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Rachel delivered a Showcase Lecture to UoB UG and PG students, postdocs and staff on 24 February 2026, organised by Chemistry Yr 4 UG students Eliza Eng and Ed Bennett. @UoBChemistry

Congratulations to Jake Barker, @FieldenStephen, @CTJFerguson reporting synthesis of a fluorescent PFAS probe—enabling detection of persistent PFAS in the environment: link.springer.com/article/10.100… @UoBChemistry #maleimides

Congratulations @GemmaLouDavies on the award of the McBain Medal 2025 for outstanding achievement in colloid and interface science! During the full-day meeting, Rachel spoke on 'precision polymer nanoparticles'. @UoBChemistry

ROR group @UoBChemistry and researchers at Shanghai University @Yujiexie09 and Zhejiang Sci-Tech universities (Zaizai) develop a light-activated “nanopatch” that sticks to tumour cells and stresses their membranes, also promoting the release of antigens: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

We are pleased to welcome to the School our new colleague Dr Andrew Tarzia who joins us as Assistant Professor of Computational Chemistry for Synthesis & Materials. You can find out about Andrew and his research interests over on our LinkedIn page linkedin.com/posts/school-o…

PLEASE RETWEET: We have a 4-year, fully funded PhD studentship focussed on using computational chemistry to find new and improved oxides for X-ray detection, to start in October 2025. findaphd.com/phds/project/c…. This is open only to UK nationals.

Congratulations to @t_dafforn who has been appointed the Ministry of Defence's new Chief Scientific Adviser. Tim will support @DefenceHQ drawing on years of experience advising the Government on science & technology birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/prof…

Four scientists from the School have won prizes from @RoySocChem – Prof @sgoldup the Corday-Morgan Prize, Prof O'Reilly @RORgroup the Tilden Prize, @DavisonNathan_ the Dalton Emerging Researcher Prize and a team led by Prof Stavros the Horizon Prize birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/birm…

#ICYMI: Huge congratulations to the @unibirmingham quartet who have been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours! Professor Rachel O'Reilly, Professor Fang Gao, Aruna Mistry, and Professor Bridget Eickhoff have all been awarded: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/two-… @RORgroup @UoBChemistry

Welcome to all those joining us on campus today for our Community Festival. We’re delighted to have you here and hope you have a fabulous day 💚

Several people have been recognised in the King’s 2025 birthday honours for their contributions to chemistry, including Rachel O’Reilly (@RORgroup), @Kevin_Coutinho, @ScotSciChief, Vernon Gibson, @ChiOnwurah and Stephen Foots. chemistryworld.com/news/chemists-…

Many congratulations to the University of Birmingham quartet who have been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours! Prof Rachel O'Reilly, Prof Fang Gao, former laboratory manager Aruna Mistry & honorary professor Bridget Eickhoff have all been awarded birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/two-…

#ICYMI: Professor Rachel O’Reilly joins the Faraday Institution’s Board of Trustees: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/stre… @FaradayInst @unibirmingham @RORgroup

🚨PhD opportunity! Join us at @AstonAIME and be part of the digital revolution 🤖 Discover polymer nanoparticles using data-driven methods. Ideal for chemists & digital explorers. RTs appreciated! 🙏 🗓️ Apply by 1 June 2025 🔗 tinyurl.com/3xa2hkfu #PhD #AI #PolymerChemistry

Our experts have developed a new method for rapid scalable preparation of uniform nanostructures directly from block polymers - slashing processing time from a week to just minutes and enabling high-throughput production of precision polymer nanomaterials birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/brea…

📢We’re hiring! Come join us at @AstonAIME for a PhD at the cutting edge between #polymers, #biotechnology & #digital chemistry aiming to make new polymers to extract & study proteins from cell membranes. Deadline:🗓️ 7th April 2025 (tinyurl.com/3j3ahvj8) RT much appreciated!

We are delighted to announce a new strategic alliance with Birmingham City Football Club (@BCFC) bringing together two of the city’s most iconic institutions around a shared ambition for the city’s success. Find out more about this announcement: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/univ…

🎉 Celebrating 125 years of education & innovation! 🎉 Join us on a unique tour of our stunning campus! From historic gems to cutting-edge spaces, our legacy of driving change has been shaping society since Queen Victoria granted our Royal Charter in 1900 #UoB125

*Job Alert* We’re hiring! Come join me at @AstonAIME for a PhD at the cutting edge between #polymers, #membranes & #automation. Building robotic platforms for making & testing new polymers to extract membrane proteins. Apply here by 📅 6th December 24 (tinyurl.com/3j3ahvj8)

Join our world-class research community, with our exciting 125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs. To mark the occasion, we are accepting applications from global talent across many disciplines. Find out about our priority research areas below or visit fellowsandchairs.birmingham.ac.uk