Natural Product Reports
@natprodreports.rsc.org
High impact, critical reviews in natural products research and related areas from RSC Publishing.
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Published by @rsc.org 🌐 Website: rsc.li/natprodreports
🎉We are delighted to welcome @kelloggnpgroup.bsky.social, @kateduncan.bsky.social & Yihua Chen to the @natprodreports.rsc.org Editorial Board! #natprod #secmet
Learn more about our new Editorial Board members here🔽
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Learn more about our new Editorial Board members here🔽
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February 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
🎉We are delighted to welcome @kelloggnpgroup.bsky.social, @kateduncan.bsky.social & Yihua Chen to the @natprodreports.rsc.org Editorial Board! #natprod #secmet
Learn more about our new Editorial Board members here🔽
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Learn more about our new Editorial Board members here🔽
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📢Our first issue of 2026 is now online!
Check out the review behind the cover by Mark Butler, Robert Capon & co. at the University of Queensland covering natural product-derived compounds in clinical trials & drug approvals from 2014-2024 #natprod #secmet #medchem
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Check out the review behind the cover by Mark Butler, Robert Capon & co. at the University of Queensland covering natural product-derived compounds in clinical trials & drug approvals from 2014-2024 #natprod #secmet #medchem
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January 28, 2026 at 3:01 PM
📢Our first issue of 2026 is now online!
Check out the review behind the cover by Mark Butler, Robert Capon & co. at the University of Queensland covering natural product-derived compounds in clinical trials & drug approvals from 2014-2024 #natprod #secmet #medchem
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Check out the review behind the cover by Mark Butler, Robert Capon & co. at the University of Queensland covering natural product-derived compounds in clinical trials & drug approvals from 2014-2024 #natprod #secmet #medchem
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Read this Highlight in our latest issue by Vaderament-A. Nchiozem-Ngnitedem, Gabin Thierry M. Bitchagno et al. from @unipotsdam.bsky.social & @rbgkew.bsky.social discussing Rotenoid diversity, distribution and evolution in plant lineages #natprod
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Rotenoid diversity, distribution and evolution in plant lineages
Covering upto 2025 Rotenoids are angular hybrid isoflavonoids mainly characterized by an additional six-membered ring between the B and C rings of flavonoids. The extra ring introduces further…
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January 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Read this Highlight in our latest issue by Vaderament-A. Nchiozem-Ngnitedem, Gabin Thierry M. Bitchagno et al. from @unipotsdam.bsky.social & @rbgkew.bsky.social discussing Rotenoid diversity, distribution and evolution in plant lineages #natprod
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Find in full here👇
Don't miss your chance to present your research at Directing Biosynthesis VIII!
⏳Time is running out until the oral abstract deadline on the 2nd of February▶️ rsc.li/dbviii
Be sure to join us and the rest of the #Biosynthesis community in Manchester this summer
#natprod #secmet #DBVIII
⏳Time is running out until the oral abstract deadline on the 2nd of February▶️ rsc.li/dbviii
Be sure to join us and the rest of the #Biosynthesis community in Manchester this summer
#natprod #secmet #DBVIII
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Don't miss your chance to present your research at Directing Biosynthesis VIII!
⏳Time is running out until the oral abstract deadline on the 2nd of February▶️ rsc.li/dbviii
Be sure to join us and the rest of the #Biosynthesis community in Manchester this summer
#natprod #secmet #DBVIII
⏳Time is running out until the oral abstract deadline on the 2nd of February▶️ rsc.li/dbviii
Be sure to join us and the rest of the #Biosynthesis community in Manchester this summer
#natprod #secmet #DBVIII
🔓Don't miss this #OpenAccess review by Eric W. Schmidt, Vinayak Agarwal & co. at @utah.edu & @gtsciences.bsky.social looking at peptidic natural products isolated from the sponge hosts and the associated microbiome #natprod #secmet
Check it out in full on our website🔽
Check it out in full on our website🔽
Discovery, biosynthesis, and bioactivities of peptidic natural products from marine sponges and sponge-associated bacteria
Covering 2010 to 2025 Sponges are benthic, sessile invertebrate metazoans that are some of the most prolific sources of natural products in the marine environment. Sponge-derived natural products are…
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January 14, 2026 at 3:04 PM
🔓Don't miss this #OpenAccess review by Eric W. Schmidt, Vinayak Agarwal & co. at @utah.edu & @gtsciences.bsky.social looking at peptidic natural products isolated from the sponge hosts and the associated microbiome #natprod #secmet
Check it out in full on our website🔽
Check it out in full on our website🔽
Check out this review by Christine Beemelmanns & co. at @cbeemelmanns.bsky.social & @helmholtzhips.bsky.social in our latest issue focused on the structural, biosynthetic, and genomic features of yersiniabactin-type metallophores #natprod #secmet
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Structures, biosynthetic pathways, and biological significance of bacterial aryl-heterocycle metallophores with emphasis on yersiniabactin-type derivatives
Covering: up to 2025 Metallophores are metal-chelating natural products produced by microorganisms to scavenge essential metal ions in nutrient-limited environments. Among them, yersiniabactin-type…
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January 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Check out this review by Christine Beemelmanns & co. at @cbeemelmanns.bsky.social & @helmholtzhips.bsky.social in our latest issue focused on the structural, biosynthetic, and genomic features of yersiniabactin-type metallophores #natprod #secmet
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Read in full below👇
🔥Take a look at the last Hot off the Press article of 2025 by Robert Hill & @andysuth14.bsky.social on their selection of 32 recent papers covering the latest research in bioorganic chemistry & novel natural products #naturalproducts #natprod
📍 @uofgchem.bsky.social
📍 @uofgchem.bsky.social
Hot off the Press
A personal selection of 32 recent papers is presented covering various aspects of current developments in bioorganic chemistry and novel natural products such as humulupone A from Humulus lupulus.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🔥Take a look at the last Hot off the Press article of 2025 by Robert Hill & @andysuth14.bsky.social on their selection of 32 recent papers covering the latest research in bioorganic chemistry & novel natural products #naturalproducts #natprod
📍 @uofgchem.bsky.social
📍 @uofgchem.bsky.social
Be sure to read in our latest issue this review by Hongzhi Qiao, Ruihua Jiao et al. from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine discussing how redox chemistry is used by enzymes in bacterial aromatic polyketide biosynthesis #natprod #secmet
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Find in full here🔽
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The oxidative rearrangements in bacterial aromatic polyketide biosynthesis
Covering: up to April 2025
Bacterial aromatic polyketides represent a notable class of natural products that have found extensive applications in clinical treatments. In their biosynthesis, oxid...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Be sure to read in our latest issue this review by Hongzhi Qiao, Ruihua Jiao et al. from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine discussing how redox chemistry is used by enzymes in bacterial aromatic polyketide biosynthesis #natprod #secmet
Find in full here🔽
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Find in full here🔽
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Our final issue of 2025 has an inside front cover!
🔓Don't miss the #OpenAccess Highlight behind it by Andrew Stachulski & co. at @liverpooluni.bsky.social looking at the structures, occurrence and biological activity of the glucuronides of dietary metabolites #natprod
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🔓Don't miss the #OpenAccess Highlight behind it by Andrew Stachulski & co. at @liverpooluni.bsky.social looking at the structures, occurrence and biological activity of the glucuronides of dietary metabolites #natprod
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December 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Our final issue of 2025 has an inside front cover!
🔓Don't miss the #OpenAccess Highlight behind it by Andrew Stachulski & co. at @liverpooluni.bsky.social looking at the structures, occurrence and biological activity of the glucuronides of dietary metabolites #natprod
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🔓Don't miss the #OpenAccess Highlight behind it by Andrew Stachulski & co. at @liverpooluni.bsky.social looking at the structures, occurrence and biological activity of the glucuronides of dietary metabolites #natprod
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📢Our last issue of 2025 is online!
Check out the review behind the front cover by Yinan Zhang & co. from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine looking at natural tricyclic and hyper-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons #naturalproducts #secmet
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Check out the review behind the front cover by Yinan Zhang & co. from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine looking at natural tricyclic and hyper-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons #naturalproducts #secmet
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December 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📢Our last issue of 2025 is online!
Check out the review behind the front cover by Yinan Zhang & co. from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine looking at natural tricyclic and hyper-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons #naturalproducts #secmet
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Check out the review behind the front cover by Yinan Zhang & co. from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine looking at natural tricyclic and hyper-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons #naturalproducts #secmet
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🎉 Registration for #RSCPoster 2026 is now OPEN!
Register now to secure your place and join us on 4 March 2026 at 12:00 GMT for a day of collaboration, discovery, and community.
We can’t wait to see your posters and your science ➡️ https://rsc.li/3XGGvzS
Register now to secure your place and join us on 4 March 2026 at 12:00 GMT for a day of collaboration, discovery, and community.
We can’t wait to see your posters and your science ➡️ https://rsc.li/3XGGvzS
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🎉 Registration for #RSCPoster 2026 is now OPEN!
Register now to secure your place and join us on 4 March 2026 at 12:00 GMT for a day of collaboration, discovery, and community.
We can’t wait to see your posters and your science ➡️ https://rsc.li/3XGGvzS
Register now to secure your place and join us on 4 March 2026 at 12:00 GMT for a day of collaboration, discovery, and community.
We can’t wait to see your posters and your science ➡️ https://rsc.li/3XGGvzS
🔓Don't miss in our latest issue this #OpenAccess review by @maximilianfrey.bsky.social & co. @ipbhalle.bsky.social, @unihalle.bsky.social & @mpi-ce.bsky.social looking at the biosynthesis of biologically active terpenoids in the mint family #naturalproducts #secmet
Biosynthesis of biologically active terpenoids in the mint family (Lamiaceae)
Covering: 2000 to 2025 The Lamiaceae family, the sixth largest among angiosperms, is renowned for its rich diversity of terpenoids, many of which exhibit remarkable bioactivities, including…
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December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🔓Don't miss in our latest issue this #OpenAccess review by @maximilianfrey.bsky.social & co. @ipbhalle.bsky.social, @unihalle.bsky.social & @mpi-ce.bsky.social looking at the biosynthesis of biologically active terpenoids in the mint family #naturalproducts #secmet
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📢 Save the Date! We’re delighted to announce that #RSCPoster 2026 will take place on 3 March 2026 at 12:00 GMT.
Join researchers from around the world for a day of sharing, connecting, and celebrating scientific creativity across disciplines.
Mark your calendars — more details coming soon!
Join researchers from around the world for a day of sharing, connecting, and celebrating scientific creativity across disciplines.
Mark your calendars — more details coming soon!
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
📢 Save the Date! We’re delighted to announce that #RSCPoster 2026 will take place on 3 March 2026 at 12:00 GMT.
Join researchers from around the world for a day of sharing, connecting, and celebrating scientific creativity across disciplines.
Mark your calendars — more details coming soon!
Join researchers from around the world for a day of sharing, connecting, and celebrating scientific creativity across disciplines.
Mark your calendars — more details coming soon!
Check out this review by Xiulai Chen et al. from Jiangnan University discussing different microbial engineering techniques for natural and unnatural glycosaminoglycans biosynthesis in our latest issue #naturalproducts #secmet
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Read it on our website👇
Microbial engineering for natural and unnatural glycosaminoglycans biosynthesis
Covering: up to 2025 Microbial synthesis of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) facilitates sustainable biomanufacturing using cost-effective carbon feedstocks. This transformative framework is driven by three…
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December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Check out this review by Xiulai Chen et al. from Jiangnan University discussing different microbial engineering techniques for natural and unnatural glycosaminoglycans biosynthesis in our latest issue #naturalproducts #secmet
Read it on our website👇
Read it on our website👇
🔓Take a look in our latest issue at a #OpenAccess review by Zhiyu Zang & Joseph P. Gerdt covering how natural products can influence bacteriophage infectivity #natprod #naturalproducts
📍Indiana University Bloomington
📍Indiana University Bloomington
Natural products influence bacteriophage infectivity
Covering: 1942–2025 Bacteriophages (phages) are obligate viruses that infect bacteria. The antibacterial effects of both phages and natural products shape microbial ecosystems and have yielded…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🔓Take a look in our latest issue at a #OpenAccess review by Zhiyu Zang & Joseph P. Gerdt covering how natural products can influence bacteriophage infectivity #natprod #naturalproducts
📍Indiana University Bloomington
📍Indiana University Bloomington
🔓Read this #OpenAccess review by Yasmina Marin-Felix & co. from @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social in our latest issue exploring the potential of coprophilous fungi in the search for new antimicrobials and other beneficial natural products #naturalproducts #secmet
Find it in full here🔽
Find it in full here🔽
Coprophilous fungi in the search for new antimicrobials and other beneficial natural products
Covering: up to 2025 Microbial interactions involve complex processes shaped by their ecological contexts. Herbivore animal dung denotes an interesting ecological niche for the study of interorganism…
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November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🔓Read this #OpenAccess review by Yasmina Marin-Felix & co. from @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social in our latest issue exploring the potential of coprophilous fungi in the search for new antimicrobials and other beneficial natural products #naturalproducts #secmet
Find it in full here🔽
Find it in full here🔽
We are delighted to sponsor the Natural Products in the 'Omics Era' symposium at @pacifichem.bsky.social!
Keynote speakers include @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social whose research focuses on new MS-based methods to understand the chemistry of microbes #ORG018
📅19-20 December 2025
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Keynote speakers include @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social whose research focuses on new MS-based methods to understand the chemistry of microbes #ORG018
📅19-20 December 2025
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November 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We are delighted to sponsor the Natural Products in the 'Omics Era' symposium at @pacifichem.bsky.social!
Keynote speakers include @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social whose research focuses on new MS-based methods to understand the chemistry of microbes #ORG018
📅19-20 December 2025
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Keynote speakers include @pieterdorrestein.bsky.social whose research focuses on new MS-based methods to understand the chemistry of microbes #ORG018
📅19-20 December 2025
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Our latest issue has an inside front cover!
Don't miss the review behind it from Margaret Brimble et al. at @aucklanduni.bsky.social discussing spiroketal natural products isolated from traditional Chinese medicine #natprod #secmet
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Don't miss the review behind it from Margaret Brimble et al. at @aucklanduni.bsky.social discussing spiroketal natural products isolated from traditional Chinese medicine #natprod #secmet
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November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Our latest issue has an inside front cover!
Don't miss the review behind it from Margaret Brimble et al. at @aucklanduni.bsky.social discussing spiroketal natural products isolated from traditional Chinese medicine #natprod #secmet
Check it out in full below👇
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Don't miss the review behind it from Margaret Brimble et al. at @aucklanduni.bsky.social discussing spiroketal natural products isolated from traditional Chinese medicine #natprod #secmet
Check it out in full below👇
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📢Our latest issue is now online!
Check out the review behind the front cover by Jun Deng & co. from Nankai University looking at the recent progress in [5+2] cycloaddition reactions for natural product synthesis #natprod #orgchem
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Check out the review behind the front cover by Jun Deng & co. from Nankai University looking at the recent progress in [5+2] cycloaddition reactions for natural product synthesis #natprod #orgchem
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November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
📢Our latest issue is now online!
Check out the review behind the front cover by Jun Deng & co. from Nankai University looking at the recent progress in [5+2] cycloaddition reactions for natural product synthesis #natprod #orgchem
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Check out the review behind the front cover by Jun Deng & co. from Nankai University looking at the recent progress in [5+2] cycloaddition reactions for natural product synthesis #natprod #orgchem
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Be sure to read this Highlight from Qi Zhang & co. at Jiangxi Normal University in our latest issue looking at para-Quinone methide mediated enzymatic transformations in natural product biosynthesis #secmet #natprod
Find the full article here🔽
Find the full article here🔽
para-Quinone methides in natural product biosynthesis
Covering: up to 2025 para-Quinone methides (p-QMs) are highly reactive Michael acceptors with broad applications in organic synthesis, drug development, and materials science. Nature ingeniously…
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November 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Check out this review in our latest issue by Zhimin Hu, Jinxin Wang, Wei-Dong Zhang et al. from the Second Military Medical University discussing photo-/electro-chemical catalysis for late-stage functionalization of alkene-containing natural products #natprod #orgchem
Photo-/electro-chemical catalysis: a promising toolkit for late-stage functionalization of alkene-containing natural products
Covering: 2013 to 2024 Alkene-containing natural products (NPs) are abundantly present in plants, animals, and microorganisms. Strategic alkene modification of NPs not only generates diverse chemical…
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November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🔥Take a look at the latest Hot Off the Press article by Robert Hill & @andysuth14.bsky.social on their selection of 32 recent papers covering the latest research in bioorganic chemistry & novel natural products #naturalproducts #natprod
📍 @uofgchem.bsky.social
📍 @uofgchem.bsky.social
Hot off the Press
A personal selection of 32 recent papers is presented covering various aspects of current developments in bioorganic chemistry and novel natural products such as aragezolone from Auricularia cornea.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🔥Take a look at the latest Hot Off the Press article by Robert Hill & @andysuth14.bsky.social on their selection of 32 recent papers covering the latest research in bioorganic chemistry & novel natural products #naturalproducts #natprod
📍 @uofgchem.bsky.social
📍 @uofgchem.bsky.social
Be sure to read this review in our latest issue examining the role of epigenetics in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites from fungal endophytes from Gang Li, Souvik Kusari et al. at Qingdao University #natprod #secmet
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Unlocking the metabolic potential of endophytic fungi through epigenetics: a paradigm shift for natural product discovery and plant–microbe interactions
Covering: up to December 2024 Microbial metabolic pathways, including those of endophytic fungi, offer significant potential for synthesizing secondary metabolites, regardless of their ecological…
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October 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🔓Don't miss this #OpenAccess Highlight from Andrew Riley at the University of Illinois Chicago in our latest issue discussing semi-synthesis in the exploration of opioid-targeting natural products #natprod
Check out the full article on our website🔽
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Check out the full article on our website🔽
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Semi-synthesis in the exploration of opioid-targeting natural products
Covering: up to May 2025
Since the isolation of morphine from opium, chemists have sought to modify its chemical structure in hopes of developing a safer, less addictive pain killer. At the same...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🔓Don't miss this #OpenAccess Highlight from Andrew Riley at the University of Illinois Chicago in our latest issue discussing semi-synthesis in the exploration of opioid-targeting natural products #natprod
Check out the full article on our website🔽
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Check out the full article on our website🔽
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❗Time is running out to nominate for the 2026 @natprodreports.rsc.org Emerging Investigator Lectureship!
⏳Nominations close this weekend so be sure to nominate your rising star in natural product research #natprod #secmet #synbio #chemsky
Details on how to nominate🔽
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⏳Nominations close this weekend so be sure to nominate your rising star in natural product research #natprod #secmet #synbio #chemsky
Details on how to nominate🔽
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October 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
❗Time is running out to nominate for the 2026 @natprodreports.rsc.org Emerging Investigator Lectureship!
⏳Nominations close this weekend so be sure to nominate your rising star in natural product research #natprod #secmet #synbio #chemsky
Details on how to nominate🔽
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
⏳Nominations close this weekend so be sure to nominate your rising star in natural product research #natprod #secmet #synbio #chemsky
Details on how to nominate🔽
www.rsc.org/standards-an...