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Well… congratulations to Demis Hassabis our local boy done good! A win for Finchley, and I dare say the first Nobel for comprehensive Christ's College Finchley & state grammar Queen Elizabeth school Barnet. Congrats to David Baker and John Jumper. Loving your work!

David Baker of Institute for Protein Design, and Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper of Google DeepMind have won the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry for their work on computational protein design and protein structure prediction, respectively. cen.acs.org/people/nobel-p… #ChemNobel

I wanted to be excited about the #ChemNobel because I think designer proteins are pretty cool, but two AI #NobelPrize wins in one year is too much--sorry! Also, all of the prizes this week have been an absolute dude wall an I'm not about that.

Our team at C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) is recruiting for Deputy Editor in Chief recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1095ACHM/Jo… and Exec editor for science policy, scientific publishing, and chemical safety recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1095ACHM/Jo… It's an exciting time to join the team. I'm happy to talk to people who are interested.

Should probably say I'm heading back to the island for #UKCSJ24 next week, really looking forward to catching up with people. Will I see you there?

Very glad disposable vapes are being banned in Eng and Wales, they are a completely unnecessary waste of materials. Europe next pls.

Israel's Interior Ministry is suspending ties with Haaretz newspaper after its publisher Amos Schoken called Israel an "apartheid regime" engaged in "second Nakba" at a conference in London last week israelhayom.com/2024/10/31/int…

Nominate an outstanding early-career chemist for the Talented 12 Class of 2025. Submissions are open until January 21: cen.acs.org/sections/talen… #CENT12

Germany, France, Belgium and the EU should release the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and give it to Ukraine, now. Don't wait. theatlantic.com/international/…

The best piece about founder-led biotech I’ve read to date is in C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) by Rowan Walrath Honored to be in print besides incredible founders like Jake Becraft Ashley Zehnder Celine Halioua Jason Kelly Tony Kulesa cen.acs.org/business/start…

I just had a very German reaction to that photo. My assimilation continues...

OPCW conforms presence of CS gas in samples from an alleged incident at the frontline during Ukraine requested Technical Assistance Visit. The use of CS and other riot control agents in warfare is a violation of the chemical Wespons Convention.

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Academic researchers want to repurpose drugs for #LongCOVID. Manufacturers aren’t supplying them. 🧵

Tomorrow will have been 5 years since WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Today, C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) is publishing a cover package we're ambitiously describing as The Next 5 Years of COVID-19. 🧵

SCOOP: NIH abruptly canceled a slew of #LongCOVID studies funded through its RECOVER initiative this week, including 45 pathobiology studies designed to uncover how the disease works inside the body. C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) cen.acs.org/policy/researc…

According to this 2025 report by Friedrich Ebert Foundation, many immigrants to Germany leave the country after a while mainly because of the lack of a "welcome culture", which prevents them from developing a sense of belonging, and dissatisfaction with the social environment.

The CDU-SPD government are choosing gas over nuclear. The Greens have a lot to answer for

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I am so honored that a feature I published in C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) in September, "R&D for long COVID is collapsing," was selected as a finalist among trade publications in the 2025 NIHCM Awards in Journalism and Research. I am in some great company here. nihcm.org/news/finalists…