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Fantastic talk from @marklautens.bsky.social, our 2025 T Y Shen Lecturer! Ably supported by…

A trip “home” - back to the area my family emigrated from in 1951!

They left Oldham after WWII, when jobs were in short supply for unskilled workers.

I return a few years later to give the TY Shen Lecture University of Manchester with my kind host @profdaveleigh.bsky.social

Join us at The Open University, Milton Keynes on the 15th and 16th of December 2025 for this year’s RSC Macrocylic and Supramolecular Chemistry meeting!

Registration and abstract submission are now open (key deadlines below)

More on mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025-ho...

#RSC_MASC
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Great people and great science at the annual MACRO group meeting in Manchester this week.
Congratulations to my colleagues @labgibson.bsky.social, Niamh Fox, and Daniel Toolan for organising an excellent meeting.

Our recent papers are now published back to back in issue 37 of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social supported by a front cover designed by @drawimpacts.bsky.social

#chemsky #openaccess

Read the papers here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Dr Robert Nixon presents his prize certificate in front of his poster.

Congratulations to Rob who won the ACS @pubs.acs.org poster prize at the Macro group UK annual conference!
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Can I flip it? Yes you can!

Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force!

An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social !

Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485

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Solution-phase stabilization of a cyclocarbon by catenane formation Cyclo[N]carbons, molecular rings consisting solely of N carbon atoms, have previously been studied in the gas phase and on surfaces at cryogenic temperatures, but they are generally considered too rea...

In @science.org this week, Harry Anderson's group finally put their cyclic carbon allotrope into solution. The, well, solution to getting it there? Protection by catenation--have a look!

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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🎉 Thrilled to share our first @angewandtechemie.bsky.social cover!

Huge congratulations to @guillaumedebo.bsky.social and Lei Chen on this beautiful work!

We are delighted to see our recent work highlighted on the front cover of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social !

Great collaboration with Emma Vidal from @drawimpacts.bsky.social !

Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

2025 MASC Prize Calls MASC: The Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Interest Group 2025 MASC Prize Calls 2025 RSC MASC Group PhD Thesis Award given in memory of John Fossey: The RSC MASC Group P…

The 2025 MASC Group Awards are all open for nominations, with the following deadlines:

🏆 MASC Group Supramolecular Chemistry Award. 📆 5th Sep

🏆 Bob Hay Award Lectureship. 📆 5th Sep

🏆 MASC Group PhD Thesis Award. 📆 7th Nov

🏆 MASC/WISC EDIA Award. 📆 5th Sep

More on mascgroup.co.uk/2025-masc-pr...

Dual release with a bit of logic!

We show the release of a double cargo payload with 2 stimuli, force and water, with an AND gate mechanism.

Great work from Lei Chen, now available in #openaccess as a #HotPaper in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#chemsky

Really excited and honored to be this year's recipient of the RSC Robert Robinson Prize!! #RSCPrizes @rsc.org A huge thanks to everyone in the group, collaborators and funders, as well as to @manchester.ac.uk for providing such an amazing environment to work in.

Two for one mechanophore!

4-membered ring mechanophores broken 2 ways with a rotaxane actuator for the generation/release of diverse functional molecules!

Great work from Lei Chen now as a #VIPaper in
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#chemsky #OA

Many congratulations to @esmeward.bsky.social and her colleagues. We, the @manchester.ac.uk community are lucky and proud to have this museum.

Shut up and take my money!

Recent Appointees in Polymer Science - Next Meeting 25th ANNUAL RAPS MEETING (RAPS 2025) The 25th Annual RAPS Meeting (RAPS 2025) will be hosted at University College London (UCL) on 3rd - 5th of September 2025. The meeting is being organised by Dr Jul...

🎉 Registration is now open!! 🎉 Come join us this year at UCL for a fantastic programme in polymer science. It's a great way to extend your network in the field. Link: www.raps.org.uk/raps-meetings

Welcome & please follow to get updates on International Symposium on Macrocyclic & Supramolecular Chemistry 2026 at Bordeaux 🇨🇵 and don't hesitate to reach out...

...but first lets enjoy the excellent programme at ISMSC2025 in Kyoto 🇯🇵

It’s an honour to be one of the recipients of the 2025 ACS Macro Letters / Biomacromolecules / Macromolecules Young Investigator Award !

And congratulations to my co-awardee Julia @kalowlab.bsky.social !

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What are molecular machines? Something I have been thinking about for a while (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...). Now you can help us (@deanast.bsky.social @daisypooler.bsky.social @sgoldup.bsky.social Pierangelo and Carson), maybe, define for @iupac.org Read the article and take the poll 🧪⚗️
#molswitch

Thanks for the invitation, it was great to catch up and meat the team!

Beautiful work !

Associate or Senior Editor (Organic Chemistry), Nature Communications Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor (Organic Chemistry), Nature Communications Organisation: Nature Portfolio Locations: Jersey City, London, New York, Philadelphia or Washington DC - hybrid working...

Loking for an Editor handling our organic chemistry content. Ideally based in any of our US offices or in our London office. DM me if you want to have a chat about this position. Application deadline is April 22nd.

If you want to learn more about the role and apply click here: shorturl.at/ZkML4

Congratulations Nerea!

Kelp forest project in West Sussex having 'remarkable results' The rewilding project off the West Sussex coast is celebrating its fourth anniversary.

'Researchers have reported signs of recovery, including an increase in the populations of lobster, brown crab, angelshark and short-snouted seahorse.'

After a new ban on trawling coastal areas along the south coast of the UK 2021, wildlife has been returning! 🐟🥳🌊🧪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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We are now LIVE on #ChemSky – joining @pubs.acs.org, @acs.org, and @cenmag.bsky.social!

Follow us for the latest significant research from the world’s preeminent journal of chemistry and interfacing areas of science.

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🇬🇧 UK #scicomm community, I need you!

We've rebuilt a small community here for @pintofscience.uk , but it's nothing like what we had on Twitter 🫠

🙏If you feel like it, please share yesterday's post, follow the account, spread the word, etc..

It would help us A LOT to launch #pint25!!

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Our next seminar will be from Giulia Lavarda (TU Eindhoven) and Simon Webb (UoManchester) speaking Thursday 27th March 14:30 (UK). Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend - We are migrating mailing lists, so signup is essential!

Group picture of the Mechanics of Bond Breaking Symposium in Brussels. Credit: Fabien Venturi

Palais des Academies in Brussels.

I had a great time at the MBB Symposium in Brussels last week. Great to be back home to meet old and new friends. Congratulations to Charles-André Fustin and team for a successful meeting in the beautiful Palais des Academies!