In a new publication in Nature Communications, PhD student Emre Turan and Assoc. Prof. Chiara Arno report 2D polymer platelets that can undergo reversible disassembly and self-healing in response to temperature doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

New research led by Assoc. Prof. Julia Lehman shows that molecules in ultra-cold supersonic flows may remain vibrationally "hot" even when other motions appear cold, challenging long-standing assumptions used in astrochemistry and low-temperature kinetics doi.org/10.1038/s42004…

An international research team have developed a unique way to build electronic components so small they are made from chains of individual molecules - creating a toolbox to help build materials that could power the next generation of technology:
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I'm looking for highly motivated chemists to apply #MSCA_postdoc_fellowpship at @UoBChemistry this year. #Maingroup chemists are particularly welcome!!

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🎙️Congratulations to Maariyah Arshad, MSci student in the School, who presented work from her final-year research project in the @Pike_Group group at the SCI Young Chemist National Undergraduate Research Symposium in Warwick earlier this month.

Professor Neil Champness has been appointed Royal Commissioner to the 1851 Royal Commission:
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Congratulations to the @unibirmingham School of Chemistry John S Fossey EDI Award winners 2025-26:
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Check out our latest work published in @angew_chem :
Tandem Reactivity of M−C and C−Si Bonds in Mononuclear α‐Silyl Organolithium or Organosodium Complexes Towards CO, CO2 and Heteroallenes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…
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Congratulations to Dr @GeorgiaRFO, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in the School, who delivered her Parkin Prize Lecture at the BCA Spring Meeting this week. This prize recognises early-stage crystallographers who have made an impact in the field beyond their research.

Congratulations to Professor Anna Peacock, Professor in Bioinorganic Chemistry, who has been named as this year's recipient of the EuroBIC Medal:
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Congratulations to @JuppLab and co-authors for their publication “Synthesis and Isolation of α‑Diazophosphonium Ylides”, the first successful isolation of an α‑diazophosphonium ylide, enabling detailed study of its reactivity doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6…

Congratulations to Professor Anna Peacock, Professor in Bioinorganic Chemistry, who has been named as this year's recipient of the EuroBIC Medal:
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Congratulations to Professor Anna Peacock who has been awarded the 2026 EuroBIC Medal, given in recognition of outstanding young scientists working in bioinorganic chemistry. Anna will give her award lecture at the EuroBIC conference in Groningen in June.

A 3-year postdoc job @UoBChemistry open for application!

As experienced synthetic organometallic chemist, you may think Na and Li are not exciting. But you are wrong - here is an opportunity to do some genuinely "crazy" group-1 metal chemistry!

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Congratulations to @GemmaLouDavies who was awarded her McBain Medal and delivered her award lecture at the McBain Medal Symposium last week. Congratulations also to PhD student Lexi Billina who won the Journal of Materials Chemistry B Poster Award birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/birm…

Professor Rachel O'Reilly MBE, Professor of Chemistry and Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research at @unibirmingham, has been appointed as a non-executive director to the Manufacturing Technology Centre Board:
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ROR group @UoBChemistry and researchers at Shanghai University @Yujiexie09 and Zhejiang Sci-Tech universities (Zaizai) develop a light-activated “nanopatch” that sticks to tumour cells and stresses their membranes, also promoting the release of antigens: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Congratulations @GemmaLouDavies on the award of the McBain Medal 2025 for outstanding achievement in colloid and interface science! During the full-day meeting, Rachel spoke on 'precision polymer nanoparticles'. @UoBChemistry

Congratulations to MSci student Eliza Eng who represented the School of Chemistry at the 2026 RSC Spectroscopy and Dynamics Group Meeting. Eliza said "This was an amazing opportunity to learn from these researchers and connect with peers in the field." linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

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Ball-milled sodium provides easy access to organometallic reagent: chemistryworld.com/news/ball-mill…