Andrew Surman
@andrewjsurman.bsky.social
Chemist from the top left of Europe. PI/Senior Lecturer at KCL, South London. "Muy inglés". This'll be mainly work-related (personal account/the usual caveats). www.surmanlab.com
Reports of a scientific meeting run by the Royal Society on how we don't really understand the primary structure of an important biopolymer seem like something you'd expect to learn about with black and white photos.
This was 2024...
#chemsky
This was 2024...
#chemsky
Publishing this was a 🐈 herding effort! The perspective summarizing the @royalsociety.org #Melanin meeting held last year in Eastbourne is out on @commschem.nature.com 🎉
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
From melanogenesis to melanin technologies - Communications Chemistry
Melanins are a diverse family of natural pigments with a unique combination of optical, electronic, redox, and structural properties that challenge conventional chemical characterisation. Here, the au...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Reports of a scientific meeting run by the Royal Society on how we don't really understand the primary structure of an important biopolymer seem like something you'd expect to learn about with black and white photos.
This was 2024...
#chemsky
This was 2024...
#chemsky
I hadn't realised: Zotero now runs on Android.
(extremely handy for finding papers while ranting)
#chemsky
www.zotero.org
(extremely handy for finding papers while ranting)
#chemsky
www.zotero.org
Zotero | Your personal research assistant
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
www.zotero.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I hadn't realised: Zotero now runs on Android.
(extremely handy for finding papers while ranting)
#chemsky
www.zotero.org
(extremely handy for finding papers while ranting)
#chemsky
www.zotero.org
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Hackathon time! Can you build an ML model for sigmatropic rearrangements of allylcatechols in flow?
Teams of <=4; total prizes £2000; time limit 09 Jan. 🧪 #Chemsky
Competition Link: www.kaggle.com/competitions...
Example Notebook Link: www.kaggle.com/code/josepab...
Teams of <=4; total prizes £2000; time limit 09 Jan. 🧪 #Chemsky
Competition Link: www.kaggle.com/competitions...
Example Notebook Link: www.kaggle.com/code/josepab...
Catechol Benchmark Hackathon (NeurIPS 2025 DnB)
ML model-building challenge for reaction yield prediction for catechol rearrangement reaction from transient flow dataset.
www.kaggle.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Hackathon time! Can you build an ML model for sigmatropic rearrangements of allylcatechols in flow?
Teams of <=4; total prizes £2000; time limit 09 Jan. 🧪 #Chemsky
Competition Link: www.kaggle.com/competitions...
Example Notebook Link: www.kaggle.com/code/josepab...
Teams of <=4; total prizes £2000; time limit 09 Jan. 🧪 #Chemsky
Competition Link: www.kaggle.com/competitions...
Example Notebook Link: www.kaggle.com/code/josepab...
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Our next vMASC seminar will be from:
• Muhammad Ghufran Rafique (McGill University)
• Chebrolu Pulla Rao (SRM University AP)
Date 📆 and time 🕰️: Thursday 25th September 2025 at 09:30 (UK time)
Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend!
#RSC_MASC
#vMASC
• Muhammad Ghufran Rafique (McGill University)
• Chebrolu Pulla Rao (SRM University AP)
Date 📆 and time 🕰️: Thursday 25th September 2025 at 09:30 (UK time)
Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend!
#RSC_MASC
#vMASC
September 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our next vMASC seminar will be from:
• Muhammad Ghufran Rafique (McGill University)
• Chebrolu Pulla Rao (SRM University AP)
Date 📆 and time 🕰️: Thursday 25th September 2025 at 09:30 (UK time)
Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend!
#RSC_MASC
#vMASC
• Muhammad Ghufran Rafique (McGill University)
• Chebrolu Pulla Rao (SRM University AP)
Date 📆 and time 🕰️: Thursday 25th September 2025 at 09:30 (UK time)
Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend!
#RSC_MASC
#vMASC
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🗣️ Only a few weeks left to submit your oral abstract for the RSC CNN Annual Symposium 2026!
Don't miss this event to share cutting-edge research and network with nanoscience community 🔬
📅 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025
📍 12–13 Jan, Burlington House, London
🔗 rsc.org/events/detail/81692
#chemsky #nanosky
Don't miss this event to share cutting-edge research and network with nanoscience community 🔬
📅 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025
📍 12–13 Jan, Burlington House, London
🔗 rsc.org/events/detail/81692
#chemsky #nanosky
September 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🗣️ Only a few weeks left to submit your oral abstract for the RSC CNN Annual Symposium 2026!
Don't miss this event to share cutting-edge research and network with nanoscience community 🔬
📅 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025
📍 12–13 Jan, Burlington House, London
🔗 rsc.org/events/detail/81692
#chemsky #nanosky
Don't miss this event to share cutting-edge research and network with nanoscience community 🔬
📅 Deadline: 30 Sept 2025
📍 12–13 Jan, Burlington House, London
🔗 rsc.org/events/detail/81692
#chemsky #nanosky
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Join us at The Open University, Milton Keynes on the 15th and 16th of December 2025 for this year’s RSC Macrocylic and Supramolecular Chemistry meeting!
Registration and abstract submission are now open (key deadlines below)
More on mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025-ho...
#RSC_MASC
#RSC_MASC_2025
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Registration and abstract submission are now open (key deadlines below)
More on mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025-ho...
#RSC_MASC
#RSC_MASC_2025
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September 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Join us at The Open University, Milton Keynes on the 15th and 16th of December 2025 for this year’s RSC Macrocylic and Supramolecular Chemistry meeting!
Registration and abstract submission are now open (key deadlines below)
More on mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025-ho...
#RSC_MASC
#RSC_MASC_2025
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Registration and abstract submission are now open (key deadlines below)
More on mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025-ho...
#RSC_MASC
#RSC_MASC_2025
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The 2025 MASC Group Awards are all open for nominations, with the following deadlines:
🏆 MASC Group Supramolecular Chemistry Award. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 Bob Hay Award Lectureship. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 MASC Group PhD Thesis Award. 📆 7th Nov
🏆 MASC/WISC EDIA Award. 📆 5th Sep
More on mascgroup.co.uk/2025-masc-pr...
🏆 MASC Group Supramolecular Chemistry Award. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 Bob Hay Award Lectureship. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 MASC Group PhD Thesis Award. 📆 7th Nov
🏆 MASC/WISC EDIA Award. 📆 5th Sep
More on mascgroup.co.uk/2025-masc-pr...
2025 MASC Prize Calls
MASC: The Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Interest Group 2025 MASC Prize Calls 2025 RSC MASC Group PhD Thesis Award given in memory of John Fossey: The RSC MASC Group P…
mascgroup.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The 2025 MASC Group Awards are all open for nominations, with the following deadlines:
🏆 MASC Group Supramolecular Chemistry Award. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 Bob Hay Award Lectureship. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 MASC Group PhD Thesis Award. 📆 7th Nov
🏆 MASC/WISC EDIA Award. 📆 5th Sep
More on mascgroup.co.uk/2025-masc-pr...
🏆 MASC Group Supramolecular Chemistry Award. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 Bob Hay Award Lectureship. 📆 5th Sep
🏆 MASC Group PhD Thesis Award. 📆 7th Nov
🏆 MASC/WISC EDIA Award. 📆 5th Sep
More on mascgroup.co.uk/2025-masc-pr...
!New paper!
We're delighted to see this finally out @J_A_C_S!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#Chemistry #Supramol #Supramolecular (1/3)
We're delighted to see this finally out @J_A_C_S!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#Chemistry #Supramol #Supramolecular (1/3)
Interactional Fingerprints Offer Accessible, Rapid, and Qualitative Characterization of Graphene Oxide
Graphene-based materials (GBMs), including graphene oxide and graphene, are atomically thin materials with great promise, but efforts to realize their potential have been hampered by inconsistent mate...
pubs.acs.org
July 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
!New paper!
We're delighted to see this finally out @J_A_C_S!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#Chemistry #Supramol #Supramolecular (1/3)
We're delighted to see this finally out @J_A_C_S!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#Chemistry #Supramol #Supramolecular (1/3)
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We still have several ECR bursaries for the Foldamers meeting (see foldamers2025.com to register) which pays for conference fees, travel and board! Applicants need to be from or based in the UK but there is still a student rate for those who are not. #chemistry #conference #foldamers #supramolecular
International Symposium on Foldamers
We are delighted to announce that 2025 International Symposium on Foldamers will be held from the 1st – 3rd September and is hosted by King's College London, UK in the Great Hall on the Strand....
foldamers2025.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We still have several ECR bursaries for the Foldamers meeting (see foldamers2025.com to register) which pays for conference fees, travel and board! Applicants need to be from or based in the UK but there is still a student rate for those who are not. #chemistry #conference #foldamers #supramolecular
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📣 Join us for two days of inspiring talks, and networking with leaders in the field of nanoscience at the RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Annual Symposium 🧪✨
📍 London, UK
📅 12–13 January 2026
📝 Abstract deadlines:
— Oral: 30 Sept 2025
— Poster: 31 Oct 2025
@rsc.org
#chemsky #nanosky
📣 Join us for two days of inspiring talks, and networking with leaders in the field of nanoscience at the RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Annual Symposium 🧪✨
📍 London, UK
📅 12–13 January 2026
📝 Abstract deadlines:
— Oral: 30 Sept 2025
— Poster: 31 Oct 2025
@rsc.org
#chemsky #nanosky
RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNN) Interest Group Annual Symposium
The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom
www.rsc.org
July 17, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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It has been a fantastic #ECRMASC25! Thanks to the Langton group for organising, and to all the attendees for making it a memorable and inspiring day!
#RSC_MASC
#RSC_MASC
July 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It has been a fantastic #ECRMASC25! Thanks to the Langton group for organising, and to all the attendees for making it a memorable and inspiring day!
#RSC_MASC
#RSC_MASC
Have you voted in the RSC elections? (I forgot, just got reminded; searched "RSC vote" to dig up the email)
May 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Have you voted in the RSC elections? (I forgot, just got reminded; searched "RSC vote" to dig up the email)
Thank you anonymous colleagues!
(For some nice reviewer reports, which don't pull the punches, but which are positive and constructive.)
(For some nice reviewer reports, which don't pull the punches, but which are positive and constructive.)
April 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Thank you anonymous colleagues!
(For some nice reviewer reports, which don't pull the punches, but which are positive and constructive.)
(For some nice reviewer reports, which don't pull the punches, but which are positive and constructive.)
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We are excited to announce that registration for the ECR MASC Meeting 2025 is now open. We look forward to receiving your abstract submission and seeing you in Oxford, on the 2nd of July 2025!
Further information is available on our website:
mascgroup.co.uk/ecr-masc-2025/
Further information is available on our website:
mascgroup.co.uk/ecr-masc-2025/
ECR MASC 2025
We are pleased to announce that the Early Career Researcher Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ECR MASC) Meeting 2025 will be held at the University of Oxford, UK on Wednesday 2nd of Ju…
mascgroup.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We are excited to announce that registration for the ECR MASC Meeting 2025 is now open. We look forward to receiving your abstract submission and seeing you in Oxford, on the 2nd of July 2025!
Further information is available on our website:
mascgroup.co.uk/ecr-masc-2025/
Further information is available on our website:
mascgroup.co.uk/ecr-masc-2025/
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Our next seminar will be from Giulia Lavarda (TU Eindhoven) and Simon Webb (UoManchester) speaking Thursday 27th March 14:30 (UK). Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend - We are migrating mailing lists, so signup is essential!
March 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Our next seminar will be from Giulia Lavarda (TU Eindhoven) and Simon Webb (UoManchester) speaking Thursday 27th March 14:30 (UK). Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend - We are migrating mailing lists, so signup is essential!
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🚨Out now🚨
Why aren't supramolecular scaffolds commonplace in asymmetric catalysis? Check out my perspective in the EuChemS Young Investigator Special Issue in SynLett looking at the major advantages and remaining challenges!
doi.org/10.1055/a-2513-2141
#chemsky #womeninSTEM
Why aren't supramolecular scaffolds commonplace in asymmetric catalysis? Check out my perspective in the EuChemS Young Investigator Special Issue in SynLett looking at the major advantages and remaining challenges!
doi.org/10.1055/a-2513-2141
#chemsky #womeninSTEM
March 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
🚨Out now🚨
Why aren't supramolecular scaffolds commonplace in asymmetric catalysis? Check out my perspective in the EuChemS Young Investigator Special Issue in SynLett looking at the major advantages and remaining challenges!
doi.org/10.1055/a-2513-2141
#chemsky #womeninSTEM
Why aren't supramolecular scaffolds commonplace in asymmetric catalysis? Check out my perspective in the EuChemS Young Investigator Special Issue in SynLett looking at the major advantages and remaining challenges!
doi.org/10.1055/a-2513-2141
#chemsky #womeninSTEM
Does anyone know the history of there being no RSC local section for London? (Seems like a story...)
March 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Does anyone know the history of there being no RSC local section for London? (Seems like a story...)
FWIW, more jobs advertised at KCL, for Profs, Readers, Lecturers & Senior Lecturers for "AI in Science", including for Chemistry. #chemjobs (I'm not invovled in hiring)
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
March 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
FWIW, more jobs advertised at KCL, for Profs, Readers, Lecturers & Senior Lecturers for "AI in Science", including for Chemistry. #chemjobs (I'm not invovled in hiring)
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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#MASC2025 will be held at the Open University, 15th-16th December 2025, so keep the dates free!
As more info comes out (this'll be later in the year), it'll be posted at mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025/.
As more info comes out (this'll be later in the year), it'll be posted at mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025/.
February 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
#MASC2025 will be held at the Open University, 15th-16th December 2025, so keep the dates free!
As more info comes out (this'll be later in the year), it'll be posted at mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025/.
As more info comes out (this'll be later in the year), it'll be posted at mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025/.
Our department (KCL, London) has just advertised a couple of Lecturer jobs (c.f. Assistant Prof in the US system), with a focus on sustainable/green or automated chemistry.
(I'm not invovled in hiring, and there are contacts/details in the ad)
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/105085-...
#chemsky #chemjobs
(I'm not invovled in hiring, and there are contacts/details in the ad)
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/105085-...
#chemsky #chemjobs
Lecturer in Chemistry
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Our department (KCL, London) has just advertised a couple of Lecturer jobs (c.f. Assistant Prof in the US system), with a focus on sustainable/green or automated chemistry.
(I'm not invovled in hiring, and there are contacts/details in the ad)
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/105085-...
#chemsky #chemjobs
(I'm not invovled in hiring, and there are contacts/details in the ad)
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/105085-...
#chemsky #chemjobs
The Newton International Fellowships are opening for applications next week.
We'd be delighted to support an application - especially someone interested in working with areas in our last couple of preprints (or our recent patent applciation).
The scheme is here: royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
We'd be delighted to support an application - especially someone interested in working with areas in our last couple of preprints (or our recent patent applciation).
The scheme is here: royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society
This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.
royalsociety.org
January 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The Newton International Fellowships are opening for applications next week.
We'd be delighted to support an application - especially someone interested in working with areas in our last couple of preprints (or our recent patent applciation).
The scheme is here: royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
We'd be delighted to support an application - especially someone interested in working with areas in our last couple of preprints (or our recent patent applciation).
The scheme is here: royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
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Today is the final day to register for #MASC2024 in York - we have a great meeting lined up on December 16/17 with an array of leading supramolecular chemists.
mascgroup.co.uk/masc2024/
mascgroup.co.uk/masc2024/
MASC 2024
Home Programme Speakers Registration & Bursaries Abstract Submission Venue Travel Accommodation Sponsors RSC Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Meeting University of York 16th–17th Decemb…
mascgroup.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Today is the final day to register for #MASC2024 in York - we have a great meeting lined up on December 16/17 with an array of leading supramolecular chemists.
mascgroup.co.uk/masc2024/
mascgroup.co.uk/masc2024/