Open Chemical Science: Online Events

CICAG is organising a series of online webinars and workshops with the theme “Open Chemical Science”. These events will examine the opportunities, benefits, risks and likely future developments associated with open chemistry.

 

Globally significant progress has been made towards open sharing of information. This drive to share data, software and publications is enabling the development of a more inclusive society. However, the myriad of solutions, repositories and information sources is at the same time complicating the landscape. Many questions are still under discussion, for example:

  • What are the benefits and opportunities of open chemistry?
  • How will the open research environment evolve?
  • What are the implications for users of open repositories?
  • What sources can be trusted?
  • How will information be managed and retrieved?
  • Will open research lead to competitive disadvantage?

 

The themed two-hour webinars scheduled throughout the week of 9-13 November are as follows:

 

To register, from each of the above pages click on the BOOK NOW button:

Please contact Gillian Bell, cicageventsmanager@gmail.com, with enquiries.

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Announcing the poster prize winners of the Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Symposium

The Royal Society of Chemistry is delighted to announce the TPCB graduate student poster prize winners from the Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Symposium, held earlier this month.

RSC Chemical Biology prizes were awarded to first place prize-winner, Adi Berman, from The Rockefeller University, and second place prize-winner, Hatice Didar Ciftci, from Weill Cornell Medicine.

Chemical Science and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry prizes were presented to joint third place prize-winners Chen Chen, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Ilana Kotliar, of The Rockefeller University respectively.

Our congratulations go with the winners, and our thanks to all who took part.

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Revealing our new journal Environmental Science: Atmospheres

Linking fundamental and applied atmospheric science

Connecting communities and inspiring new ideas

We are excited to announce our new open access journal, Environmental Science: Atmospheres, a cross-disciplinary journal spanning the entirety of Earth’s atmosphere. Using our fresh, transparent approach, we will help to open up boundaries, inspire innovation and forge collaborations between communities working on outdoor and indoor environment science.

“Different communities use different languages, even within science and engineering; physicists use a different language than chemists who use a different language than meteorologists.

We are creating a forum to share the newest developments and advances in our understanding of the atmosphere with an audience including environmental engineers, chemists, physicists, and policy makers.

We are providing a space where we can talk together and open collaborations between our communities.”

Editorial Board Chair Neil Donahue, Carnegie Mellon University
(researcher and leader in atmospheric chemistry)

Sign up to receive news and issue alerts.

 

Illuminate your research – publish with us

We are inviting contributions from fields spanning the entirety of Earth’s atmosphere, including atmosphere–biosphere, atmosphere–ocean, and atmosphere–surface interactions as well as indoor air and human health effects research.

Join us as one of the authors included in our first ever issue in early 2021. Submit an article now.

 

Gold open access from issue 1

Environmental Science: Atmospheres will be gold open access from launch, offering authors a trusted, reliable option for publishing their work open access. As a gold open access journal, there are no barriers to accessing content and your research article will reach a global readership.

The journal also offers Transparent Peer Review, where authors have the option to publish reviewers’ comments, the editor’s decision letter, and authors’ response alongside the article.

We are waiving all article processing charges until mid-2023 so your work will receive maximum visibility at no cost to you.

 

We hope to see your name among our first submissions.

Keep up with all things #ESAtmos – follow us on Twitter: @EnvSciRSC

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Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Symposium

The Royal Society of Chemistry is proud to be sponsoring the 16th Annual Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Symposium, which will take place virtually on the 1st of September, 2020, 09:00-18:30 EDT.

This event showcases research at the forefront of chemical biology, and is sponsored and organized by the Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology (TPCB), a joint graduate program of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefeller University, and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.

Register for this free event here by the 28th of August 2020

Undergraduate students interested in chemical biology are especially encouraged to attend.

Poster submissions are welcomed from all attendees, including early college high school students, undergraduates, postbaccalaureate students, research assistants and technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, research staff, and faculty. Posters will be presented live by video in parallel meeting rooms, and judged by TPCB faculty members and keynote speakers for a selection of poster awards sponsored by TPCB and their promotional partners, including RSC Chemical Biology, Chemical Science and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry.

For more information, please visit the Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Symposium event page.

TPCB has been strongly committed to diversity and inclusion since its inception. It welcomes scientists from underrepresented minority groups and disadvantaged backgrounds, and those with disabilities.  It does not tolerate racism, discrimination, or harassment of any kind. All attendees are expected to maintain the highest standards of professional conduct throughout the symposium.

 

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RSC Chemical Biology hosts new RSC Desktop Seminar Series

COVID-19 has rendered in-person events to be suspended or cancelled disrupting connections around the globe. The impact of these cancellations on the sharing of information and ideas, especially in the research landscape, has been dramatic.

In an effort to help researchers to stay connected to advances in chemical research and share support, RSC Chemical Biology is proud to announce the launch of the RSC’s first online-only seminar series.

Introducing RSC Desktop Seminars!

The RSC Desktop Seminar Series is an effort to not only replace in-person research seminars during the current pandemic situation but to also expand access for researchers around the world looking to connect to some of the leading minds in the chemical sciences.

Each seminar is 1 hour and 15 minutes long, and will feature two Small Group Informal Sessions, which will offer researchers in attendance a direct line to the speaker to ask questions and build a network with other like-minded individuals.

We’re very excited to announce that our first Desktop Seminar event will take place at 12:00 EST (17:00 BST) on 21 May 2020, and will feature RSC Chemical Biology Editorial Board Member Dr. Jennifer Heemstra!

 

Jen Heemstra is an associate professor of chemistry at Emory University, where her group utilizes the molecular recognition and assembly properties of biomolecules to address challenges in medicine and environmental science.

I’m thrilled to be able to share the research accomplishments of my group members as the inaugural Desktop Seminar speaker” says Jen. “While our current global crisis has taken away many of the scientific interactions that we prize, the Desktop Seminar format offers a creative platform for forging new relationships with scientists who we might not otherwise have had the opportunity to meet.”

 

Her talk “Interrogating Enzymatic Reactions using Nucleic Acid Molecular Recognition and Assembly” is sure to be incredibly popular, so we encourage anyone interested in attending to register today!

While these initial RSC Desktop Seminars are taking place in the Eastern US time zone working hours, we encourage any and all interested to register and attend!


Register here now

 

Other RSC Desktop Seminars in this Series include:

28 May 2020 12:00 PM EST / 17:00 BST
“Platforms for the generation and high-throughput screening of cyclic peptide libraries”
Dr. Ali Tavassoli – Professor of Chemical Biology, University of Southampton, Editorial Board member, RSC Chemical Biology

4 June 2020 12:00 EST / 17:00 BST
“Understanding and Re-engineering the Programming of Iterative Highly Reducing Polyketide Synthases”
Prof. Dr. Russell Cox – Leibniz Universität Hannover; Editor in Chief, RSC Advances; Advisory Board member, RSC Chemical Biology

11 June 2020 12:00 EST / 17:00 BST
“The power of chemoselectivity: Functional protein-conjugates for extra- and intracellular targeting”

Prof. Dr. Christian Hackenberger – Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie; Associate Editor, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry; Advisory Board member, RSC Chemical Biology

 

 

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RSC Chemical Biology: first issue out now

Explore the newest RSC gold open access journal for breakthrough findings in chemical biology

Issue 1 is online and ready to read

We’re pleased to be able to share with you the first full issue of RSC Chemical Biology, our new, gold open access journal showcasing agenda-setting research of interest to the broad chemical biology community. Read issue 1 now

It includes:

Editorial
Introduction to RSC Chemical Biology
Hiroaki Suga, Kathryn L. Gempf and Anna Rulka
RSC Chem. Biol., 2020, 1, 6-7. DOI: 10.1039/D0CB90001J

Communication
Dynamic visualization of type II peptidyl carrier protein recognition in pyoluteorin biosynthesis
Joshua C. Corpuz, Larissa M. Podust, Tony D. Davis, Matt J. Jaremko and Michael D. Burkart
RSC Chem. Biol., 2020, 1, 8-12. DOI: 10.1039/C9CB00015A

Paper
A mechanism-inspired UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase inhibitor
Olawale G. Raimi, Ramon Hurtado-Guerrero, Vladimir Borodkin, Andrew Ferenbach, Michael D. Urbaniak, Michael A. J. Ferguson and Daan M. F. van Aalten
RSC Chem. Biol., 2020, 1, 13-25. DOI: 10.1039/C9CB00017H

Paper
Macrocyclic peptides that inhibit Wnt signalling via interaction with Wnt3a
Manuel E. Otero-Ramirez, Kyoko Matoba, Emiko Mihara, Toby Passioura, Junichi Takagi and Hiroaki Suga
RSC Chem. Biol., 2020, 1, 26-34. DOI: 10.1039/D0CB00016G

 

RSC Chemical Biology offers authors a trusted, reliable option for publishing their work open access.

As the first Royal Society of Chemistry journal to offer transparent peer review, authors also have the option to publish reviewers’ comments, the editor’s decision letter, and authors’ response alongside the article. It’s part of our commitment to make research and decision-making more open, robust and accessible.

 

Supporting an open future for vital research

All papers published in the journal will always be free to access. We are waiving article processing charges for the first two years, so until mid-2022 the journal will be completely free to publish in for authors, as well as free to read.

 

We hope you enjoy reading the exciting research in our first issue!
Keep up with all things chembio: sign up for alerts or follow us on Twitter @rsc_chembio

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Celebrating our Outstanding Reviewers

We want to make sure that our journals deliver rigorous and fair peer review and we wouldn’t be able to achieve that commitment without the amazing contribution of our reviewers.

In 2019, nearly 50,000 individual reviewers provided a review for one or more of our journals. Every one of them is contributing to the efforts of our community to advance excellence in the chemical sciences. Our community is truly a global one, with reviewers coming from over 100 different countries.

We want to celebrate some of the individuals who’ve made significant contributions to our journals by reviewing for us over the last 12 months, by publishing a list of Outstanding Reviewers for each of our journals. The lists will be published on each journal blog and each journal will publish a special Editorial. Each Outstanding Reviewer will also receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution. Please check the list as below to find the outstanding reviewer of each journal.

While it’s not possible to list everyone, we would like to say a big thank you to all of the reviewers that have supported our journals. We would also like to thank all our journal Editorial and Advisory Boards and the chemical community for their continued support as authors, reviewers and readers.

Congratulations to all the Outstanding Reviewers in 2019!

If you would like to become a reviewer for any of our journals, just contact the journal by email with details of your research interests and an up-to-date CV or résumé. You can find more details in our author and reviewer resource centre.

Analyst

Analytical Methods 

Biomaterials Science

Catalysis Science & Technology 

Chemical Communications 

Chemical Science 

Chemical Society Reviews 

CrystEngComm 

Dalton Transactions 

Energy & Environmental Science 

Environmental Science: Nano 

Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 

Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 

Food & Function 

Green Chemistry 

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 

JAAS 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 

Journal of Materials Chemistry B 

Journal of Materials Chemistry C 

Lab on a Chip 

Materials Chemistry Frontiers 

Materials Horizons 

Metallomics 

Molecular Systems Design & Engineering 

New Journal of Chemistry 

Nanoscale 

Nanoscale Advances 

Nanoscale Horizons 

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 

Organic Chemistry Frontiers 

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) 

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences 

Polymer Chemistry 

RSC Advances 

Reaction Chemistry & Engineering 

Soft Matter 

Sustainable Energy & Fuels 

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2020 #RSCPoster Twitter Conference Wrap-up and Winners

The #RSCPoster Twitter Conference is an online event held entirely over Twitter to bring members of the scientific research community together to share their research, network and engage in scientific debate.

Taking place for 24 hours starting at 12:00 UTC, 3 March, the 2020 edition of #RSCPoster was incredible.

In it’s sixth year, #RSCPoster showcased fantastic posters from all corners of the globe, stimulating thousands of tweets of discussion across our chemical community. The event boasted a full compliment of subject categories spanning the chemical sciences and related fields, supported by 38 passionate Subject Chairs and 24 dedicated General Committee members based across the globe (find out who they were in this blog post).

 

Reaching throughout the twitter chemical sciences community and beyond, #RSCPoster 2020 involved:

  • 24 hours and 12 subject categories
  • 795 registered poster presenters from 59 countries
  • over 4700 conference attendees 
  • over 9900 tweets 
  • over 32.1 million potential impressions 

 

Highlights from #RSCPoster 2020:

4 March 2020

The 2020 edition of #RSCPoster, the virtual chemistry poster competition, came to an end today at midday UK time, after 24 straight hours of tweeting. If you missed it don’t worry, as we’ve pulled out some of the best bits for you.

Click here to see more!

 

2020 #RSCPoster Winners:

Find out who they are: CLICK HERE

Congratulations to the prize winners, thank you to our subject chairs for selecting this year’s winners from an incredible number of fantastic posters, thank you to our sponsors for supporting the prizes and finally congratulations and thank you to everyone who contributed, tweeted and participated in 2020 #RSCPoster.

  • 1st Place prize = £120
  • 2nd Place prize = £60
  • #RSCEdu prizes = £120
  • Audience participation prize = personalised #RSCPoster cartoon mug
Audience participation prize (#RSCPoster that receives the most retweets)

 

Announcing the 2021 #RSCPoster Twitter Conference:

Save the date – the 2021 #RSCPoster Twitter Conference will be held on 2 March 2021 beginning 12:00 UTC for 24h. More information to be announced soon!

 

Links, News, Media and Previous #RSCPoster Events:

2020 #RSCPoster:
RSC News winners announcement: here
RSC News Event highlights: here
2020 Registration Event page: here
RSC News Article – one month to go: here
2020 Blog homepage: here

2019 #RSCPoster:
Winners and summary announcement: here
2019 homepage: here
RSC News Event highlights: here
RSC News winners announcement: here
Chemistry World Story: here

2018 #RSCPoster: 
Winners and summary announcement: here
2018 homepage: here

2017 #RSCPoster:
Winners and summary announcement: here
2017 homepage: here

Or search Twitter via the #RSCPoster here 

 

With thanks to our 2020 Sponsors:

Lead Sponsor:

 

Royal Society of Chemistry Sponsors:

 

 

Organisers:

Kathryn Gempf Catherine Hodges Ed Randviir Tim Noël Athina Anastasaki
 @KGempf______  @HodgesCat____  @EdwardRandviir  @NoelGroupTUE  @AthinaAnastasa1

Email us: RSCPoster@rsc.org

 

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Poster Prizes awarded at EPF 2019

Polymer Chemistry and Soft Matter were delighted to award Poster Prizes at the European Polymer Congress 2019.

The Polymer Chemistry certificate and 200 cash prize for best poster was awarded to Eline Laurent (Institut Charles Sadron) for her poster on ‘Design Of Optimal Sequence-Coded Polyphosphodiesters For Digital Applications’. The award was presented by Professor Spiros Anastasiadis (IESL and University of Crete).

Ms Laurent receiving her certificate

Ms Eline Laurent (right) receiving her Polymer Chemistry best poster certificate from Professor Spiros Anastasiadis (left)

The Soft Matter certificates for best posters were awarded to Fatemeh Rezaei (Ghent University) for her poster on ‘Fabrication of Poly Lactic Acid Nanofibers Containing Silver Nanoparticles via Pre-electrospinning Plasma Treatment’, Charalampos Pronoitis (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) for his poster ‘Renewable ethylene brassylate as monomer for the synthesis of biobased thermoplastic and thermoset polyamides with tuneable properties’ and Nina Maria Ainali (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) for her poster on ‘Collagen based scaffolds for improved topical therapeutic effect on psoriasis’.

Fatemeh Rezaei receiving her certificate

Ms Fatemeh Rezaei (middle) receiving her Soft Matter certificate from Professor Spiros Anastasiadis (left) and Professor Sanat Kumar (right)

 

Dimitris Bikiaris receiving the Soft Matter certificate from Spiros Anastasiadis

Professor Dimitris Bikiaris (right) receiving the Soft Matter certificate on behalf of  Ms Nina Maria Ainali, from Professor Spiros Anastasiadis (left)

Charalampos Pronoitis receiving his certificate

Mr. Charalampos Pronoitis (right) receiving his Soft Matter certificate from Professor Spiros Anastasiadis (left) and Professor Sanat Kumar (middle)

Congratulations to all winners from both Polymer Chemistry and Soft Matter!

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2020 #RSCPoster Twitter Conference

24 hours starting 12:00 UTC 3 March 2020

The #RSCPoster Twitter Conference is an online event held entirely over Twitter to bring members of the scientific research community together to share their research, network and engage in scientific debate.

Join the 2020 #RSCPoster event:

  • Register to submit a poster  – 2020 registration now closed, find the wrap-up post here
  • Tweet your poster with a title, #RSCPoster and relevant subject hashtag(s)  – during the 24h conference beginning 12:00 UTC 3 March 2020
  • Discuss and engage – throughout the 24h conference; make sure to answer the questions from the community, committee and comment on other #RSCPosters
  • Win prizes* if your #RSCPoster is deemed best by Subject Chairs – find the 2020 winners here

*Only non-commercial posters will be eligible to win prizes.

Meet the 2020 #RSCPoster Committee:

2020 Subject Chairs:

Analytical
#RSCAnalytical
@DrRubidium Raychelle Burks (St Edward’s University)
@RoyGoodacre Roy Goodacre (University of Liverpool)
@MartinResano Martín Resano (University of Zarragoza)
Chemical and Biology Interface
#RSCChemBio
@GTsodikova Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova (University of Kentucky)
@Peeters_Marloes Marloes Peeters (Manchester Metropolitan University)
@SRouhanifard Sara Rouhanifard (NorthEastern University)
Catalysis 
#RSCCat
@armando_carlone Armando Carlone (Università degli Studi dell’Aquila)
@pauldauenhauer Paul J. Dauenhauer (University of Minnesota) 
@garden_jenni Jennifer Garden (University of Edinburgh)
@RSC_ACG Applied Catalysis Group (RSC Interest Group)
Education
#RSCEdu
@clairemcd_chem Claire McDonnell (Technological University Dublin)
@emily_seeber Emily Seeber (Bedales School and University of Oxford)
@petertabichi Peter Tabichi (Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School)
@doc_kristy Kristy Turner (University of Manchester)
Energy & Sustainability
#RSCEnergy
@DRMacFarlane Doug Macfarlane (Monash University)
@Robert_palgrave Robert Palgrave (University College London)
@KWilson1971 Karen Wilson (RMIT University Melbourne)
Environmental
#RSCEnv
@nadineborduas Nadine Borduas (ETH Zurich)
@ChalkerChem Justin Chalker (Flinders University)
@petervikesland Peter Vikesland (Virginia Tech)
Inorganic
#RSCInorg
@cathleencrudden Cathleen Crudden (Queen’s University)
@marcel_swart Marcel Swart (University of Girona)
@makoto_B Makoto Yamashita, (Nagoya University)
Materials
#RSCMat
@EmilyPentzer Emily Pentzer (Texas A&M University)
@MARK_A_OLSON Mark Olson (Tianjin University)
@jelfschem Kim Jelfs (Imperial College London)
Nanoscience
#RSCNano
@jamesbatteas James Batteas (Texas A&M University)
@FauldsKaren Karen Faulds (University of Strathclyde)
@SaraSkrabalak Sara Skrabalak (Indiana University)
Organic
#RSCOrg
@Vy_Dong_Group Vy Dong (University of California Irvine)
@TheNelsonGroup David Nelson (University of Strathclyde)
@RamacharyDB D B Ramachary (University of Hyderabad)
Physical
#RSCPhys
@laura_mckemmish Laura McKemmish (University of New South Wales)
@jesswade Jess Wade (Imperial College London)
@DrummerBoy2112 Brian Wagner (University of Prince Edward Island)
Engineering
#RSCEng
@polymerreaction Tanja Junkers (Monash University)
@reid_indeed Marc Reid (University of Strathclyde)
@Jin_Xuan_  Jin Xuan (University of Loughborough) 

2020 General Committee:

@zjayres Zoe Ayres (Hach UK) @Chem_Diva Malika Jeffries-El (Boston University)
@banerjee_r Rahul Banerjee (IISER Kolkata) @ChemMouse Francesca Kerton (Memorial University)
@BrimbleM Margaret Brimble (University of Auckland) @BertKlumperman Bert Klumperman (Stellenbosch)
@HollehButler Holly Butler (University of Strathclyde) @S_J_Lancaster Simon Lancaster (University of East Anglia)
@stuartcantrill Stuart Cantrill (Nature Chemistry) @MooresResearch Audrey Moores (McGill University)
@SuperScienceGrl Nessa Carson (Pfizer) @drclairemurray Claire Murray (Diamond Light Source)
@helen_casey Helen Casey (University of Huddersfield) @oharalab Charlie O’Hara (University of Strathclyde)
@FurukawaG_Kyoto Shuhei Furukawa (Kyoto University) @Wpiers1 Warren Piers (University of Calgary)
@fi_hat Fiona Hatton (University of Loughborough) @vss31 Victor Sans (Universitat Jaume I)
@jenheemstra Jen Heemstra (Emory University) @dino_spagnoli Dino Spagnoli (University of Western Australia)
@AskwarHilonga Askwar Hilonga (AIST) @reneewebs Renee Webster (Monash University)
@haj19932469 Hajime Ito (Hokkaido University) @RealTimeChem Jason Woolford (Royal Society of Chemistry)

Organisers:

Kathryn Gempf Catherine Hodges Ed Randviir Tim Noël Athina Anastasaki
 @KGempf______  @HodgesCat____  @EdwardRandviir  @NoelGroupTUE  @AthinaAnastasa1

Email us: RSCPoster@rsc.org

 

 Tips and Tricks for #RSCPoster:

 

#RSCPoster a conference with clear advantages…

  

 

Frequently Asked Questions:

Do I need to check the copyright and permissions needed for figures or any other parts of my #RSCPoster which have already been published?
Yes. Copyright owners have the exclusive right to copy their work and to issue copies of their work to the public, and it is an infringement for anyone else to do so without the copyright owner’s permission. If you are reproducing material contained in a Royal Society of Chemistry publication (journal articles, book or book chapters) you may do so providing that you fully acknowledge the original Royal Society of Chemistry publication and include a link back to it. If you wish to include material that has been published by another publisher, you will need to check how the publisher/copyright owner of the third party material wishes to receive permission requests. Information on this can be found on our Permission Requests page at http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/copyright/permission-requests.asp under “Use of third party material in our publications”.

If I include unpublished work in my #RSCPoster, will I still be able to publish this in a peer-reviewed journal afterwards?
Subject to the usual conditions outlined in the License to Publish, being a part of the Twitter conference will not prevent you using some of the information included in your poster as part of an article in a Royal Society of Chemistry journal. Please note this policy varies by publisher and if you intend to submit your research for publication elsewhere after the event, you should check the individual policy for that journal and publisher.

What size/format should my #RSCPoster be?
You can choose any dimensions for your #RSCPoster, the important thing is that the text and figures are clear for people to read and understand. Using Microsoft PowerPoint, we found a text size of between 12-16 were clear to read when saving an A4 slide as a JPEG and uploading to Twitter. Using an A0 template, the text needed to be between 50 and 60 to be legible. You can use any software you like to create your poster, as long as the image you upload is clear for others to read. We recommend testing your poster on Twitter before the conference to make sure you are happy with your image. Check out this blog post by Zen Faulkes for some top tips for making posters with Twitter in mind: http://betterposters.blogspot.com/2019/02/top-tips-for-twitter-posters.html

How can I maximise the accessibility of my #RSCPoster?
There are a number of resources available to increase the accessibility of your #RSCPoster to different user groups! Below are some suggestions and links to resources:

  • When you Tweet images you have the option to compose a description of the images so the content is accessible to people who are visually impaired. Please see https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/picture-descriptions for more information on how to do this. The image descriptions have a character limit so we suggest including the title in this image description, and put further details or explanation about the poster content as a thread in the comments.
  • The Royal Society of Chemistry has guidelines for inclusive communications which may be useful to keep in mind when designing your poster. The UK Home Office have also produced useful posters on how best to design accessible posters for different user groups.
  • If you want to test how accessible your #RSCPoster is to people with different types of colour blindness, this website provides a colour blindness simulator.
  • Uploading a link to a PDF of your poster, alongside your image, may enable the use of screen readers for the visually impaired
  • We encourage you to capitalise words in hashtags, use simple language and explain any acronyms, to help increase accessibility to non-native English speakers and those from a different or non-scientific background

With thanks to our 2020 Sponsors:

Lead Sponsor:

 

Royal Society of Chemistry Sponsors:

 

Announcing the 2021 #RSCPoster Twitter Conference:

Save the date – the 2021 #RSCPoster Twitter Conference will be held on 2 March 2021 beginning 12:00 UTC for 24h. More information to be announced soon!

 

News, Media and Previous #RSCPoster Events:

2020 #RSCPoster:
Wrap-up and Winners: here
2020 Registration Event page: here
RSC News Article – one month to go: here
2020 Blog homepage: here

2019 #RSCPoster:
Winners and summary announcement: here
2019 homepage: here
RSC News Event highlights: here
RSC News winners announcement: here
Chemistry World Story: here

2018 #RSCPoster: 
Winners and summary announcement: here
2018 homepage: here

2017 #RSCPoster:
Winners and summary announcement: here
2017 homepage: here

Or search Twitter via the #RSCPoster here.

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