Visit the following link for details. Deadline is November 30th. #chemjobs #chemsky euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/286939

Postdoctoral researcher post in the Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral researcher post in the Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry group led by Dr. Aidan McDonald based in the School of Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin, the Unive...

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www.change.org/p/stop-unive... This is my first post, and an important one! Our University Council meets on the 20th November. We have already received a lot of support, from Nobel prizewinners to recent students. Chemistry is a core STEM subject and an essential foundation of many others.

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