Robin Bon
@rsbon.bsky.social
Scientist, dad, carer. Interested in chemistry, biology, drug discovery, music and satire. Views my own.
We are looking for a PhD student in #chembio / #medchem to help progress our drug discovery project targeting incurable brain cancers.
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You would use multi-parameter optimisation to improve drug leads and develop chemical probes to identify their (off-)targets and binding sites.
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You would use multi-parameter optimisation to improve drug leads and develop chemical probes to identify their (off-)targets and binding sites.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We are looking for a PhD student in #chembio / #medchem to help progress our drug discovery project targeting incurable brain cancers.
lnkd.in/eaGsgWVr
You would use multi-parameter optimisation to improve drug leads and develop chemical probes to identify their (off-)targets and binding sites.
lnkd.in/eaGsgWVr
You would use multi-parameter optimisation to improve drug leads and develop chemical probes to identify their (off-)targets and binding sites.
Thanks to the @proteinsociety.bsky.social for organising an excellent virtual seminar on structural biology of #TRPchannels at different temperatures. Inspiring talks by Alexander Sobolevsky, Juan Du and David Julius, chaired by Yifan Cheng.
October 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Thanks to the @proteinsociety.bsky.social for organising an excellent virtual seminar on structural biology of #TRPchannels at different temperatures. Inspiring talks by Alexander Sobolevsky, Juan Du and David Julius, chaired by Yifan Cheng.
Congratulations to former PhD student Dr Aidan Johnson on winning the VC Jordan/PR Radford Prize 2025 for the best @astburycentre.bsky.social PhD thesis.
Also congratulations to PhD student Catalina Onel on passing her transfer viva yesterday.
Also congratulations to PhD student Catalina Onel on passing her transfer viva yesterday.
September 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Congratulations to former PhD student Dr Aidan Johnson on winning the VC Jordan/PR Radford Prize 2025 for the best @astburycentre.bsky.social PhD thesis.
Also congratulations to PhD student Catalina Onel on passing her transfer viva yesterday.
Also congratulations to PhD student Catalina Onel on passing her transfer viva yesterday.
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It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
August 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
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Great opportunity to perform a #PhD in the field of #OrganicChemistry or #CellBiology / #Biochemistry with a great mentor in the group of Steven Verhelst (@verhelstlab.bsky.social) at KU Leuven!
#ChemBio #Academia
#ChemBio #Academia
My lab has two open positions! One in Organic Chemistry (focus on carbohydrates), one in Cell Biology/Biochemistry. Deadline Sept 3rd, 2025!
PhD student Organic Synthesis: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD student Cell Biology/Biochemistry: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD student Organic Synthesis: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD student Cell Biology/Biochemistry: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD student in Organic Synthesis
Organic synthesis in chemical biology project
www.kuleuven.be
August 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Great opportunity to perform a #PhD in the field of #OrganicChemistry or #CellBiology / #Biochemistry with a great mentor in the group of Steven Verhelst (@verhelstlab.bsky.social) at KU Leuven!
#ChemBio #Academia
#ChemBio #Academia
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No matter how hard you try, you simply cannot guess the journal withe the highest “impact factor” in organic chemistry last year. Really. Nor will you guess many of the other “winners”:
Journal Impact Nonsense
www.science.org
August 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
No matter how hard you try, you simply cannot guess the journal withe the highest “impact factor” in organic chemistry last year. Really. Nor will you guess many of the other “winners”:
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(-)-Englerin A binds a conserved lipid site of TRPC5 and exposes a Met-aromatic motif in channel activation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.09.663840v1
July 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
(-)-Englerin A binds a conserved lipid site of TRPC5 and exposes a Met-aromatic motif in channel activation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.09.663840v1
We are proud to share our latest preprint: "(-)-Englerin A binds a conserved lipid site of TRPC5 and exposes a Met-aromatic motif in channel activation".
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We are proud to share our latest preprint: "(-)-Englerin A binds a conserved lipid site of TRPC5 and exposes a Met-aromatic motif in channel activation".
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
To see all 16 articles, please follow this link: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
June 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
To see all 16 articles, please follow this link: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
It has been great working with Matthew Langton to edit this themed issue of Current Opinion in Chemical Biology on Ion Transport across Biological Membranes. The collection of 16 articles is now complete.
Thanks to all authors and reviewers!
#ChemicalBiology
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHil4sz6M...
Thanks to all authors and reviewers!
#ChemicalBiology
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHil4sz6M...
authors.elsevier.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It has been great working with Matthew Langton to edit this themed issue of Current Opinion in Chemical Biology on Ion Transport across Biological Membranes. The collection of 16 articles is now complete.
Thanks to all authors and reviewers!
#ChemicalBiology
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHil4sz6M...
Thanks to all authors and reviewers!
#ChemicalBiology
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHil4sz6M...
An absolute pleasure to host @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social in Leeds today for an amazing @astburycentre.bsky.social seminar.
June 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
An absolute pleasure to host @thornsesholdlab.bsky.social in Leeds today for an amazing @astburycentre.bsky.social seminar.
Couple trying unsuccessfully to use the self-scan passport gates at Schiphol, holding up the queue. Border guard over intercom: "Mr and Mrs Campbell, this is for European passports only - you voted for Brexit".
April 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Couple trying unsuccessfully to use the self-scan passport gates at Schiphol, holding up the queue. Border guard over intercom: "Mr and Mrs Campbell, this is for European passports only - you voted for Brexit".
Interesting paper that we discussed in a recent group meeting. A lot of the things we like: ROS, reactive Cys, S-palmitoylation, nicely designed bioresponsive probes, mitochondrial targeting, cell imaging.
Online now! Dynamic PRDX S-acylation modulates ROS stress and signaling by Tian Qiu, Saara-Anne Azizi, @shubha-pani.bsky.social, @chembiobryan.bsky.social et al at @uchichemistry.bsky.social @czbiohub.bsky.social http://dlvr.it/TJCBDQ
March 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Interesting paper that we discussed in a recent group meeting. A lot of the things we like: ROS, reactive Cys, S-palmitoylation, nicely designed bioresponsive probes, mitochondrial targeting, cell imaging.
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RSC Chem. Biol. and @orgbiomolchem.rsc.org are proud to offer our support to the 2025 RSC Chemical Biology & Bioinorganic Group Postgraduate Symposium. Taking place 13 June in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, this meeting features exciting work from early career researchers: www.rsc.org/events/detai...
2025 RSC Chemical Biology and Bio-organic Group Postgraduate Symposium
www.rsc.org
March 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
RSC Chem. Biol. and @orgbiomolchem.rsc.org are proud to offer our support to the 2025 RSC Chemical Biology & Bioinorganic Group Postgraduate Symposium. Taking place 13 June in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, this meeting features exciting work from early career researchers: www.rsc.org/events/detai...
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Nominations for the CBBG Lectureship Award are now open! Get your nominations in by 30th April, to recognise individuals who have made excellent contributions to both research and the UK chemical biology community.
www.rsc.org/membership-a...
www.rsc.org/membership-a...
February 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Nominations for the CBBG Lectureship Award are now open! Get your nominations in by 30th April, to recognise individuals who have made excellent contributions to both research and the UK chemical biology community.
www.rsc.org/membership-a...
www.rsc.org/membership-a...
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🚨 Chemical Biology & Probes study section (formerly SBCB, one of two NIH panels that reviews chemistry #chemsky 🧪) was abruptly POSTPONED w/no specific plans for rescheduling, less than 24h before start.
If this affects you call your reps & senators, talk to local news, make your voice heard 📢 👩🔬
If this affects you call your reps & senators, talk to local news, make your voice heard 📢 👩🔬
February 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🚨 Chemical Biology & Probes study section (formerly SBCB, one of two NIH panels that reviews chemistry #chemsky 🧪) was abruptly POSTPONED w/no specific plans for rescheduling, less than 24h before start.
If this affects you call your reps & senators, talk to local news, make your voice heard 📢 👩🔬
If this affects you call your reps & senators, talk to local news, make your voice heard 📢 👩🔬
How have I managed without these for 46 years?
February 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
How have I managed without these for 46 years?
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Nominations for this year's CBBG Lectureship Award will be opening in March - so get thinking of scientists who have made major scientific and community contributions to our chemical biology community! Self-nominations are permitted, we'll be back with further details when nominations open
February 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Nominations for this year's CBBG Lectureship Award will be opening in March - so get thinking of scientists who have made major scientific and community contributions to our chemical biology community! Self-nominations are permitted, we'll be back with further details when nominations open
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Amazing speaker lineup (Imperiali, Seeberger, Aye, Gonzalez Bello, Walport, Walport, Vendrell, Kele, Zeymer, Green, Thorn-Seshold, Biber) and beautiful venue - join us at #ESBOC58 in Gregynog/Wales on 28th-30th May for amazing #chembio and #bioorganic. Speaker/poster slots, registration 14th March!
#Chembio crowd! Come and join #ESBOC25, the oldest Chemical Biology Symposium in Europe, in its 58th (!) instalment, on 28th-30th May 2025 - in beautiful and scenic Gregynog/Wales! Chaired by none other than Olalla Vazquez and with a rockstar lineup: www.esboc.org.uk
ESBOC – European Symposium on Biological and Organic Chemistry
www.esboc.org.uk
February 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Amazing speaker lineup (Imperiali, Seeberger, Aye, Gonzalez Bello, Walport, Walport, Vendrell, Kele, Zeymer, Green, Thorn-Seshold, Biber) and beautiful venue - join us at #ESBOC58 in Gregynog/Wales on 28th-30th May for amazing #chembio and #bioorganic. Speaker/poster slots, registration 14th March!
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This one is mostly about the title subject (featuring a very interesting compound from academia) but it’s also about attacking the NIH:
Attacking Estrogen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer
www.science.org
January 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This one is mostly about the title subject (featuring a very interesting compound from academia) but it’s also about attacking the NIH:
There goes a giant... www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Muholland Drive director, dies aged 78
Film-maker who specialised in surreal, noir style mysteries made a string of influential, critically acclaimed works including Wild at Heart and Eraserhead
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There goes a giant... www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
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Interested in applying a chemical biology approach to ubiquitin signalling? Elton Zeqiraj and I are currently recruiting a postdoctoral researcher in this area! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have an established background in biochemistry or drug discovery? Do you want to further your career in one of the UKs leading r...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk
January 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Interested in applying a chemical biology approach to ubiquitin signalling? Elton Zeqiraj and I are currently recruiting a postdoctoral researcher in this area! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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For every researcher at the ~420 German universities (nr includes applied science unis), there are certainly many respectable publishing options available, with serious peer review, both in the form of society journals or even with "commercial" publishers...
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For every researcher at the ~420 German universities (nr includes applied science unis), there are certainly many respectable publishing options available, with serious peer review, both in the form of society journals or even with "commercial" publishers...
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Over 100 German Universities Partner with #MDPI in New National Agreement
Over 100 German Universities Partner with MDPI in New National Agreement
More than 100 German universities and research institutions have entered into a national agreement with MDPI. The publication agreement negotiated...
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December 21, 2024 at 12:57 PM
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For every researcher at the ~420 German universities (nr includes applied science unis), there are certainly many respectable publishing options available, with serious peer review, both in the form of society journals or even with "commercial" publishers...
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For every researcher at the ~420 German universities (nr includes applied science unis), there are certainly many respectable publishing options available, with serious peer review, both in the form of society journals or even with "commercial" publishers...
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There's always an odd one out...
December 8, 2024 at 8:58 PM
There's always an odd one out...
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Job alert: fully funded postdoc position in chemical biology in beautiful Geneva! Do you have a PhD in Chemical Biology or related field with organic synthetic experience? Apply now! Details on how to apply can be found here: www.hoogendoornlab.org/joinus #chemsky #ChemBio
Join us! | Hoogendoorn Lab
Openings for PhD students and postdocs will be advertized here
www.hoogendoornlab.org
December 3, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Job alert: fully funded postdoc position in chemical biology in beautiful Geneva! Do you have a PhD in Chemical Biology or related field with organic synthetic experience? Apply now! Details on how to apply can be found here: www.hoogendoornlab.org/joinus #chemsky #ChemBio