Joe Forth
@joeforth.bsky.social
Lecturer in Physics and Chemistry at University of Liverpool. Bioprinting. Frugal Automation. Squishy Devices. Animate Materials. Blood-Brain Barrier. He/him.
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Ytterbium Surprise -a most unexpected paper from a former collaborator of mine, Helen Aspinall
Be sure to checkout the 3D animations of various bell ringing peals!
Visualisations of Minimus Methods
#chemsky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Be sure to checkout the 3D animations of various bell ringing peals!
Visualisations of Minimus Methods
#chemsky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Ytterbium Surprise – the meeting of a rare earth element with symmetry, group theory and culture
This article uses concepts of symmetry and group theory that are familiar to the inorganic chemist to explain some of the theory of the ancient (4 cen…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Ytterbium Surprise -a most unexpected paper from a former collaborator of mine, Helen Aspinall
Be sure to checkout the 3D animations of various bell ringing peals!
Visualisations of Minimus Methods
#chemsky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Be sure to checkout the 3D animations of various bell ringing peals!
Visualisations of Minimus Methods
#chemsky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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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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I went tonight to see my PhD student Emma Brass’s fantastic AI art exhibit in Liverpool. It features a 4x4 m screen with a giant robot arm (see video below) and the whole thing is really fantastic!
October 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I went tonight to see my PhD student Emma Brass’s fantastic AI art exhibit in Liverpool. It features a 4x4 m screen with a giant robot arm (see video below) and the whole thing is really fantastic!
Choose LaTeX. Choose spending 20 minutes looking for a "}". Choose waiting to compile before you can read what you've written. Choose editing decades-old templates so your margins match the current journal style and you can see the page count.
Choose collaborating with Physicists.
#chemsky
Choose collaborating with Physicists.
#chemsky
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Choose LaTeX. Choose spending 20 minutes looking for a "}". Choose waiting to compile before you can read what you've written. Choose editing decades-old templates so your margins match the current journal style and you can see the page count.
Choose collaborating with Physicists.
#chemsky
Choose collaborating with Physicists.
#chemsky
Pleased to announce I've reached the PI stage at which the group actually runs better when I disappear for a week or two.
I assume at some point they start switching off experiments when I enter the lab just so I don't mess things up?
#chemsky
I assume at some point they start switching off experiments when I enter the lab just so I don't mess things up?
#chemsky
October 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Pleased to announce I've reached the PI stage at which the group actually runs better when I disappear for a week or two.
I assume at some point they start switching off experiments when I enter the lab just so I don't mess things up?
#chemsky
I assume at some point they start switching off experiments when I enter the lab just so I don't mess things up?
#chemsky
Heading home after 4 days visiting Chengdu and Sichuan University that were everything my inner @fuchsiadunlop.bsky.social fanboy wanted - might wait for a bit after getting back before weighing myself though.
October 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Heading home after 4 days visiting Chengdu and Sichuan University that were everything my inner @fuchsiadunlop.bsky.social fanboy wanted - might wait for a bit after getting back before weighing myself though.
This morning's breakfast was peanut-butter-stuffed French toast at a cha chaan teng.
The white lump? Butter.
The accompanying drink? Condensed milk tea, just in case that's not rich enough.
About 900 calories for £2.80.
[Narrator] _He will not need to eat for some time_
The white lump? Butter.
The accompanying drink? Condensed milk tea, just in case that's not rich enough.
About 900 calories for £2.80.
[Narrator] _He will not need to eat for some time_
October 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This morning's breakfast was peanut-butter-stuffed French toast at a cha chaan teng.
The white lump? Butter.
The accompanying drink? Condensed milk tea, just in case that's not rich enough.
About 900 calories for £2.80.
[Narrator] _He will not need to eat for some time_
The white lump? Butter.
The accompanying drink? Condensed milk tea, just in case that's not rich enough.
About 900 calories for £2.80.
[Narrator] _He will not need to eat for some time_
Hull's transformation over the last few years has got to be one of the North-East's great secrets.
October 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Hull's transformation over the last few years has got to be one of the North-East's great secrets.
There's something familiar about the guys they have working the coffee shop at XJTLU...can't put my finger on what it is though. #chemsky
October 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
There's something familiar about the guys they have working the coffee shop at XJTLU...can't put my finger on what it is though. #chemsky
Treating myself to airport pints after a 6am start, an open day, and a train journey down to Gatwick for wee jaunt to China through Suzhou, Hong Kong, and Chengdu.
October 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Treating myself to airport pints after a 6am start, an open day, and a train journey down to Gatwick for wee jaunt to China through Suzhou, Hong Kong, and Chengdu.
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Thrilled to share my first first-author review paper—now published in @jidjournal.bsky.social
Massive thanks to all the co-authors for their time and insights!
#InfectiousDiseases #Neuroinflammation #Neuroscience #BloodBrainBarrier #Virology #Research
Massive thanks to all the co-authors for their time and insights!
#InfectiousDiseases #Neuroinflammation #Neuroscience #BloodBrainBarrier #Virology #Research
🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to @sarahaimeeb.bsky.social on her review paper in looking at Viral Infections and the Blood-Brain Barrier: academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
@benedictneuro.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @clairehetherington.bsky.social @immunecord.bsky.social @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social
@benedictneuro.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @clairehetherington.bsky.social @immunecord.bsky.social @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Thrilled to share my first first-author review paper—now published in @jidjournal.bsky.social
Massive thanks to all the co-authors for their time and insights!
#InfectiousDiseases #Neuroinflammation #Neuroscience #BloodBrainBarrier #Virology #Research
Massive thanks to all the co-authors for their time and insights!
#InfectiousDiseases #Neuroinflammation #Neuroscience #BloodBrainBarrier #Virology #Research
New paper! Sarah Boardman takes us on a tour of Viral Infection and the Blood-Brain Barrier. Just out in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
From the group of Benedict Michael, with Cordelia Dunai, Adjanie Patabendige, and a host of others including myself.
academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
From the group of Benedict Michael, with Cordelia Dunai, Adjanie Patabendige, and a host of others including myself.
academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
Viral Infection and the Blood-Brain Barrier: Molecular Research Insights and Therapies
Viral infections can disrupt the blood-brain barrier via direct and indirect mechanisms and cause neurologic complications. Current treatment is limited to
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October 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
New paper! Sarah Boardman takes us on a tour of Viral Infection and the Blood-Brain Barrier. Just out in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
From the group of Benedict Michael, with Cordelia Dunai, Adjanie Patabendige, and a host of others including myself.
academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
From the group of Benedict Michael, with Cordelia Dunai, Adjanie Patabendige, and a host of others including myself.
academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
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Our 6-hands review/perspective: "Hacking 3D printers as laboratory robots" is now on ChemRxiv.
In there, we show how many robots you can make by simply modifying a 3D printer. #chemsky 1/n
with @sandersays.bsky.social and @supersciencegrl.co.uk
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
In there, we show how many robots you can make by simply modifying a 3D printer. #chemsky 1/n
with @sandersays.bsky.social and @supersciencegrl.co.uk
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
September 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Our 6-hands review/perspective: "Hacking 3D printers as laboratory robots" is now on ChemRxiv.
In there, we show how many robots you can make by simply modifying a 3D printer. #chemsky 1/n
with @sandersays.bsky.social and @supersciencegrl.co.uk
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
In there, we show how many robots you can make by simply modifying a 3D printer. #chemsky 1/n
with @sandersays.bsky.social and @supersciencegrl.co.uk
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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Bruce Springsteen is going to feel silly when he learns about autoignition temperatures
September 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Bruce Springsteen is going to feel silly when he learns about autoignition temperatures
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The UK is ‘losing the race’ for investment in R&D, clinical trials, and foreign direct investment, a new report warns.
Since 2018, UK pharmaceutical R&D investment has underperformed against international rivals, the report from an pharma industry body said.
www.soci.org/news/2025/9/...
#chemsky 🧪
Since 2018, UK pharmaceutical R&D investment has underperformed against international rivals, the report from an pharma industry body said.
www.soci.org/news/2025/9/...
#chemsky 🧪
Pharma R&D: Why the UK is losing the investment race
The UK is ‘losing the race’ for investment in R&D, clinical trials, and foreign direct investment, a report published by the Association of the British Pharmaceuticals Industry (ABPI) warns.
www.soci.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The UK is ‘losing the race’ for investment in R&D, clinical trials, and foreign direct investment, a new report warns.
Since 2018, UK pharmaceutical R&D investment has underperformed against international rivals, the report from an pharma industry body said.
www.soci.org/news/2025/9/...
#chemsky 🧪
Since 2018, UK pharmaceutical R&D investment has underperformed against international rivals, the report from an pharma industry body said.
www.soci.org/news/2025/9/...
#chemsky 🧪
So this paper:
spj.science.org/doi/10.34133...
Aside from some major writing issues, appears to involve injecting *Ni-particle-filled-droplets of dodecane into a living creature*.
Science Partner Journal. No ethical approval statement is given. Have @aaas.org just given up or am I misreading?
spj.science.org/doi/10.34133...
Aside from some major writing issues, appears to involve injecting *Ni-particle-filled-droplets of dodecane into a living creature*.
Science Partner Journal. No ethical approval statement is given. Have @aaas.org just given up or am I misreading?
Magnetic Cell-Mimetic Droplet Microrobots with Division and Exocytosis Capabilities | Research
The first challenge in building a living robotic system inspired by life evolution is how to replicate the original form of life—the cell. However, current microrobots mimic cell motion control but fa...
spj.science.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So this paper:
spj.science.org/doi/10.34133...
Aside from some major writing issues, appears to involve injecting *Ni-particle-filled-droplets of dodecane into a living creature*.
Science Partner Journal. No ethical approval statement is given. Have @aaas.org just given up or am I misreading?
spj.science.org/doi/10.34133...
Aside from some major writing issues, appears to involve injecting *Ni-particle-filled-droplets of dodecane into a living creature*.
Science Partner Journal. No ethical approval statement is given. Have @aaas.org just given up or am I misreading?
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Can cellular life be created in the lab? We are not yet there, but clearly getting closer! Check this paper where a new scenario for protocell replication is presented by Job Boekhoven and co-workers @manlius.bsky.social www.cell.com/chem/pdf/S24...
August 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Can cellular life be created in the lab? We are not yet there, but clearly getting closer! Check this paper where a new scenario for protocell replication is presented by Job Boekhoven and co-workers @manlius.bsky.social www.cell.com/chem/pdf/S24...
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Our new preprint 📑 about oscillating chemical reactions ⚗ just came out! arxiv.org/abs/2508.15273
We introduce tools 🛠️ that expand the scope of oscillators that can be analyzed, and use them to extract a lot of new qualitative and quantitative insights about oscillating chemical reactions! 1/3
We introduce tools 🛠️ that expand the scope of oscillators that can be analyzed, and use them to extract a lot of new qualitative and quantitative insights about oscillating chemical reactions! 1/3
Stoichiometric recipes for periodic oscillations in reaction networks
Oscillatory chemical reactions are functional components in a variety of biological contexts. In chemistry, the construction and identification of even rudimentary oscillators remain elusive and lack ...
arxiv.org
August 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Our new preprint 📑 about oscillating chemical reactions ⚗ just came out! arxiv.org/abs/2508.15273
We introduce tools 🛠️ that expand the scope of oscillators that can be analyzed, and use them to extract a lot of new qualitative and quantitative insights about oscillating chemical reactions! 1/3
We introduce tools 🛠️ that expand the scope of oscillators that can be analyzed, and use them to extract a lot of new qualitative and quantitative insights about oscillating chemical reactions! 1/3
The Roadmap for Animate Matter is out! From self-building lasers to buildings that breathe, we lay out a vision for materials that are:
1. Active - they move,
2. Adaptive - they switch between dynamical states,
3. Autonomous - they can make a decision.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#chemsky
1. Active - they move,
2. Adaptive - they switch between dynamical states,
3. Autonomous - they can make a decision.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#chemsky
August 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The Roadmap for Animate Matter is out! From self-building lasers to buildings that breathe, we lay out a vision for materials that are:
1. Active - they move,
2. Adaptive - they switch between dynamical states,
3. Autonomous - they can make a decision.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#chemsky
1. Active - they move,
2. Adaptive - they switch between dynamical states,
3. Autonomous - they can make a decision.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#chemsky
Tell you what lads Alberta's lovely. Go to Alberta.
July 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Tell you what lads Alberta's lovely. Go to Alberta.
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📢 3 PhD positions available in the Raval group!
⏰ Deadline 1st of September 2025
🧑🔬 The selected students will be enrolled in the
@ukbiofilms.bsky.social BITE doctoral training programme.
Follow the link to apply 👇
www.liverpool.ac.uk/antimicrobia...
@livunisps.bsky.social
#MicroSky
⏰ Deadline 1st of September 2025
🧑🔬 The selected students will be enrolled in the
@ukbiofilms.bsky.social BITE doctoral training programme.
Follow the link to apply 👇
www.liverpool.ac.uk/antimicrobia...
@livunisps.bsky.social
#MicroSky
PhD opportunities | Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces | University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
July 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
📢 3 PhD positions available in the Raval group!
⏰ Deadline 1st of September 2025
🧑🔬 The selected students will be enrolled in the
@ukbiofilms.bsky.social BITE doctoral training programme.
Follow the link to apply 👇
www.liverpool.ac.uk/antimicrobia...
@livunisps.bsky.social
#MicroSky
⏰ Deadline 1st of September 2025
🧑🔬 The selected students will be enrolled in the
@ukbiofilms.bsky.social BITE doctoral training programme.
Follow the link to apply 👇
www.liverpool.ac.uk/antimicrobia...
@livunisps.bsky.social
#MicroSky