Nadja Simeth

🌞 The ESP Photobiology School returns June 15–20, 2026 in Brixen–Bressanone! Dive into the science of light with top experts + a vibrant student community. 📚 Lectures • 🖼️ Posters • 🤝 Networking • 🎓 Exam option • Details + registration: www.photobiology.eu/photobiology...

The Nonadiabatic Nature of the Substituent Effects in Azobenzene Unified nonadiabatic switching: thermal Z→E isomerization of para-substituted azobenzenes proceeds through a single nonadiabatic rotational pathway. The iconic bell-shaped Hammett plot is a σp artifa...

Check out our latest publication in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social where we show that the infamous V shape in the substituent effects in the thermal isomerization of azobenzenes comes from a single nonadiabatic mechanism 🔥 and not a mix of two.

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Important paper alert #molswitches & #photopharma! Thorough, clear, fundamental mechanistics. Congratulations to @screspi.bsky.social @nadjasimeth.bsky.social and all involved!

Thank you @oliverthornseshold.bsky.social 🙏🙏

How do you do that, Andrew?? I'm trying to get back to that state for years now and only managed once last year - pressing "mark all unread" by accident 😅

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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

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...

📢 @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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Welcome to Germany! Congratulations!

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!

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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

This illustration shows consecutive stages during operation of a molecular catenating machine.

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

#PhDposition #OrganicChemistry #ChemBio - deadline 03.08 - please RT ❤️ Application online stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/d...

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!

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!

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 💎 🔓

Dube-Lab is on Bluesky!

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.

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An aerial photograph of Colby-Sawyer College, the site of the 2025 Artificial Molecular Switches & Motors Gordon Research Conference.

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!

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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 🙃!

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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 ❤️

Congrats prof. Robert!!

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!

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

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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

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New Master's programme in Heidelberg! Please share with interested students

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!

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...

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

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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😀