Joe Forth
Lecturer in Physics and Chemistry at University of Liverpool. Bioprinting. Frugal Automation. Squishy Devices. Animate Materials. Blood-Brain Barrier. He/him.
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- Doing revisions to Reviewers comments and this observation is evergreen tbh.
- Choose LaTeX. Choose spending 20 minutes looking for a "}". Choose waiting to compile before you can read what you've written. Choose editing decades-old templates so your margins match the current journal style and you can see the page count. Choose collaborating with Physicists. #chemsky
- Fully funded, 3.5-year PhD position with me, Marco Giardiello, and Liam O'Brien developing Magnetic Particle Imaging towards direct imaging of local material properties (rheology, pH, etc). More here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... @livuninews.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social #chemsky
- Reposted by Joe ForthI'm running a popular romance course at the University of Liverpool... but only if enough people sign up! Come and join us! www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
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- New pre-print! Giorgio Volpe, Rob Malinowski, and myself discuss the possibilities of making materials from droplets that can move, process information, and make decisions collectively. @livunisps.bsky.social @uclchemistry.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2512.13425 #chemsky
- Reposted by Joe Forth**new blog post** I thought it would be interesting to see what it would look like if tuition fees had grown with the "triple lock" approach of the state pension. www.michaeloneill.org/blog-1/2025/...
- There is truly no finer sight than walking into the group office to find a mess of screws, tools, and disassembled 3D-printers being hacked into god-knows-what. Looks like science to me, lads. #chemsky
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- Yeah so just a couple more major iterations and I reckon my grant will be ready submit. #chemsky
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- Choose LaTeX. Choose spending 20 minutes looking for a "}". Choose waiting to compile before you can read what you've written. Choose editing decades-old templates so your margins match the current journal style and you can see the page count. Choose collaborating with Physicists. #chemsky
- Pleased to announce I've reached the PI stage at which the group actually runs better when I disappear for a week or two. I assume at some point they start switching off experiments when I enter the lab just so I don't mess things up? #chemsky
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- Heading home after 4 days visiting Chengdu and Sichuan University that were everything my inner @fuchsiadunlop.bsky.social fanboy wanted - might wait for a bit after getting back before weighing myself though.
- This morning's breakfast was peanut-butter-stuffed French toast at a cha chaan teng. The white lump? Butter. The accompanying drink? Condensed milk tea, just in case that's not rich enough. About 900 calories for £2.80. [Narrator] _He will not need to eat for some time_
- Hull's transformation over the last few years has got to be one of the North-East's great secrets.
- MERCH. The real reason for any visit. #chemsky
- There's something familiar about the guys they have working the coffee shop at XJTLU...can't put my finger on what it is though. #chemsky
- Treating myself to airport pints after a 6am start, an open day, and a train journey down to Gatwick for wee jaunt to China through Suzhou, Hong Kong, and Chengdu.
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- New paper! Sarah Boardman takes us on a tour of Viral Infection and the Blood-Brain Barrier. Just out in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. From the group of Benedict Michael, with Cordelia Dunai, Adjanie Patabendige, and a host of others including myself. academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...
- Reposted by Joe ForthOur 6-hands review/perspective: "Hacking 3D printers as laboratory robots" is now on ChemRxiv. In there, we show how many robots you can make by simply modifying a 3D printer. #chemsky 1/n with @sandersays.bsky.social and @supersciencegrl.co.uk chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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- So this paper: spj.science.org/doi/10.34133... Aside from some major writing issues, appears to involve injecting *Ni-particle-filled-droplets of dodecane into a living creature*. Science Partner Journal. No ethical approval statement is given. Have @aaas.org just given up or am I misreading?
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- The Roadmap for Animate Matter is out! From self-building lasers to buildings that breathe, we lay out a vision for materials that are: 1. Active - they move, 2. Adaptive - they switch between dynamical states, 3. Autonomous - they can make a decision. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #chemsky
- Tell you what lads Alberta's lovely. Go to Alberta.
- Reposted by Joe Forth📢 3 PhD positions available in the Raval group! ⏰ Deadline 1st of September 2025 🧑🔬 The selected students will be enrolled in the @ukbiofilms.bsky.social BITE doctoral training programme. Follow the link to apply 👇 www.liverpool.ac.uk/antimicrobia... @livunisps.bsky.social #MicroSky
- Crossing off a really big item on the Academia bucket list today lads. #ChemSky
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- Reposted by Joe ForthNEWS | The University of Liverpool is leading GreenNanoBone, an €8.6M EU project using AI and plant waste to tackle MRONJ—a severe jaw condition affecting cancer survivors. Read more ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/06/17/l...
- New paper! Droplets that change shape, move, and divide by incorporating an active magnetic particle cytoskeleton. Collaboration with Tom Russell at @berkeleylab.lbl.gov. Led by Paul Kim. Happy to have played just a little part in this one! #chemsky advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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- New paper! We use printing methods and some simple theory to discuss a liquid material made of water droplets that builds itself. A collaboration with Giorgio Volpe, Matt Blunt, and Rob Malinowski at @uclchemistry.bsky.social. Led by Anshu Thapa. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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- Reposted by Joe ForthWe may not have really squared the circle — but we came close! 😉 In our @NaturePhysics paper w/ @fakhrilab.bsky.social, light-triggered membrane excitability enables programmable shapes — a step toward engineering living matter. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #biophysics #syntheticcell #softmatter
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- One week left to apply to join me, Will Sharratt, and Katarzyna Gurzarska-Comis as a postdoc at @livuninews.bsky.social and @livunisps.bsky.social! The successful applicant will be using Machine Learning to design granular microgels for accelerated bone healing. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLY766/p...
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- We're hiring! I have a 3-year Postdoctoral Researcher position at University of Liverpool (@livuninews.bsky.social) to use Machine Learning to formulate granular microgels for accelerated wound healing. DM / email me for details - closes on 13th March. my.corehr.com/pls/ulivrecr...
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- Reposted by Joe ForthHi friends, we are hiring for a non-lab-based undergraduate summer intern! Paid position, for students who can be based in UK. Please share with those who may find it relevant! #AZProud #chemjobs #ukchemjobs #chemsky 🧪 www.linkedin.com/posts/nessac...
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- Late Christmas present just arrived. #ChemSky
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