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Nadja Simeth
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Associate Professor (W2) @UniGoettingen & @MBExC, alumna of Feringa Lab & König Lab, #casfutureleaders, she/her.
https://nasc-lab.com
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Join our team! We're searching for a #postdoc for a project on bimetallic #uranium complexes 🧪☢️⚗️. Funded 12 month fellowship by the Karl-Ziegler-Foundation. Further information and link to the application portal: www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
Deadline: 10 November. #chempostdoc #chemsky
Job advertisement
www.uni-hamburg.de
October 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student to join our ERC project AGILE at the interface of inorganic, organic and organometallic chemistry. A vibrant Team, cool chemistry and everything takes place in the cultural capitol of Europe CHEMnitz. Apply now: www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...
Personal | Dezernate | Verwaltung | TU Chemnitz
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www.tu-chemnitz.de
September 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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📢 @orgbiomolchem.rsc.org & @rscmedchem.rsc.org are delighted to share our latest themed issue on Photoswitches & Photopharmacology, guest edited by Martina Cacciarini, @nadjasimeth.bsky.social, Wiktor Szymanski & Andrew Woolley! #chemsky

Explore the collection here🔽
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September 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Please follow the @photobiologyeurope.bsky.social !
While the other network is clearly not aligned with the society's values, we would like to have a bit more followers here before leaving definitely the bad place
As an EC member of @photobiologyeurope.bsky.social I feel this is so important!
August 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
August 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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This week in Science, researchers report an artificial molecular motor that can twist a molecular thread to form a mechanically interlocked molecule. The approach creates opportunities to fabricate mechanically interlocked molecules with precise structural control.

Learn more: scim.ag/40FboGP
July 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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#PhDposition #OrganicChemistry #ChemBio - deadline 03.08 - please RT ❤️ Application online stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/d...
July 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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We have multiple PhD and Postdoc positions open in my new group at Masaryk University. Are you an excellent and motivated candidate interested in organic and peptide synthesis and chemical biology? Get in touch! Start in January 2026. www.fialalab.com
Appreciate sharing!
July 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Greetings from the GRC on Artificial Molecular Switches and Motors! It’s exciting to see how the field has grown and is moving toward everyday applications—think photoswitchable tattoos!
June 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Nadja Simeth @nadjasimeth.bsky.social, @unigoettingen.bsky.social, and co-researchers synthesized novel N-acylpyrazole-based photoswitches and conducted a comparative study w/ 33 phenylazopyrazoles to examine their photoswitching properties: 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/uhkmtvxu
#BJOC #DiamondOpenAcces 💎 🔓
June 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Dube-Lab is on Bluesky!
May 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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The 2025 Artificial Molecular Switches & Motors GRC is less then 40 days away, but its not too late to claim your spot! Register now to learn about molecule-sized motors, DNA nanomachines, and photoswitches to cure blindness, store energy, and more.

www.grc.org/artificial-m...
May 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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🌟 Join #ChemBioParis2025 in Paris, Oct 6-9, 2025! Connect with global leaders in chemical biology. Submit your abstract by June 10! 🧪🔬✨
👉 chembioparis2025.com
#ChemicalBiology #ICBS2025 #ECBS2025
@icbschembio.bsky.social - euchems.eu - @eu-openscreen.bsky.social - @scf-chembio.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Strengthening our scientific community is more important than ever.

The 2025 Molecular Switches & Motors GRC brings together scientists in the areas of molecular switches & motors, DNA nanotech, emergent materials, haptics, biological motors, and more. Apply today!

www.grc.org/artificial-m...
January 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Fun fact: Alpacas love dust baths! 🦙💨

Spring at our farm means blossoms, sun & lots of happy rolling in the sand 🌸☀️
Just like our alpacas enjoy a refreshing dust bath, our clients enjoy smooth #sdAb discovery.

Let’s roll into new discoveries together 🙃!

#NanoTag #VHH #nanobody #AlpacaAntibodies
May 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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‼️‼️Postdoc position opening for photoswitches synthesis #OrganicChemistry #ChemBio Apply online here: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/e...
Deadline 27.04🗓️
please RT ❤️
April 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Thanks for this great opportunity to give a #BeilsteinTalk and hosting me @henloeditorfren.bsky.social !
It was fantastic to show of the latest work of our bunch of young scientists!
Just moderated an amazing #BeilsteinTalk by Nadja A. Simeth @nadjasimeth.bsky.social on "Labelling and Manipulating Biomolecules with Light".

Thanks Nadja, and thanks to the wonderful audience!
March 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Our lab just got a tiny bit safer, while saving water at the same time! 🧪🌳💧with generous support from the Wöhler Research Institute!
Hopefully we can also share our thoughts on sustainable chromophore synthesis in the near future!
@catalysis-lab.bsky.social @unigoettingen.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Who wants to come and work with our group @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social on photoswitches and photopharmacology 🙋‍♀️🙋🏻🙋‍♂️

Apply for our open #chempostdoc position now! Deadline 28th Feb. Reposts appreciated #Chemsky

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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January 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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New Master's programme in Heidelberg! Please share with interested students
January 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Quite some time in the making, but finally out on rxiv!
Thanks to fantasic detective skills, patience, and careful design of first author Elena and a strong collaboration with the Thomas, Cheng, and Thiele labs, we bring a switchable peptide to you that fast & reversibly forms fibers!
A Photoswitchable Tryptophan Zipper – (Un)folding Fibrils in Seconds

Authors: Elena Rebecca Cotroneo, Tat Cheung Cheng, Lukas Kaltschnee, Patrick Maibach, Moritz Engelke, Niklas Schwegler, Franziska Thomas, Christina M. Thiele, Nadja Simeth
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-jclbt
January 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Tert-butylamine as a labile ligand and base enables cross-coupling reactions with various nucleophile classes. A great collaboration of Jonas with the Sigman lab and Gschwind group
#ChemSky #ChemCollabs #photocatalysis

doi.org/10.1021/acsc...
Cross-Coupling Reactions with Nickel, Visible Light, and tert-Butylamine as a Bifunctional Additive
Transition metal catalysis is crucial for the synthesis of complex molecules, with ligands and bases playing a pivotal role in optimizing cross-coupling reactions. Despite advancements in ligand desig...
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January 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Peng-Lai, @stefanborsley.bsky.social, Martin & our collaborators Alessandro and @giusepponelab.bsky.social demonstrate how a catalyst transduces chemical energy to perform mechanical work in www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @nature.com. tinyurl.com/jny7nen5. Animation @scicommstudios.bsky.social😀
January 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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🚨New job opening 🚨

Hey #Chemsky, we have an opening for an editor on the cross-journal team to handle papers in organic chemistry & related fields

📍 Shanghai, Beijing, Heidelberg or Berlin
🗓️ Closing date: Feb 4th
❔ DMs open if you have questions

www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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January 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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“Expansion microscopy gives you opportunities that aren’t available with anything else.” New @nature.com, Elie Dolgin reports on a decade of expansion microscopy (#ExM), 10 yrs old this week, which brings super-res microscopy to all. Feat. @eboyden3.bsky.social. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Expansion microscopy’ turns ten: how a tissue-swelling method brought super-resolution imaging to the masses
A decade in, expansion microscopy is unlocking insights across biology and medicine.
www.nature.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM