Acceleration Consortium
@accelerationc.bsky.social
We're a global community accelerating the discovery and design of wide range of new materials, from renewable energy to drugs. Led by Alán Aspuru-Guzik at the University of Toronto.
📅 Join us tomorrow (Nov 11):
RoboChem and the Rise of Intelligent Flow Chemistry
Timothy Noël, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Establishing the Data-Driven Organic Materials Lab
Martin Seifrid, 1:30 – 2:30 PM
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RoboChem and the Rise of Intelligent Flow Chemistry
Timothy Noël, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Establishing the Data-Driven Organic Materials Lab
Martin Seifrid, 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
📅 Join us tomorrow (Nov 11):
RoboChem and the Rise of Intelligent Flow Chemistry
Timothy Noël, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Establishing the Data-Driven Organic Materials Lab
Martin Seifrid, 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
RoboChem and the Rise of Intelligent Flow Chemistry
Timothy Noël, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Establishing the Data-Driven Organic Materials Lab
Martin Seifrid, 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Congrats to @aspuru.bsky.social (AC director, #UofT professor + #NVIDIA senior director), who has been named a #AI2050 Senior Fellow by #SchmidtSciences. Alán is one of 28 researchers who will receive >$18 million to advance research in beneficial #AI.
Read: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/alan-as...
Read: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/alan-as...
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Congrats to @aspuru.bsky.social (AC director, #UofT professor + #NVIDIA senior director), who has been named a #AI2050 Senior Fellow by #SchmidtSciences. Alán is one of 28 researchers who will receive >$18 million to advance research in beneficial #AI.
Read: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/alan-as...
Read: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/alan-as...
Nov 11, 11:30 AM EST: Join our next #ACSeminar ft. @tnoel82.bsky.social to learn about #RoboChem, an autonomous laboratory system that integrates flow reactors, real-time analytics, custom control software + machine learning algorithms.
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Nov 11, 11:30 AM EST: Join our next #ACSeminar ft. @tnoel82.bsky.social to learn about #RoboChem, an autonomous laboratory system that integrates flow reactors, real-time analytics, custom control software + machine learning algorithms.
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Register: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
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The legends are true - the new @accelerationc.bsky.social building being constructed in Toronto yesterday
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The legends are true - the new @accelerationc.bsky.social building being constructed in Toronto yesterday
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a Software Engineer! If you excel at collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, designing software architectures, developing code and creating solutions for challenging IT problems, we want to hear from you!
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
October 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a Software Engineer! If you excel at collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, designing software architectures, developing code and creating solutions for challenging IT problems, we want to hear from you!
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
🎧 #ICYMI, check out AC scientific leadership team member Jason Hattrick-Simpers in an ep of #CarryTheTwo podcast by IMSI Institute! He dives into how AI & automation are accelerating materials discovery & breakthroughs in health + tech.
🔗 www.imsi.institute/podcast/emer...
🔗 www.imsi.institute/podcast/emer...
Emerging Technologies Episode 4: Materials Science • IMSI
Databases, machine learning, and algorithms are accelerating materials science. Especially when publishing everything
www.imsi.institute
October 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🎧 #ICYMI, check out AC scientific leadership team member Jason Hattrick-Simpers in an ep of #CarryTheTwo podcast by IMSI Institute! He dives into how AI & automation are accelerating materials discovery & breakthroughs in health + tech.
🔗 www.imsi.institute/podcast/emer...
🔗 www.imsi.institute/podcast/emer...
Congratulations to our AC social science grant recipients who will be exploring the societal impacts of using AI and automation to speed up science.
Learn more about their research goals: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...
Learn more about their research goals: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...
October 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Congratulations to our AC social science grant recipients who will be exploring the societal impacts of using AI and automation to speed up science.
Learn more about their research goals: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...
Learn more about their research goals: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...
🤖 Can a robot do chemistry like a human?
Find out on Oct 15 @ 3PM EST with AC member
@aicooper.bsky.social of @liverpooluni.bsky.social at our next #ACSeminar! Learn how autonomous labs + AI are reinventing discovery.
Register to attend in person or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Find out on Oct 15 @ 3PM EST with AC member
@aicooper.bsky.social of @liverpooluni.bsky.social at our next #ACSeminar! Learn how autonomous labs + AI are reinventing discovery.
Register to attend in person or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
October 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🤖 Can a robot do chemistry like a human?
Find out on Oct 15 @ 3PM EST with AC member
@aicooper.bsky.social of @liverpooluni.bsky.social at our next #ACSeminar! Learn how autonomous labs + AI are reinventing discovery.
Register to attend in person or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Find out on Oct 15 @ 3PM EST with AC member
@aicooper.bsky.social of @liverpooluni.bsky.social at our next #ACSeminar! Learn how autonomous labs + AI are reinventing discovery.
Register to attend in person or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
#ICYMI: Check out our series on #womeninSTEM at
@utoronto.ca by @bme-uoft.bsky.social PhD students Meghan Rothenbroker & Ana-Maria Oproescu, with support from AC's EDI Initiate Grant 🚀
Meet Nasim Abdollahi, Carla Brown, Nandita Vijaykumar, and Marta Skreta: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/meet-th...
@utoronto.ca by @bme-uoft.bsky.social PhD students Meghan Rothenbroker & Ana-Maria Oproescu, with support from AC's EDI Initiate Grant 🚀
Meet Nasim Abdollahi, Carla Brown, Nandita Vijaykumar, and Marta Skreta: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/meet-th...
October 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#ICYMI: Check out our series on #womeninSTEM at
@utoronto.ca by @bme-uoft.bsky.social PhD students Meghan Rothenbroker & Ana-Maria Oproescu, with support from AC's EDI Initiate Grant 🚀
Meet Nasim Abdollahi, Carla Brown, Nandita Vijaykumar, and Marta Skreta: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/meet-th...
@utoronto.ca by @bme-uoft.bsky.social PhD students Meghan Rothenbroker & Ana-Maria Oproescu, with support from AC's EDI Initiate Grant 🚀
Meet Nasim Abdollahi, Carla Brown, Nandita Vijaykumar, and Marta Skreta: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/meet-th...
#UofT's Acceleration Consortium + #Unilever have teamed up to use self-driving labs to advance the science of submicron emulsions—found in personal care products like body washes, lotions + creams, as well as in pharma, agriculture, food + cosmetics. acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#UofT's Acceleration Consortium + #Unilever have teamed up to use self-driving labs to advance the science of submicron emulsions—found in personal care products like body washes, lotions + creams, as well as in pharma, agriculture, food + cosmetics. acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/the-acc...
🧪 Can we teach a lab to design biomaterials on its own? Join us Sept 24, 11 AM EST for the next #ACSeminar with Adam Gormley of Rutgers University to learn more.
Register to attend for #free in person at University of Toronto or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Register to attend for #free in person at University of Toronto or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
September 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🧪 Can we teach a lab to design biomaterials on its own? Join us Sept 24, 11 AM EST for the next #ACSeminar with Adam Gormley of Rutgers University to learn more.
Register to attend for #free in person at University of Toronto or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Register to attend for #free in person at University of Toronto or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
#ACSeminar📣 Material Discovery in The World Avatar Sept 11, 11 AM EST
Join Markus Kraft of #CambridgeUniversity as he explores The World Avatar (TWA), a dynamic framework for material discovery and knowledge representation.
Attend for free at @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Join Markus Kraft of #CambridgeUniversity as he explores The World Avatar (TWA), a dynamic framework for material discovery and knowledge representation.
Attend for free at @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
September 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#ACSeminar📣 Material Discovery in The World Avatar Sept 11, 11 AM EST
Join Markus Kraft of #CambridgeUniversity as he explores The World Avatar (TWA), a dynamic framework for material discovery and knowledge representation.
Attend for free at @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
Join Markus Kraft of #CambridgeUniversity as he explores The World Avatar (TWA), a dynamic framework for material discovery and knowledge representation.
Attend for free at @utoronto.ca or online: airtable.com/appYBjHgttvB...
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a #SoftwareEngineer to manage and optimize our software infrastructure to support high-impact research projects at at the Acceleration Consortium🚀
Learn more + apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Learn more + apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
August 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a #SoftwareEngineer to manage and optimize our software infrastructure to support high-impact research projects at at the Acceleration Consortium🚀
Learn more + apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Learn more + apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
We're thrilled to announce the winners of the Accelerate Conference 2025 poster competition:
🥇 1st: Florian Boser, Universität Münster
🥈 2nd: Xu Chen, @utoronto.ca
🥉 3rd: Joy-Lynn Kobti, University of Windsor
Thanks to Digital Discovery for generously sponsoring this year’s poster prizes!
🥇 1st: Florian Boser, Universität Münster
🥈 2nd: Xu Chen, @utoronto.ca
🥉 3rd: Joy-Lynn Kobti, University of Windsor
Thanks to Digital Discovery for generously sponsoring this year’s poster prizes!
August 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We're thrilled to announce the winners of the Accelerate Conference 2025 poster competition:
🥇 1st: Florian Boser, Universität Münster
🥈 2nd: Xu Chen, @utoronto.ca
🥉 3rd: Joy-Lynn Kobti, University of Windsor
Thanks to Digital Discovery for generously sponsoring this year’s poster prizes!
🥇 1st: Florian Boser, Universität Münster
🥈 2nd: Xu Chen, @utoronto.ca
🥉 3rd: Joy-Lynn Kobti, University of Windsor
Thanks to Digital Discovery for generously sponsoring this year’s poster prizes!
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What a catch! 🎣
Huge congratulations to @boser-florian.bsky.social for winning the first place poster prize at this year’s @accelerationc.bsky.social Conference in Toronto awarded by @digital-discovery.rsc.org! 🥇
Thanks to the judges & organizers! #Accelerate2025
doi.org/10.1039/D4DD...
Huge congratulations to @boser-florian.bsky.social for winning the first place poster prize at this year’s @accelerationc.bsky.social Conference in Toronto awarded by @digital-discovery.rsc.org! 🥇
Thanks to the judges & organizers! #Accelerate2025
doi.org/10.1039/D4DD...
August 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What a catch! 🎣
Huge congratulations to @boser-florian.bsky.social for winning the first place poster prize at this year’s @accelerationc.bsky.social Conference in Toronto awarded by @digital-discovery.rsc.org! 🥇
Thanks to the judges & organizers! #Accelerate2025
doi.org/10.1039/D4DD...
Huge congratulations to @boser-florian.bsky.social for winning the first place poster prize at this year’s @accelerationc.bsky.social Conference in Toronto awarded by @digital-discovery.rsc.org! 🥇
Thanks to the judges & organizers! #Accelerate2025
doi.org/10.1039/D4DD...
#JOB OPP: We’re hiring a Staff Scientist (Machine Learning Specialist) to join our Human Organ Mimicry Self-Driving Lab. Leverage your expertise in machine learning (ML) and computational biology to drive innovation in cutting-edge scientific research.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
August 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#JOB OPP: We’re hiring a Staff Scientist (Machine Learning Specialist) to join our Human Organ Mimicry Self-Driving Lab. Leverage your expertise in machine learning (ML) and computational biology to drive innovation in cutting-edge scientific research.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a Training Lead at the Acceleration Consortium. You’ll design and deliver training programs for students, faculty + industry partners at the intersection of machine learning, robotics, lab automation + materials discovery.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
August 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a Training Lead at the Acceleration Consortium. You’ll design and deliver training programs for students, faculty + industry partners at the intersection of machine learning, robotics, lab automation + materials discovery.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a #DataEngineer to manage and optimize data infrastructure to support research projects at
U of T's Acceleration Consortium.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
U of T's Acceleration Consortium.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
August 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a #DataEngineer to manage and optimize data infrastructure to support research projects at
U of T's Acceleration Consortium.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
U of T's Acceleration Consortium.
Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Are you at the @accelerationc.bsky.social Conference in Toronto? Did you catch Siwoo Lee presenting on "MuAPBEK: An Improved Analytical Kinetic Energy Density Functional For Quantum Chemistry"? 🐯 #ACConference #Vertaix
Check out the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2505.04559
Check out the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2505.04559
August 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Are you at the @accelerationc.bsky.social Conference in Toronto? Did you catch Siwoo Lee presenting on "MuAPBEK: An Improved Analytical Kinetic Energy Density Functional For Quantum Chemistry"? 🐯 #ACConference #Vertaix
Check out the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2505.04559
Check out the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2505.04559
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Glorius Group on tour in Toronto! 🇨🇦🧳
Happy to see our Data Science team discussing the lab of the future at #Accelerate2025 🦾🧪.
Special thanks to all organizers from the @accelerationc.bsky.social!
#Closingtheloop #Chemistry
Happy to see our Data Science team discussing the lab of the future at #Accelerate2025 🦾🧪.
Special thanks to all organizers from the @accelerationc.bsky.social!
#Closingtheloop #Chemistry
August 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Glorius Group on tour in Toronto! 🇨🇦🧳
Happy to see our Data Science team discussing the lab of the future at #Accelerate2025 🦾🧪.
Special thanks to all organizers from the @accelerationc.bsky.social!
#Closingtheloop #Chemistry
Happy to see our Data Science team discussing the lab of the future at #Accelerate2025 🦾🧪.
Special thanks to all organizers from the @accelerationc.bsky.social!
#Closingtheloop #Chemistry
This afternoon, we're hosting our final poster session of #accelerate25. Congrats to the >140 presenters who presented their work yesterday and today, including Rory Butler from the University of Chicago!
August 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This afternoon, we're hosting our final poster session of #accelerate25. Congrats to the >140 presenters who presented their work yesterday and today, including Rory Butler from the University of Chicago!
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A pleasure getting (most of) the band back together and presenting our recent work at @accelerationc.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A pleasure getting (most of) the band back together and presenting our recent work at @accelerationc.bsky.social
We started day 3 at the 2025 Accelerate Conference w/a variety of sessions incl. a panel on responsible discovery to explore Indigenous science, refusals, and the future of automated discovery. The session featured #UofT's Reena Shadaan, Erin Konsmo, Fernanda Yanchapaxi, Kristen Bos + M. Murphy.
August 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We started day 3 at the 2025 Accelerate Conference w/a variety of sessions incl. a panel on responsible discovery to explore Indigenous science, refusals, and the future of automated discovery. The session featured #UofT's Reena Shadaan, Erin Konsmo, Fernanda Yanchapaxi, Kristen Bos + M. Murphy.
This afternoon, we're hosting 1 of 2 poster sessions as part of #accelerate25. Congrats to the >140 presenters who will present their work today + tomorrow, including Rama El-khawaldeh from the University of British Columbia!
August 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This afternoon, we're hosting 1 of 2 poster sessions as part of #accelerate25. Congrats to the >140 presenters who will present their work today + tomorrow, including Rama El-khawaldeh from the University of British Columbia!
We're kicking off the 2nd day of the 2025 Accelerate Conference w/2 keynotes this morning by Mitra Taheri + James Love.
Thanks also to Grace Lee Reynolds, #UofT's Leah Cowen + Melanie Woodin for welcoming us with opening remarks!
@marsdd.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @novonordisk.bsky.social
Thanks also to Grace Lee Reynolds, #UofT's Leah Cowen + Melanie Woodin for welcoming us with opening remarks!
@marsdd.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @novonordisk.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We're kicking off the 2nd day of the 2025 Accelerate Conference w/2 keynotes this morning by Mitra Taheri + James Love.
Thanks also to Grace Lee Reynolds, #UofT's Leah Cowen + Melanie Woodin for welcoming us with opening remarks!
@marsdd.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @novonordisk.bsky.social
Thanks also to Grace Lee Reynolds, #UofT's Leah Cowen + Melanie Woodin for welcoming us with opening remarks!
@marsdd.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @novonordisk.bsky.social