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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 10d

Do you have an idea that could make research more environmentally sustainable?

Get up to £10,000 to develop your project and help increase sustainable lab practices. Find out more ➡️ rsc.li/sustainable-labs-grant #ChemSky

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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 20d

The Sustainable Laboratories Grant 2025 is open!

Apply for up to £10,000 to support projects that improve sustainability in lab practice – we’re accepting applications till 6 October 2025.

Apply today: rsc.li/sustainable-labs-grant

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David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social · 28d

Don't miss this great oppirtunity to kickstart a project in sustainable chemistry!

Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 28d

The Sustainable Laboratories Grant 2025 is now open!

Apply for up to £10,000 to support projects that improve sustainability in lab practice – we’re accepting applications 1 September 2025 – 6 October 2025.

Apply today: rsc.li/sustainable-labs-grant #ChemSky

Promotional graphic for RSC Sustainability Grant offering up to £10,000 for sustainable laboratory practices. The image includes six different panels highlighting areas of focus such as research projects, data collection, pilot studies, seed funding, resource management, and community development. Icons and illustrations depict various laboratory and research activities. Application opens September 1, 2025, and closes October 6, 2025.

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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · Sep 5

The Sustainable Laboratories Grant 2025 is now open!
Apply for up to £10,000 to support projects that improve sustainability in lab practice – we’re accepting applications 1 September 2025 – 6 October 2025.
Apply today 👉 https://rsc.li/4ndyr4q
#ChemSky

Promotional graphic for the Royal Society of Chemistry's Sustainable Laboratories Grant 2025, featuring illustrations of diverse scientists working in a lab. The image highlights an opportunity to apply for up to £10,000 for advancing and sharing sustainable lab practices, with a deadline of 6 October 2025.

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Michael O’Neill @michaeloneill.org · Aug 30

I was on the registration desk for most of the conference, and a scary number of people said that this was likely to be their last ViCEPHEC. Shrinking departments, closing departments, and removal of conference/travel funds all mentioned multiple times. A brilliant community in a terrible shadow.

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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · Aug 29

@davidpalomas.bsky.social (UCL) spoke really well on his “student start up” model for problem-based learning in sustainable chemistry, and Frances Docherty (Glasgow) described work to improve community and self-efficacy, including use of the Numbas tool developed at Newcastle… #ViCEPHEC25
(3/n)

Numbas | Learning and Teaching @ Newcastle | Newcastle University

www.ncl.ac.uk

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ViCEPHEC Conference 27-28 August 2026 @vicephec.bsky.social · Aug 20

Reminder: electronic versions of posters and talks should be sent to the #ViCEPHEC25 email address by Thursday 21st (tomorrow).

This is important because some attendees require electronic materials to fully engage with the conference.

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UCL @ucl.ac.uk · Aug 13

Good luck to all students receiving their A-Level results tomorrow! We know how much this moment means and how hard you’ve worked to get here.

If you’ve applied to study at UCL, we’ve prepared a helpful guide to support you through Results Day: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

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ViCEPHEC Conference 27-28 August 2026 @vicephec.bsky.social · Aug 7

Just three weeks until #ViCEPHEC25.

Get in touch if you want to be added to the starter pack - we did a sweep for people named on conference abstracts, but have not systematically added attendees.

ViCEPHEC Conference 27-28 August 2026 @vicephec.bsky.social · Jul 10

We're working on building a #ViCEPHEC25 starter pack, which you can find here. Starter packs let you follow a group of people at once.

Message if you'd like to be added/removed - this is very much a work in progress. go.bsky.app/FffPieC

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Rachel Crespo Otero @rcrespootero.bsky.social · Aug 4

Inspired by the Cyclobutanone Photochemistry Challenge, we assessed MRSF-TDDFT for its excited-state dynamics and found that an S₃/S₂ conical intersection likely plays a key role in the photochemistry. Take a look at our new preprint: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

Is MRSF-TDDFT Suitable for Cyclobutanone Dynamics? The Role of Higher Energy States in Surface Hopping Simulations

Modelling photochemical reactions remains a significant challenge due to the need for accurate descriptions of multiple excited states and their couplings with nuclear vibrations. Despite considerable...

chemrxiv.org

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Beyond Benign @beyondbenign.bsky.social · Jul 25

Are you passionate about sustainability and education reform? Join our team! 🧪

Beyond Benign seeks a Green Chemistry Commitment Program Manager to lead our higher ed initiatives that bring #GreenChemistry into classrooms across the globe. 🌎 Apply by August 1st: www.beyondbenign.org/people/green...

We're hiring! Beyond Benign seeks a Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC) Program manager to support the GCC and advance green chemistry in higher education. Apply today!

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David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social · Jul 10

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David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hi could you add me to the list? Thanks

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ViCEPHEC Conference 27-28 August 2026 @vicephec.bsky.social · Jul 10

We're working on building a #ViCEPHEC25 starter pack, which you can find here. Starter packs let you follow a group of people at once.

Message if you'd like to be added/removed - this is very much a work in progress. go.bsky.app/FffPieC

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David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thanks Katherine 😄

David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social · Jul 1

At the Advance HE Teaching & Learning 2025 Conference this week. I am excited to share my work on using sport coaching strategies to reduce resistance to active learning and to learn from fellow educators. #TLConf2025 #HigherEd #ActiveLearning

David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social · Jun 24

Just arrived in Birmingham for my first Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference! Excited to connect and share my work on using PBL to boost student employability.

I am presenting on Thursday. Come say hello if you're around!

#UKSTEMConf25 #STEMEducation #Employability #PBL #HigherEd

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Michael Booth @drmikebooth.bsky.social · Jun 3

Calling all inorganic (bio)chemists - come be my colleague at the fantastic @uclchemistry.bsky.social !!! (Lecturer = Assistant Professor)

London is such an incredible city to work in ❤️

Anyone in the US looking for a new job abroad... 👀

#chemsky 🧪

Martijn Zwijnenburg @zwijcompchem.bsky.social · Jun 3

Come and join us. Lecturer position available in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry at @uclchemistry.bsky.social in London, open to experimental, theoretical, computational, & digital inorganic and materials chemists with big ideas.

Please share ! Deadline 24-June

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social · May 16

#chemsky

UCL Chemistry @uclchemistry.bsky.social · May 16

Register your place for our Online Applicant Event to find out more about our MSc Sustainable Chemistry programme, and hear how to tackle the major global challenges of today and tomorrow. 19th May 2025, 10:00-10:30 (BST)

www.ucl.ac.uk/chemis...

MSc Online Applicant Events

The department will be hosting a series of online applicant events for anyone thinking of taking one of our postgraduate taught programmes.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Castagnolo Group at UCL 🇮🇹🇬🇧🇨🇳🇭🇺🇨🇾🇹🇭🇮🇳🇩🇿🇰🇷🇪🇺 @castagnologroup.bsky.social · May 7

Our work on lactonase biocatalysts is finally out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. Congratulations to our team (Jingyue and Michele) @uclchemistry.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk and pur collaborators at CNR Milan and Zymvol. #biocatalysis #greenchemistry #sulfur

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Unlocking Lactonase Enzymes as Biocatalysts for the Deracemization of Chiral γ‐Thiolactones

Lactonases, a class of metalloenzymes that exhibit catalytic promiscuity, have been extensively studied from a biological perspective, yet their application as biocatalysts remains underexplored. In ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social · May 2

#chemsky 🧪

UCL Chemistry @uclchemistry.bsky.social · May 2

We are thrilled to announce the Bseisu-UCL Scholarship, offered in conjunction with the Amjad and Suha Bseisu Foundation for applications for MSc in Sustainable Chemistry. Open for candidates in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine or Syria. Deadline 8 May.
www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...

Bseisu-UCL Scholarship

Offered in conjunction with the Amjad and Suha Bseisu Foundation, this award aims to assist students from Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine or Syria to study specific Master's programmes at UCL.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Chemistry @uclchemistry.bsky.social · May 2

We are thrilled to announce the Bseisu-UCL Scholarship, offered in conjunction with the Amjad and Suha Bseisu Foundation for applications for MSc in Sustainable Chemistry. Open for candidates in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine or Syria. Deadline 8 May.
www.ucl.ac.uk/scholarships...

Bseisu-UCL Scholarship

Offered in conjunction with the Amjad and Suha Bseisu Foundation, this award aims to assist students from Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine or Syria to study specific Master's programmes at UCL.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social · Apr 24

Thank you 😁

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David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social · Apr 22

🧪 #chemsky

David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social · Apr 22

Grateful to @rsc.org for funding my RECOMPENSE project! I’ll be developing and sharing accessible protocols (via an #OpenScience platform) to upcycle polystyrene waste from labs into polystyrene sulfonic acid resins, for use in #GreenChemistry and #SustainableChemistry education and research.

Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · Apr 22

🌍 This #EarthDay, we’re awarding £200,000 in Sustainable Laboratories Grants to support 25 new projects. This funding will drive work in seven countries to inspire green changes in labs, using everything from AI to low-impact techniques & more.
Learn about the projects: rsc.li/slg #ChemSky #ED2025

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David Palomas @davidpalomas.bsky.social · Apr 22

Grateful to @rsc.org for funding my RECOMPENSE project! I’ll be developing and sharing accessible protocols (via an #OpenScience platform) to upcycle polystyrene waste from labs into polystyrene sulfonic acid resins, for use in #GreenChemistry and #SustainableChemistry education and research.

Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · Apr 22

🌍 This #EarthDay, we’re awarding £200,000 in Sustainable Laboratories Grants to support 25 new projects. This funding will drive work in seven countries to inspire green changes in labs, using everything from AI to low-impact techniques & more.
Learn about the projects: rsc.li/slg #ChemSky #ED2025

Promotional graphic for the Royal Society of Chemistry's Sustainable Laboratories Grants, featuring diverse individuals working and discussing in chemistry labs, aimed at funding projects to make labs more sustainable.

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