This was all made possible by the hard work of *lots* of outstanding & creative scientists, support from the
@royalsociety.org, EPSRC @ukri.org, @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social & @erc.europa.eu, some luck & my family putting up with me babbling about symmetry at inopportune moments - thank you all!

We have since made rotaxanes & catenanes stereoselectively (doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...), found new stereochemistry (doi.org/10.1038/s415...) & redefined mechanical stereochemistry theory (doi.org/10.1038/s415...). We even made a mechanically chiral catalyst (doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...

Honored to receive the #RSCPrizes Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry. Credit has to go to the hard work and creativity of many outstanding researchers over 10 years at 3 institutions (@qmul.bsky.social, @unisouthampton.bsky.social, @unibirmingham.bsky.social). Short🧵

Congratulations! Excellent news on a Friday night

Perhaps an idiom that doesn't travel well? Cambridge dictionary gets it right

Awesome #ismsc2025 lecture from my @uobchemistry.bsky.social colleague @lewischemistry.bsky.social on controlling the formation of low symmetry cages by understanding subtle interactions. Beautiful science presented using beautiful slides (as ever)!

Hello Hong Kong! Goodbye Hong Kong! Transferring through on my way to Japan. Visiting friends and collaborators in Tokyo and Nagasaki before heading to #ISMSC2027. Looking forward to 2 weeks of excellent science! 😁

PhD projects available in a range of areas - something for everyone! Join us to do cool chemistry using the mechanical bond in catenanes and rotaxanes for real world applications in the shiny shiny new Molecular Sciences Building @uobchemistry.bsky.social 😊 Reposts appreciated! #chemsky

Grrr animated gif apparently not working on here. Here's a still in case it doesn't work itself out. I guess this continues the Christmas tradition of exciting new tech not doing what you expect???

Merry Christmas #ChemSky from the Goldup Group! Let the mince pie eating contest commence!!! (and yes, this as close to posting *that video* as I will ever get) 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄