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Anna Slater

@annagslater.bsky.social

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(she/they) RS University Research Fellow/Professor of Chemistry at the University of Liverpool. Flow & supramolecular/materials chemistry, automation #sciencemagpie

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Beilstein-Institut @beilstein-institut.bsky.social · 1d

Join the FREE livestream 🎥 of next week’s Beilstein Organic Chemistry Symposium “Technologies shaping future directions in synthesis”, in Limburg, Germany, 📅 October 14–16, 2025.
Just register: 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/7mhrbyap
#BeilsteinShapingSynthesis2025
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Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning Bluesky. Today’s mood: tidal.com/browse/track...

Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 5d

Yesterday the Royal Society held a series of panels & keynotes in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test. The unanimous critical takes on AGI, big tech's power concentration & the call for urgent action left me w hope things might be turning

Watch here m.youtube.com/live/GmnBTCK...

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 10d

Nooooo 😫 ADJUSTMENTS ARE THERE FOR A REASON
(sorry for all caps this is just something I have Strong Feelings about - I know you understand this!)

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 10d

(FWIW I would never take tears as an issue on a candidate’s part, vivas are always a huge deal. I aim for celebrations of people’s hard work and exciting science, but recognise the many complex things that are almost always going on in the background - almost any reaction is possible/expected!)

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 10d

☹️ I’m sorry to hear it was such a negative experience Kiri. Huge congratulations for making it through regardless.

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 10d

(I say this as I was wished good luck at another institution when I said I was there for a viva - which I am taking as a compliment as mine was 14 YEARS ago 😱)

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 10d

A fine morning for #stationcoffee, off to Birmingham for a PhD viva (happily not my own)!

An empty station platform on a clear bright autumn day, tracks receding into the distance, a hand holding a small coffee cup in the foreground

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Beilstein-Institut @beilstein-institut.bsky.social · 10d

Invitation to join the FREE livestream 🎥 of the Beilstein Organic Chemistry Symposium “Technologies shaping future directions in synthesis”, in Limburg, Germany, 📅 October 14–16, 2025.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/7mhrbyap
#BeilsteinShapingSynthesis2025
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 14d

Our Career Development Fellowships are now for applications. This scheme provides talented early career scientists from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM with research funding and training opportunities to build a successful research career: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/caree...

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 13d

oh NO

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 13d

oh wow this song is itself nearly 25 years old 😱

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 13d

It has been a WEEK but this morning I am bopping along to tidal.com/track/776038... in the office and feeling much better :D
🎶things are never gonna be quite what you want, even at 25 (41!) you gotta start sometiiiiiii-hiiime 🎶

Jimmy Eat World & Davey Vonbohlen - A Praise Chorus

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Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 13d

Ah yes. In my upcoming safety induction: "very hot glass can look identical to room temperature glass ASK ME HOW I KNOW"

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 18d

An excellent idea that I am fully behind - my hair is currently short and pink :D

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 18d

Ooh this is a good shout!

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 19d

Just managed 10k for first time in ages! 🙌 @jochenbrandt.bsky.social, you were absolutely on the money with part a), thus it’s only right that I follow your advice in part b) 😁

Jochen Brandt @jochenbrandt.bsky.social · 24d

a) Calf stretches. b) Get yourself a (secondhand) Ninja Creami and make some homemade ice-cream. The engineering alone is fascinating - you freeze your mixture as a big block and then use the machine's blade spinning at 2000 rpm to shave it into tiny ice crystals.

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Dr Stephen Hendry @drstephenhendry.bsky.social · 23d

🔬 Chemistry in higher education builds skills, knowledge & innovation the UK needs, but the sector is under strain #ChemSky

The @rsc.org is calling for action on funding, access & student support to secure the future of chemistry 👉 bit.ly/4gtZoyw

Championing chemistry in UK higher education

As universities navigate financial pressures, we are working to ensure chemistry teaching, research and innovation continues to thrive in the UK

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 20d

Many congratulations to latest PhD from the group Nick Watson who passed with v minor corrections - we are very proud! thanks to @tomhasell.bsky.social & Matt O’Brien for examining & @sgoldup.bsky.social for the collaboration (Ch 4). Looking forward to getting the papers out :)

Photo of 4 people, Nick second from the left holding his PhD thesis, flanked by his examiners Matt & Tom with me on the end.

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Beilstein-Institut @beilstein-institut.bsky.social · 22d

You are cordially invited to join the FREE livestream 🎥 of the Beilstein Organic Chemistry Symposium “Technologies shaping future directions in synthesis”, in Limburg, Germany, 📅 October 14–16, 2025.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/7mhrbyap
#BeilsteinShapingSynthesis2025
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Krystal Vasquez @kvasquez.bsky.social · 23d

It so was hard to imagine having successful career in science as a disabled PhD student that eventually I just left.

Who could have guessed that years later I would help create a magazine issue dedicated to highlighting Trailblazing disabled chemists!

cen.acs.org/people/profi...

#DisabledInSTEM

Trailblazers: Chemists with disabilities rethink how we do science

C&EN’s 2025 Trailblazers issue, curated by guest editor Mona Minkara, looks at how chemists can solve problems in new ways

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 24d

Oooh, this is a great idea! Thanks!

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 26d

(What helps is a total lack of formal dance training having been deemed “too tubby” for ballet in the late 80s 😂)

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 26d

Gotta love an obnoxiously long intro ❤️

Anna Slater @annagslater.bsky.social · 26d

One of mine is a full dance routine to tidal.com/browse/track... but it would be nice to change it up a bit

LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean

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