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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation @kawresearch.bsky.social · 12d

Developing new materials could give us much more efficient #solarcell materials than at present. An important step towards understanding and handling halide perovskites has now been taken #Research supported by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation @juliawiktor.bsky.social
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Piecing together the puzzle of future solar cell materials

Global electricity use is increasing rapidly and must be addressed sustainably. Developing new materials could give us much more efficient solar cell materials…

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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 13d

Congrats!!

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Jose Jimenez-Luna @jjimenezluna.bsky.social · 14d

Want to join the BioEmu team at MSR AI for Science? We have multiple intern (jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...) and one fixed-term postdoc (jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo... positions available! Please share with potential candidates :)

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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 14d

And then of course the double meaning since it is two groups, one methyl and one not

Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 14d

The joke is it sounds like “should I throw myself” (me tiro) or not, but kind of cute like toddlers speak (because the “r” is “l”)

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Günter Klambauer @gklambauer.bsky.social · 16d

It's happening again!!!

ML4Molecules workshop 2025.

within the #ELLIS Unconference, preceding #EurIPS.

More infos: moleculediscovery.github.io/workshop2025/

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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 16d

❤️❤️❤️🤯 what are the odds! miss you both

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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 16d

Language-model Assisted Generation Of Metabolites == LAGOM 👌

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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 16d

Excited to share that our paper "LAGOM: A transformer-based chemical language model for drug metabolite prediction" has been accepted in AILSCI!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ai...

Work led by Sofia Larsson and Miranda Carlsson, with @rbeckmann.bsky.social and Filip Miljković‬ (AZ)!

#compchem #chemsky

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Simon Olsson @smnlssn.bsky.social · 16d

Thrilled to announce that the first paper from Flemming's PhD was accepted as Poster for NeurIPS2025! In this paper we adapt the HollowNet idea from Chen and Duvenaud to equivariant MP networks, to get cheap sample likelihoods for flow-based Boltzmann Generators. Preprint/code coming soon.

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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 21d

#facultychemjobs weather report: continued downward trend

Today (9/17/25), there are 156 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 16 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.

9/17/24: 245 tenure-track, 18 teaching
9/19/23: 265 tenure-track, 17 teaching

Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · Aug 15

#facultychemjobs weather report: Trump Administration impact visible

Today (8/15/25), there are 81 tenure-track research/teaching positions and 8 teaching positions for the 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List.

8/13/24: 105 tenure-track, 7 teaching
8/15/23: 104 tenure-track, 4 teaching

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List

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Moa Johansson @moajohansson.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations to Dr. Denitsa Saynova who today successfully defended her thesis! It's been a pleasure working with you and supervising your PhD studies.

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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 21d

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Kim Jelfs @jelfschem.bsky.social · 23d

📣 PhD position now open for Oct 2026 start based at @imperialchemistry.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/PhDFDF. An interdisciplinary project combining experimental
& computational materials discovery in a collaborative Royal Society-funded team. Co-supervised by @beckylgreenaway.bsky.social.

PhD position available in Experimental and Computational Organic Materials Discovery at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - PhD position available in Experimental and Computational Organic Materials Discovery at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 23d

Project #3:
Mining Typical Phenotypes from Cell Images Using Stable Diffusion
annonsportal.chalmers.se/CareerServic...

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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 23d

Project #2:
Improving AI-based Synthesizability Scores for Next-Generation Protein Degradation Drugs
annonsportal.chalmers.se/CareerServic...

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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 23d

Project #1:
Reinforcement Learning And Generative AI for Next-Generation Protein Degradation Drugs
annonsportal.chalmers.se/CareerServic...

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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 23d

🚨 Our team is currently recruiting for multiple MSc projects for the spring term, mainly for Chalmers/GU students. Please spread the word and share with motivated students searching for a thesis project.

You can read more about the projects and how to reach out on the team page: ailab.bio/join-us

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thijsstuyver.bsky.social @thijsstuyver.bsky.social · 26d

New paper from our group out in JCTC! We introduce CYCLO70 — a benchmarking set of 70 challenging cycloaddition reactions (Diels–Alder, dipolar, sigmatropic).
👉 doi.org/10.1021/acs.... (1/6)

CYCLO70: A New Challenging Pericyclic Benchmarking Set for Kinetics and Thermochemistry Evaluation

Here, a new challenging benchmarking data set for cycloaddition reactions, CYCLO70, is presented and analyzed. CYCLO70 has been generated with the specific aim of being representative of the most chal...

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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 28d

Tomorrow we're excited to host @sarahalamdari.bsky.social at Chalmers for the AI4Science seminar and hear about generative models for protein design! Talk at 3pm CEST. 🤩

For more info, including details on how to join virtually, please see psolsson.github.io/AI4ScienceSe...

@smnlssn.bsky.social

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Rocío Mercado Oropeza @rociomer.bsky.social · 29d

14 faculty positions being recruited across Swedish universities as part of the WISE program, all with nice starting packages: wise-materials.org/external/fac...

Faculty Recruitment Now Open – Join WISE in Advancing Sustainable Materials Science - WISE

The Wallenberg Initiative Material Science for Sustainability (WISE) is proud to launch its second major faculty recruitment drive, opening up new opportunities to lead cutting-edge research in sustai...

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Greg Landrum @greglandrum.bsky.social · Sep 8

Tonight I'm taking the train to Prague for the European edition of the 2025 #RDKit UGM.
I'm really looking forward to meeting a bunch of the community there!
We don't have space for any last-minute in-person registrations, but info on joining the live streams is here:
github.com/rdkit/UGM_20...

GitHub - rdkit/UGM_2025: 2025 RDKit UGM

2025 RDKit UGM. Contribute to rdkit/UGM_2025 development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Frank Glorius @gloriusfrank.bsky.social · Sep 5

JOB ALERT! 🚨MOLECULAR MACHINE LEARNING

2️⃣ fully funded PhD positions🚀🎓 are available in the @gloriusgroup.bsky.social associated with the German Priority Program @spp2363.bsky.social
Your profile:
- MSc in chemistry (knowledge of computational methods) or data science.
- Passion for science.
🙏RT

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Lund Stem Cell Center @lundstem.bsky.social · Sep 4

🌟 Congrats to Assistant Prof. Camila Consiglio (@consigliocr.bsky.social) on being awarded a @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant! She will explore how the immune system shapes fertility and pregnancy outcomes in a new project: fertiliMMUNE.

Read more: www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/erc-...

#Immunology

ERC grant awarded to explore how the immune system shapes fertility

Lund University. Infertility is a deeply personal and global health issue, affecting one in six adults. Current treatments, however, often focus on symptoms rather than root causes, resulting in pregn...

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Camila Consiglio @consigliocr.bsky.social · Sep 4

I'm thrilled to share I’ve been awarded a @erc.europa.eu starting grant! #ERCStG

#fertiliMMUNE will uncover how the immune and reproductive systems communicate, with the aim to improve fertility outcomes.

I'm incredibly thankful to my amazing lab, collaborators, peers & ERC for their support!

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