Acceleration Consortium
@accelerationc.bsky.social
We're a global community accelerating the discovery and design of wide range of new materials, from renewable energy to drugs. Led by Alán Aspuru-Guzik at the University of Toronto.
Two AC self-driving labs at @utoronto.ca + #UBC are reshaping how scientists purify chemicals, thanks to new NSERC Alliance funding and a partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb.
Read the full story: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/this-ch...
Read the full story: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/this-ch...
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Two AC self-driving labs at @utoronto.ca + #UBC are reshaping how scientists purify chemicals, thanks to new NSERC Alliance funding and a partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb.
Read the full story: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/this-ch...
Read the full story: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/this-ch...
We visited Chemical Valley in Sarnia, ON, to learn about the impact of petrochemical production on Indigenous lands. Led by Aamjiwnaang community members Vanessa Gray + Beze Gray, the tour emphasized the need for ethical, community-informed research: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/toxic-t...
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We visited Chemical Valley in Sarnia, ON, to learn about the impact of petrochemical production on Indigenous lands. Led by Aamjiwnaang community members Vanessa Gray + Beze Gray, the tour emphasized the need for ethical, community-informed research: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/toxic-t...
📅 Join us on Tue, Nov 18 (10–11 AM EST) for our final AC seminar of the semester. Tim Cernak of University of Michigan will present “Combinatorial explosion: from atom-bond arrangements to exotic diseases”🚀
Attend in person @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Attend in person @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
📅 Join us on Tue, Nov 18 (10–11 AM EST) for our final AC seminar of the semester. Tim Cernak of University of Michigan will present “Combinatorial explosion: from atom-bond arrangements to exotic diseases”🚀
Attend in person @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Attend in person @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Automation is reshaping research, but science education hasn’t kept up. Take a survey about the skills, competencies, and training needed for automated research labs: forms.gle/ZeDc2o33b1FR...
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Automation is reshaping research, but science education hasn’t kept up. Take a survey about the skills, competencies, and training needed for automated research labs: forms.gle/ZeDc2o33b1FR...
Congrats to AC staff scientist Joseph Brown on your upcoming new role as Assistant Prof in Biomolecular Science at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at U of T! We look forward to our continued collaboration and excited for you to embark on the next chapter of your research journey 🌱:•.🧪
We’re delighted to welcome Joseph S. Brown as Assistant Professor in Biomolecular Science. His research at the intersection of chemistry, biology, and #machinelearning is redefining peptide-based therapeutics: www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca/news-announc...
@utoronto.ca @accelerationc.bsky.social
@utoronto.ca @accelerationc.bsky.social
New faculty Joseph Brown will explore how AI can accelerate peptide-based drug design
The Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy welcomes Joseph S. Brown as Assistant Professor in Biomolecular Science, whose research combines chemistry, biology, and machine learning to accelerate the discovery...
www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Congrats to AC staff scientist Joseph Brown on your upcoming new role as Assistant Prof in Biomolecular Science at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at U of T! We look forward to our continued collaboration and excited for you to embark on the next chapter of your research journey 🌱:•.🧪
📅 Join us tomorrow (Nov 11):
RoboChem and the Rise of Intelligent Flow Chemistry
Timothy Noël, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Establishing the Data-Driven Organic Materials Lab
Martin Seifrid, 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
RoboChem and the Rise of Intelligent Flow Chemistry
Timothy Noël, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Establishing the Data-Driven Organic Materials Lab
Martin Seifrid, 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
📅 Join us tomorrow (Nov 11):
RoboChem and the Rise of Intelligent Flow Chemistry
Timothy Noël, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Establishing the Data-Driven Organic Materials Lab
Martin Seifrid, 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
RoboChem and the Rise of Intelligent Flow Chemistry
Timothy Noël, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Establishing the Data-Driven Organic Materials Lab
Martin Seifrid, 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Congrats to @aspuru.bsky.social (AC director, #UofT professor + #NVIDIA senior director), who has been named a #AI2050 Senior Fellow by #SchmidtSciences. Alán is one of 28 researchers who will receive >$18 million to advance research in beneficial #AI.
Read: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/alan-as...
Read: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/alan-as...
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Congrats to @aspuru.bsky.social (AC director, #UofT professor + #NVIDIA senior director), who has been named a #AI2050 Senior Fellow by #SchmidtSciences. Alán is one of 28 researchers who will receive >$18 million to advance research in beneficial #AI.
Read: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/alan-as...
Read: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/alan-as...
Nov 11, 11:30 AM EST: Join our next #ACSeminar ft. @tnoel82.bsky.social to learn about #RoboChem, an autonomous laboratory system that integrates flow reactors, real-time analytics, custom control software + machine learning algorithms.
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Nov 11, 11:30 AM EST: Join our next #ACSeminar ft. @tnoel82.bsky.social to learn about #RoboChem, an autonomous laboratory system that integrates flow reactors, real-time analytics, custom control software + machine learning algorithms.
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
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The legends are true - the new @accelerationc.bsky.social building being constructed in Toronto yesterday
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The legends are true - the new @accelerationc.bsky.social building being constructed in Toronto yesterday
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a Software Engineer! If you excel at collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, designing software architectures, developing code and creating solutions for challenging IT problems, we want to hear from you!
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
October 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a Software Engineer! If you excel at collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, designing software architectures, developing code and creating solutions for challenging IT problems, we want to hear from you!
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
🎧 #ICYMI, check out AC scientific leadership team member Jason Hattrick-Simpers in an ep of #CarryTheTwo podcast by IMSI Institute! He dives into how AI & automation are accelerating materials discovery & breakthroughs in health + tech.
🔗 www.imsi.institute/podcast/emer...
🔗 www.imsi.institute/podcast/emer...
Emerging Technologies Episode 4: Materials Science • IMSI
Databases, machine learning, and algorithms are accelerating materials science. Especially when publishing everything
www.imsi.institute
October 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🎧 #ICYMI, check out AC scientific leadership team member Jason Hattrick-Simpers in an ep of #CarryTheTwo podcast by IMSI Institute! He dives into how AI & automation are accelerating materials discovery & breakthroughs in health + tech.
🔗 www.imsi.institute/podcast/emer...
🔗 www.imsi.institute/podcast/emer...
Congratulations to our AC social science grant recipients who will be exploring the societal impacts of using AI and automation to speed up science.
Learn more about their research goals: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...
Learn more about their research goals: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...
October 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Congratulations to our AC social science grant recipients who will be exploring the societal impacts of using AI and automation to speed up science.
Learn more about their research goals: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...
Learn more about their research goals: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...
🤖 Can a robot do chemistry like a human?
Find out on Oct 15 @ 3PM EST with AC member
@aicooper.bsky.social of @liverpooluni.bsky.social at our next #ACSeminar! Learn how autonomous labs + AI are reinventing discovery.
Register to attend in person or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Find out on Oct 15 @ 3PM EST with AC member
@aicooper.bsky.social of @liverpooluni.bsky.social at our next #ACSeminar! Learn how autonomous labs + AI are reinventing discovery.
Register to attend in person or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
October 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🤖 Can a robot do chemistry like a human?
Find out on Oct 15 @ 3PM EST with AC member
@aicooper.bsky.social of @liverpooluni.bsky.social at our next #ACSeminar! Learn how autonomous labs + AI are reinventing discovery.
Register to attend in person or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Find out on Oct 15 @ 3PM EST with AC member
@aicooper.bsky.social of @liverpooluni.bsky.social at our next #ACSeminar! Learn how autonomous labs + AI are reinventing discovery.
Register to attend in person or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
#ICYMI: Check out our series on #womeninSTEM at
@utoronto.ca by @bme-uoft.bsky.social PhD students Meghan Rothenbroker & Ana-Maria Oproescu, with support from AC's EDI Initiate Grant 🚀
Meet Nasim Abdollahi, Carla Brown, Nandita Vijaykumar, and Marta Skreta: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/meet-th...
@utoronto.ca by @bme-uoft.bsky.social PhD students Meghan Rothenbroker & Ana-Maria Oproescu, with support from AC's EDI Initiate Grant 🚀
Meet Nasim Abdollahi, Carla Brown, Nandita Vijaykumar, and Marta Skreta: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/meet-th...
October 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#ICYMI: Check out our series on #womeninSTEM at
@utoronto.ca by @bme-uoft.bsky.social PhD students Meghan Rothenbroker & Ana-Maria Oproescu, with support from AC's EDI Initiate Grant 🚀
Meet Nasim Abdollahi, Carla Brown, Nandita Vijaykumar, and Marta Skreta: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/meet-th...
@utoronto.ca by @bme-uoft.bsky.social PhD students Meghan Rothenbroker & Ana-Maria Oproescu, with support from AC's EDI Initiate Grant 🚀
Meet Nasim Abdollahi, Carla Brown, Nandita Vijaykumar, and Marta Skreta: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/meet-th...
#UofT's Acceleration Consortium + #Unilever have teamed up to use self-driving labs to advance the science of submicron emulsions—found in personal care products like body washes, lotions + creams, as well as in pharma, agriculture, food + cosmetics. acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#UofT's Acceleration Consortium + #Unilever have teamed up to use self-driving labs to advance the science of submicron emulsions—found in personal care products like body washes, lotions + creams, as well as in pharma, agriculture, food + cosmetics. acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...
🧪 Can we teach a lab to design biomaterials on its own? Join us Sept 24, 11 AM EST for the next #ACSeminar with Adam Gormley of Rutgers University to learn more.
Register to attend for #free in person at University of Toronto or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Register to attend for #free in person at University of Toronto or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
September 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🧪 Can we teach a lab to design biomaterials on its own? Join us Sept 24, 11 AM EST for the next #ACSeminar with Adam Gormley of Rutgers University to learn more.
Register to attend for #free in person at University of Toronto or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Register to attend for #free in person at University of Toronto or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
#ACSeminar📣 Material Discovery in The World Avatar Sept 11, 11 AM EST
Join Markus Kraft of #CambridgeUniversity as he explores The World Avatar (TWA), a dynamic framework for material discovery and knowledge representation.
Attend for free at @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Join Markus Kraft of #CambridgeUniversity as he explores The World Avatar (TWA), a dynamic framework for material discovery and knowledge representation.
Attend for free at @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
September 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#ACSeminar📣 Material Discovery in The World Avatar Sept 11, 11 AM EST
Join Markus Kraft of #CambridgeUniversity as he explores The World Avatar (TWA), a dynamic framework for material discovery and knowledge representation.
Attend for free at @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Join Markus Kraft of #CambridgeUniversity as he explores The World Avatar (TWA), a dynamic framework for material discovery and knowledge representation.
Attend for free at @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a #SoftwareEngineer to manage and optimize our software infrastructure to support high-impact research projects at at the Acceleration Consortium🚀
Learn more + apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Learn more + apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
August 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a #SoftwareEngineer to manage and optimize our software infrastructure to support high-impact research projects at at the Acceleration Consortium🚀
Learn more + apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Learn more + apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
We're thrilled to announce the winners of the Accelerate Conference 2025 poster competition:
🥇 1st: Florian Boser, Universität Münster
🥈 2nd: Xu Chen, @utoronto.ca
🥉 3rd: Joy-Lynn Kobti, University of Windsor
Thanks to Digital Discovery for generously sponsoring this year’s poster prizes!
🥇 1st: Florian Boser, Universität Münster
🥈 2nd: Xu Chen, @utoronto.ca
🥉 3rd: Joy-Lynn Kobti, University of Windsor
Thanks to Digital Discovery for generously sponsoring this year’s poster prizes!
August 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We're thrilled to announce the winners of the Accelerate Conference 2025 poster competition:
🥇 1st: Florian Boser, Universität Münster
🥈 2nd: Xu Chen, @utoronto.ca
🥉 3rd: Joy-Lynn Kobti, University of Windsor
Thanks to Digital Discovery for generously sponsoring this year’s poster prizes!
🥇 1st: Florian Boser, Universität Münster
🥈 2nd: Xu Chen, @utoronto.ca
🥉 3rd: Joy-Lynn Kobti, University of Windsor
Thanks to Digital Discovery for generously sponsoring this year’s poster prizes!
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What a catch! 🎣
Huge congratulations to @boser-florian.bsky.social for winning the first place poster prize at this year’s @accelerationc.bsky.social Conference in Toronto awarded by @digital-discovery.rsc.org! 🥇
Thanks to the judges & organizers! #Accelerate2025
doi.org/10.1039/D4DD...
Huge congratulations to @boser-florian.bsky.social for winning the first place poster prize at this year’s @accelerationc.bsky.social Conference in Toronto awarded by @digital-discovery.rsc.org! 🥇
Thanks to the judges & organizers! #Accelerate2025
doi.org/10.1039/D4DD...
August 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What a catch! 🎣
Huge congratulations to @boser-florian.bsky.social for winning the first place poster prize at this year’s @accelerationc.bsky.social Conference in Toronto awarded by @digital-discovery.rsc.org! 🥇
Thanks to the judges & organizers! #Accelerate2025
doi.org/10.1039/D4DD...
Huge congratulations to @boser-florian.bsky.social for winning the first place poster prize at this year’s @accelerationc.bsky.social Conference in Toronto awarded by @digital-discovery.rsc.org! 🥇
Thanks to the judges & organizers! #Accelerate2025
doi.org/10.1039/D4DD...
#JOB OPP: We’re hiring a Staff Scientist (Machine Learning Specialist) to join our Human Organ Mimicry Self-Driving Lab. Leverage your expertise in machine learning (ML) and computational biology to drive innovation in cutting-edge scientific research.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
August 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#JOB OPP: We’re hiring a Staff Scientist (Machine Learning Specialist) to join our Human Organ Mimicry Self-Driving Lab. Leverage your expertise in machine learning (ML) and computational biology to drive innovation in cutting-edge scientific research.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a Training Lead at the Acceleration Consortium. You’ll design and deliver training programs for students, faculty + industry partners at the intersection of machine learning, robotics, lab automation + materials discovery.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
August 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a Training Lead at the Acceleration Consortium. You’ll design and deliver training programs for students, faculty + industry partners at the intersection of machine learning, robotics, lab automation + materials discovery.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a #DataEngineer to manage and optimize data infrastructure to support research projects at
U of T's Acceleration Consortium.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
U of T's Acceleration Consortium.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
August 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a #DataEngineer to manage and optimize data infrastructure to support research projects at
U of T's Acceleration Consortium.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
U of T's Acceleration Consortium.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Are you at the @accelerationc.bsky.social Conference in Toronto? Did you catch Siwoo Lee presenting on "MuAPBEK: An Improved Analytical Kinetic Energy Density Functional For Quantum Chemistry"? 🐯 #ACConference #Vertaix
Check out the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2505.04559
Check out the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2505.04559
August 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Are you at the @accelerationc.bsky.social Conference in Toronto? Did you catch Siwoo Lee presenting on "MuAPBEK: An Improved Analytical Kinetic Energy Density Functional For Quantum Chemistry"? 🐯 #ACConference #Vertaix
Check out the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2505.04559
Check out the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2505.04559
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Glorius Group on tour in Toronto! 🇨🇦🧳
Happy to see our Data Science team discussing the lab of the future at #Accelerate2025 🦾🧪.
Special thanks to all organizers from the @accelerationc.bsky.social!
#Closingtheloop #Chemistry
Happy to see our Data Science team discussing the lab of the future at #Accelerate2025 🦾🧪.
Special thanks to all organizers from the @accelerationc.bsky.social!
#Closingtheloop #Chemistry
August 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Glorius Group on tour in Toronto! 🇨🇦🧳
Happy to see our Data Science team discussing the lab of the future at #Accelerate2025 🦾🧪.
Special thanks to all organizers from the @accelerationc.bsky.social!
#Closingtheloop #Chemistry
Happy to see our Data Science team discussing the lab of the future at #Accelerate2025 🦾🧪.
Special thanks to all organizers from the @accelerationc.bsky.social!
#Closingtheloop #Chemistry