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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry Library, University of Cambridge. Posting about library news, resources and services, wellbeing - and occasionally chemistry. Find out more about us at https://www-library.ch.cam.ac.uk
🚨New book alert🚨 We're very excited to add Labwork to Leadership by @jenheemstra.bsky.social (published by @harvardpress.bsky.social) to our collection! We hope it will be useful and of interest to our PIs and others planning their career in STEMM. #labworktoleadership #chemsky #chematcam
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🚨New book alert🚨 We're very excited to add Labwork to Leadership by @jenheemstra.bsky.social (published by @harvardpress.bsky.social) to our collection! We hope it will be useful and of interest to our PIs and others planning their career in STEMM. #labworktoleadership #chemsky #chematcam
This week's #mentalhealthmonday focuses on Mind CPSL, the local branch of the Mind charity, and the online counselling service Qwell. To find out more, use the QR codes below or visit the Mind CPSL website: www.cpslmind.org.uk #academicwellbeing #wellchem #chematcam
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This week's #mentalhealthmonday focuses on Mind CPSL, the local branch of the Mind charity, and the online counselling service Qwell. To find out more, use the QR codes below or visit the Mind CPSL website: www.cpslmind.org.uk #academicwellbeing #wellchem #chematcam
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The death of the Nobel Prize-winning pioneer of DNA, James Watson, has been announced. He was 97.
Together with Francis Crick, he identified the double-helix while working @cambridgephysics.bsky.social. Famously, they announced they'd "discovered the secret of life" in the pub: bit.ly/4qP3Cpd
Together with Francis Crick, he identified the double-helix while working @cambridgephysics.bsky.social. Famously, they announced they'd "discovered the secret of life" in the pub: bit.ly/4qP3Cpd
Discovering 'the secret of life' - 70th anniversary of DNA double helix breakthrough
The DNA structure breakthrough at Cambridge has led to world-changing advances in many fields, not least in biological research. But the discovery was only possible because of the work of a host of ta...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The death of the Nobel Prize-winning pioneer of DNA, James Watson, has been announced. He was 97.
Together with Francis Crick, he identified the double-helix while working @cambridgephysics.bsky.social. Famously, they announced they'd "discovered the secret of life" in the pub: bit.ly/4qP3Cpd
Together with Francis Crick, he identified the double-helix while working @cambridgephysics.bsky.social. Famously, they announced they'd "discovered the secret of life" in the pub: bit.ly/4qP3Cpd
Very honoured to receive the 2025 Scientific Achievement Award from RMS. I am very grateful to *everyone* who has passed through our lab. Nothing happens without talented researchers who are willing to take bold ideas seriously. Thank you for that trust. www.rms.org.uk/resource/pro...
Professor Steven Lee receives 2025 Scientific Achievement Award
World leading figure in cutting-edge single-molecule microscopy for biological discovery
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November 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🚨New books alert!🚨Introductory Grantology and Nucleation of Particles from the Gas Phase (both CUP @universitypress.cambridge.org) have just arrived at the Chemistry Library! Find out how you can recommend a resourrce on our website: library.ch.cam.ac.uk/recommend-bo... #chemsky #chematcam
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🚨New books alert!🚨Introductory Grantology and Nucleation of Particles from the Gas Phase (both CUP @universitypress.cambridge.org) have just arrived at the Chemistry Library! Find out how you can recommend a resourrce on our website: library.ch.cam.ac.uk/recommend-bo... #chemsky #chematcam
Happy Academic Writing Month! For our first #mentalhealthmonday post of November we're highlighting The Wellbeing Thesis, an online resource supporting postgraduate research students. Visit thewellbeingthesis.org.uk or scan the QR code below to find out more. #AcWriMo #academicwellbeing #chematcam
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Happy Academic Writing Month! For our first #mentalhealthmonday post of November we're highlighting The Wellbeing Thesis, an online resource supporting postgraduate research students. Visit thewellbeingthesis.org.uk or scan the QR code below to find out more. #AcWriMo #academicwellbeing #chematcam
Upcoming CUL training sessions might be of interest to Chemistry PGs and PDRAs - scan the QR codes below or visit www.training.cam.ac.uk/cul/event-ti... to see all available sessions, find out more and book your spot! #researchskills #chemsky #chematcam
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Upcoming CUL training sessions might be of interest to Chemistry PGs and PDRAs - scan the QR codes below or visit www.training.cam.ac.uk/cul/event-ti... to see all available sessions, find out more and book your spot! #researchskills #chemsky #chematcam
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RSC-CICAG is cooking up something special this festive season - our very own Christmas Cookbook! 🍪 📖
We are hoping to launch a festive CICAG Cookery Book in time for Xmas, which will of course meet the FAIR data standards and, rich semantic metadata and well specified units!
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We are hoping to launch a festive CICAG Cookery Book in time for Xmas, which will of course meet the FAIR data standards and, rich semantic metadata and well specified units!
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October 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
RSC-CICAG is cooking up something special this festive season - our very own Christmas Cookbook! 🍪 📖
We are hoping to launch a festive CICAG Cookery Book in time for Xmas, which will of course meet the FAIR data standards and, rich semantic metadata and well specified units!
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We are hoping to launch a festive CICAG Cookery Book in time for Xmas, which will of course meet the FAIR data standards and, rich semantic metadata and well specified units!
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Learn from the horrors that sent chills down researchers’ spines! Happening this week (Thursday 30 October) #DataManagement
🎃Join us on 30 October for some spine-chilling real-life data horror stories! Open to all research staff, students, and anyone supporting research activities.
📍Thu 30 Oct 2025, 9:30am-2pm at the School of Clinical Medicine
🔗Find out more and book a place: https://loom.ly/QPCAFGk
📍Thu 30 Oct 2025, 9:30am-2pm at the School of Clinical Medicine
🔗Find out more and book a place: https://loom.ly/QPCAFGk
October 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Learn from the horrors that sent chills down researchers’ spines! Happening this week (Thursday 30 October) #DataManagement
This week for #mentalhealthmonday we're highlighting Shout, a service providing free and confidential support via text 24/7 for anyone who needs to reach out. Text 'Shout' to 85258 to start a conversation, or find out more on their website: giveusashout.org #academicwellbeing #chematcam
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This week for #mentalhealthmonday we're highlighting Shout, a service providing free and confidential support via text 24/7 for anyone who needs to reach out. Text 'Shout' to 85258 to start a conversation, or find out more on their website: giveusashout.org #academicwellbeing #chematcam
We're looking ahead to this year's Academic Writing Month and encouraging users to start thinking about their goals for November with a display detailing events, resources, and tips for getting the most out of #AcWriMo25! #AcWriMo #chematcam
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We're looking ahead to this year's Academic Writing Month and encouraging users to start thinking about their goals for November with a display detailing events, resources, and tips for getting the most out of #AcWriMo25! #AcWriMo #chematcam
Every Monday in Michaelmas term we'll be sharing a University service or charity our users can turn to for support. In the spotlight this week: the university's Postgraduate Wellbeing Service: www.studentsupport.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate... #chematcam #academicwellbeing #mentalhealthmonday
October 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Every Monday in Michaelmas term we'll be sharing a University service or charity our users can turn to for support. In the spotlight this week: the university's Postgraduate Wellbeing Service: www.studentsupport.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate... #chematcam #academicwellbeing #mentalhealthmonday
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We believe that the following ebooks platforms are recovering; JSTOR, EBSCOhost, T&F and BorrowBox, although access may continue to be patchy today.
October 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
We believe that the following ebooks platforms are recovering; JSTOR, EBSCOhost, T&F and BorrowBox, although access may continue to be patchy today.
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Good morning. We are aware that selective ebooks platforms are down. These include JSTOR, EBSCOhost, Taylor & Francis and BorrowBox (audiobooks). We believe that a major contributing factor is the disruption to Amazon Web Services, health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
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October 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Good morning. We are aware that selective ebooks platforms are down. These include JSTOR, EBSCOhost, Taylor & Francis and BorrowBox (audiobooks). We believe that a major contributing factor is the disruption to Amazon Web Services, health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
Cambridge University Libraries run training sessions on a broad range ot topics throughout Michaelmas Term. Book your spot on upcoming sessions using the qr codes below, or view the full timetable here: training.cam.ac.uk/cul/event-ti... #chematcam #academicskills #researchskills
October 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Cambridge University Libraries run training sessions on a broad range ot topics throughout Michaelmas Term. Book your spot on upcoming sessions using the qr codes below, or view the full timetable here: training.cam.ac.uk/cul/event-ti... #chematcam #academicskills #researchskills
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If you want to hear data standard success stories from leading experts, join the second webinar in our new ChemSpider series and hear how those stories further scientific advancement.
Register now: https://rsc.li/48aa5UU
#ChemSky
Register now: https://rsc.li/48aa5UU
#ChemSky
October 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If you want to hear data standard success stories from leading experts, join the second webinar in our new ChemSpider series and hear how those stories further scientific advancement.
Register now: https://rsc.li/48aa5UU
#ChemSky
Register now: https://rsc.li/48aa5UU
#ChemSky
We're asking library users to share their tips for getting the most out of Michaelmas term. Visit the whiteboard in the central library space to pass on your wisdom! #chematcam #michaelmas
October 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We're asking library users to share their tips for getting the most out of Michaelmas term. Visit the whiteboard in the central library space to pass on your wisdom! #chematcam #michaelmas
Every Monday in Michaelmas term we'll be sharing a University service or charity our users can turn to for support. First up: UoC's Student Support, which helps undergraduates overcome a broad range of challenges: www.studentsupport.cam.ac.uk/ #chematcam #academicwellbeing #mentalhealthmonday
October 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Every Monday in Michaelmas term we'll be sharing a University service or charity our users can turn to for support. First up: UoC's Student Support, which helps undergraduates overcome a broad range of challenges: www.studentsupport.cam.ac.uk/ #chematcam #academicwellbeing #mentalhealthmonday
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Advancement in CO₂ Capture Technology Could Accelerate Climate Action, researchers @cam.ac.uk led by Christoph Schran, Angelos Michaelides, and Alexander C. Forse, have made a major breakthrough in the fight against climate change www.ch.cam.ac.uk/news/advance... #NMRchat 🧲
October 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Advancement in CO₂ Capture Technology Could Accelerate Climate Action, researchers @cam.ac.uk led by Christoph Schran, Angelos Michaelides, and Alexander C. Forse, have made a major breakthrough in the fight against climate change www.ch.cam.ac.uk/news/advance... #NMRchat 🧲
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. If you've just started at Cambridge - or if it's been a while - make sure you know where to get help if you need it during your time here. Student Support is a good place to start: www.studentsupport.cam.ac.uk #WMHD25 #academicwellbeing #chematcam
October 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. If you've just started at Cambridge - or if it's been a while - make sure you know where to get help if you need it during your time here. Student Support is a good place to start: www.studentsupport.cam.ac.uk #WMHD25 #academicwellbeing #chematcam
For the first time, Cambridge scientists have seen the tiny protein clusters thought to 'trigger' #Parkinsons disease 🧠
Using a new imaging technique, this could reveal how the disease spreads – and how to treat it.
New #research from @chemistrycambridge.bsky.social https://bit.ly/42XlJyS 🧪
Using a new imaging technique, this could reveal how the disease spreads – and how to treat it.
New #research from @chemistrycambridge.bsky.social https://bit.ly/42XlJyS 🧪
Parkinson’s ‘trigger’ directly observed in human brain tissue for the first time
Scientists have, for the first time, directly visualised and quantified the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s, marking a major advance in the
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October 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Have you signed up to watch our webinar yet? This Friday, we'll welcome a handful of experts to join us at 3pm BST for an exciting and spontaneous webinar. If chemistry is your thing, you will not want to miss this!
Nobel prize in chemistry 2025: Reaction
Join us for an exclusive look at the Nobel in chemistry 2025 prize-winning science - make sure you're there on 10 October
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October 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Have you signed up to watch our webinar yet? This Friday, we'll welcome a handful of experts to join us at 3pm BST for an exciting and spontaneous webinar. If chemistry is your thing, you will not want to miss this!
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The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel...
#ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪
#ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪
The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks
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October 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel...
#ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪
#ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪
A very warm welcome to new and returning students arriving at the Chemistry Department this week! Remember that you can watch your department in action via the Yusuf Hamied Dept of Chemistry YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UC3J... #chematcam #chemsky
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October 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A very warm welcome to new and returning students arriving at the Chemistry Department this week! Remember that you can watch your department in action via the Yusuf Hamied Dept of Chemistry YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UC3J... #chematcam #chemsky