Jon Beves
@jonbeves.bsky.social
Supramolecular chemist at UNSW Sydney, Australia. #ozchem #ChemSky
https://bevesgroup.wordpress.com
https://bevesgroup.wordpress.com
Crazy
⁉️The ARC has delayed outcomes of ALL grants 1–4 months & increased scheduled outcome windows from 2 weeks to 3 months!
This reverses 4 years of progress in providing greater certainty & ability to plan for researchers, their families & unis.
Their excuse? Security checks under new ARC legislation👇
This reverses 4 years of progress in providing greater certainty & ability to plan for researchers, their families & unis.
Their excuse? Security checks under new ARC legislation👇
January 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Crazy
Truly sad news today. Emma was an inspiring Dean of Science at UNSW and always dedicated to making a real difference in the world, as well as beaming with energy and positive vibes. A pleasure to work with and an inspiring leader in times when they seem so hard to find. She’ll be sadly missed.
Vale Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE
The Academy is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of our Fellows, Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2022 recognising her leadership in the field of marine ecology, 🧵
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The Academy is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of our Fellows, Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2022 recognising her leadership in the field of marine ecology, 🧵
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Fellow Johnston
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December 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Truly sad news today. Emma was an inspiring Dean of Science at UNSW and always dedicated to making a real difference in the world, as well as beaming with energy and positive vibes. A pleasure to work with and an inspiring leader in times when they seem so hard to find. She’ll be sadly missed.
Fantastic news, congrats Paul!
Prof Paul McGonigal @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social receives the 2025 Bob Hay Lectureship 🏆 Congratulations, Paul!
#MASC2025
#RSC_MASC
#MASC2025
#RSC_MASC
December 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Fantastic news, congrats Paul!
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Registration for SupraChem2026 is open!
Join us in Dortmund from March 8th - 10th 2026 for sharing the latest developments in supramolecular chemistry, including poster presentations, about 20 contributed talks and prize lectures for the new GDCh SupraChem PhD award!
Join us in Dortmund from March 8th - 10th 2026 for sharing the latest developments in supramolecular chemistry, including poster presentations, about 20 contributed talks and prize lectures for the new GDCh SupraChem PhD award!
October 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Registration for SupraChem2026 is open!
Join us in Dortmund from March 8th - 10th 2026 for sharing the latest developments in supramolecular chemistry, including poster presentations, about 20 contributed talks and prize lectures for the new GDCh SupraChem PhD award!
Join us in Dortmund from March 8th - 10th 2026 for sharing the latest developments in supramolecular chemistry, including poster presentations, about 20 contributed talks and prize lectures for the new GDCh SupraChem PhD award!
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13C satellite observation with a 1D 1H-13C HSQC NMR u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2018/08/13-c... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky
December 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
13C satellite observation with a 1D 1H-13C HSQC NMR u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2018/08/13-c... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky
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PhD position available!
You are passionate about Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis? Then please apply! Starting date is April 2026 (a later start is possible). Application deadline: Jan 5th 2026!
Please see here: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Re-posts appreciated!
You are passionate about Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis? Then please apply! Starting date is April 2026 (a later start is possible). Application deadline: Jan 5th 2026!
Please see here: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Re-posts appreciated!
Stellenausschreibung
www.uni-due.de
December 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
PhD position available!
You are passionate about Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis? Then please apply! Starting date is April 2026 (a later start is possible). Application deadline: Jan 5th 2026!
Please see here: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Re-posts appreciated!
You are passionate about Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis? Then please apply! Starting date is April 2026 (a later start is possible). Application deadline: Jan 5th 2026!
Please see here: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Re-posts appreciated!
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The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 333 tenure-track positions and 48 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List
docs.google.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 333 tenure-track positions and 48 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪
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At UNSW, we’ve been looking into sunscreens. theconversation.com/mineral-vs-c... @jonbeves.bsky.social + Anna Wang. Also thanks to Thilini Ishwara.
Mineral vs chemical sunscreens? Science shows the difference is smaller than you think
New analysis shows one in three ‘mineral-only’ sunscreens contain UV-absorbing chemicals.
theconversation.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
At UNSW, we’ve been looking into sunscreens. theconversation.com/mineral-vs-c... @jonbeves.bsky.social + Anna Wang. Also thanks to Thilini Ishwara.
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If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
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The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 290 tenure-track positions and 34 teaching-only positions:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pcB_oy4jXVGaqenGU31KYTi2KxvryzR1wt4Oo-_OcQ8/edit?usp=sharing #facultychemjobs #chemsky ⚗️🧪
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 290 tenure-track positions and 34 teaching-only positions:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pcB_oy4jXVGaqenGU31KYTi2KxvryzR1wt4Oo-_OcQ8/edit?usp=sharing #facultychemjobs #chemsky ⚗️🧪
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ARC says Discovery Projects outcomes will be tomorrow (Tuesday). Linkage Projects (2025, round 1) on Wed. Over past ~year, it's often been at about 11am (Canberra).
My bot will pick up the change to RMS & post immediately.
ARC should email outcomes to lead CIs, but might take an 1hr or so for DPs
My bot will pick up the change to RMS & post immediately.
ARC should email outcomes to lead CIs, but might take an 1hr or so for DPs
October 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
ARC says Discovery Projects outcomes will be tomorrow (Tuesday). Linkage Projects (2025, round 1) on Wed. Over past ~year, it's often been at about 11am (Canberra).
My bot will pick up the change to RMS & post immediately.
ARC should email outcomes to lead CIs, but might take an 1hr or so for DPs
My bot will pick up the change to RMS & post immediately.
ARC should email outcomes to lead CIs, but might take an 1hr or so for DPs
Fantastic to see one of my chemical heroes, Richard Robson, winning the Nobel Prize for coordination frameworks (MOFs), together with Kitagawa and Yaghi. #ozchem
October 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Fantastic to see one of my chemical heroes, Richard Robson, winning the Nobel Prize for coordination frameworks (MOFs), together with Kitagawa and Yaghi. #ozchem
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Calling all synthetic chemists! We are looking for a new colleague at York University in Toronto 🇨🇦 for a 3 year limited term position as Assistant Professor (Teaching stream) in synthetic chemistry.
www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...
www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...
www.yorku.ca
September 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Calling all synthetic chemists! We are looking for a new colleague at York University in Toronto 🇨🇦 for a 3 year limited term position as Assistant Professor (Teaching stream) in synthetic chemistry.
www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...
www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...
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Applications Scientist - NMR, Oxford Instruments, Shanghai, China jobs.oxinst.com/job/Shanghai... #NMRjobs #NMRchat #NMR 🧲
Applications Scientist
Applications Scientist
jobs.oxinst.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Applications Scientist - NMR, Oxford Instruments, Shanghai, China jobs.oxinst.com/job/Shanghai... #NMRjobs #NMRchat #NMR 🧲
We’ve also been thinking about this a lot in recent years. Even “well mixed” solutions are really very heterogeneous, even though we synthetic chemists don’t like to admit it, and it can change reaction outcomes…. #ChemSky
Stirring: friend or foe?
Huang et al.: 329 reactions → stirring made little difference.
Cherepanova et al.: stirrers can cause irreproducibility by vial position.
Time to rethink the humble stir bar.
doi.org/10.1021/jacs... #ChemSky
Huang et al.: 329 reactions → stirring made little difference.
Cherepanova et al.: stirrers can cause irreproducibility by vial position.
Time to rethink the humble stir bar.
doi.org/10.1021/jacs... #ChemSky
Magnetic Stirring May Cause Irreproducible Results in Chemical Reactions
Magnetic stirrers, the most widely used and ubiquitous devices for performing chemical reactions in laboratory settings, may cause reproducibility problems. Reproducibility in a range of chemical proc...
doi.org
September 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We’ve also been thinking about this a lot in recent years. Even “well mixed” solutions are really very heterogeneous, even though we synthetic chemists don’t like to admit it, and it can change reaction outcomes…. #ChemSky
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Max Planck Institut fuer Kohlenforschung (Mülheim, Germany) has a tenure-track opening in chemistry (asst/assoc): chemistryjobs.acs.org/job/tenure-t...
#facultychemjobs #euchemjobs #chemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️
#facultychemjobs #euchemjobs #chemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️
chemistryjobs.acs.org
September 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Max Planck Institut fuer Kohlenforschung (Mülheim, Germany) has a tenure-track opening in chemistry (asst/assoc): chemistryjobs.acs.org/job/tenure-t...
#facultychemjobs #euchemjobs #chemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️
#facultychemjobs #euchemjobs #chemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️
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Scaling up like this takes attention to every little detail, and a willingness to question your typical assumptions. Not everyone is capable of it!
Go Make Me Fifty Kilos of This Stuff
www.science.org
August 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Scaling up like this takes attention to every little detail, and a willingness to question your typical assumptions. Not everyone is capable of it!
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We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
August 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
We just published a photoswitchable amphiphile that abruptly assembles into ellipsoids over 1h after the light is switched off! #ozchem #ChemSky
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Photoswitchable Merocyanine‐Amphiphiles with Programmable Self‐Assembly Times
A merocyanine-based amphiphile self-assembles in water to form visible-light-responsive ellipsoids that can be disassembled with visible light and reform abruptly ∼70 minutes after the light is switc...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
We just published a photoswitchable amphiphile that abruptly assembles into ellipsoids over 1h after the light is switched off! #ozchem #ChemSky
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Love this story about the absurdity of citation metrics in @science.org : www.science.org/content/arti...
How easy is it to fudge your scientific rank? Meet Larry, the world’s most cited cat
“Exercise in absurdity” reveals flaws in Google Scholar’s productivity metrics
www.science.org
August 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Love this story about the absurdity of citation metrics in @science.org : www.science.org/content/arti...
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Everybody knows that LLMs suck in most science-related stuff. But maybe the are good in something that is Large (6000 entries) and Language (mostly)? Because they are Large Language Models.
Let's try few of them on mineral names, with great detailed databases (created by humans).
#minerals
🧵1/n
Let's try few of them on mineral names, with great detailed databases (created by humans).
#minerals
🧵1/n
August 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Everybody knows that LLMs suck in most science-related stuff. But maybe the are good in something that is Large (6000 entries) and Language (mostly)? Because they are Large Language Models.
Let's try few of them on mineral names, with great detailed databases (created by humans).
#minerals
🧵1/n
Let's try few of them on mineral names, with great detailed databases (created by humans).
#minerals
🧵1/n
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This is an excellent illustration of how useless the "Impact Factor" metric is.
The most influential multidisciplinary chem journals are JACS and Angewandte. They did not make the list.
In this short ad hoc 🧵 I will analyze in real time what made the list and why. I have a bad feeling about this.
The most influential multidisciplinary chem journals are JACS and Angewandte. They did not make the list.
In this short ad hoc 🧵 I will analyze in real time what made the list and why. I have a bad feeling about this.
Impact factors and citation metrics across analytical, organic, physical and medicinal chemistry.
What are the top journals in chemistry right now?
Following the recent release of journal impact factors, we round up the leading journals across 10 chemistry fields
www.chemistryworld.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is an excellent illustration of how useless the "Impact Factor" metric is.
The most influential multidisciplinary chem journals are JACS and Angewandte. They did not make the list.
In this short ad hoc 🧵 I will analyze in real time what made the list and why. I have a bad feeling about this.
The most influential multidisciplinary chem journals are JACS and Angewandte. They did not make the list.
In this short ad hoc 🧵 I will analyze in real time what made the list and why. I have a bad feeling about this.
Today was Dr Isis Middleton's last day with us! It's been a lot of fun working with Isis for the past 2 years and she's done a fantastic job on a wide range of crazy projects. Wishing her all the best for her next adventures! #ozchem
August 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Today was Dr Isis Middleton's last day with us! It's been a lot of fun working with Isis for the past 2 years and she's done a fantastic job on a wide range of crazy projects. Wishing her all the best for her next adventures! #ozchem