🤘 Heavy Metal Saves the World!
Join Prof James Wilton-Ely to discover how materials science and chemistry are turning heavy metals into forces for good 🌍
🗓 Wed 20 May
🕠 17.30–18.30
📍 B10, MSRH, White City Campus
🔗https://t.co/qct6qlmVUB
Our latest paper in @NatureComms provides alternative enzymatic pathways to essential penicillin antibiotics, replacing the complex native NRPS assembly line with simple ligase enzymes. @Imperial@impchemistry
https://t.co/GUSEULDLdS
We're currently recruiting for a Professor of Chemistry working in:
- Medicinal chemistry
- Novel molecular therapeutic modalities
- Chemical biology
- AI-enabled therapeutic discovery
Interested? Apply now: https://t.co/uEfBT7oqMx
A breakthrough in tackling PFAS “forever chemicals”
Imperial researchers have developed a low‑energy method to break down PFAS & upcycle the fluorine into valuable products for medicines, batteries and refrigerants.
Full story: https://t.co/N79Va5rl4l
@UKRI_News@ERC_Research
Researchers have developed tuneable organometallic dopants that boost the stability and efficiency of perovskite solar cells. This single-component approach replaces complex additive mixtures and improves device performance.
Read more: https://t.co/ctqFwqwRQC
Huge congratulations to Professor Maxie Roessler, selected as a Finalist in the 2026 #BlavatnikAwards.
Her cutting‑edge EPR research is unlocking chemical processes that drive life and future technologies.
🔗 https://t.co/C4sNLZXa6q
Great to be celebrating with @BlavatnikAwards
📚Ever wondered how our MRes in Nanomaterials works?Dr.Nicola Gasparini,explains the structure and hands-on research opportunities in this video!Ready to shape the future of materials science?Apply now:
👉 https://t.co/wt8pAwE81E
#Nanotechnology#ImperialCollege
🎉 We’ve done it again! We've secured our 3rd consecutive #AthenaSwan Gold Award 🏅
Dr Nazila Kamaly shares how allyship, adaptability & community spirit keep inclusion at our core 💛
Read the Q&A 👉 https://t.co/u5fhOmRjx8
#EDI#STEMinclusion#ImperialChem
🌍 Happy #WorldScienceDay!
“Science is understanding the deep complexity of our world to make it better. The best part? That 💡 moment when everything clicks!” – Fatemah Kassamali, aPhD student at @imperialcollege
Here’s to discovery and progress! #ImperialChemistry
Hodan and Sarah's work in collaboration with @jamesabull and Phil Miller on transforming trifluoromethane (HFC-23) into fluoroalkenes is now out in @angew_chem here is the link: https://t.co/HkU29jdX4L
Professor Kim Jelfs, @impchemistry, said that their work “sparked a whole field,” and that “there’s an enormous number of people that work in this area now”
Read her comments in the New York Times ⬇️ https://t.co/bhCpr3Jfht
#OurImperial
FoNS academics working in this area reacted: Dr Becky Greenaway, @impchemistry, said that lots of chemists had been wondering when metal-organic frameworks would get the Nobel Prize... "and it’s finally happened!"
Read her comments in the Guardian ⬇️
https://t.co/YSGGn8Kov1
🏆 Congratulations to Professor Tom Welton on recently being named Laureate of the @IETInet Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Award for Chemical Science & Materials Engineering Award.
He is recognised for his work in #GreenChemistry and ionic liquids.
Read ➡️ https://t.co/Ppa5HEj7ne
Big congrats to Dr Alex Ganose (Chemistry) on his ERC Starting Grant 🎉#ERCStG@ERC_Research
His project MATERIALISE uses machine learning to model defects in semiconductors — a game-changer for solar, thermoelectrics & transparent conductors.
➡️https://t.co/ZdjvdnZTaq
Don't miss your chance to join a full day of presentations and stimulating discussions at the Faculty of Natural Sciences Research Showcase, taking place next week
Register your free place now: https://t.co/EE9wUGrIb3
#ImperialSci
Congratulations to @JelfsChem on her @royalsociety Faraday Discovery Fellowship! 🎉
Her work will bridge computation and experiment to unlock synthesisable materials using #AI and automation.
Read more ➡️ https://t.co/VoON2FdRul