Anthony Phillips
@aephillips.bsky.social
Crystallographer ❄ and materials chemist ⚗️ pretending to be a condensed matter physicist ⚛️, or possibly vice versa. Aussie, Jewish, gay.
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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📢PhD available in our group focusing on "Synthesis & optimisation of stimuli responsive MOFs in flow" Based in Sch Chemistry & iPRD @UniLeeds. Start date: 1st Oct 2026. ⏰️App deadline 30th Jan. Please repost to spread the word 🙏 #chemsky #phdjobs Come join us! www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...
Synthesis and Optimisation of Stimuli Responsive Metal-Organic Frameworks in Flow | Andrea Laybourn
Interested in
#flowchemistry?
#crystallography?
#MOFs?
📣 Fully funded PhD available in our group 📣Title: Synthesis and Optimisation of Stimuli Responsive MOFs in Flow
Based in the School of Chemistr...
www.linkedin.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
📢PhD available in our group focusing on "Synthesis & optimisation of stimuli responsive MOFs in flow" Based in Sch Chemistry & iPRD @UniLeeds. Start date: 1st Oct 2026. ⏰️App deadline 30th Jan. Please repost to spread the word 🙏 #chemsky #phdjobs Come join us! www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...
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I’d love to see UUK, UCU, UCEA, the Russell group, the funding councils, research charities, hell pretty much every university stakeholder to stand together and say to the Govt in one voice - Stop fucking around with our universities.
You are destroying us, and you will miss us when we’re gone.
You are destroying us, and you will miss us when we’re gone.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I’d love to see UUK, UCU, UCEA, the Russell group, the funding councils, research charities, hell pretty much every university stakeholder to stand together and say to the Govt in one voice - Stop fucking around with our universities.
You are destroying us, and you will miss us when we’re gone.
You are destroying us, and you will miss us when we’re gone.
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To be clear, this is a tariff on our own exports.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
To be clear, this is a tariff on our own exports.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
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As @glenpeters.bsky.social says, we're way off target for any 1.5°C scenario.
To see how far off, each of the red/green bars represents the decrease in CO₂ emissions during COVID. Even if we achieved that from now until the end of 2030, we would still miss our 1.5°C target by a significant margin.
To see how far off, each of the red/green bars represents the decrease in CO₂ emissions during COVID. Even if we achieved that from now until the end of 2030, we would still miss our 1.5°C target by a significant margin.
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
As @glenpeters.bsky.social says, we're way off target for any 1.5°C scenario.
To see how far off, each of the red/green bars represents the decrease in CO₂ emissions during COVID. Even if we achieved that from now until the end of 2030, we would still miss our 1.5°C target by a significant margin.
To see how far off, each of the red/green bars represents the decrease in CO₂ emissions during COVID. Even if we achieved that from now until the end of 2030, we would still miss our 1.5°C target by a significant margin.
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Wishing you all a happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM #LGBTQSTEMDAY #LGBTSTEMDAY 🏳️🌈⚛️🔭 Visibility is very important for our colleagues who cannot be out :D ... Very happy to join the @cern.bsky.social celebration this afternoon.
prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Wishing you all a happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM #LGBTQSTEMDAY #LGBTSTEMDAY 🏳️🌈⚛️🔭 Visibility is very important for our colleagues who cannot be out :D ... Very happy to join the @cern.bsky.social celebration this afternoon.
prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
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I've got a post-doctoral research position available at Curtin University (Western Australia) starting 2026.
The project involves computational prediction of crystal structures, their growth, and their properties for organic minerals on Titan (moon of Saturn).
staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancie...
The project involves computational prediction of crystal structures, their growth, and their properties for organic minerals on Titan (moon of Saturn).
staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancie...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I've got a post-doctoral research position available at Curtin University (Western Australia) starting 2026.
The project involves computational prediction of crystal structures, their growth, and their properties for organic minerals on Titan (moon of Saturn).
staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancie...
The project involves computational prediction of crystal structures, their growth, and their properties for organic minerals on Titan (moon of Saturn).
staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancie...
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You might imagine that an event celebrating 75 years of the Turing Test would be all "Wasn't he prescient, and look, now we really do have machines that think!" Mercifully, this event yesterday was close to the opposite. /1
royalsociety.org/science-even...
royalsociety.org/science-even...
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test | Royal Society
An event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test, held at the Royal Society on 2 October 2025.
royalsociety.org
October 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
You might imagine that an event celebrating 75 years of the Turing Test would be all "Wasn't he prescient, and look, now we really do have machines that think!" Mercifully, this event yesterday was close to the opposite. /1
royalsociety.org/science-even...
royalsociety.org/science-even...
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Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...
September 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...
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1. What does a Cold War-era game theory problem known as the silent duel have to do with high-risk research strategies, publication in Cell/Nature/Science glamor journals, and the academic job market?
Kevin Gross and I tackle these questions in our latest arXiv preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2509.06718
Kevin Gross and I tackle these questions in our latest arXiv preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2509.06718
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
1. What does a Cold War-era game theory problem known as the silent duel have to do with high-risk research strategies, publication in Cell/Nature/Science glamor journals, and the academic job market?
Kevin Gross and I tackle these questions in our latest arXiv preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2509.06718
Kevin Gross and I tackle these questions in our latest arXiv preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2509.06718
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📣 PhD position now open for Oct 2026 start based at @imperialchemistry.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/PhDFDF. An interdisciplinary project combining experimental
& computational materials discovery in a collaborative Royal Society-funded team. Co-supervised by @beckylgreenaway.bsky.social.
& computational materials discovery in a collaborative Royal Society-funded team. Co-supervised by @beckylgreenaway.bsky.social.
PhD position available in Experimental and Computational Organic Materials Discovery at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD position available in Experimental and Computational Organic Materials Discovery at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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September 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
📣 PhD position now open for Oct 2026 start based at @imperialchemistry.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/PhDFDF. An interdisciplinary project combining experimental
& computational materials discovery in a collaborative Royal Society-funded team. Co-supervised by @beckylgreenaway.bsky.social.
& computational materials discovery in a collaborative Royal Society-funded team. Co-supervised by @beckylgreenaway.bsky.social.
Two very different opportunities are currently open for postdoctoral researchers to join my group in London.
First, I’m looking for a materials chemist or physicist to come work with us on materials for environmentally friendly cooling and refrigeration: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
First, I’m looking for a materials chemist or physicist to come work with us on materials for environmentally friendly cooling and refrigeration: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Barocaloric Materials - QMUL Jobs
ID: 6980. Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Barocaloric Materials. Application Deadline:
qmul-jobs.tal.net
August 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Two very different opportunities are currently open for postdoctoral researchers to join my group in London.
First, I’m looking for a materials chemist or physicist to come work with us on materials for environmentally friendly cooling and refrigeration: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
First, I’m looking for a materials chemist or physicist to come work with us on materials for environmentally friendly cooling and refrigeration: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
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New PostDoc opportunity in #CompChem at
@uclchemistry.bsky.social
Join our exciting research to develop novel wavefunction theory for open-shell ground and excited states in molecules. Find out more about our group at www.hughburton.com
Please share widely!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE518/r...
@uclchemistry.bsky.social
Join our exciting research to develop novel wavefunction theory for open-shell ground and excited states in molecules. Find out more about our group at www.hughburton.com
Please share widely!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE518/r...
Research Fellow in Theoretical Quantum Chemistry at UCL
Apply for the Research Fellow in Theoretical Quantum Chemistry role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
www.jobs.ac.uk
August 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
New PostDoc opportunity in #CompChem at
@uclchemistry.bsky.social
Join our exciting research to develop novel wavefunction theory for open-shell ground and excited states in molecules. Find out more about our group at www.hughburton.com
Please share widely!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE518/r...
@uclchemistry.bsky.social
Join our exciting research to develop novel wavefunction theory for open-shell ground and excited states in molecules. Find out more about our group at www.hughburton.com
Please share widely!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE518/r...
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PLEASE REPOST: 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.... This is open only to UK nationals.
Computational discovery of novel oxide-based X-ray detectors at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Computational discovery of novel oxide-based X-ray detectors at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
findaphd.com
August 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
PLEASE REPOST: 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.... This is open only to UK nationals.
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New from The Strain Team:
🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊
Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗).
Gross! 😀 1/n
#ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky
🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊
Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗).
Gross! 😀 1/n
#ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky
Spinger Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific Publishing
Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro
the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io
June 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
New from The Strain Team:
🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊
Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗).
Gross! 😀 1/n
#ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky
🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊
Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗).
Gross! 😀 1/n
#ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky
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The rout of UK universities threatens the entire economy, including the web of spinouts that have been so successful, along with high-end talent and recruitment. Nothing will be done. sifted.eu/articles/uk-...
UK university funding crisis could shrink talent pipeline and shut down spinouts, experts warn
Rising costs and a decline in foreign students have exacerbated the shortfall in university funding, putting innovation at risk.
sifted.eu
March 31, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The rout of UK universities threatens the entire economy, including the web of spinouts that have been so successful, along with high-end talent and recruitment. Nothing will be done. sifted.eu/articles/uk-...
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We're hiring!🚨Our lab is looking for two new postdocs for our drug discovery program:
1) Synthetic/Med Chem (small molecule hit-to-lead)🧪
usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
2) Chemical Biology (peptide inhibitors)🦠
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Pls spread the word!🙏
1) Synthetic/Med Chem (small molecule hit-to-lead)🧪
usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
2) Chemical Biology (peptide inhibitors)🦠
usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
Pls spread the word!🙏
March 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We're hiring!🚨Our lab is looking for two new postdocs for our drug discovery program:
1) Synthetic/Med Chem (small molecule hit-to-lead)🧪
usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
2) Chemical Biology (peptide inhibitors)🦠
usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
Pls spread the word!🙏
1) Synthetic/Med Chem (small molecule hit-to-lead)🧪
usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
2) Chemical Biology (peptide inhibitors)🦠
usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
Pls spread the word!🙏
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We've got to tell the truth: British Higher Education is experiencing a rapid unscheduled disassembly, streaking across the sky like a rocket smashing into the atmosphere.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/education/a-...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/education/a-...
A Decade of Crisis
The UK's universities are in crisis. Dave Hitchcock on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be understood as an interdependent system.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
March 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
We've got to tell the truth: British Higher Education is experiencing a rapid unscheduled disassembly, streaking across the sky like a rocket smashing into the atmosphere.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/education/a-...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/education/a-...
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NEW from me in the FT today... The UK's university 'system' is now in freefall. How on Earth did the disaster unfold? Read all about it: www.ft.com/content/0ec7...
The UK’s academic recession is in full swing
This university crisis is a grim scrabble for numbers
www.ft.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
NEW from me in the FT today... The UK's university 'system' is now in freefall. How on Earth did the disaster unfold? Read all about it: www.ft.com/content/0ec7...
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Just spent day reading about the collapse of the British car industry.
The lack of vision, the managerial incompetence, the strategic insularity, the complacent reliance on ‘world-class’ marques, the constant short-termism, bad labour relations.
And I thought: yup, there go our universities too.
The lack of vision, the managerial incompetence, the strategic insularity, the complacent reliance on ‘world-class’ marques, the constant short-termism, bad labour relations.
And I thought: yup, there go our universities too.
March 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just spent day reading about the collapse of the British car industry.
The lack of vision, the managerial incompetence, the strategic insularity, the complacent reliance on ‘world-class’ marques, the constant short-termism, bad labour relations.
And I thought: yup, there go our universities too.
The lack of vision, the managerial incompetence, the strategic insularity, the complacent reliance on ‘world-class’ marques, the constant short-termism, bad labour relations.
And I thought: yup, there go our universities too.
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Our statement on the ICE arrest of Palestinian activist and Columbia University student protest leader, Mahmoud Khalil:
March 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Our statement on the ICE arrest of Palestinian activist and Columbia University student protest leader, Mahmoud Khalil:
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You also geek out on disordered & defective materials? I and @hannabostroem.bsky.social are organizing a dedicated session at the coming 35th European #crystallography meeting: we'd love to see and showcase your research ✨
Submissions are open at ecm35.org until 30th April, consider joining us!
Submissions are open at ecm35.org until 30th April, consider joining us!
35th European Crystallographic Meeting
35th European Crystallographic Meeting
www.ecm35.org
March 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
You also geek out on disordered & defective materials? I and @hannabostroem.bsky.social are organizing a dedicated session at the coming 35th European #crystallography meeting: we'd love to see and showcase your research ✨
Submissions are open at ecm35.org until 30th April, consider joining us!
Submissions are open at ecm35.org until 30th April, consider joining us!
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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
February 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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Born #OnThisDay in 1903 was crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale FRS. She was one of the first two female scientists to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, along with Marjory Stephenson. She discovered the structure of benzene, and was a committed pacifist. #WomenInSTEM
January 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Born #OnThisDay in 1903 was crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale FRS. She was one of the first two female scientists to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, along with Marjory Stephenson. She discovered the structure of benzene, and was a committed pacifist. #WomenInSTEM
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This is why you don't design curricula around "jobs of the future".
We can't predict the future but we do know what general skills and knowledge will be valuable whatever job you do.
We can't predict the future but we do know what general skills and knowledge will be valuable whatever job you do.
‘Learn to code’
Should’ve done a proper degree like sociology or political science
Should’ve done a proper degree like sociology or political science
January 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This is why you don't design curricula around "jobs of the future".
We can't predict the future but we do know what general skills and knowledge will be valuable whatever job you do.
We can't predict the future but we do know what general skills and knowledge will be valuable whatever job you do.