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UCL East #Postgraduate Open Evening, #lab tours are always our favourite πŸ§ͺ🀩
UCL East #Postgraduate Open Evening, #lab tours are always our favourite πŸ§ͺ🀩 YouTube video by UCL Mathematical and Physical Sciences

UCL East #Postgraduate Open Evening - hope you have explored your options and have seen what this campus has to offer, #lab tours are always our favourite! πŸ§ͺ🀩 www.youtube.com/shorts/F3MRS...

#UCL #UniversityCollegeLondon #masters #StudyUCL @uclchemistry.bsky.social @uclengineering.bsky.social

04.03.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New paper! Active Droplets: Active, Adaptive, Autonomous.

Me, Rob Malinowski, and Giorgio Volpe pitch droplets as energy converting systems that act collectively.

Out in @epljournal.bsky.social

@uclchemistry.bsky.social and @livunisps.bsky.social.

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#chemsky

05.03.2026 08:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Dr Palomas shares his favourite aspect of MSc #Sustainable #Chemistry course βš—οΈ
Dr Palomas shares his favourite aspect of MSc #Sustainable #Chemistry course βš—οΈ YouTube video by UCL Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Learn more about MSc #Sustainable #Chemistry and explore modern labs and state-of-the-art facilities at the UCL East Postgraduate Open Evening on Weds 25 Feb 5-7:30pm! www.youtube.com/shorts/GA3S6...

Register now: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

@uclchemistry.bsky.social @davidpalomas.bsky.social

24.02.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sneak peak into Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL East used by MSc Sustainable Chemistry students πŸ§ͺ
Sneak peak into Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL East used by MSc Sustainable Chemistry students πŸ§ͺ YouTube video by UCL Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Meet MSc #Sustainable #Chemistry course staff and get a tour of Manufacturing Futures Lab at at the UCL East Postgraduate Open Evening on Weds 25 Feb 5-7:30pm! πŸ—“οΈ www.youtube.com/shorts/XYdwk...

Register here: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

@uclchemistry.bsky.social

20.02.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Immersive event to celebrate 200 years of chemistry at UCL Experiments from the Victoria era will be recreated in the Bloomsbury Theatre at an event celebrating 200 years of chemistry at UCL.

Come to Bloomsbury Theatre to celebrate 200 years of UCL Chemistry! This immersive event will feature talks, short films, and the re-creation of Victorian-era experiments @uclchemistry.bsky.social. Tickets: www.bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/0...

17.02.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chemistry professor honoured with science diplomacy award Professor Sir Richard Catlow (UCL Chemistry) has been recognised by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his outstanding diplomatic efforts in the field of science.

Congratulations to Professor Sir Richard Catlow @uclchemistry.bsky.social @uclmaps.bsky.social for his @aaas.org award recognising his outstanding diplomatic efforts in the field of science www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...

13.02.2026 09:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us on Weds 25 Feb to explore our innovative MSc #Sustainable #Chemistry and MSc Advanced #Materials #Science programmes offered at UCL East! πŸ§‘β€πŸ”¬ Discover specialist teaching spaces and speak to world-leading academics and current students: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

@uclchemistry.bsky.social

12.02.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Nobel Prize winning moment at UCL Illuminate!

12.02.2026 10:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BBC Audio | Unexpected Elements | Let the games begin How did one extra stitch cause a ski jumping scandal? -- Physics.

The Winter Olympics and ice. Listen to me on BBC’s Unexpected Elements discussing ice. ❄️ www.bbc.com/audio/play/w... @uclchemistry.bsky.social

12.02.2026 07:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chemistry professor honoured with science diplomacy award Professor Sir Richard Catlow (UCL Chemistry) has been recognised by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his outstanding diplomatic efforts in the field of science.

Congratulations to Prof. Sir Richard Catlow, recognised by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his outstanding diplomatic efforts in the field of science.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...

11.02.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Not only it’s UCL’s 200th birthday, it’s also International Day of Women and Girls in Science! πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬
Not only it’s UCL’s 200th birthday, it’s also International Day of Women and Girls in Science! πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬ YouTube video by UCL Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Not only it’s UCL's 200th birthday, it’s also #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience! πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬We asked some of our #WomenInScience to go back in time and give themselves an advice in pursuing #science: www.youtube.com/shorts/TgRpC...

#WomeninSTEM #IDWGS @uclrdr.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social

11.02.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Dr Paola Pinilla and Dr Michael Booth

Dr Paola Pinilla and Dr Michael Booth

Congratulations to Dr Paola Pinilla @uclmaps.bsky.social and @drmikebooth.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social on being named finalists in the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK for their work on planet-forming discs and on new ways to use DNA in medicine www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...

10.02.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Image of all the finalists for the Blavatnik Awards in the UK, which includes my face!!!

Image of all the finalists for the Blavatnik Awards in the UK, which includes my face!!!

Exciting news: I've been selected as a Finalist for the Blavatnik Awards in the UK 🧬 πŸ₯³

This is an incredible honour and I'm thankful to all my past and present group members, whom I have had the privilege to work with, and my collaborators and mentors
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

10.02.2026 10:46 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Congratulations to our former Foreign Secretaries, Sir Richard Catlow FRS and Sir Martyn Poliakoff FRS, for being awarded the 2026 David and Betty Hamburg Award for Science Diplomacy from the AAAS for their work building global networks promoting scientific collaboration. https://bit.ly/46J1XsL

10.02.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Women in Photochemistry Symposium 2026 Join us for an afternoon of inspiring talks and networking at the Women in Photochemistry Symposium!

My colleague Helen Fielding is organising the 2026 Women in Photochemistry Symposium at @uclchemistry.bsky.social on Wednesday the 4th of March with talks by Susannah-Bourne-Worster (Durham), Maria Sanz (King's College) and Marsha Lester (UPenn).

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-p...

#chemsky

03.02.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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@ucl.ac.uk is marking its 200th birthday this year & with #chemistry as one of the 1st subjects offered, we're announcing our 1st faculty flagship event on Thu 19 Mar! Join us on an immersive journey through the dynamic history of @uclchemistry.bsky.social: www.bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/0...

03.02.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Particle microfluidics group now recruiting

Particle microfluidics group now recruiting

4-year joint international #PhD project is available in my group at @uclchemistry.bsky.social in collaboration with A*STAR Singapore to work on Integrated Capillary Microfluidics for POCT.
Topics: #biosensing, #nanoparticles, #microfluidics, lateral flow assays.
More info πŸ‘‰ lnkd.in/epDSnD-s

19.01.2026 12:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#Graduate open events are taking place this Jan & Feb:
🟣 online open days;
🟣 in-person open evening;
🟣 risk, disaster & humanitarian careers event.

Browse/register now: bit.ly/4pt3PMM.

@uclrdr.bsky.social @stsucl.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social @statisticsucl.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social

08.01.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
CrystEngComm  inside front cover for vol 28, issue 1.

CrystEngComm inside front cover for vol 28, issue 1.

πŸ”“Take a look at the work behind this week's inside front cover by Jeremy K. Cockcroft and colleagues in which they explore non-covalent interactions in binary aromatic complexes. πŸ’‘πŸ‘‡

πŸ”— doi.org/10.1039/D5CE...
πŸ“ @uclchemistry.bsky.social πŸ§ͺ

08.01.2026 09:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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RECOMPENSE project The RECOMPENSE project addresses the challenge of recycling polystyrene (PS) waste generated in laboratories, which contributes significantly to global plastic pollution. With only 1% of PS being recy...

What makes this special?

πŸ‘©β€πŸŽ“ Co-created with MSc students at @uclchemistry.bsky.social
πŸ“š Builds practical skills + systems thinking
🌍 Open science resources for global classrooms
Students aren’t just learning. They are co-authors of solutions.

▢️ Videos: www.youtube.com/@RECOMPENSEp...

06.01.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Sneak peak into Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL East used by MSc Sustainable Chemistry students πŸ§ͺ
Sneak peak into Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL East used by MSc Sustainable Chemistry students πŸ§ͺ YouTube video by UCL Mathematical and Physical Sciences

#MAPSAdvent2025 Day 17 πŸŽ„ Sneak peak into multidisciplinary Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL East that's used by MSc Sustainable Chemistry students: www.youtube.com/shorts/XYdwk...

@uclchemistry.bsky.social #chemistry #lab #laboratory #UCLEast #StudyUCL #sustainable #sustainability

17.12.2025 14:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Individual phosphorene nanoribbons

Individual phosphorene nanoribbons

On Day 16 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we highlight the discovery of #phosphorene #nanoribbons and their potential for next-generation #electronics (a study involving Professor Chris Howard of UCL Physics & Astronomy and Dr @clancylab.bsky.social of @uclchemistry.bsky.social): www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...

16.12.2025 14:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New pre-print! Giorgio Volpe, Rob Malinowski, and myself discuss the possibilities of making materials from droplets that can move, process information, and make decisions collectively.

@livunisps.bsky.social
@uclchemistry.bsky.social

arxiv.org/abs/2512.13425

#chemsky

16.12.2025 10:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Kathleen Lonsdale’s student Prof Mike Glazer, Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS

Kathleen Lonsdale’s student Prof Mike Glazer, Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS

Videographer, Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS looking at a journal

Videographer, Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS looking at a journal

Images of Kathleen Lonsdale laid out on a table

Images of Kathleen Lonsdale laid out on a table

On Day 12 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we share some #BTS from The Royal Society’s documentary on #KathleenLonsdale filmed at @ucl.ac.uk & featuring Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS & Kathleen Lonsdale’s student Prof Mike Glazer πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwcf....

12.12.2025 13:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Day 7 #MAPSAdvent2025: highlighting the Symposium in honour of Prof Ivan Parkin’s 60th birthday πŸ₯³
Day 7 #MAPSAdvent2025: highlighting the Symposium in honour of Prof Ivan Parkin’s 60th birthday πŸ₯³ YouTube video by UCL Mathematical and Physical Sciences

This year the Dean of our Faculty Prof Ivan Parkin celebrated his 60th birthday πŸ₯³ On Day 7 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we’re sharing the celebratory Symposium where Prof Parkin presented his adventures & discoveries in #chemistry & #MaterialsScience: www.youtube.com/shorts/Msw4E...

@uclchemistry.bsky.social

07.12.2025 11:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Day 5 #MAPSAdvent2025: we look back at 1 of our favourite summer events, #undergraduate #OpenDays 🀩
Day 5 #MAPSAdvent2025: we look back at 1 of our favourite summer events, #undergraduate #OpenDays 🀩 YouTube video by UCL Mathematical and Physical Sciences

On Day 5 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we look back at one of our favourite summer events - #undergraduate #OpenDays 🀩 www.youtube.com/shorts/p1s6H...

#UCLOpenDays #OpenDay #StudyUCL #campus #study #class #lab @uclchemistry.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social

05.12.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On Day 3 of #MAPSAdvent2025 we're looking back at the annual Technical Staff Showcase 🌎 Pictured are just some of the cutting-edge research and equipment from our amazing UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory and UCL Chemistry techs! Always inspiring ✨

@uclchemistry.bsky.social #space #science

03.12.2025 15:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Research Fellow in Theoretical Quantum Chemistry at UCL Apply now for the Research Fellow in Theoretical Quantum Chemistry role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

Are you looking for an exciting project to develop novel wavefunction theory for open-shell ground and excited states in molecules?

We have an postdoctoral opening at @uclchemistry.bsky.social. Deadline 15-Dec-25.

Find out more at www.hughburton.com

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPR288/r...

02.12.2025 14:55 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#Phd project available to join my group and Prof Nguyen T.K. Thanh's group at @uclchemistry.bsky.social
on the #CDT in #Engineering Solutions for #Antimicrobial #Resistance to work on electrokinetic and plasmonic technologies for lateral flow assays.

shorturl.at/XxeXA

Apply by 12th Jan

03.12.2025 11:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
PET-CT scan. Green arrow points to area over-producing aldosterone.

PET-CT scan. Green arrow points to area over-producing aldosterone.

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A speedy new scan, developed by Prof Erik Arstad @uclmedsci.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social and colleagues and described in a @nejm.org research letter, reveals overactivity in adrenal glands and could improve how millions with high blood pressure are treated www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/no...

27.11.2025 11:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0