#UKRIFLF and Group Leader in the Physical Sciences, Francis Crick Institute, Senior Lecturer, KCL. Supramolecular Chemist; Molecular Machines and Capsules; Supramolecular Therapeutics; Peptide Chemistry and Chemical Biologyhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliemcternan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliemcternan.bsky.social/post/3mohzds7wec2eCome and join our group! We have a short term PDRA post available in the group, tinyurl.com/39ywawkj - to work on metal-peptidic cages, and see how far we can push the peptides! mcternanresearchgroup.com17 Jun 2026 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:xd6eo7ltrleglzryw7ublhrx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mohzds7wec2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/charliemcternan.bsky.social/post/3mgfyv7djjs2cDelighted to see our work on anion-switchable palladium cages, used to purify single pharmaceuticals from complex mixtures, out in ACIE today: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.202525696 - great work from lead author Zhe, and brilliant crystallography from Tanya!06 Mar 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:xd6eo7ltrleglzryw7ublhrx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfyv7djjs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/charliemcternan.bsky.social/post/3mcjys47fec2eOur latest collaborative preprint from the group and @kilbinger-group.bsky.social is out - tinyurl.com/3bbrfyhw - we've been looking at creating stably folded, helical, and polyfluorinated transmembrane channels with rates of water transport exceeding Aquaporins. Great to see the manuscript up!16 Jan 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:xd6eo7ltrleglzryw7ublhrx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcjys47fec2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/charliemcternan.bsky.social/post/3m7kyeb5yks2lDelighted to see our work on dual cavity cages online @chemicalscience.rsc.org - tinyurl.com/yatjzpnc - we explore how subtle changes in peptide sequence and chirality transform cage formation and isomer selectivity, with unexpected results. Congratulations to @benebarber.bsky.social Ellen and Leah!09 Dec 2025 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:xd6eo7ltrleglzryw7ublhrx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kyeb5yks2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliemcternan.bsky.social/post/3m5vehpaq3k2oGreat to see our paper on photoswitchable anion channels with the Wallace Lab (KCL) online - congratulations Javid, Kharina, Sam and Adi! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202517444 Triply addressable ion channels, and we use these to construct a set of molecular logic gates.18 Nov 2025 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:xd6eo7ltrleglzryw7ublhrx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vehpaq3k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/charliemcternan.bsky.social/post/3m5bqn66nec2qNew preprint from the group is out - tinyurl.com/yyadfcdv - Zhe has been working on anion switchable palladium cage systems, and used them for separating active pharmaceuticals!10 Nov 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:xd6eo7ltrleglzryw7ublhrx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5bqn66nec2q