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Rich Kidd

@rkidd.bsky.social

Head of Chemistry Data at the Royal Society of Chemistry. Also InChI Trust and chemical standards, but have also loaded up on starter lists of other interesting stuff.

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#chemsky πŸ§ͺ

24.07.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Highly intense 1st day of our Technical InChI Meeting comes to an end - thank you so much for the productive energy by the people here and those joining online!
And thanks for support by @volkswagenstiftung.de and @nfdi4chem.de ! The @inchi-trust.bsky.social advances #openscience !

22.07.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We held the InChI Trust Board meeting yesterday, thanks to colleages at Wiley in Berlin for hosting #chemsky πŸ§ͺ @herreslab.bsky.social

09.04.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

InChI prototype for molecular inorganics #chemsky πŸ§ͺ

08.04.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great meeting, and good to see you too Brian

14.03.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
IUPAC meeting group photo

IUPAC meeting group photo

Day 2️⃣ of #IUPAC meeting at @rsc.org Burlington House πŸ—’οΈ

Units, Symbols, and Terminology in the Physical Sciences in and for the Digital Era 🌐

We have speakers from @unisouthampton.bsky.social, project discussions with @codata-isc.bsky.social DRUM, @psdi-uk.bsky.social, @iupac.org Green & Gold Book.

14.03.2025 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Dr Vanessa Seifert

Dr Vanessa Seifert

How #AI will change the future of #Chemistry❓

First #speaker of this meeting 🎀

πŸ”Έ Dr Vanessa Seifert, @vanessaseifert.bsky.social, Research Associate, Department of #Philosophy, @bristoluni.bsky.social.

πŸ”Ή Prediction, explanation, and #chemical progress in the age of AI.

🌐 www.vanessa-seifert.com

13.03.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Dr Helen Pain MBE CChem CSci FRSC

Dr Helen Pain MBE CChem CSci FRSC

Dr Helen Pain #MBE #CChem #CSci #FRSC, Chief Executive of @rsc.org, welcomed everyone to #London πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ and to Burlington House. She introduced the Royal Society of Chemistry and how #RSC supported #IUPAC activities and @iupac.org Divisions and Committees. Thank you Helen πŸ‘

🌐 www.rsc.org/events/detai...

13.03.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ“• Data Accessibility in the Chemical Sciences: Are We Doing Enough?

In an era where #AI-driven insights and large-scale #data analysis are transforming scientific #research, data accessibility remains a critical challenge, especially in organic #chemistry.

07.02.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We'll be holding our next online InChI Discussion on Jan 29th 2025 at 6pm GMT - for details please sign up for our newsletter (mailchi.mp/inchi-trust/... if you're not already a subscriber) and joining details will be sent out beforehand. All welcome.

23.01.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great cheminformatics opportunity working at @BeilsteinInstitut.hessen.social.ap.brid.gy with @inchi-trust.bsky.social IUPAC and the wider InChI community #chemsky πŸ§ͺ

07.01.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The YouTube comments are really heart-warming - so much love for the track and the sport, then one of the kids' teachers chimes in.

30.12.2024 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Image from Tarkovsky's Stalker. River or pool, covered in a thick layer of gently undulating brown industrial sludge. The wind creates vortexes of the dust, and larger flakes of god-knows-what look like snowflakes. Miraculously some green reeds are growing through it in places

Image from Tarkovsky's Stalker. River or pool, covered in a thick layer of gently undulating brown industrial sludge. The wind creates vortexes of the dust, and larger flakes of god-knows-what look like snowflakes. Miraculously some green reeds are growing through it in places

This looked the worst to me

30.12.2024 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Apple tree just missing its century, few leaves this year, regular fungus, even the mistletoe has given up, now wobbling at the stump so rotting underground. Never pinned down the variety, late August with firm fruit softening quickly, pronounced aniseed flavour. Shown with crown before hacking back

Apple tree just missing its century, few leaves this year, regular fungus, even the mistletoe has given up, now wobbling at the stump so rotting underground. Never pinned down the variety, late August with firm fruit softening quickly, pronounced aniseed flavour. Shown with crown before hacking back

Apple tree hacked back as much as I can do, just the main branches now. Hopefully will withstand incoming gales for a few days, and not fall where it shouldn't.

Apple tree hacked back as much as I can do, just the main branches now. Hopefully will withstand incoming gales for a few days, and not fall where it shouldn't.

Argh. Dying/dead apple tree wobbling in a way it shouldn't, incoming gale warning on Wed...

30.12.2024 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yeah. Those W. German noirs are really something.

22.12.2024 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Maria Schell in overcoat and hat, holding a teddy bear. Behind her is a Christmas tree decked with tinsel and candles, and a sideboard. Subtitled "it's Christmas Eve..."

Maria Schell in overcoat and hat, holding a teddy bear. Behind her is a Christmas tree decked with tinsel and candles, and a sideboard. Subtitled "it's Christmas Eve..."

Maria Schell in overcoat and hat, holding a teddy bear. Behind her is a Christmas tree decked with tinsel and candles, and a sideboard. Subtitled "didn't I tell you that it's only grief and heartbreak?"

Maria Schell in overcoat and hat, holding a teddy bear. Behind her is a Christmas tree decked with tinsel and candles, and a sideboard. Subtitled "didn't I tell you that it's only grief and heartbreak?"

Watching Die Ratten (1955) and delighted to find out it's a #christmasmovie. Thanks to @pulpcurry.bsky.social for the pointer in his Noirvember newsletter.

22.12.2024 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Xmas meeting of the @inchi-trust.bsky.social developer group! The prototype of the new inorganics InChI will be released for testing in january. Thanks to funding by @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social @nfdi4chem.de @daliaeducation.bsky.social @BeilsteinInstitut.hessen.social.ap.brid.gy

20.12.2024 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A MiG-29 in North Korean livery. No match for anything in South Korea’s air force, but better than the rest of the North Korean inventory. NK still flies MiG-17 derivatives, literally a 1950 design

10.12.2024 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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InChI is now built for collaboration β€” and scale! Check out the article here: www.elsevier.com/connect/chem...
@inchi-trust.bsky.social #cheminformatics
Thank you for support to @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social @daliaeducation.bsky.social @nfdi4chem.de @BeilsteinInstitut.hessen.social.ap.brid.gy !

23.11.2024 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Whitby Museum is fabulous. Ships in bottles. Airships in lightbulbs. Bar shot from Trafalgar as sundial. Fossils.

12.11.2024 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Andrew, that's my watchlist sorted

07.11.2024 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

REMINDER: Don't miss updates on InChI this Friday.

24.09.2024 06:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
Stammtisch 27.9.24: Updates from the InChI

Stammtisch 27.9.24: Updates from the InChI

Summerbreak is over, the next Stammtisch is just around the corner. On September 27, Prof. Sonja Herres-Pawlis & Dr. Gerd Blanke will talk about updates from #InChI.

bit.ly/486Rgzt

#chemistry #researchdata #chemsky

09.09.2024 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Great week for the #InChI being present on 3 meetings with talks and posters: consortium meeting of @nfdi4chem.de in Halle , #FD_data in Oxford and #RDKitUGM in ZΓΌrich! Thanks for support: @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social @daliaeducation.bsky.social @BeilsteinInstitut.hessen.social.ap.brid.gy !

13.09.2024 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The InChI becomes FAIR itself and moves towards inorganics! @inchi-trust.bsky.social #linkingdata #fairdata

13.09.2024 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Video of the InChI technical status from July 2024 now up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S5h...
#chemsky @inchi-trust.bsky.social πŸ§ͺ

28.08.2024 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Making the InChI FAIR and sustainable by moving to open-source on GitHub The InChI (International Chemical Identifier) standard stands as a cornerstone in chemical informatics, facilitating the structure-based identification and exchange of chemical compounds across variou...

ChemRxiv preprint "Making the InChI FAIR and sustainable by moving to open-source on GitHub" doi.org/10.26434/che...
@inchi-trust.bsky.social #chemsky πŸ§ͺ

27.08.2024 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Update on the InChI chemical standard - recording available soon πŸ§ͺ

24.07.2024 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
InChI developers chat on zoom

InChI developers chat on zoom

InChI version 1.07 is approved. Now on GitHub, with MIT license - fully tested for back compatibility, many bugfixes, and a foundation for future extension and maintenance. Thanks to all for this transformational step in development. @inchi-trust.bsky.social #chemsky πŸ§ͺ @herreslab.bsky.social

17.07.2024 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

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