Official Twitter account of the Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology

University of Leicester
Joined July 2016
We are hiring! Join our team for an exciting PhD project!
Replying to @sandykilla
PhD opportunity #2💧🔋🦠 Mimicking nature for CO2 capture and conversion: Biohybrid catalysts for sustainable CO2 reduction (@_PatriRM as PI, me as Co-I) centa.ac.uk/studentship/2025… via @CENTA_NERC Ref 2025-L16 #phdchat #metalloenzymes
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This week, we had the pleasure to host Dr Alex Gibbs (University of St Andrews) at @Leicesterchem for a seminar. On behalf of the RSC, we were delighted to present Dr Alex Gibbs with the 2023 Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize! #RSCPrizes
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For everyone at @uniofleicester, I will be hosting a @macmillancancer Coffee Morning on Monday in the Science Kitchen. Please do come along if you have a moment, grab yourself some cake and help raise funds for such a great cause.
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Midland Biophysical Network @MidsBiophysNet revived and in rude health! Happening today @LeicStructBio
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Come and join us @uniofleicester @Leicesterchem for a feast of inorganic chemistry, with talks from early career researchers from all over the UK and some fantastic plenaries. Only one week left to register!
⏰ Inorganic chemists! 1 week left to sign-up for #MICRA2024 at @Leicesterchem ... registration deadline 26 Aug! 👉 shop.le.ac.uk/conferences-an…
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Register now for the Midlands Biophysical meeting - Tuesday 17th September @uniofleicester. Register here: forms.office.com/e/c9C4N6Mbb… @AstonUniversity @uniofwarwick @UniofNottingham @unibirmingham
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My first graduation at @uniofleicester @Leicesterchem! It was a fantastic day! Congratulations to my MChem student Phoebe Opuku-Djan who graduated with the degree of MChem Pharmaceutical Chemistry and will join the Rodriguez-Macia group as a PhD student starting in September 😊
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The final talk of the @ccpn conference is from Hesna Kara from @LeicStructBio, describing the role of RNA-binding proteins in splice selection, and applications of 2’ fluorine labelling of RNA for NMR analysis of protein binding
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Come help us solve how reactions on protein cysteines affect human health and disease. Exciting opportunity to lead a new research area.
Very excited about these positions: 2 positions, choice of 4 projects: le.ac.uk/research/institutes… with @drpetermoody @YolandaMarkaki @HannaSciences @HodgUoL @hopkinson862 and others. To apply: jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/9767… More information on AMBER: le.ac.uk/research/institutes… Deadline 6 Sept
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A joy to write this special piece for @CellChemBiol as part of their 30th anniversary this year. Highlighting the parallels between the lab and the kitchen, enjoy reading during a tea break- slice of cake encouraged! @uniofleicester @Leicesterchem @LeicStructBio @RSCEastMidlands
.@BritishBakeOff finalist Josh Smalley (@joshpsmalley) discusses the parallels between chemistry and baking. 🎂 ⚛️ Read his piece "The culinary chemist: Out of the lab and into the tent" now in @CellChemBiol: cell.com/cell-chemical-biolo…
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Congratulations @RadfordLab! 💫 (A word to the wise: joining an Advisory Board for @LeicStructBio strongly correlates with future international honours.)
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Had a great day presenting @HopkinsonGroup research at @DTUtweet in Copenhagen. Thank you fellow #ChemLife theme member @laraialab for the invitation. @LINXS_Sweden @LeicStructBio @Leicesterchem
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It was an honour to officially open @uniofleicester Science Kitchen with our #BakeOff star @joshpsmalley this morning. The kitchen will be used by Josh for food-related scientific demonstrations, talks, research and events – delicious!
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Chris Brightling rounding off presentations spanning academic to commercial opportunities, worked examples of inter-disciplinary excellence and new translational platforms.
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Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 17, 5 pm India Standard Time / 7 am EDT / 1 pm CEST
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We are excited to relaunch the Midlands Biophysical Network. Sign up via the link below @uniofleicester @unibirmingham @uniofwarwick @UniofNottingham @LeicStructBio @InnovationMids
The Midlands Biophysical Network is starting up again! 17 September Midland Biophysics Meeting at Leicester. @HeskethEmma Sign up here forms.office.com/Pages/Desig…
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