Learn more about the 2022 #NobelPrize in Chemistry Press release: bit.ly/3BGVtKP Popular information: bit.ly/3BIz1kB Advanced information: bit.ly/3S6cJju

I get lots of people asking me how a chemistry curriculum can be 'decolonised', so I thought I'd make a short thread with examples. Firstly, decolonisation is not about removing science from the curriculum, it is about giving students more context (see: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…)

I just paid 216€ (118€ for UK Gov, 65€ for TLSContact, 33€ for postal service) to apply for a 6-month visitor UK visa to attend a 3-day academic workshop. Probably it is a good time to read this piece by Arda Bilgen & Melis Uluğ👇 researchgate.net/publication/36…

My esteem colleagues and myself are organizing a fund to help earthquake victims in #Turkey; the fund will be transferred to Ahbap Every penny counts and makes a huge difference; please consider supporting 🙏 Caghan Kizil gofund.me/d53ebecd Eylem Delikanli

A terrible day for my home country, Turkey, and particularly my hometown and region. Please consider donating, even a small contribution makes much difference.

Alman arama kurtarma ekibinin doktoru, öğrendiği birkaç Türkçe kelimeyle, enkaz altındaki kadını sakinleştirmeye çalışıyor: "Zeynep Hanım, korkma!" 🙏🏼🇹🇷🇩🇪 Via Jens Eberl

#Breaking: The worst possible news. A 6.4 earthquake hit Hatay about 30 minutes ago, one of the most damaged regions from the recent huge earthquake. It was followed by a 5.8 aftershock. Absolutely frightening.

FocusE15 campaigning about these issues since a decade. Good to see that public attention is being put on these lived yet often disregarded & unseen realities!

BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

A reminder of the trajectory of Nobel Laureate Katalin Kariko. Passed over for a tenured position, grants rejected, ideas shunned and overlooked. She was just too far ahead of the curve and not savvy at playing the traditional scientific game. Now look! washingtonpost.com/health/2021/10…

Huge congratulations Toni Adscheid! 🎉🥳 Your hard work and dedication inspire me every day!

As always I am so proud of you Toni Adscheid! If you want to learn more about the amazing FocusE15 please check this article out!

#LongRead by Toni Adscheid on escape, carceral entrapments and fugitive manoeuvres in London’s ‘vicious housing circle’ extends carceral geography scholarship & Black fugitive thinking to discuss temporary tenancies, organising & #activist #care in FocusE15 radicalhousingjournal.org/2024/the-need-…

PLGA sounds like a difficult acronym...but there's more to it than that! Our ESRs Selin uncovers some of its secrets today in our weekly installment of #myprojectinanutshell. #bio2brain #MSCA #EU #PhD

ODTÜ birincisinden rektöre: “Bilim; Kavaklık’ta yüzlerce ağacı alelacele kesmek, fikrinin uyuşmadığı öğretim görevlilerini görevlerinden etmek, bahar şenliklerini iptal etmek, hakkını arayanları soruşturmalarla korkutmaya çalışmak değildir.”

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”

Our review article where we discuss different #drugdelivery strategies for efficient #n2bdelivery 🧠 is out at BJNANO (Beilstein-Institut @beilstein-institut.bsky.social)! Nazende GündayTüreli Universität Saarland beilstein-journals.org/bjnano/article…

🎉 Excited to share our article, “Scalable Manufacturing Method for Model Protein-loaded PLGA Nanoparticles”, is now published in Pharmaceutics! mdpi.com/1999-4923/17/1…

Now in Early View: WHO CAN AFFORD TO BE HUMAN? Struggling for Affordable Housing in East London by Toni Adscheid # OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

I am very happy that this is out in the world right now. "Who can afford to be human?" seems like a burning question these days. This work would not have been possible without FocusE15, to whom I owe deep thanks and lasting solidarity.