I hope everyone enjoys this as much as I did helping out on it. Not only did Aniello and co design a really elegant little system, but it's a classic case of "simple is not the same as easy". Of course, that's half the fun.

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Not the greatest photo, but someone in Gillingham has a rather dark sense of humour.

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Still time to apply for an autumn start on this PhD. For UK students with an interest in main group / organometallic / coordination chemistry, and/or ligand synthesis, come and join us on the south coast!

A classic lunch at the Black Country Living Museum Barbara Marshall - faggots, onion gravy, and (sadly mushy) peas.

Today's discovery - lots of biological literature reporting that the biuret test positive forms from multiple secondary amides binding to Cu2+ via N lone pairs. Apparently just like Biuret does. Except ... where the hell did that come from, 'cos it's not remotely true?

And now, we sit back and wait for Reviewer 2 to tear our dreams to shreds. Well, have a coffee and get back to teaching prep, but you get the picture.

I cannot help but feel Henry Cavill took the role in _Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare_ just for the chance to cosplay as Ciaphus Cain for a bit.

The Irish Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship scheme is now open research.ie/funding/goipg/… and I'm happy to hear from interested PhD candidates. Worldwide applications are accepted but EU/EEA/UK citizens/residents are particularly encouraged to apply.

Wow. Just ... wow!

I may be very slightly jealous of the view from my brother's back garden.

Absolutely fantastic opportunity with a great supervisor!

Quite proud of this one - totally new direction for us all, and a learning cliff not curve, but worth it in the end. As ever, the pages don't do justice to all the work Hi, I'm Dr. Prii 👩🏽‍🔬👩🏽‍🎓🧳✈️ put into it. thieme-connect.com/products/ejour…

Lovely science and great people - what more could you want?

Check out our latest publication in ChemistryEur. a collaborative work across several institutions. Thank you to all co-authors. Ewan Clark Kushal Samanta Felipe Fantuzzi Michael Hall Dominic Brightwell 1/2 …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

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