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Preston Group @prestongroup.bsky.social · 28d

Hi everyone, here is our latest in Chem Eur J on "Coordination-Driven Orthogonal Ligand Pairings through Dual Hydrogen-Bonding/π-π Interaction Complementarity"

Congrats Jordan, Yo, Nina and Rosie

chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Coordination‐Driven Orthogonal Ligand Pairings through Dual Hydrogen‐Bonding/π‐π Interaction Complementarity

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Preston Group @prestongroup.bsky.social · Mar 26

The awesome Jess Algar is off to the Lindau Nobel meeting! Congratulations Jess!

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Charlie McTernan @charliemcternan.bsky.social · Mar 25

Delighted to see our first collaboration with @kilbinger-group.bsky.social on foldamer water channels with high salt exclusion online at @angewandtechemie.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ez352x99

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Preston Group @prestongroup.bsky.social · Mar 6

Other contributors: @ztachem.bsky.social, Nina and Michael from ANU, Oliver and Tim from Deakin, Jack Evans from Adelaide

Preston Group @prestongroup.bsky.social · Mar 6

Jacob Gome's Honours project got published in ACIE. If you like tetrahedra and wish more of them were low symmetry, have a read....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Low Symmetry Face‐Capped Fe(II) Tetrahedra Through Anisotropic Ligand Extension

Low symmetry cages are attractive metallo-supramolecular targets, as they may possess different characteristics to their higher symmetry analogues. There are no current generalisable routes for the f...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · Feb 20

🧪Come join us for a PhD making and studying functional molecular capsules! We have a fully funded position (UK home fees eligible only) available in the group to start in September 2025 (start date is flexible). Links 👇
www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/chem...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #chemsky

Chemistry PhD opportunities - Postgraduate Research Degrees

School of Chemistry at The University of Birmingham PhD opportunities and postgraduate research degrees

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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jackkclegg.bsky.social @jackkclegg.bsky.social · Feb 21

Pretty proud to have this one out!

rdcu.be/eaLMm

Origins of elasticity in molecular materials

Nature Materials - Elasticity is ubiquitous in everyday life, but the molecular origin of the restoring force remains elusive. Here the authors use a series of density functional theory...

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jackkclegg.bsky.social @jackkclegg.bsky.social · Feb 21

theconversation.com/crystals-can...

Crystals can’t bend – or can they? New research sheds light on elusive ‘flexible crystals’

Crystals are supposed to be hard and brittle. But when we make them bendy, they help reveal the secrets of how elastic materials work.

theconversation.com

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Charlie McTernan @charliemcternan.bsky.social · Feb 18

Come join our lab @crick.ac.uk
/KCL - looking for a Chemical Biologist/Biologist #chemsky #chembio, to lead our chemical biology/biology work, collaborating across my group and more widely, driving forward basic and translational science tinyurl.com/5n8d6ufb closes 23/2! 24month, possible extension

Postdoctoral Research Associate at King's College London

Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

tinyurl.com

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Clever Lab @cleverlab.bsky.social · Jan 15

We found a new catenation mode of Pd4L8 interpenetrated double cages: instead of a classic D4-symmetric dimer, the staggered structure has C2h symmetry, stabilized by non-covalent interactions. Just out in @angew_chem Support: RESOLV @SolvationSci @desy
doi.org/10.1002/anie...

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · Jan 14

🚨New job opening 🚨

Hey #Chemsky, we have an opening for an editor on the cross-journal team to handle papers in organic chemistry & related fields

📍 Shanghai, Beijing, Heidelberg or Berlin
🗓️ Closing date: Feb 4th
❔ DMs open if you have questions

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

a man in a suit stands in front of a microphone and says this is the start of your career

Alt: a man in a suit speaks into a microphone and says, 'this is the start of your career'

media.tenor.com

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · Jan 15

Sent in by a reader - I think many people have had this impulse, but few have acted on it so decisively!

An excerpt from a paper in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, where the authors state at one point: "As strongly requested by the reviewers, here we cite some reference (list of numbers) although they are completely irrelevant to the present work"

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Douglas Philp @profphilp.bsky.social · Jan 8

Now that 2025 is here, just wanted to highlight the opening we have for an Organic Chemistry Lectureship at St Andrews again.

Applications close in about two weeks on 22nd January. All the details in the link.

www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/V2/ViewVacan...

Lecturer in Organic Chemistry - AC2577LS

Lecturer in Organic Chemistry - AC2577LS, School of Chemistry Salary: £46,485 - £56,921 per annum (£46,735 - £57,422pa from March 2025) Start Date: August 2025, <p style="text-align: justify;"><span...

www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk

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Preston Group @prestongroup.bsky.social · Jan 8

Yes please

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Preston Group @prestongroup.bsky.social · Dec 28

Is that a can of Crankshaft?

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Preston Group @prestongroup.bsky.social · Dec 28

Lazy

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Preston Group @prestongroup.bsky.social · Dec 19

@ztachem.bsky.social is feeling way more festive than Jess Algar. She doesn't like the flashing lights on his jumper.

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Preston Group @prestongroup.bsky.social · Dec 18

Super cool, Whitonians

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Jamie Lewis @lewischemistry.bsky.social · Dec 6

A very nostalgic visit to my alma mater Otago University. Thanks very much to James Crowley and Nick Green for hosting, and great to have a surprise catch up with @nickwhite.bsky.social

Photo of the University of Otago clock tower building with the Leith River in the foreground.

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Tim Easun @timeasun.bsky.social · Nov 27

I see your immediate vacancy and call with one of my own!

Immediately available PhD studentship (Home fees & stipend) on a MOF/polymers/neutrons/computational project with ISIS, Cardiff and the Ada Lovelace Centre. Original student unable to start so post re-advertised.

#ChemSky spread the word!

Soft & Crystalline Composite Materials: Developing Total Scattering Workflows for the Interrogation of Structure. at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Soft & Crystalline Composite Materials: Developing Total Scattering Workflows for the Interrogation of Structure. at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Prof Ross Forgan @forganross.bsky.social · Nov 27

OK #chemsky do your thing. I have an immediate PhD vacancy working on a MOF / crystallography / electron diffraction project with Syngenta. Home fees and stipend are covered. Spread the word!

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Preston Group @prestongroup.bsky.social · Nov 28

And Zack also talking about his recently published Pt(II) cage work at #NZIC

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Preston Group @prestongroup.bsky.social · Nov 28

Here is awesome PhD student Jess talking about her project at #NZIC

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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · Nov 26

Terry Frankcombe from UNSW Canberra is enjoying his Dunedin beer. Today he was awarded >$700,000 by the ARC.

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