Phil Gale

Hanford Site finally turns nuclear waste into glass. Millions of liters of radioactive waste from plutonium production at the historic site await vitrification. Hands wearing thick safety gloves hold metal tongs holding a container with a molten substance pouring out onto a tray on a counter.

More than 200 million liters of radioactive waste are stored in decades-old tanks at the Hanford Site in Washington State. The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant was built to turn that nuclear waste into glass; it started operating in 2025. cen.acs.org/physical-che...

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No Dave you don’t win - not by a long shot. 1972/3?

All the best for a comfortable and quick recovery Dave!

Nucleobase pairing in expanded oligourea macrocycle driven by phosphate coordination

doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...

Registration and abstract submission is open for eurobic18.eu. Hopefully we see all of you (bio)inorganic chemists in Groningen - the coolest place to be in Europe this summer (and probably also a bit wet but fantastic speakers!).

Accessible Synthesis of Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles at University of Strathclyde on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Accessible Synthesis of Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles at University of Strathclyde, listed on FindAPhD.com

Funded #PhD opportunity in my group at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, starting October 2026. The funding covers UK tuition fees and stipend. Applicants must be eligible for UK student status.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The role of transmembrane proton transport rates in mild mitochondrial uncoupling by arylamide substituted fatty acids Mitochondrial uncoupling by small molecule protonophores is a promising therapeutic strategy for leading diseases including obesity, diabetes and cancer, however the clinical potential of these agents...

Congrats to Ethan, Tristan and the team on getting the latest @chemicalscience.rsc.org Pick of the Week pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

A man with a beard and wearing a black jumper and dark pants holds an award plaque and shakes hands with a taller man in a dark suit who has his hand on the first man's shoulder, both smiling on a stage.

Very well deserved award of the supramolecular chemistry prize to @boekhovenlab.bsky.social, who is giving a fantastic talk at #masc2025

See you there Andrew.

📣 Announcement 📣

We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Supramolecular Chemistry Award 🏆 goes to Prof Dr Job Boekhoven from TU Munich.

Congratulations, Job! @boekhovenlab.bsky.social

Thanks @cellpress.bsky.social for generously sponsoring the award!

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Advances in applied supramolecular technologies 2021–2025 Supramolecular chemistry is a rapidly evolving field that has focused on building a foundation of fundamental understanding in controlling molecular self-assembly, through the use of non-covalent inte...

Our review on the applications of supramolecular chemistry just out in @chemsocrev.rsc.org Written with my Chemistry academic family 😁 Thanks to all involved pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Our review of anion receptor chemistry in 2023 and 2024 is just out and available through this link. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lbs%7E8jW.... Thanks to all involved.

Very much looking forward to this meeting in Brussels next month. www.solvayinstitutes.be/event/worksh...

We would like to bring our EVOLVE consortium with its PhD positions to your attention again! Sharing is also much appreciated.

We are looking for PhD candidates to work in Paris at @sorbonne-universite.fr on synthesis & (photo)catalysis inside cyclodextrins with bimetallic complexes in collaboration with @metallacycle.bsky.social

#MASC2025 will be held at the Open University, 15th-16th December 2025, so keep the dates free!

As more info comes out (this'll be later in the year), it'll be posted at mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025/.

Anion transport in biologically relevant lipid mixtures A potent squaramide-based anion transporter was used to evaluate how vesicles prepared with tailored lipid compositions, which mimic organelle membranes, can impact transmembrane transport. Using…

New from @profphilgale.bsky.social, @profmoniektromp.bsky.social and colleagues:

'Anion transport in biologically relevant lipid mixtures'

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Anion transport in biologically relevant lipid mixtures A potent squaramide-based anion transporter was used to evaluate how vesicles prepared with tailored lipid compositions, which mimic organelle membranes, can impact transmembrane transport. Using HPTS...

Our ChemComm on anion transport on biologically relevant lipid mixtures is just out. The project was started by placement student Sarah Rooijmans from @unigroningen.bsky.social and finished by visitor Krystyna Maslowska-Jarzyna. Many congrats to all involved! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

PhD in Chemistry - Designing and exploiting peptide nanotubes at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - PhD in Chemistry - Designing and exploiting peptide nanotubes at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com

I have a PhD available starting in October. If you know anyone suitable or are interested, please email if you want more details - www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Great presentation from @williamryder.bsky.social on his PhD work at USyd on fluorescent anion transporters. Congrats on winning the best thesis prize!

Elba Feo talking about the RSC Periodically podcast at the RACI Supramol meeting. Many congrats on the @roysocchem.bsky.social Horizon Education Prize!

Jen Hiscock giving a plenary at the RACI Supramol 25 meeting. Still feel like a proud dad!

I’ve had a different RSC problem - unable to renew my CChem - doesn’t seem to work for me on their website.

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.

Obituary: James Fraser Stoddart (1942-2024) chemist and nanotechnology pioneer who built molecular machines

https://go.nature.com/40MvkI9

Jobs at Royal Society of Chemistry Find out more about working for us and view all vacancies including. We continue to ensure an inclusive workplace where opportunities are open to all, and where everyone can belong and bring their tru...

Come work with us! Great job as a science media producer @chemistryworld.bsky.social. Good pay and benefits and you can work from Cambridge or remotely and work with a very talented group of science communicators. #scicomm #scijobs #chemsky careers-rsc.icims.com/jobs/3607/sc...

Trapping Anions within Stacks of Tetra-Urea Macrocycles Designing molecular receptors that bind anions in water is a significant challenge, and an even greater difficulty lies in using these receptors to remove anions from water without resorting to the ha...

Trapping anions within stacks of macrocycles pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/.... Collaboration between UTS, Sydney, Xiamen, Aveiro, Glasgow and Bristol. Well done and thanks to everyone involved. By forming aggregates with anions in water we can get chromate levels down to acceptable levels by filtration.

Is the NHS in the drug trial slow lane? The struggle to fill places on a major Parkinson's trial

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Why is it so hard for the UK to recruit people for a major Parkinson’s drug trial? Find out in my latest article on my #healthtech Substack

Subcellular targeted anion transporters Ryder et al. report the first subcellular targeted anion transporters that accumulate in specific membrane-bound organelles to bias their natural propensity to depolarize lysosomes. Confocal microscopy revealed the ability of the naphthalimide-based transporters to localize within their intended organelles. Analogs that contained endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and lysosomal targeting motifs showed an enhanced H+/Cl− transport ability and cytotoxicity compared with non-targeted analogs. Moreover, lysosomal accumulation improved cancer cell selectivity, while ER and mitochondrial localization enhanced apoptosis in cancerous cells.

Two papers from our group both led by PhD students out in Chem this month www.cell.com/chem/abstrac... and www.cell.com/chem/abstrac.... Many congrats to Billy Ryder and Alex Gilchrist and the rest of the team. Many thanks to Jen Hiscock too for writing the Preview. www.cell.com/chem/abstrac...

@ian-levine.bsky.social Keep up the good fight Ian.