Ellis Crawford
@elliscrawford.bsky.social
Scientific Editor, RSC. Views my own.
Background in computational chemistry and education.
Sci-fi, blackgaze, queer horror books, MMOs - including an insistent love of Phantasy Star Online
Background in computational chemistry and education.
Sci-fi, blackgaze, queer horror books, MMOs - including an insistent love of Phantasy Star Online
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Ellis Crawford
@elliscrawford.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Bluesky Chem Starter Packs
tinyurl.com
Did some tidying up of the links for chemistry related starter packs, arranged loosely by subject area, and added who maintains the list so you know who to speak with if you'd like to be added!
tinyurl.com/ChemSkyStart...
#ChemSky #Chemistry #Chemists #StarterPacks 🧪
tinyurl.com/ChemSkyStart...
#ChemSky #Chemistry #Chemists #StarterPacks 🧪
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A biologist at the American Museum of Natural History, Jonathan Coddington, cataloged a new genus of South American spiders in 1986.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A biologist at the American Museum of Natural History, Jonathan Coddington, cataloged a new genus of South American spiders in 1986.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.
So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
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I can't believe the holidays are already around the corner 😱
So I must inform you that I have the most stellar #JWST designs for all your gifting needs 😉
🔗 sciencesocks.co/coll...
Sharing is appreciated 🙏
🧪🐡🔭🎨
So I must inform you that I have the most stellar #JWST designs for all your gifting needs 😉
🔗 sciencesocks.co/coll...
Sharing is appreciated 🙏
🧪🐡🔭🎨
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I can't believe the holidays are already around the corner 😱
So I must inform you that I have the most stellar #JWST designs for all your gifting needs 😉
🔗 sciencesocks.co/coll...
Sharing is appreciated 🙏
🧪🐡🔭🎨
So I must inform you that I have the most stellar #JWST designs for all your gifting needs 😉
🔗 sciencesocks.co/coll...
Sharing is appreciated 🙏
🧪🐡🔭🎨
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Congratulations to 2025 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship winner, Dr Guanjie He from University College London 👏
Read our interview with our winner here 🔗 blogs.rsc.org/jm/2025/11/0...
Watch Guanjie's Lectureship talk at Singapore Scientific Conference on 8 December👉 singaporesciconf.org
Read our interview with our winner here 🔗 blogs.rsc.org/jm/2025/11/0...
Watch Guanjie's Lectureship talk at Singapore Scientific Conference on 8 December👉 singaporesciconf.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Congratulations to 2025 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship winner, Dr Guanjie He from University College London 👏
Read our interview with our winner here 🔗 blogs.rsc.org/jm/2025/11/0...
Watch Guanjie's Lectureship talk at Singapore Scientific Conference on 8 December👉 singaporesciconf.org
Read our interview with our winner here 🔗 blogs.rsc.org/jm/2025/11/0...
Watch Guanjie's Lectureship talk at Singapore Scientific Conference on 8 December👉 singaporesciconf.org
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the only voices I’m interested in hearing from when it comes to whether it’s worth still defending the BBC are those who have been the most vilified and targeted by them over the past decade or so 🤷🏻♀️
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
the only voices I’m interested in hearing from when it comes to whether it’s worth still defending the BBC are those who have been the most vilified and targeted by them over the past decade or so 🤷🏻♀️
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We are hiring PhD students in very different research areas! Please see two adverts below, and note that the second position is restricted to UK students only. Please re-post; interested candidates please contact me by email:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
[FSE Bicentenary PhD] Controlling magnetic relaxation times in rare earth single-molecule magnets and qubits at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - [FSE Bicentenary PhD] Controlling magnetic relaxation times in rare earth single-molecule magnets and qubits at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
We are hiring PhD students in very different research areas! Please see two adverts below, and note that the second position is restricted to UK students only. Please re-post; interested candidates please contact me by email:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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cracking into the new beautiful (abridged) translation of journey to the west and
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
cracking into the new beautiful (abridged) translation of journey to the west and
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I feel like this is the best joke in all of the Star Wars movies
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I feel like this is the best joke in all of the Star Wars movies
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Have a bit of #holiday #FridayFun with the 2025 #Newscripts Gift Guide in @cenmag.bsky.social. Find a chemistry-themed gift for the scientist on your list.
#chemsky
cen.acs.org/business/con...
#chemsky
cen.acs.org/business/con...
Holiday gift ideas
Chemistry-themed goodies for the scientists in your life
cen.acs.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Have a bit of #holiday #FridayFun with the 2025 #Newscripts Gift Guide in @cenmag.bsky.social. Find a chemistry-themed gift for the scientist on your list.
#chemsky
cen.acs.org/business/con...
#chemsky
cen.acs.org/business/con...
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Solidarity with @pcsunion.bsky.social workers at the British Library.
300 workers on strike. Some of them having to take second jobs or taking out loans just to be able to survive.
A Pay "award" below inflation is a pay cut. Unacceptable.
Solidarity - and keep organising! ✊🏼
300 workers on strike. Some of them having to take second jobs or taking out loans just to be able to survive.
A Pay "award" below inflation is a pay cut. Unacceptable.
Solidarity - and keep organising! ✊🏼
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Solidarity with @pcsunion.bsky.social workers at the British Library.
300 workers on strike. Some of them having to take second jobs or taking out loans just to be able to survive.
A Pay "award" below inflation is a pay cut. Unacceptable.
Solidarity - and keep organising! ✊🏼
300 workers on strike. Some of them having to take second jobs or taking out loans just to be able to survive.
A Pay "award" below inflation is a pay cut. Unacceptable.
Solidarity - and keep organising! ✊🏼
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In the believe it or not category:
The 3rd edition of Essentials of Computational Chemistry is, lo these 20 years later, under contract... 😮
(Here's hoping my co-authors, to whom I shall afford anonymity until the revised draft is delivered, survive what they signed up for! 😬)
The 3rd edition of Essentials of Computational Chemistry is, lo these 20 years later, under contract... 😮
(Here's hoping my co-authors, to whom I shall afford anonymity until the revised draft is delivered, survive what they signed up for! 😬)
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
In the believe it or not category:
The 3rd edition of Essentials of Computational Chemistry is, lo these 20 years later, under contract... 😮
(Here's hoping my co-authors, to whom I shall afford anonymity until the revised draft is delivered, survive what they signed up for! 😬)
The 3rd edition of Essentials of Computational Chemistry is, lo these 20 years later, under contract... 😮
(Here's hoping my co-authors, to whom I shall afford anonymity until the revised draft is delivered, survive what they signed up for! 😬)
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"You're sat at home with your beloved dog lying beside you. Suddenly they then get up, and stretch their little paws accross the couch. But you're not saying anything. Why?"
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"You're sat at home with your beloved dog lying beside you. Suddenly they then get up, and stretch their little paws accross the couch. But you're not saying anything. Why?"
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Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
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Green Chemistry and Catalysis in Japan シンポジウム
11月14日（金）に大阪大学で開催されます。
ぜひご来場ください！
11月14日（金）に大阪大学で開催されます。
ぜひご来場ください！
💚 Just 2 weeks to go until the 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 symposium, part of our celebrations for the 25th Anniversary of Green Chemistry 🎉
📍 Osaka, Japan
🗓️ 14 November 2025
🔗 Register here: rsc.li/gc-osaka25
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #ScienceEvents #ChemSky
@rsc.org
📍 Osaka, Japan
🗓️ 14 November 2025
🔗 Register here: rsc.li/gc-osaka25
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #ScienceEvents #ChemSky
@rsc.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Green Chemistry and Catalysis in Japan シンポジウム
11月14日（金）に大阪大学で開催されます。
ぜひご来場ください！
11月14日（金）に大阪大学で開催されます。
ぜひご来場ください！
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💚 Just 2 weeks to go until the 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 symposium, part of our celebrations for the 25th Anniversary of Green Chemistry 🎉
📍 Osaka, Japan
🗓️ 14 November 2025
🔗 Register here: rsc.li/gc-osaka25
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #ScienceEvents #ChemSky
@rsc.org
📍 Osaka, Japan
🗓️ 14 November 2025
🔗 Register here: rsc.li/gc-osaka25
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #ScienceEvents #ChemSky
@rsc.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
💚 Just 2 weeks to go until the 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 symposium, part of our celebrations for the 25th Anniversary of Green Chemistry 🎉
📍 Osaka, Japan
🗓️ 14 November 2025
🔗 Register here: rsc.li/gc-osaka25
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #ScienceEvents #ChemSky
@rsc.org
📍 Osaka, Japan
🗓️ 14 November 2025
🔗 Register here: rsc.li/gc-osaka25
#GreenChemistry #Sustainability #ScienceEvents #ChemSky
@rsc.org
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Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold
Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold
WASHINGTON—Praising the process as yet another miracle of biology that modern medicine chooses to ignore, a gray-lipped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at a press conference Wednesday during which he tout...
theonion.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold
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Researchers at OIST achieve crystal-free mechanoluminescence, illuminating new possibilities for next-generation materials. Learn more in the @chemicalscience.rsc.org publication: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... or by reading our press release: www.oist.jp/news-center/...
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Researchers at OIST achieve crystal-free mechanoluminescence, illuminating new possibilities for next-generation materials. Learn more in the @chemicalscience.rsc.org publication: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... or by reading our press release: www.oist.jp/news-center/...
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If you've ever crunched wintergreen life savers in the dark to see flashes of light, you already know about mechanoluminescence. Some materials work similarly that aren't crystals. That and more from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti...
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If you've ever crunched wintergreen life savers in the dark to see flashes of light, you already know about mechanoluminescence. Some materials work similarly that aren't crystals. That and more from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti...
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Looking forward to today's #EMBOEpitrans by @events.embl.org! Get in touch or meet me in tomorrow's "Meet the Editors" session if you'd like to find out about @rscchembio.rsc.org and @molecularomics.rsc.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Looking forward to today's #EMBOEpitrans by @events.embl.org! Get in touch or meet me in tomorrow's "Meet the Editors" session if you'd like to find out about @rscchembio.rsc.org and @molecularomics.rsc.org
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Thoughts post-Caerphilly:
* Reform over-hyped by rightwing press
* Nationalists now lead in all home nations
* Labour doomed unless Starmer dumped
* But Labour more likely to go Make England Great Again
* huge boost for Scots&Welsh Indy & Irish unity
More here: www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
* Reform over-hyped by rightwing press
* Nationalists now lead in all home nations
* Labour doomed unless Starmer dumped
* But Labour more likely to go Make England Great Again
* huge boost for Scots&Welsh Indy & Irish unity
More here: www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Labour’s choice: Tack left and dump Starmer or go full ‘Make England Great Again’
The Caerphilly by-election signals imminent destruction for Labour, but rather than take the necessary action, the party will just head further…
www.heraldscotland.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Thoughts post-Caerphilly:
* Reform over-hyped by rightwing press
* Nationalists now lead in all home nations
* Labour doomed unless Starmer dumped
* But Labour more likely to go Make England Great Again
* huge boost for Scots&Welsh Indy & Irish unity
More here: www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
* Reform over-hyped by rightwing press
* Nationalists now lead in all home nations
* Labour doomed unless Starmer dumped
* But Labour more likely to go Make England Great Again
* huge boost for Scots&Welsh Indy & Irish unity
More here: www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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OK chemists, phenylalanine: "fennel-alanyne" or "feenyl-alaneen"?
October 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
OK chemists, phenylalanine: "fennel-alanyne" or "feenyl-alaneen"?
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Study targets a key bottleneck in hit to lead optimisation by designing fragments that are both structurally diverse and easy to elaborate.
This fragment-based drug discovery library is designed to be sociable
Study targets a key bottleneck in hit to lead optimisation by designing fragments that are both structurally diverse and easy to elaborate
www.chemistryworld.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Study targets a key bottleneck in hit to lead optimisation by designing fragments that are both structurally diverse and easy to elaborate.
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I'm sharing these perfect pride flowers again because I only need to sell 10 more to break even on making them. That seems doable! Also I think they're pretty 😊 #SciArt
Pride flowers anyone? These were inspired by the fact that 90% of flowering species have individual flowers that are both male and female 🌸 canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4338...
October 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I'm sharing these perfect pride flowers again because I only need to sell 10 more to break even on making them. That seems doable! Also I think they're pretty 😊 #SciArt
One for #CompChemSky! 🧪
If you're suddenly interested in ℚ𝕦𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕞 𝕋𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘, hear me out:
Do you know the famous dead/alive cat?🙀
With @aromaticist.bsky.social group we found a case where the tunneling in rings makes them Aromatic and Antiaromatic at the same time!⌬
doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
Do you know the famous dead/alive cat?🙀
With @aromaticist.bsky.social group we found a case where the tunneling in rings makes them Aromatic and Antiaromatic at the same time!⌬
doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
One for #CompChemSky! 🧪