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Ally presenting his work at IMEBoron-18! @epsrcboron.bsky.social #ChemSky
September 11, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Luis and Nathan presented their posters at IMEBoron-18 in Tokyo today! Thanks to @makoto-b.bsky.social for organising. @epsrcboron.bsky.social #ChemSky
September 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Elisa presented her work at the RSC Dalton Community Scotland and USIC 2026 Conference at Herriot-Watt University last week. Thanks to @domrwillcox.bsky.social for organising a great conference!
September 7, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Congratulations to Dr Julie MacLeod for passing her Ph.D. viva! Julie will be missed, and we wish her luck in her new job at BASF Pharma.🎓🎉
September 7, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Excited to share our new paper 'Catalytic synthesis of saturated azacycles using transborylation' in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry with Mike Ingleson.
doi.org/10.1039/d6ob...
July 6, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Happy Canada day! 🫎🍁
July 1, 2026 at 8:29 AM
I’m excited to join the TECS CDT 2026 Summer Conference at Bristol Chemistry!
June 30, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Congratulations to Julie MacLeod for winning the Adam Crawford Prize! So proud of you Julie.😊
June 12, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Good news, our collaboration with Dr Laura Winfrey, Dr Dominic Willcox and Prof Mike Ingleson has been published in Angewandte Chemie
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social Read it below.
doi.org/10.1002/anie... @domrwillcox.bsky.social #ChemSky
Three Component Thio‐ and Carboboration of Alkynes: A Modular Route to Functionalised Bicyclic Boronates
Three-component thio- and carbo-boration reactions to form functionalised benzoxaborinines and benzazaborinines are reported. The nucleophile scope includes thioethers, thiols, and (hetero)arenes. Me...
doi.org
June 3, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Very interesting to hear about Prof. Lloyd-Jones's journey in chemistry so far, highly recommend giving this interview a read www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@lloydjonesgroup.bsky.social #ChemSky
The path to understanding how reactions work and fail - Nature Reviews Chemistry
Ahead of his 60th birthday, Guy Lloyd-Jones, Forbes Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, spoke about his career in science.
www.nature.com
May 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Good news! Julie MacLeod and Alastair Nimmo's manuscript titled 'Stereoselective, Borane-catalysed Synthesis of syn-β-Hydroxyketones from α,β-Unsaturated Ketones' has just been accepted into Chemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org.
May 11, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Interested in applying for funded fellowships to start your independent research career? The Royal Society’s University Research Fellowship scheme provides an excellent opportunity for outstanding researchers to join us in Edinburgh. See the details at edin.ac/4uzOtcw and apply by 19 June.
Externally Funded Independent Fellowships | School of Chemistry | School of Chemistry
These fellowships typically target early career researchers with previous postdoctoral research experience wishing to transition to an independent research program.
edin.ac
May 9, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Very interesting paper recently published in Catalysis Science & Technology doi.org/10.1039/D5CY...
Uncovering the role of boronic acids and boroxines in the catalytic hydroboration of alkenes
The catalytic hydroboration of alkenes with pinacolborane (HBpin) represents a valuable yet challenging transformation in main-group catalysis, furnishing alkyl pinacol boronic esters of broad synthet...
doi.org
April 29, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Excited to share our new paper, 'Manganese-catalysed HIE of Arenes and Heteroarenes,' by Dr. Adrián Moreno González in Catalysis Science & Technology. doi.org/10.1039/D6CY...
Manganese-catalysed HIE of Arenes and Heteroarenes
Catalytic hydrogen isotope exchange (HIE) enables atom-economical deuterium incorporation into pharmacologically relevant molecules, typically with precious metal catalysts. The drive for increased su...
doi.org
April 29, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Happy St. Patrick's day from the Thomas group ☘️
March 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
A very interesting highlight this week. Prof. Douglass Taber has used some of our work in conjunction with the Ingleson group and Dom Wilcox @domrwillcox.bsky.social in a total synthesis of Trichostatin A which is due to be featured in Org. Chem. Highlights next week! #chemsky #chemistry
Functional Group Interconversion: The Hale Synthesis of Trichostatin A
www.organic-chemistry.org
February 26, 2026 at 9:15 AM
It was wonderful to see a past visiting student of ours Federica who was back in Edinburgh on holiday! #chemistry #chemsky
February 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Congratulations to Dr Joseph Cockcroft who passed his PhD viva. Joe will be missed, and we wish him the best of luck.
December 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Good news! Our paper with Joseph Cockcroft, 'Molecular-level insight into the multiple mechanistic pathways in iron-catalysed alkene dimerisation,' was included in the 15th anniversary collection for Chemical Science.
15th Anniversary: Chemical Science Leading Investigators collection Home
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December 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Great news! Joseph Cockcroft has just published his paper in Chemical Science, titled 'Molecular-level insight into the multiple mechanistic pathways in iron-catalysed alkene dimerisation.' Congratulations Joe!
doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
#chemsky
Molecular-level insight into the multiple mechanistic pathways in iron-catalysed alkene dimerisation
As the least expensive, least toxic and most abundant of the first-row transition metals, iron catalysis underpins the future of sustainable synthesis. Yet the mechanistic understanding remains limite...
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Some fantastic news! Julie Macleod has just had her Crystal Violet paper published in Nature Chemistry after a very long wait. It is a novel and simple method for testing for hidden catalysis. Congratulations Julie!

Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#chemistry #chemsky
Colorimetric indication of hidden catalysis - Nature Chemistry
Hidden catalysis plagues catalyst development and occurs when an impurity or species generated in situ facilitates the reaction instead of the intended catalyst. Current methods to identify hidden cat...
www.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Here is Luke getting his prize from our Head of School Jason Love! Luke then gave a fantastic talk on his career up to this point and his work during his PhD. Thank you all who attended!
#chemistry #chemsky
September 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Congratulations to our former PhD student Luke Britton who is being awarded the Norma and Fraser Stoddart Prize today. He will be giving a talk today at 1500 in T250 in the Joseph Black Building we hope to see you there! #chemistry #chemsky
September 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
We would like to wish all the best to Jason our PGT student who has just finished his time in the lab. Thanks for being so much fun to work with and all your hard work! #chemsky #chemistry
August 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM