Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Wesley browne
@wesleybrowne.bsky.social
Professor in chemistry - like shooting lasers and electrocuting stuff. Views are generally not thought through very well.
Dalton Transactions congratulates all the prize winners at the recent @eurobic18.bsky.social! Full list of RSC poster prize winners (sponsored by Dalton Transactions, @chemcomm.rsc.org and @rscadvances.rsc.org) Zhen Xuan Wong Michael Mertens Mariia Iakovleva Congratulations to our winners!
This year’s #EuroBIC Medal recipient, Prof. Dr. Anna Peacock @peacockgroup.bsky.social (University of Birmingham), delivered an outstanding plenary lecture entitled “Twisting the Toolbox: Coiled-Coil Ligands for MRI Contrast Agents and Beyond.” Many congratulations!
A fantastic week at @eurobic18.bsky.social in Groningen! It was a great pleasure to present my latest research and also to help behind the scenes as part of the conference support team. This was also a very good opportunity to reconnect with friends, collaborators, and colleagues.
That’s a wrap on EuroBIC 18! 🎉 An unforgettable week of outstanding science and inspiring discussions in Groningen. Thank you to all speakers, participants, sponsors, exhibitors, helpers, and everyone who helped make EuroBIC 18 such a success. See you at EuroBIC 19 in Lisbon 🇵🇹 in 2 years!
A fitting finale to EuroBIC 18! ✨ Set in the beautiful surroundings of Coendersborg, the Gala Dinner was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate an inspiring week and enjoy the company of colleagues and friends from across our community. Thank you to everyone who made it such a memorable evening!
Is was our absolute pleasure to help organise the @eurobic18.bsky.social together with Sylvestre Bonnet @unileiden.bsky.social. Special thanks to @wesleybrowne.bsky.social and everyone from @stratinghinst.bsky.social @rug.nl who contributed to a very successful and stimulating week at #EuroBIC18!
RSC Deputy Editor, Emily, is currently at EuroBIC18 in Groningen! If you're attending the conference, be sure to call by our stand to chat with Emily about publishing with Dalton Transactions! 👋
The second day of the conference has come to a close after a full schedule of parallel sessions covering topics ranging from NMR spectroscopy and metalloproteins to artificial metalloenzymes, metals in medicine, and bio-inspired inorganic chemistry.
Troublesome day for the 13yo, now she's safe & sound with the nonnas 🙏🏻 Off to Groningen! #EuroBic18
Welcome to the official BS page of the 18th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EuroBIC 18), taking place in Groningen, the Netherlands 🇳🇱, from July 12–16, 2026. See you next week! Visit eurobic18.eu for the full programme, schedule, travel information, and other practical details.
On the @bahne.de train again, heading to Groningen, for #isop2026, where photochromists will meet isop2026.eu
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Eurobic18.eu is only 3 weeks away😥 have to send far too many emails.....and get the coffee ordered.
EuroBIC 18
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PhD proposal at Chimie ParisTech / PSL University, as part of the 2026 call for PR[AI]RIE-PSAI funding: “Discovery of novel mechanical metamaterials using generative methods”. Deadline for application: May 15, 2026. Contact me for details. www.coudert.name/tmp/PhD_posi...
![PhD proposal at Chimie ParisTech / PSL University
2026 call for PR[AI]RIE-PSAI funding
Discovery of novel mechanical metamaterials using generative AI
Start date: 1st October 2026
Supervisor: François-Xavier Coudert fx.coudert@chimieparistech.psl.eu
Research group: This project will take place in the Coudert group at Institut de Recherche de
Chimie Paris. Visit https://www.coudert.name to learn more about our research activities.
Location. PSL University has a long tradition in teaching and research excellence. Our team is
located at Chimie ParisTech in the center of Paris, at the heart of the “Quartier Latin”, the lively
and cultural university district.
Candidate profile. We welcome candidates with a strong data science background, who want
to learn materials chemistry, as well as candidates with a chemistry or materials sciences
background, who want to learn data science skills. Applications will be judged based on
scholarly excellence, and experience of international mobility will be considered.
Context. This project is within the framework of the PR[AI]RIE-PSAI program of PSL University.
See more at https://prairie-institute.fr
How to apply? By email to François-Xavier Coudert fx.coudert@chimieparistech.psl.eu
Please provide the following:
- CV detailing your training, as well as previous research experience (internships, projects, etc.)
- One-page motivation letter, describing the applicant's ambitions for the subject described
and the relevance of the application to the subject description
- A copy of your most recent diplomas
Deadline. Applications should be sent before May 15. Funding decisions will be made by
PR[AI]RIE-PSAI in a two-stage selection procedure: first stage May 30, second stage June 15.
Non-discrimination, openness and transparency. All PR[AI]RIE-PSAI partners are committed to
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The HU Executive Board calls for solidarity with the University of Belgrade
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Don't miss your chance to sign up for a fantastic conference with a great lineup! You still have a chance until 15 April. Join us in Groningen #ISOP2026 #photochemistry
Wesley browne@wesleybrowne.bsky.social · 5mo agoAlmost Final call for oral abstracts for ISOP 2026! Join us in Groningen on 6–9 July for four days of exciting photochromism, discussion and networking. 🌐 isop2026.eu 🗓 Oral abstracts will continue to be considered until 15 April #ISOP2026 #Photochemistry #MolecularSwitches #ChemSky
Almost Final call for oral abstracts for ISOP 2026! Join us in Groningen on 6–9 July for four days of exciting photochromism, discussion and networking. 🌐 isop2026.eu 🗓 Oral abstracts will continue to be considered until 15 April #ISOP2026 #Photochemistry #MolecularSwitches #ChemSky
⏰ Deadline approaching! The 15 March deadline for submitting abstracts for oral communications to EuroBIC18 is fast approaching! We are excited to announce an outstanding lineup of plenary and keynote speakers – check them out on our website: 🌐 eurobic18.eu
Registration and abstract submission is open for eurobic18.eu. Hopefully we see all of you (bio)inorganic chemists in Groningen - the coolest place to be in Europe this summer (and probably also a bit wet but fantastic speakers!).
Industry/academia projects can be viewed as too applied, but that is not my experience. Interested in Raman microscopy of liquid crystal based display cells (who wouldn't be) then we found a neat solution to finding the bottom - the hard part is staying there doi.org/10.1039/D5CP... #chemsky #LC
Internal reference for determining liquid crystal orientation at alignment layers in liquid crystal cells by confocal polarised Raman microscopy
The transmission of light through liquid crystal (LC) displays is controlled by reversible switching of the alignment of a mesogen using electric fields. In the absence of an electric field, the orien...
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🥳🥳🥳 Our study on engineering enzymes to break C–F bonds is out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. Congrats to the brilliant & dedicated @suzannejansen.bsky.social for taking this step toward the remediation of #PFAS & other contaminating organofluorides! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Engineering Fluoroacetate Dehalogenase by Growth‐Based Selections on Non‐Natural Organofluorides
We present a high-throughput selection system to engineer fluoroacetate dehalogenases (FAcDs). By challenging E. coli populations that produce diverse FAcD libraries to grow on non-natural organofluo....
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Open Call: Ikerbasque Fellows (5-year senior postdoc): • any discipline • applicants must have their PhD completed between 01/01/2015 and 31/12/2023 calls.ikerbasque.net
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The Basque Government created Ikerbasque, a Foundation that primarily aims to help develop scientific research in the Basque Country by attracting researchers and helping them establish themselves
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Registration and abstract submission is open for eurobic18.eu. Hopefully we see all of you (bio)inorganic chemists in Groningen - the coolest place to be in Europe this summer (and probably also a bit wet but fantastic speakers!).
EuroBIC18 registration and abstract submission is open now. Hope to see all the bioinorganic community in Groningen next July! www.eurobic19.eu #chemistry #eurobic #ecostbio
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My colleague @silviaosuna.bsky.social has two fully funded #PhD positions available: 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 www.linkedin.com/posts/s%C3%A...
Two fully funded PhD positions (MSCA Doctoral Networks, Horizon Europe) at our group at IQCC, University of Girona (Spain) Many high-value molecules in pharma, agrochemicals, and materials rely on… |...
Two fully funded PhD positions (MSCA Doctoral Networks, Horizon Europe) at our group at IQCC, University of Girona (Spain) Many high-value molecules in pharma, agrochemicals, and materials rely on ch...
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