#WesternU researchers secured $19M in NSERC Discovery Grants for long-term projects that drive breakthroughs in areas like sustainable energy, ecological resiliency and safer AI. Learn how they're turning curiosity into solutions and shaping Canada's future. #AllinWesternU

NSERC Discovery Grants for Western researchers: $19M - Western News

NSERC Discovery Grants totaling $19 million have been awarded to Western University researchers working on innovative science and engineering projects.

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"Dual Activation of H2 and CO2 by a Pincer-type Ni–Zn Heterobimetallic Complex" is open access (OA) at Angewandte. Special congrats to Krishnendu on his first paper! Funded by DFG and OA made possible by Projekt Deal. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses Canada men’s soccer team after their 6-0 win against Qatar in Vancouver. What an inspiring message from an inspiring leader. 🥹 LETS GOOOO CANADA 🇨🇦 ALLEZ CANADA🇨🇦 🎥 Credit CANMNT_Official via 𝕏 ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️

🚀 Grateful to be working alongside this wonderful group of talented team members! Welcome to Laura from Cardiff & Dante from UBC-O who are joining us for the Summer! ☀️

A [Cu-4Fe-4S] cluster? Yep, you read that right! We report a new bioinorganic motif in an acetol dehydrogenase and characterized it with our wonderful collaborators from @ribesresearch.bsky.social @lmu.de @cutsail-lab.bsky.social @ksgchem.bsky.social @mpi-mr.bsky.social @hhu.de 🧪 #chemsky

bioRxiv Biochemistry@biorxiv-biochem.bsky.social · 2mo ago

An Unprecedented [Cu 4Fe 4S] Cluster in a Methanotroph Acetol Dehydrogenase https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.11.731722v1

Discovery and characterization of a nickel enzyme family that catalyses intermolecular hydride shuttling #chemsky

Discovery and characterization of a nickel enzyme family that catalyses intermolecular hydride shuttling

Nature Chemistry, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41557-026-02184-9There is limited understanding of nickel-catalysed chemistry in nature. Now a bioinformatic pipeline reveals a structurally distinct family of nickel pincer nucleotide-dependent enzymes. Nickel pincer hydride transferase (NphT) was found to catalyse intermolecular hydride transfer by characterizing its crystal structure, conducting structure-guided mutagenesis and measuring its capacity to disproportionate sugars.

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Western University: Chemistry - Assistant Professor, Term (Corrosion and Materials Degradation/Performance) https://chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/2026/05/western-university-chemistry-assistant.html

Western University: Canada Research Chair (CRC) Tier 1 in Mass Spectrometry ‘Omics for Novel Therapeutics Women and Members of Gender Equity-Seeking Groups https://chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/2026/06/western-university-canada-research.html

Looking forward to hosting Antoine Simonneau today from the LCC CNRS in Toulouse! @lcc-smac.bsky.social

🚀 🔥 Great CSC meeting in Toronto this week! Thanks to all the organizers, volunteers, and sponsors — especially those of the General Inorganic Division: Organometallics, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Dalton Transactions, and Western Chemistry! @western-chemistry.bsky.social @westernu.ca

Excited to be amongst this year’s funded NFRF-E projects!

Western University@westernu.ca · 3mo ago

From greenhouse sensors to 'smart' mobility devices, #WesternU researchers are using technology to put people first and incorporate lived experience into their solutions. Four projects across disciplines received federal funding to advance inclusive innovation. #NFRF #AllinWesternU

Looking forward to the Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) meeting in Toronto next week. If you're around, many of the group are attending - be sure to say hi! 👏

Awesome to meet! Thanks for the great day and for all the discussions! 🍺

KretschmerLab @kretschmerlab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

After @wpiers.bsky.social and Muralee Murugesu, @marcuswdrover.bsky.social showed which great chemistry is done in Canada. Thanks for visiting #CHEMnitz and your fantastic talk

Great time this week visiting colleagues and students at LIKAT, FU Berlin and HU Berlin! Next up, Chemnitz and Wurzburg, then back to 🇨🇦! Thanks to 🇩🇪 for the awesome science and hospitality so far!!!

🚨 I’m looking for a PhD student to join my group at @leicesterchem.bsky.social as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA). Project on Ti complexes for CO2 valorisation & sustainable materials. #organometallics #catalysis Full training provided. Deadline 22 June. Start Sept 2026. le.ac.uk/study/resear...

Chemistry Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD | Postgraduate research | University of Leicester

4 year Graduate Teaching Assistant PhD in Chemistry. University of Leicester

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🚀 Our team's latest: "A Dual-Metal Strategy for N-Heterocycle Coordination Using Nickel and Aluminum” Now out in @chemcomm.rsc.org Work done by PhD student, Gabe! 💪 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

The latest from the Gilliard and Cummins Labs....on the synthesis and reactivity of dioxaboriranes is now online in @natchem.nature.com (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)! Chonghe synthesized a series of unusual boron-O2 compounds, formed by N2 exchange from diazoboranes! @gilliardgroup.bsky.social

Reactions of diazoboranes with oxygen enables the synthesis and isolation of dioxaboriranes - Nature Chemistry

Cyclic peroxides are highly reactive oxygen-containing species that play important roles in chemical synthesis. Now, the reaction between diazoboranes and triplet oxygen affords a family of cyclic dio...

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"You truly made my love for chemistry flourish." That's the impact of an engaging educator who's all in for their students.💜🎉👏Congratulations to the dedicated #WesternU faculty recognized with the 2025-2026 Western Awards for Excellence in Teaching.

Western Awards for Excellence in Teaching celebrate dedicated, creative faculty - Western News

Eight faculty members are being recognized for their contributions to students’ academic development, with the Western Awards for Excellence in Teaching.

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Please RT! The Dept of Chemistry at UC Irvine invites applications for a tenured faculty position in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Deadline: July 1, 2026. More information about the position can be found here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10109 @uciphyssci.bsky.social

Professor in Synthetic Organic Chemistry

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

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Headed to Germany in early May to give a few talks (Rostock, Berlin, Würzburg) - have a few unscheduled days, would be great to meet folks, while I’m around! Shoot me an email :)

🖊️ 🚀 Our latest @chemistryeurope.bsky.social article, led by Dina: "An Electron-Poor Nickel Diphosphine Complex: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Ni(dFppe)2", now out in CEJ. 👏 Check it out! tinyurl.com/5ef3axbs

👏 Congrats to Alex on delivering an awesome 4491 thesis presentation! @western-chemistry.bsky.social @westernu.ca

Inorganic and organometallic chemists — Avogadro 2.0 is for you... A new template tool lets you build octahedral, tetrahedral, and other complexes in seconds. Click to add functional groups. Avogadro also detects symmetry and displays symmetry elements #compchem #openscience #opensource

🚀 Our latest review: "Optical Detection of Hydrogen Gas using Organic Dyes and Metal-Based Activators: A Review” w/ @simonrondeaugagne.bsky.social ✏️ & our first article in - @rscsustainability.rsc.org! 🍃 Work led by PhD student, Mark Potter! 💪 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

⭐🏆 Congrats to @marcuswdrover.bsky.social - recipient of the 2025 Chemistry Excellence Research Award! Marcus delivered his award lecture this past Wednesday! @westernu.ca @westernuresearch.bsky.social

'The Effect of Exogenous Acid Identity on Iron Tetraphenylporphyrin-Catalyzed CO2 Reduction' from Inorganic Chemistry is currently free to read as an #ACSEditorsChoice. 📖 Read the article: buff.ly/Mi2vnlG

Congrats to Alex for Best Oral Presentation by a Student in the Inorganic Division! 👏

Western Chemistry Department@western-chemistry.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚀 Congrats to all of our 4th year 4491 thesis students—special shout out to the 6 who took home awards for their outstanding presentations at SOUSCC 2026! 🎉

🚨 Our dept. is hiring an X-ray Facility Manager / Research Scientist. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a state-of-the-art X-ray facility (SCXRD/PXRD). Reach out if you have any questions! 💼 Apply here: lnkd.in/eYnH-j23

🌊🌊 Our latest @chemcomm.rsc.org Journal cover - a Rh-boraindene complex catches some waves for Issue 21! Credit to artist, Renee Man for the design! 🔗 OA article here: lnkd.in/gerrq2yB

🚀 Our latest: "Backbone Deprotonation Defines a Hidden Decomposition Pathway of Diphosphine Ligands” Now out in @chemcomm.rsc.org! Work done by graduate student, Logan Taylor! 💪 @western-chemistry.bsky.social 🔗 url: lnkd.in/eT5bgjdP