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The materials for tomorrow, today. We are the Matter Lab at the University of Toronto, led by Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik. Our group works at the interface of theoretical chemistry with physics, computer science, and applied mathematics.
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⚛️ Curious about getting into quantum computing for quantum chemistry? Check out our new primer published in ACS InFocus. 📙 [1/4]

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👾Excited to share our most recent work: “Quantum circuits as a game: A reinforcement-learning compiler for reconfigurable neutral-atom arrays” — now live on arXiv! We explore how reconfigurable neutral-atom arrays can be controlled more efficiently using reinforcement learning. [1/5]

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Join The Matter Lab through a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship! The 2025 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships call is now open! We're looking for talented postdocs to apply with us as their host lab. 📅 Deadline: 10 September 2025

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Check out our #50ScientistsThatInspire interviews with Drs. Lisa Maier, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, & Sonia Yeh🧵 @lisamaierlab.bsky.social @aspuru.bsky.social @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social @sonia-yeh.bsky.social

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Brought to you by Austin Cheng (@auhcheng.bsky.social) — meet the newest member of our team: Quetzal! Named after Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec god of creation, Quetzal is a simple yet scalable model for building 3D molecules atom by atom. 📜 arxiv.org/abs/2505.13791 [1/4]

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

🤖🧫Thrilled to share our latest work: "RoboCulture: A Robotics Platform for Automated Biological Experimentation", now available on arXiv! 📃 arxiv.org/abs/2505.14941 [1/3]

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Join us at our 4th annual Accelerate conference, taking place at @marsdd.bsky.social + #UofT's SRIC🚀 – innovation hubs in the heart of #Toronto. Celebrate + network at our evening social Aug 12 at #EatalyYorkville🍝 Early-bird ends June 26: accelerationconsortium.substack.com/p/new-year-n...

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

We’re excited to welcome a new member to the Matter Lab: El AgenteQ Specialty: Quantum Chemistry Operating mode: 24/7. No coffee. No ego. Just results and electrons. Contributions: arxiv.org/abs/2505.02484 [1/6]

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

The accessibility of state-of-the-art quantum chemistry is a core aspect of ORCA. We are therefore particularly proud that ORCA (@FACCTs & @orca-qc-official.bsky.social) is being used in such innovative projects as El Agente. Check it out! #ORCAqc #CompChem #LLM #QuantumChem #ChemSky

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

👋 🤖 Meet El Agente–an autonomous AI for performing computational chemistry, made by the Matter Lab @uoft.bsky.social. This #LLM-powered multi-agent system making computational chemistry more accessible will soon be available worldwide. Sign up 4 the launch: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/meet-el...

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

@realmantilla.bsky.social unveils our new espresso machine! ☕

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Congratulations to Dr. @gkwt.bsky.social for a successful thesis defense 🎉🎉🎉

submitted 81 days ago • 3 comments

⚛️🖥️Excited to share our work on simulating Hamiltonian evolution on quantum computers. Led by our group member Mohsen Bagherimehrab, we introduce Corrected Product Formulas (CPFs), which significantly improve the performance of standard product formulas. [1/4]

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

Chemistry Stories: Kumacheva and Aspuru-Guzik paper highlights Groundbreaking Self-Driving Nanochemistry Lab: uoft.me/KumachevaSDL

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a Research Computing Support Specialist. In this role, you’ll apply your IT expertise to provide technical leadership, programming and software development skills to support the AC’s research in advanced materials discovery! Apply ➡️ jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

Introducing MERMaid 🧜‍♀️ - our multimodal aid for reaction mining that uses vision-language models to transform graphical elements from any PDF into a machine-readable knowledge graph for data-driven research and integration with knowledge-intensive systems.

submitted 108 days ago • 1 comment

We were delighted to host Dr. Shi-Xuan Leong from @thematterlab.bsky.social in Münster! Thanks for great discussions and sharing your inspiring work on data mining strategies for electrochemistry ⚡ and beyond. #ChemistryResearch #MachineLearning

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Registration for the 2025 Accelerate conference in Toronto (Aug 11–14) opens soon! Be the first to know: zr2z766pxls.typeform.com/accelerate25

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

🔬 Object placement is a fundamental skill in chemistry labs—whether it's hanging a beaker on a rack 🧪 or inserting a vial with precision 🎯. But how can we enable robots to place different objects robustly and generalize across diverse tasks? [1/5]

submitted 119 days ago • 1 comment

🚀 Looking for reaction conditions that work well for multiple substrates? CurryBO can help🍛 Now out on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2502.18966 A short explanation thread 👇

submitted 119 days ago • 1 comment

Excited to share our latest work on leveraging quantum–classical generative models for small-molecule design, specifically targeting KRAS inhibitors for cancer therapy. [1/4]

submitted 123 days ago • 1 comment