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Natural Product Reports @natprodreports.rsc.org · Aug 19

Don't miss in our latest issue this review, part of our 40th anniversary collection, from Wen Liu & co. at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry looking at the PTM enzymes that remodel RiPP backbones #secmet #naturalproducts

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Remodeling of ribosomally synthesized peptide backbones based on posttranslational modifications

Covering: 2013–2024 Benefiting significantly from recent advances in genome mining, ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptide (RiPP) natural products have emerged as a source…

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Natural Product Reports @natprodreports.rsc.org · Aug 26

Take a look in our latest issue at a Highlight by Chungwoo Lee & Sunkyu Han discussing the discovery, structure revision, synthesis and application of all known and even unknown securingine alkaloids #naturalproducts

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Discovery, structure revision, synthesis, and application of all known and even unknown securingine alkaloids

Covering: up to 2025 Natural product-based research encompasses the discovery, structure elucidation, biosynthesis, synthesis, and application of naturally occurring secondary metabolites.…

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RSC Medicinal Chemistry @rscmedchem.rsc.org · Aug 26

Next up in the RSC Medicinal Chemistry Editor's Choice collection are Cynthia Dowd's chosen articles!

Be sure to read our blog to see what she chose and why 👉 blogs.rsc.org/md/2025/08/2...

And scan the QR code to see our collection as it grows👀

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Sustainable Energy & Fuels @sef-journal.rsc.org · Jun 25

Hello BlueSky and #ChemSky community! For our first post, we are delighted to welcome our new @sef-journal.rsc.org Editor-in-Chief Karen Wilson @profkwilson1971.bsky.social! 🎉

Find out more about Karen on our website ➡️ www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

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#RSCEnergy #Energy #Catalysis
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Sustainable Energy & Fuels published by the Royal Society of Chemistry has a new Editor-in-Chief Karen Wilson, Griffith University, Australia

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Shah @drabshah.bsky.social · May 14

My wonderful review article in Natural Product Reports @natprodreports.rsc.org #rsc #humanmicrobiota #microbiome #peptides
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Human microbiota peptides: important roles in human health

Covering: 1974 to 2024 Human microbiota consist of a diverse array of microorganisms, such as bacteria, Eukarya, archaea, and viruses, which populate various parts of the human body and live in ...

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Environmental Science @envsci.rsc.org · May 12

If you are at #SETACVienna this week please stop by and say "Hi" to Lauren at The RSC Stand, Lauren will be happy to talk about all things publishing at the RSC.
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Check Mondays schedule 👉 bit.ly/3YESEGy
#SETACEurope #EnvironmentalScience #EnvSci #ChemSky #EnvironmentalSky

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Natural Product Reports @natprodreports.rsc.org · Apr 9

🎉We were delighted to present the 2025 Natural Product Reports Emerging Investigator Lectureship to @ntiekfidele.bsky.social from the University of Buea at the Drug Discovery Africa 2025 conference last month! #chemsky #natprod #plantscience

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Natural Product Reports @natprodreports.rsc.org · Apr 18

🎉We are delighted to welcome Professor Neha Garg @ngarg10.bsky.social from @gtresearchnews.bsky.social to the @natprodreports.rsc.org Editorial Board! #chemsky #natprod

Learn more about Neha here🔽
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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · Apr 17

We want everyone in the chemical sciences community to feel welcome, supported and valued, so we're sad to see some people seize on yesterday's supreme court ruling with anti-trans messages. Today, we're highlighting our resources on allyship for trans colleagues and friends
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LGBT+ toolkit

This kit provides the tools for everyone to take part in positive change: employers, colleagues, and LGBT+ individuals.

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Environmental Science @envsci.rsc.org · Apr 15

📣 Check out the most popular publications from Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts from 2024 📣

All articles in the collections are now free to read and can be found here 🧪 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/jour...

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Natural Product Reports @natprodreports.rsc.org · Mar 27

🔓Read this #OpenAccess review from Tobias Milzarek & our Editorial Board Chair Tobias Gulder @togulab.bsky.social at HIPS in our latest issue looking at the structures, bioactivities, biosynthesis and synthesis of fungal sorbicillinoids #natprod

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The fungal natural product class of the sorbicillinoids: structures, bioactivities, biosynthesis, and synthesis

Covering 1948 up to October 2024 Sorbicillinoids are a growing class of natural products (NPs) that stem from a variety of fungi including members of the orders Hypocreales and Eurotiales. This…

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Natural Product Reports @natprodreports.rsc.org · Apr 1

🔓Take a look at this #OpenAccess article in our latest issue, part of our Emerging Investigators collection, from Mamoalosi A. Selepe & co. covering the total synthesis of isoflavonoids #natprod #orgchem

📍University of Pretoria, Sol Plaatje University

Total synthesis of isoflavonoids

Covering: 2012 to 2024 Isoflavonoids are phenolic compounds with wide structural diversity and a plethora of biological activities. Owing to their structural variation and potential health-promoting…

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Natural Product Reports @natprodreports.rsc.org · Mar 25

🔓Don't miss this #OpenAccess highlight in our latest issue by Wen-Cai Ye, Ying Wang et al. from Jinan University discussing the recent advancements in crystallography for structure determination of natural products #natprod

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Advanced crystallography for structure determination of natural products

Covering: up to 2025 Crystallographic analysis has become the most reliable method for elucidating the structures of natural products, as it can provide absolute configurations with precise spatial…

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Matt Hutchings @matthutchings.bsky.social · Mar 22

Cell-free synthetic biology for natural product biosynthesis and discovery (review article). #microsky

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Cell-free synthetic biology for natural product biosynthesis and discovery

Natural products have applications as biopharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and other high-value chemicals. However, there are challenges in isolating natural products from their native producers (e.g. b...

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RSC Medicinal Chemistry @rscmedchem.rsc.org · Mar 24

Check out this work by Ying Liao, Qingwen Zhang & co on host-directing antiviral drug discovery: new flavonoid-based integrated stress response (ISR) activators active against coronaviruses👇

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Targeting host integrated stress response: lead discovery of flavonoid compounds active against coronaviruses PEDV and PDCoV

Viral infections trigger the integrated stress response (ISR) in eukaryotic cells that leads to the activation of eIF2α kinases, the elevation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α (eIF2α)…

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Natural Product Reports @natprodreports.rsc.org · Mar 19

📢Our latest issue is now live!

Read the review behind the cover by Nunziatina De Tommasi, Angela Bisio & co at the University of Genoa & University of Salerno on sources, structural diversity, biological activity & data management of sesterterpenoids #chemsky #natprod

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Environmental Science @envsci.rsc.org · Mar 18

Don't miss out on our exciting themed collection in Environmental Science: Advances! 👇

Submit your recent research on the environmental impacts of mining and recycling battery materials before 30 May 2025! 🔋🌏

Find out more ➡ blogs.rsc.org/va/2024/11/2...

#EnvironmentalSky #Chemsky

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Environmental Science @envsci.rsc.org · Mar 19

Be sure to check out our March outside front cover on Environmental Science: Advances, highlighting a life cycle assessment study of European Space Agency's space tracking terminal
#EnvSci #EnvironmentalScience #Chemistry #ChemSky #EnvironmentalSky
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Environmental Science @envsci.rsc.org · Mar 19

Be sure to check out our March Issue inside front cover on Environmental Science: Advances, highlighting the effect of seawater acidification on hydrocoral
EnvSci #EnvironmentalScience #Chemistry #ChemSky #EnvironmentalSky
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Environmental Science @envsci.rsc.org · Mar 20

Be sure to check out the March Issue outside back cover on Environmental Science: Advances, highlighting analysis of urban freshwater beach, sand and river contamination
#EnvSci #EnvironmentalScience #Chemistry #ChemSky #EnvironmentalSky #freshwater #contamination
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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · Mar 19

Join us at Burlington House on 20th May for our #RSCSustainabilitySymposium and hear insights from RSC Sustainability Editorial Board members and invited speakers on sustainable technologies and cleaner chemical solutions.

Register by 6th May: rsc.li/RSCSusSym25

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Join us on 20th May for the RSC Sustainability Symposium - register by 6th May

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Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry @orgbiomolchem.rsc.org · Mar 17

🔓Be sure to read this #OpenAccess research in our latest issue from Kejia Shi & Bradley D. Smith at @notredame.bsky.social describing how cucurbit[7]uril encapsulation completely protects reactive imine in weak acid #orgchem

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Cucurbit[7]uril encapsulation completely protects reactive imine in weak acid

An imine derived from 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)benzaldehyde and a primary amine undergoes very rapid hydrolysis in weak acid, however, it can be encapsulated within cucurbit[7]uril (CB7) to give a…

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Natural Product Reports @natprodreports.rsc.org · Mar 17

🎉We are delighted to welcome @tilmweber.bsky.social from the Technical University of Denmark to the @natprodreports.rsc.org Editorial Board!

Learn more about Tilmann here🔽
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Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry @orgbiomolchem.rsc.org · Mar 14

Don't miss the research behind the inside front cover of our latest issue by Tomoo Mizugaki & co. from Osaka University describing the reductive amination of triglycerides to fatty amines over a titanium oxide-supported Pt–Mo catalyst #orgchem

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Natural Product Reports @natprodreports.rsc.org · Mar 14

Take a look in our latest issue at this review from Kira Weissman & co at the University of Lorraine covering the chemical ecology and physiological functions of type I polyketide natural products #natprod

Don't miss it below👇
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The chemical ecology and physiological functions of type I polyketide natural products: the emerging picture

Covering: up to 2024. For many years, the value of complex polyketides lay in their medical properties, including their antibiotic and antifungal activities, with little consideration paid to their…

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