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Wonderful evening being back @School of Chemistry University of Glasgow for their Chemistry Alumni Panel!

We shared some insights in how our undergraduate degree led us to where we are now in our careers, 7 years on (crazy to acknowledge that!).

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November 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Meet Katy, a chemistry teacher who started her career journey by studying a MSci Chemistry with work placement here at @uofglasgow.bsky.social. She explains her path to where she is today. youtu.be/yoCEpFxEyes

Where could you chemistry career lead you? Start here gla.ac/UG-Katy-BS
Career stories: Chemistry with Katy Mallon
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November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Supervisors: Rheinallt Jones (Lead PI) and Michelle Bellingham from @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk, Dr W Peveler from
@uofgchem.bsky.social and @drcgl119.bsky.social from @uofgengineering.bsky.social

For information on the programme and how to apply visit
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University of Glasgow - Colleges - College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences - MVLS Graduate School - PhD Research Opportunities - College Futures Themes PhD Programme
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November 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Could you be our next Head of School?

We seek an innovative, forward-thinking leader to join our College as Professor and Head of the School of Chemistry – a world top 100 school.

Apply by 16 November: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/professo...

#chemistry
New vacancy Professor and Head of School School of Chemistry Closing date: 16 November
October 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Congratulations Professor Emily Draper @profdraper.bsky.social 👏
uofgnews.bsky.social UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · Oct 21
Congrats to Prof Emily Draper (@profdraper.bsky.social) of @uofgchem.bsky.social, who has won a @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social Prize to help advance her groundbreaking work on the development of more sustainable devices.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
A portrait of Professor Emily Draper of the University of Glasgow's School of Chemistry
October 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Congratulations to Chemify on raising $50 million in Series B funding. The company, led by our very own Professor Lee Cronin, aims to enable fast design of any molecule and discovery of drugs, catalysts and electronic materials. @leecronin.bsky.social

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Chemify raises $50 million in Series B funding round
Fresh financing should help scale its platform and facilities, expanding the concept into Silicon Valley
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October 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Don't miss this opportunity to do a PhD with us!
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⌛Countdown is on!
Applications to join DiveIn in 2026 open in November
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October 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Are you a company aiming to tackle interdisciplinary, mission-driven challenges? Join our event and start new collaborations with our researchers.
diveincdt.bsky.social DiveIn CDT @diveincdt.bsky.social · Oct 17
📣Join our Annual Industry Showcase – a dynamic event where innovation meets collaboration🤝

🔷 Discover emerging project ideas from PGRs
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📅 11 November 2025
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👉Register: www.divein.org.uk/2025/10/16/a...
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October 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Join us at this event to learn about how you can benefit from our research facilities.
uofgstem.bsky.social UofG STEM @uofgstem.bsky.social · Oct 6
How can you benefit from research facilities? Find out more at our 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲.

Join the event to hear about the equipment available, their capabilities, services and how you can access them - and get the chance to visit some of them.

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Research Facilities Showcase By College of Science and Engineering 23 October Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow
October 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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🚀 New #funding opportunity! The #Photonics & Quantum Accelerator (PQA) has opened its Further Innovation Call, offering up to £150,000 per project! They invite applications from UK-based academics collaborating with partners of any size. Learn more & apply: photonicsaccelerator.ac.uk/pqa-call/fur...
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Our EPSRC IAA Funding Calls have reopened!

#Funding to create #impact from your research. With priority given to projects that can deliver outcomes and impacts in 2027/28.

Find out more and apply: gla.ac.uk/colleges/sci...
Text: New EPSRC IAA Funding Calls. Standard Calls, up to £50,000, 28 October 2025 and 27 January 2026. RA-led Call, up to £20,000, 24 February 2026. Fast track, up to £5,000, any time. Logos of EPSRC and University of Glasgow. Nice photo of a bridge over the Clyde underneath a pink sky in the background.
September 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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It's great to see a spinout from our School of Chemistry thriving! @uofgchem.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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A perspective is published today in Chemical Science from the group that describes the design, synthesis and applications of fluorescent amino acids. Well done to Olivia Marshall (@uofgchem.bsky.social): pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Expanding the fluorescence toolkit: molecular design, synthesis and biological application of unnatural amino acids
Fluorescence imaging has become an indispensable tool in modern biology, enabling the visualisation of dynamic molecular processes with spatial and temporal precision. Traditional strategies rely heav...
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September 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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🔥Be sure to read the latest Hot Off the Press article by Robert Hill &
@andysuth14.bsky.social from @uofgchem.bsky.social on their selection of 32 recent papers covering the latest research in bioorganic chemistry & novel natural products #naturalproducts

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Hot off the Press
A personal selection of 32 recent papers is presented covering various aspects of current developments in bioorganic chemistry and novel natural products such as hypbeaone A from Hypericum beanii.
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September 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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🚨 University of Glasgow MedTech Innovation Fund is now OPEN for applications 🚨

🔗 For details about the criteria, how to apply and to book free tickets to the Q&A sessions click here: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/ri...

#medtech #entrepreneurship #innovation #glasgow
August 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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‼️ Glasgow ICURe Discover Programme is now OPEN for applications ‼️

🔗 Find the application form and further details on the ICURe website, via our bio-Linktree. Also there, find details of an in-person Q&A session on 20 August.

#Innovation #Glasgow

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August 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Researchers from @uofgchem.bsky.social have found a new way to remove a common plastic pollutant called BPA from water using controlled waves of ultrasound.

In the future, it could help water treatment plants scrub BPA from water supplies.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
(l-r) Dr Lukman Yusuf and Dr Zeliha Ertekin with the prototype ultrasound device
August 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Are you a STEM professional or graduate? Amplify Mentoring is looking for industry professionals to pair with students from backgrounds underrepresented in UK universities and the STEM workforce.

30 mins a month, online, over the academic year.

Register by 17th Oct shorturl.at/ksP74
August 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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We are recruiting a PhD student in Polymer Chemistry @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgchem.bsky.social in collaboration with @unileveruki.bsky.social on polymer-based skin surrogates with a planned start date in Jan 2026.
Application deadline: 15.09.2025

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PhD in Chemistry - Fully-funded BBSRC CASE Award (sponsored by Unilever R&D): New approaches to molecular skin surrogate partitioning via analytical and synthetic approaches for assessing chemical der...
PhD Project - PhD in Chemistry - Fully-funded BBSRC CASE Award (sponsored by Unilever R&D): New approaches to molecular skin surrogate partitioning via analytical and synthetic approaches for asse...
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July 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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🔥Don't miss the latest Hot off the Press article by Robert A. Hill & @andysuth14.bsky.social‬ at @uofgchem.bsky.social on their selection of 32 recent papers covering the latest research in bioorganic chemistry & novel natural products #natprod

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Hot off the Press
A personal selection of 32 recent papers is presented covering various aspects of current developments in bioorganic chemistry and novel natural products, such as shimianolide A from Chloranthus…
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July 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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A £20 device developed by researchers from @uofgchem.bsky.social and @uofgengineering.bsky.social which makes fertiliser by treating water with ultrasound could transform agricultural supply chains in remote areas.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
(l-r) Dr Paul Prentice, Professor Mark Symes, and Dr Lukman Yusuf of the University of Glasgow pose with the £20 prototype device they built to produce nitrate from water and air using ultrasound
June 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Given how things are these days, I’m especially glad to have just published a biography of Elmer Imes (the first Black spectroscopist, who lived in the Jim Crow era) in the Bulletin for the History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society.

doi.org/10.70359/bhc...

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June 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Check out our preprint doi.org/10.26434/che... challenging the core assumption of solution chemistry that solute molecules in undersaturated solutions exist primarily as monomers #chemsky #nucleation
Nucleation begins before supersaturation: glassy solute aggregates dominate solution structure
The molecular-level structure of concentrated solutions is crucial to the understanding of crystal nucleation and polymorph selection, with significant implications for pharmaceuticals, materials scie...
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June 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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we have new funding! find out below
uofgnews.bsky.social UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · May 27
New funding from @rsc.org will enable researchers from @uofgengineering.bsky.social and @uofgchem.bsky.social to investigate and improve the sustainability of one of chemistry's most widely used purification techniques.

Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
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May 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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🧑‍🎓 ICYMI: The Life After UofG programme is packed with sessions to help you plan your life after graduation.

Receive personalised feedback on your CV
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Connect with organisations currently hiring grads
And much more

👉 Sign up at glasgow.ac.uk/careers.
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May 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM