Larissa von Krbek
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Larissa von Krbek
@vkrbek.bsky.social
#NewPI at Kekulé Institute at the University of Bonn
Previously Nitschke group and Schalley group.
Out-of-equilibrium systems, metallo-cages, photoswitches, #SystemsChemistry #SupramolecularChemistry
Views are my own (she/her).
http://www.krbekgroup.com
Pinned
🥳So excited to see our work highlighted #OnTheCover of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social (Outside Back Cover)!!
Many thanks to Jo Richers Studio for designing this beautiful piece of art!🤩

👀Check out the full story here:
doi.org/10.1002/anie...

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#SupramolecularChem
#ChemTwitter
#WomenInSTEM
August 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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🚨✨We're excited to advertise the first 2025 MASC/WISC EDIA Award for excellence in equality, equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (#EDIA).🏆
📅 Apply by September 5th, 2025!
👀Learn more at mascgroup.co.uk/masc-wisc-ed...

@rsc-masc.bsky.social

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MASC/WISC EDIA Award
MASC: The Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Interest Group MASC/WISC EDIA Award MASC: The Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Interest Group WISC: Women In Supramolecular Chemistry…
mascgroup.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Our group has another PhD position available for an October start date working on amidoboronates and their dynamic covalent chemistry. Details and how to apply are in the advert below
jobs.uni-siegen.de/job/Research...
Researcher
Researcher
jobs.uni-siegen.de
July 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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After almost 3 years of development with @grimmelab.bsky.social, a first preliminary version of our next-generation general extended Tight-Binding (g-xTB) is now on ChemRxiv!
Catch the details at #WATOC: my talk (Thu Session B1) and Stefan’s talk (Thu Session A2).
#compchem

doi.org/10.26434/che...
g-xTB: A General-Purpose Extended Tight-Binding Electronic Structure Method For the Elements H to Lr (Z=1–103)
We present g-xTB, a next-generation semi-empirical electronic structure method derived from tight-binding (TB) approximations to Kohn–Sham density functional theory (KS-DFT). Designed to bridge the ga...
doi.org
June 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
These tools are super useful for students AND PIs before paper submission. Check it out! 👀⬇️

Original publication in Org Lett, @pubs.acs.org:

doi.org/10.1021/acs....

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#RealTimeChem
June 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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📢📢📢 Super happy to present with the duarte group the
💻 #CageCavityCalc Python module & PyMol plugin for calculating & visualizing cavities in #MolecularCages

➡️J. Chem. Infor. Model.: doi.org/10.1021/acs....

IDM @upv.es
@oxfordchemistry.bsky.social

Full info🧵👇
January 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
June 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
(1/2) Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting @tum.de, hosted by the wonderful @apoethig.bsky.social, chatting about #chemistry with both old friends and new.
I obviously forgot to take pictures, with the exception of my Käsespätzle. #ChemistsWhoEat

#ChemSky
#WomenInSTEM
June 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🙌#ProudPI to see Max’s and Vigan’s work online now in @synlettjournal.bsky.social 👀
www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejo...
We report the synthesis of 2,8-dihalogenated diazocines demonstrating good reactivity in Suzuki cross-coupling reactions.

#KrbekGroup
#ChemSky
#molswitches
#photoswitches
May 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🔄 Next at #LUCESCOSTAction: Lidón Pruñonosa Lara (University of Bonn, DE) discussing “Photoswitchable Metallo-Supramolecular Architectures”! Exciting advances in dynamic and responsive molecular systems! ✨🔬 @costprogramme.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Im Rahmen der CDT in Braunschweig wurde am 18.3. die GDCh-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Supramolekulare Chemie gegründet.

Alle GDCh-Mitglieder sind herzlich eingeladen, der AG beizutreten. Die Mitgliedschaft ist für 2025 kostenlos; für studentische Mitglieder bleibt sie das auch.

🌐 www.gdch.de/suprachem
March 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It's an absolute honour to be part of the founding committee of @gdch.bsky.social AG SupraChem!

🙏Please consider joining!👀👇

#ChemSky
#SupramolecularChemistry
Supramolecular chemistry has officially "grown up" in Germany. On behalf of the 10-person Founding Team👇, I am happy to announce the creation of section SupraChem within the German Chemical Society! 🍾 GDCh members please consider joining asap via www.gdch.de/suprachem @gdch.bsky.social
Supramolekulare Chemie | Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V.
www.gdch.de
March 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
March 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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I’m excited to share that I will be moving to the University of Ulm as a junior group leader and I have a fully-funded open PhD position co-supervised by me and Max von Delius @mvdelius.bsky.social . Apply at benjamin.roberts@unipd.it, any shares would be appreciated!

www.bmwrlab.com/work-with-us
Work with us | The Roberts Lab
www.bmwrlab.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🤩 #ProudPI seeing Max‘s and Vigan‘s work out in @chemrxiv.bsky.social!
Brominated and iodinated diazocine #photoswitches 💡for (asymmetric) functionalisation via cross-couplings🧪. Functionalised switches retain good switching properties 👀

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#WomenInSTEM
#KrbekGroup
2,8-Dihalogenated diazocines: versatile reactants for functionalised photoswitches

Authors: Maximilian J. Notheis, Vigan Sahiti, Vivienne Prangenberg, Johannes S. Kruse, Larissa K. S. von Krbek
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-0s8n8
February 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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🧪Come join us for a PhD making and studying functional molecular capsules! We have a fully funded position (UK home fees eligible only) available in the group to start in September 2025 (start date is flexible). Links 👇
www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/chem...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #chemsky
Chemistry PhD opportunities - Postgraduate Research Degrees
School of Chemistry at The University of Birmingham PhD opportunities and postgraduate research degrees
www.birmingham.ac.uk
February 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Interested in #photoswitches💡, molecular #replicators🧬, #supramolecular #capsules📦, and #nanoparticles📀? Would you like to create new types of animate #materials?
Join us, Euan Kay, @profphilp.bsky.social, Arne Lützen, and me, for your #PhD

#ChemSky
#FindAPhD
#Chemistry
@unibonn.bsky.social
We have an exciting bilateral PhD scholarship between @st-andrewschem.bsky.social and Kekule Institute for Organic Chemistry at University of Bonn.

In collaboration with @profphilp.bsky.social @vkrbek.bsky.social and Prof. Arne Luetzen.

More info: tinyurl.com/4p3s8m4s
#ChemSky #nanosky #PhD
Global Doctoral scholarship - St Andrews and Bonn - Chemistry - Study at St Andrews - University of St Andrews
www.st-andrews.ac.uk
February 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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We have a PhD position on reaction networks driven by aminoacyl phosphate esters funded from @ercresearch.bsky.social at @uni-freiburg.de.
Deadline for application is 20/03/25. More information can be found here: static1.squarespace.com/static/5fc39...
February 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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An early start to head to Florence for the Baker Hughes Annual Meeting! We are working with Baker Hughes & Mosaic Materials on efficient & sustainable routes to materials for CO2 capture - 2 PhD positions open with our Digital & Automated Materials Chemistry CDT www.liverpool.ac.uk/digital-and-...
Available PhD projects - Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital and Automated Materials Chemistry - University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
February 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Obituary: Martin Karplus (1930-2024) theoretical chemist who first simulated proteins using molecular dynamics

https://go.nature.com/42tzq9c
Martin Karplus obituary: theoretical chemist who first simulated proteins using molecular dynamics
The Nobel prizewinner used quantum and molecular mechanics to model the dynamics of complex chemical systems.
go.nature.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Obituary: James Fraser Stoddart (1942-2024) chemist and nanotechnology pioneer who built molecular machines

https://go.nature.com/40MvkI9
James Fraser Stoddart obituary: chemist and nanotechnology pioneer who built molecular machines
An early love of construction toys led the Scottish chemist to thread molecules together, opening up a new field of chemistry.
go.nature.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Here is a tentative Supramolecular Chemistry starter kit. Please let me know if you wish to be added ! #ChemSky
go.bsky.app/RjRgi6n
January 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Reposting this #molswitch #molmachine starter pack. If you want to be included in it, please let me know
go.bsky.app/EwimNbK
January 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Liebe GDCh-Mitglieder, im Feb. 2025 werden wir die offizielle Abstimmung zur Änderung des Namens der GDCh durchführen. Aus „Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker“ soll „Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chemie“ werden. Dazu bitten wir Sie herzlich um Ihre Zustimmung. Mehr: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
January 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM