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Our Chemical Science Lectureship
Nominations are now open!
We are delighted to launch a new Lectureship for 2025, our 15th anniversary. This will recognise and celebrate our authors' significant contributions to the chemical sciences community and beyond.
This Lectureship will celebrate leading, independent researchers at all career stages who have made exceptional discoveries and innovations in their field within the last five years, which have significance for the wider chemical sciences.
This year, the lectureship is open to candidates in the chemistry of imaging, biosensing and diagnostics.
Nominations are open until 1 March 2025.
Featured articles
Aromaticity: Quo Vadis
A perspective of different expert opinions on the definition and concept of aromaticity.
Nitrogen atom insertion into indenes to access isoquinolines
A protocol for a nitrogen atom insertion into indenes to afford isoquinolines, enabling the synthesis of pyridines from cyclopentadienes and facile access to 15N labelled isoquinolines.
Organelle-targeting ratiometric fluorescent probes: design principles, detection mechanisms, bio-applications, and challenges
Biological species, including reactive oxygen species (ROS), reactive sulfur species (RSS), reactive nitrogen species (RNS), F−, Pd2+, Cu2+, Hg2+, and others, are crucial for the healthy functioning of cells in living organisms.
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