University of Bath Chemistry

We are delighted to welcome Professor Tony James @chemosensors.bsky.social as a new Associate Editor for Chemical Science!

Tony's expertise covers sensing, supramolecular chemistry and imaging with a particular focus on fluorescent chemical probes. Find out more here: www.rsc.org/people/tony-...

"All-in-One" optical contrast agent for colorectal polyp diagnosis and therapy - Surgery CDT Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, highlighting the urgent need for early detection to improve survival and quality of life. Although colonoscopy remains...

📢 PhD Studentship with @acsedgwick.bsky.social
“All-in-one” optical contrast agent for improved diagnosis & therapy. Using photoacoustic + fluorescence imaging to better distinguish cancerous tissue tinyurl.com/3a58ev46 #PhDstudentship #CancerResearch #OpticalImaging #ColorectalCancer

congratulations @pjcgroupbath.bsky.social

Design for end of life: how circularity can offer a different path for solar energy - Nature Reviews Methods Primers With the rising success of solar photovoltaics, long-term sustainability needs to be addressed. We provide practical steps that researchers, journals and the wider community can take to embed circular...

Day 7️⃣ of the NRMP 5th Anniversary Highlights 🧁

As solar photovoltaics (PVs) are scaled-up at increasing rates, how should the sustainability of solar energy be addressed? This Comment provides practical steps for designing PVs with circularity in mind.🔆♻️ www.nature.com/articles/s43...

I really enjoyed writing this comment on what we need to do to drive circularity for perovskite solar cells with the very knowledgeable @mldavies04.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Next-Generation Chemical Tools to Find and Destroy Cancer at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Next-Generation Chemical Tools to Find and Destroy Cancer at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com

🎓 PhD Opportunity (UK / International)
🧪 Next-Generation Chemical Tools to Find & Destroy Cancer
👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Tony James | Sofia Pascu | Simon Lewis
🏛️ University of Bath
🔬 Cancer diagnostics + targeted therapeutics
⏰ Deadline: 8 Feb
👉
tinyurl.com/4ahx79rf
#PhD #Chemistry #Nanomedicine
@bathchem.bsky.social

Mechanochemical one-pot Barbier/Simmons–Smith reaction via sequential zinc activation We report a mechanochemical one-pot Barbier/Simmons–Smith reaction enabled by ball-milling-mediated activation of zinc(0). This operationally simple method generates organozinc intermediates in situ a...

Congratulations to Asma, whose research into the Mechanochemical one-pot Barbier/Simmons–Smith reaction via sequential zinc activation has been published in @chemcomm.rsc.org @bathchem.bsky.social with Prof. Duncan Browne @ucl.ac.uk
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Reaction scheme showing generation of a radical from a thianthrenium salt electron-donor-acceptor complex

🧪 PhD Opportunity (UK/international) with Simon Lewis & James Taylor at the University of Bath: “Radicals on Demand from Sulfonium Salt Electron Donor-Acceptor Complexes” Electrosynthesis ⚡ + photochemistry 💡. See: bit.ly/4qjBsS3 **DEADLINE 8TH FEB** #chemistry #phd #orgchem
@bathchem.bsky.social

Twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) based fluorescent probes and imaging agents Twisted Intramolecular charge transfer (TICT)-based fluorescent probes are crucial in chemical sensing due to their sensitivity and specificity. These probes undergo conformational changes upon intera...

Happy to share that our review on TICT-based fluorescent probes is now published in @chemsocrev.rsc.org - great working with this team including @chemosensors.bsky.social at @bathchem.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1039/D3CS...

Graphical abstract showing structure of grandifloridin D and its key biological targets

Great working with Suresh Awale and his team at University of Toyama, who have carried out further biological evaluation of a natural product analogue "grandifloridin D". It exhibits "anti-austerity" activity against pancreatic cancer cell lines in vitro @bathchem.bsky.social doi.org/10.1248/bpb....

Applications closing soon (deadline is 7th December)!

Next #BathChem25 speaker: Caroline Evans 🎤
Did a PhD just to be called Dr Evans… 3.5 yrs + 1 paper later 🫠
Learnt resilience ✅
Blame Salters Chem Camp at Bath for getting her into teaching — now shaping minds at Wellington College 🧪📚 BTW Didn’t decline an OBE 👑 #BathChem25

Sweet presentation from Saiful 🍋✨ No lemons here — though that ending got a little creepy… 👀 #BathChem25

Photo of me standing in front of my IYPT2019 periodic table posters in the Bath Chemistry building

Back at Bath for #BathChem2025 today and look what I found in the chemistry building!

Photo of me presenting in a lecture theatre in front of a slide titled “making sense of molecules” showing two depictions of the molecule caffeine.

It was great to be back in Bath yesterday for a fantastic day of talks at #BathChem25. Thanks to @bathchem.bsky.social for the invite and for putting together such an enjoyable and engaging day!

Catalysts for Careers: How Heads of Department Accelerate Your Academic Reaction
Chris Frost 🎓 First in family to go to university, PhD with Jon Williams 💡 Now Executive Dean, Royal Holloway.
“Was told Bath was the graveyard of ambition… looking around… yep, they were right!” 😂
#BathChem25

🔦⚡ A Journey Through Light & Energy Materials
Presented by Isabella Poli, Research Leader, Applied Energy Materials & Technologies, IIT.
She thanks the late Janet Scott 💛 for guiding her career — a true inspiration in sustainable chemistry 🌱
#BathChem25 #WomenInSTEM

Two Drifters: Carbon-Negative Rum 🍹⚗️🌱
Russel Wakeham #BathChem25 — “Terrified to speak at a chem department!”
💡 Why don’t people make rum?
👉 “Because it’s difficult — we sold our house to get it going.”
UK Rum Market = £1 billion
Chemistry, Rum & Sustainability = Perfect Mix 🧪🌍🥃

Jenny Carlisle giving her talk at the chem25 event in Bath

#chem25 at @bathchem.bsky.social is underway - Jennifer Carlisle (née Peed) giving her talk and reminiscing about her PhD days…

Jennifer Carlisle (née Peed) patent attorney at HGF, loved Bath’s architecture! 🏛️ Now a part-time working mum of two, she’s glad to be at #BathChem25 even on her day off !!. 😄✨

Next #BathChem25 speaker: Caroline Evans 🎤
Did a PhD just to be called Dr Evans… 3.5 yrs + 1 paper later 🫠
Learnt resilience ✅
Blame Salters Chem Camp at Bath for getting her into teaching — now shaping minds at Wellington College 🧪📚 BTW Didn’t decline an OBE 👑 #BathChem25

Sweet presentation from Saiful 🍋✨ No lemons here — though that ending got a little creepy… 👀 #BathChem25

🚀 #BathChem25 is officially underway! Opened by HoD Matthew Jones with Florian Bay as master of ceremonies. First up – Saiful Islam bringing the science to life in 3D! 👓🔬

🎉 Today we welcome 170+ Bath Chemistry alumni + staff back to campus for #BathChem25! 🧪Talks, networking & evening fun with The Beakers and Quiz. We are Celebrating Bath Chem past, present & future 💛 🎶 Details can be found chem25.co.uk #BathChem25

Can not wait for the fun, good times, gossip, news, and enjoyable conversation to start at #BathChem25.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you need a room on campus you have till tomorrow to reserve one www.chem25.co.uk

On social media if you mention the Chem25@Bath event please tag @BathChem on BlueSky, Instagram and X please also use the hashtag #BathChem25. Please also use the same tag on LinkedIn.

Great meeting please register

📰 ✨ The Chemistry foyer in 1 South has had a refresh! New NMR window graphics + a striking Periodic Table (credit: Compound Interest).

Thanks to Barrie Marsh (photos) & Claire McMullin (inspiration).

#Chemistry #ScienceCommunication #NMR #PeriodicTable #CompoundInterest

EPSRC Postdoctoral Pathway Funding at The University of Bath - This funding provides a 6 month postdoctoral research associate position for EPSRC funded PhD students who are close to or have recently completed their PhD. www.bath.ac.uk/guides/epsrc...