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The Sustainable Chemicals and Materials Manufacturing Hub (SCHEMA) convenes academic and industry partners to deliver supply chain resilience and a sustainable manufacturing sector.

#Oxford #Bath #Cardiff #Liverpool #York #Cambridge
Congratulations to our Co-Investigator Dr Hannah Leese, Reader in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the @uniofbath.bsky.social for being named a finalist in the Innovator category of the 2026 Every Woman in Technology Awards.

📲 More here: bit.ly/3MIXvn7

#ewTechAwards #WomenInTech #STEM
February 13, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Congratulations to SCHEMA Co-Investigator Sir Richard Catlow for being awarded the @aaas.org David and Betty Hamburg Award for Science Diplomacy along with Sir Martyn Poliakoff.

🔗Read more here: bit.ly/4aIzd5P

#AAAS2026 #AAASawards #AdvancingScience #Chemistry #Catalysis #SciComm #ScienceNews
February 11, 2026 at 9:46 AM
"Many Voices, One Science" is the theme for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Global Women’s Breakfast 2026.

🌍 Use the IUPAC GWB event search function to find an event near you: https://iupac.org/gwb/

#IUPACGWB #GlobalWomensBreakfast #WomenInChemistry #WomenInSTEM
February 10, 2026 at 8:33 AM
🧪 New publication 🚨

"Hydrolytic degradation of amorphous PLA: Effect of mechanical loads" in 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

👉 Read it here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2025.111751
🌐 View all SCHEMA publications: bit.ly/4rpg0M2
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
We’re thrilled to announce Linda Broadbelt, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University, as a keynote speaker at our upcoming spring conference in Cambridge.

🔗 Join us: https://lnkd.in/ddMTG5Fm
🌐 More info: https://bit.ly/4to1G8w

#Chemistry #Engineering #Conference
February 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
🧪 New publication 🚨

"Pressure-sensitive adhesives from polyester pentablock copolymers" by Chang Gao, Kam C. Poon, Charlotte K. Williams in Polymer Chemistry, @rsc.org

👉 Read it here: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5PY01006C
🌐 View SCHEMA publications: https://bit.ly/4rpg0M2

#Chemistry #PolymerScience
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Affiliate and doctoral researcher Katherine Morton presented some of her research at the Swiss Embassy in London late last year. The presentation was delivered for Unione Ticinese and was titled "Sustainable Plastics".

📸 Unione Ticinese London and FDFA/Swiss Embassy London
February 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
We’re delighted to welcome Gabriella Pizzuto, Assistant Professor in Robotics & Chemistry Automation and Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at @liverpooluni.bsky.social, as speaker at our Spring Conference.

📍 University of Cambridge | 📅 24–25 March 2026
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3ZwSb9b
January 26, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Two doctoral affiliates presented at the recent UK Catalysis Conference:

🧪📈R Thorogood: Linear Free Energy Relationships for Accelerated Ring-opening Polymerisation Catalyst Design

🫧📊K Eisenhardt: Quantifying the Influences of Epoxide Binding in Epoxide/CO2 Ring Opening Copolymerization Catalysis
January 21, 2026 at 11:00 AM
🎤 Meet Our Speakers | SCHEMA Spring Conference

We’re delighted to announce Erwin Reisner, Professor of Energy & Sustainability at @cam.ac.uk, as a speaker at our Spring Conference.

📍 Cambridge | 📅 24–25 March 2026
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3ZlEVUJ

#Chemistry #MechanicalEngineering #Sustainability
January 20, 2026 at 12:01 PM
🔬New Publication❗

📄 Effects of Molecular Weight Distribution on the Thermal–Mechanical Performance and Recycling of CO2-Derived Poly(cyclopentene carbonate)

🌱📗 Macromolecules @acs.org

Read it here: doi.org/10.1021/acs....

#GreenChemistry #Polymers #Research #NewPublication
January 19, 2026 at 9:01 AM
⏱️ Call for Abstracts 🧪

PhD students, postdocs & ECRs: Submit a poster to our Spring 2026 conference at @cam.ac.uk.

🏆 Two £200 prizes
📅 Deadline: 11 March 2026
🔗 Register and submit abstract: bit.ly/4bwZPaI

#Chemistry #GreenChemistry #CallForAbstracts #Academia
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 PM
SCHEMA Co‑Investigator Prof Graham Hutchings recently appeared on BBC Radio 4 to discuss gold, and more specifically, its usefulness in non-decorative applications.

🎧 Full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#ScientificResearch #Chemistry #Catalysis #ScienceCommunication
January 12, 2026 at 11:44 AM
#SCHEMAYearInReview: Prof Buchard and Prof Williams co-hosted the RSC Faraday Discussion in Oxford and authored the preface to the themed collection "Polymerisation and depolymerisation chemistry: the second century Faraday Discussion".

👉 News: bit.ly/4bk1twg
📕 Collection: bit.ly/4poJBUw
January 7, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Happy New Year from SCHEMA 🎆

You can now register for our Spring Conference at @ceb.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge from 24-25 March 2026 — attendance is free. Tickets for the conference dinner at @corpuscambridge.bsky.social will be released soon.

👉 Register here: forms.office.com/e/31Q72TLAAL
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 AM
#SCHEMAYearInReview: EDI Lead & Co-Investigator Prof Kylie Vincent and the Biocatalytic Nitro Hydrogenations team were awarded the 2025 @rsc.org Biology Interface Horizon Prize.

🔗 Read an interview with the team here: bit.ly/49cBMuX
December 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#SCHEMAYearInReview:

🍃Spring conference in Bath with industry-focused talks from Dr Adam Jarvis (Unilever) & Dr Stefan Lawrenson (Scott Bader)
🍂 Autumn conference in Oxford featuring keynote by Prof Karen L Wooley (Texas A&M)

💻 Sign up from our Spring 2026 conference: forms.office.com/e/31Q72TLAAL
December 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
#SCHEMAYearInReview: In March, Prof Charlotte Williams received the Frontiers Award 2025 from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion. She delivered a lecture titled “Forward and Back Again: Using Catalysis to Make and Recycle Sustainable Polymers.” Read more here: bit.ly/4qosuD3
December 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Season’s greetings from everyone at the SCHEMA Hub. We wish you a very happy holiday period!
December 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Our latest newsletter is live and features news, upcoming events, industry collaboration spotlights, and new opportunities.

👀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿: mailchi.mp/106e02acf75d...
📝 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿: schemahub.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

#SustainableManufacturing #Chemistry #Hiring
December 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🔬New Publication❗

📄Bio-Based, Degradable, and Tunable Epoxy Thermosets from Homogenized Acids and Epoxidized Linseed Oil or Glycerol Triglycidyl Ether

🌱📗ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering @acs.org

Read it here: doi.org/10.1021/acss...

#PolymerScience #SustainableMaterials #GreenChemistry
December 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We are hiring a PDRA who will work under Prof MJ Rosseinsky at @liverpooluni.bsky.social supported by the @ukri.org EPSRC-funded SCHEMA Hub. This project is in collaboration with Ceres Power.

🔗 Full details: schemahub.web.ox.ac.uk/opportunities

#Hiring #Postdoc #ResearchJobs #STEMCareers #Jobs
December 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
📣 New Publication 🧪

📄 H2-Driven Flavin Recycling Supports Biocatalytic Halogenation by Flavin-Dependent Halogenase

🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/cctc...
📲 View SCHEMA research: schemahub.web.ox.ac.uk/publications

#Biocatalysis #Flavin #Halogenation #Chemistry

@chemistryeurope.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
📣 New Publication in ACS Macro Letters @acs.org

📄 Block CO2–Polycarbonates: Tunable Chain Extension with Zn(II) Carboxylates

🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1021/acsm...
📲 View SCHEMA research here: schemahub.web.ox.ac.uk/publications

#Research #Innovation #Chemistry #NewPublication
December 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
📢 White Paper Launch: Growing the UK’s Bioeconomy

🌱 A new report from BB-REG-NET says bio-based and biodegradable solutions could boost the UK economy by £204bn while advancing net zero. Our Industry & Partnerships Manager Dr Greg Sulley attended the event.

📄 Read more: bbia.org.uk/wp-content/u...
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM