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Exciting news from the @lucescostaction.bsky.social network! We are starting our special issue in @chemistryeurope.bsky.social . Read it here the beggining! More articles are coming!
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The UB promotes new projects that enhance cooperation and sustainability in the Pyrenean region

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#UB #UniversitatBarcelona #ICREA

👉And don't miss the inside front cover article of issue 23:

𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝟕-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐂𝐍𝐓𝟑 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫: 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 by Tiziana Marino 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QI01630D

The UB promotes new projects that enhance cooperation and sustainability in the Pyrenean region

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Glad to learn that our Hispano-French Interreg POCTEFA (www.poctefa.eu) project on Leishmaniasis, RudraLeT‑Nano, has been selected for funding (shorturl.at/7LGz3).
Partnership between the @ub.edu (nanoBIC @icreacommunity.bsky.social, @lcc-cnrs.bsky.social, @unav.edu & @universitetoulouse.bsky.social

La @AgEInves abre la convocatoria de candidaturas para su Comité Científico Técnico.
📅 Plazo: 9 oct – 10 nov
👉 Solo organismos y entidades del SECTI pueden presentar propuestas.
ℹ️ Más info: www.aei.gob.es/sobre-aei/or...
#Convocatoria #ComitéCientíficoTécnico #EvaluaciónCientífica

The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel...

#ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪

We interrupt our regular programming to announce…

In honour of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry, we’ve curated a collection of impactful articles from across RSC journals on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) 🏆 Free to read until the end of November 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/jour...

Sustainable perovskite light emitters Perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) that use lead (Pb)-based perovskites are promising candidates for the next generation of lighting and display technologies. However, concerns about the toxicity of Pb have delayed their progress toward commercialisation. From this viewpoint, we compare Pb-based, low-Pb and

Be sure to read "Sustainable perovskite light emitters" by Yuxin Shi, Seong Eui Chang and Tae-Woo Lee

Read the full Viewpoint here 👇

Proud and honored for receiving the Scientific Excellence award GEQO 2025 @rseq-quimica.bsky.social . Proud of my group and all the people around me 🤗

Enhorabuena Laura! Congrats!!!

Ligand-modulated metallophilicity: influence of π-acceptor and σ-donor strength Metal–metal (M–M) closed-shell interaction, also known as metallophilicity, is frequently observed in d10 and d8 metal complexes featuring a close M–M distance. It has shown a significant impact on di...

Ligand-modulated metallophilicity: influence of π-acceptor and σ-donor strength
by Qingyun Wan et al.

π-acceptors reduce, while σ-donors enhance Pauli repulsion, tuning metallophilicity in closed-shell complexes ⚛️🔬📐

👉 doi.org/10.1039/D5QI...

#Metallophilicity ⚡ #LigandDesign 🧪

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Good luck to Guglielmo! I am convinced he’ll have a great time in your group!

Very happy to welcome two exchange PhD students: Eva Morales-Pioz from the group of @vanesafm-isqch.bsky.social and Guglielmo Spinelli from @nanobic.bsky.social. Enjoy your stays at @chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social
@cariouk.bsky.social

You also forget the GRC Metals in Medicine in June 2026 😊

We have an opening in our institute at #EPFL for a tenure-track assistant professor position.
Please repost...
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Photoactivatable bioinspired nanomedicines Photoactivatable nanomedicines are therapeutic agents that generate heat, produce reactive oxygen species, or initiate photochemical reactions through their interaction with light. These agents can be used for the diagnosis, monitoring and remote induction of therapeutic effects. However, such nanoconstructs may ha

Want to learn more about nanomedicines?

Check out "Photoactivatable bioinspired nanomedicines" by Khatia Merabishvili, Islam Zmerli, Jana Alhoussein, Christophe Regeard and Ali Makky

Read the #OpenAccess review here 👇
pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

Our SuNS group at QuimicaUB has been represented with an invited lecture and a poster at the @bienalrseq2025. Great days in Bilbao with many emotions...#supramolecular #organometallic #luminescence @geqo.bsky.social @lucescostaction.bsky.social

So happy and honoured to receive the GEQO-RSEQ Award for Research Excellence! 🏆 Grateful for all the support and lucky to have worked with so many brilliant researchers and collaborators over the years with whom I share this recognition 🙌 💙 GEQO-RSEQ @in2ub.bsky.social @lucescostaction.bsky.social

Exploring the toxicity of mononuclear piano-stool Ru(II) anticancer agents: A comprehensive literature review Piano-stool Ru(II) complexes have emerged as a promising class of anticancer agents characterized by structural modularity and diverse cytotoxic activ…

An idea that took root during the COVID lockdown has finally come to life, thanks to the invaluable help of Martin Sojka (former postdoc in our group and now early-career leader at the IPM Brno), who helped me in writing this review on ruthenium(II) piano-stool complexes.

tinyurl.com/yxzshnn5

#IBUBSeminar "Translational Chemical Biology: Bridging the Gap for Drug Discovery" by Prof. Xiaoguang Lei, Peking University (@pku1898.bsky.social)

🗓️Fri 20
⏰10:30h
📍Aula Magna, @farmaciaub.bsky.social

@ub.edu @biologiaub.bsky.social

Unlocking a Biological Interface of Chiral Supramolecular Helical Polymers Here we report a C3-symmetric metal-binding tripeptide, BTMA-1, that self-assembles in water into either a chiral supramolecular helical polymer or a discrete CoII peptide helicate, depending on metal coordination. The CoII peptide helicate exhibits high affinity and selectivity toward DNA three-way junctions (3WJ), a class of noncanonical DNA structures with emerging biological relevance. Importantly, we demonstrate that the recognition process can be triggered dynamically by adding CoII ions to a dispersion of the supramolecular polymer, which acts as an inert precursor reservoir in physiological media. In this way, our strategy shows that chiral supramolecular helical polymers can form temporarily inactive aggregates that release discrete helicates for biomolecular recognition, such as 3WJ binding, upon metal ion coordination. Overall, this mechanism reveals a previously unexplored capability of this class of materials and offers a new approach for the design of responsive supramolecular systems for nucleic acid recognition and anticancer therapy.

Big news! 🚀
Our new paper is out in JACS!
👉 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
“Unlocking a Biological Interface of Chiral Supramolecular Helical Polymers”
#DNAjunction #SupramolecularChem #ChemSky
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Had a wonderful time at #BioCiudadReal ! Many thanks to Blanca R. Manzano, Gema Durá and all other members of the conference team for the perfect organization and the great hospitality !

Calling all coordination chemists! ICCC 2026 (Denmark /Sweden) - in Odense next year. Propose sessions on your favourite topics NOW... but be quick! iccc2026.com Great planning meeting last week... Lots to look forward to… See you there!

Thank you Miguel!

We are also on Bluesky now!

🎉 Honored to share that I’ve been appointed as a new board member of @aebin25.bsky.social at #BioCiudadReal25.

Grateful for the trust and excited to contribute to the growth of our vibrant community of spanish bioinorganic chemists.

#AEBIN #BioinorgChem #ChemSky

Congrats Miguel!