@rsc-masc.bsky.social
Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Group of the RSC. Annual meeting in December, ECR meeting in summer + monthly virtual vMASC seminars. Official hashtag #RSC_MASC. More details at: https://mascgroup.co.uk/
Register to attend this year's International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC) in Bordeaux, France, on 5th – 10th July 2026!
Conference venue: ENSEIRB-MATMECA - Bordeaux INP
Visit their website for more info: www.ismsc2026.com
For queries, email: contact@ismsc2026.com
Our next vMASC online seminar will be from:
• Medha Aggarwal (India Institute of Science)
• Fernanda Duarte (University of Oxford, UK)
Date 📆 and time 🕰️: Thursday 26th February 2026 at 14:30 (UK time)
Register (for free) at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4 to attend!
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Our next vMASC seminar will be from:
• Xavi Ribas (QBIS-CAT)
• Subhasis Chattopadhyay (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
Date 📆 and time 🕰️: Thursday 29th January 2026 at 14:30 (UK time)
Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4 to attend!
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A total shock & unexpected treat that brought me to immediate tears at the end of #MASC2025 🥺🥹 It was so good to see you & hear your voice again, Fraser. Also to know that you were already so excellent & accutely aware of the power of science communication frm early on in your career. We miss you ❤️
Looking for something inspiring to kick off your 2026? 🎉 #RSCPoster registration is OPEN!
Join one of the largest online poster events, uniting researchers from every career stage & every corner of the scientific community.
We can’t wait to see what you’ll share ➡️ https://rsc.li/3XGGvzS
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Attended the MASC conference in Milton Keynes. It was a great conference with a lot of interactions. Thanks a lot for the organizers and looking forward to the future MASC conferences! #MASC2025 @rsc-masc.bsky.social
Wow, that’s a lot of brilliance in one photo! 😍 Are you sure you’re allowed to all be in the same place at the same time? Merry Christmas all! 🎄🎅#MASC2025 #RSC_MASC
Two amazing days at #MASC2025 in Milton Keynes with outstanding science and amazing people! Great to see both old and new friends from all over the world! Our team also got not one but two poster prizes - congrats @anjaramstrom.bsky.social and @nicolesdlt.bsky.social - you rock 🤩🍀🥳🎉!
This week I had the opportunity to present my results at the @rsc-masc.bsky.social meeting. It's hard to put into words the impression this meeting left on me, but imagine two intense days packed with inspiring science and even more amazing people. Thank you to the organizers!🙏🏻 #MASC2025 #RSC_MASC
That’s all folks!
Thanks to everyone involved in organising these fantastic 2 days @openuniversity.bsky.social.
Hope everybody had a great time with all the stimulating science. Happy Christmas 🎄and see you next year in……Sheffield!
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“After all, research supervisors are just as good as their students” — Sir J. Fraser Stoddart.
A wise take-home message from one of the founding fathers of MASC—who sadly passed away almost a year ago—in a 1991 BBC broadcast.
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Congratulations to all poster prize winners! 🥳
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great to see @fschaufelberger.bsky.social present our recent work on our lanthanide chelate rotaxane emitters pioneered by @anjaramstrom.bsky.social! 📡💡 and a sneak peek into the main work of my postdoc too 😉 #MASC2025
The 2025 RSC MASC Supramolecular Chemistry Award 🏆, our most senior award, goes to Prof Job Boekhoven @boekhovenlab.bsky.social.
Congratulations, Job!
Thanks @cellpress.bsky.social for sponsoring the award!
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Prof Paul McGonigal @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social receives the 2025 Bob Hay Lectureship 🏆 Congratulations, Paul!
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Congrats to Dr Aisha Bismillah @anbismillah.bsky.social on receiving the inaugural MASC/WISC EDIA Award 2025!
@wisuprachem.bsky.social
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After a long first day, a well deserved dinner for an incredible MASC community
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Very well deserved award of the supramolecular chemistry prize to @boekhovenlab.bsky.social, who is giving a fantastic talk at #masc2025
Dr Jiarong Wu @jiarongwu.bsky.social gives her award lecture on designing photoswitchable imines and driving them out-of-equilibrium during her PhD
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Dr Simona Bianco gives her award lecture on her PhD work where she designed stimuli-responsive supramolecular systems
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Congrats to Dr Simona Bianco (University of Glasgow) and Dr Jiarong Wu @jiarongwu.bsky.social (University of St Andrews/Universität Würzburg) who were awarded the 2025 RSC MASC Group PhD Thesis Award trophy 🏆 given in memory of John Fossey!
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Congrats to Dr Ben Barber @benebarber.bsky.social (The Francis Crick Institute/King’s College London) who was awarded a ‘Highly Commended’ application for his PhD thesis.
Dr Charlie McTernan @charliemcternan.bsky.social accepts the award on his behalf during the MASC meeting.
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It's the most wonderful time of year #MASC2025
A coffee break after a fantastic first session at MASC 2025 here in Milton Keynes! @openuniversity.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Ben Barber @benebarber.bsky.social (The Francis Crick Institute/King’s College London). who was also awarded a ‘Highly Commended’ application by the panel!
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Jiarong’s award is “for groundbreaking work on bringing imine photoswitches to practical use and pioneering their application in driving chemical systems to non-equilibrium steady states with light”.
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Simona’s award is “in recognition of the candidate’s outstanding contribution to the design and in operando multimodal characterisation of stimuli-responsive supramolecular systems based on functionalised peptides”.
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📣 Announcement 📣
We are delighted to announce that the 2025 RSC MASC Group PhD Thesis Award 🏆, given in the memory of John Fossey, goes to both Simona Bianco (University of Glasgow) and Jiarong Wu @jiarongwu.bsky.social (University of St Andrews/Universität Würzburg).
Congratulations both!
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Our next vMASC seminar will be from:
• Cristina V. Craescu (University of California, Berkeley)
• Fabienne Dumoulin (Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University)
Date 📆 and time 🕰️: Thursday 27th November 2025 at 14:30 (UK time)
Register at mascgroup.co.uk/vmasc-4/ to attend!
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(3/3) The 2025 MASC/WISC EDIA Award🏆 will be awarded at the MASC annual meeting, held at the
🗺️📍Open University, Milton Keynes,
📆 on the 15th and 16th December, 2025
mascgroup.co.uk/masc-2025-ho...
👀 Find out more about Aisha here:
www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-ai...