Had a great visit at McGill Chemistry in my home town of Montréal. Thanks to Thomas Preston for hosting, Janine Mauzeroll for the invitation, and everyone else for their time.
Yes, indeed! First time in Hawaii and at this conference.
The jet lag helped the family get up early on Tuesday and we made it to the top of Diamond Head just after sunrise.
Enjoying science and (occasional) sun at
@pacifichem.bsky.social Thanks to Yoshiyuki Kageyama and Neal Devaraj for organizing the session on "Frontiers in Dynamic Supramolecular Chemistry: Towards Practical Functions".
We are on a roll with hiring here at @uvic.ca Chemistry! Experimental chemistry research programs of all types are in scope. See Saurabh's note below for details/advertisement link!
(and don't let his self deprecation fool you - he's already made faculty meetings 20% more inspiring! 🙃)
Congrats, Job!
They say grad students start to resemble their chemicals.
Very creative, Jack!
Happy Halloween!
Yes! I have been advocating for this viewpoint for years.
10 days left to apply. A view from my 13 min bike commute downtown - not always possible in North America!
Past and present collide as @rjmayer.bsky.social and @yannickgeiger.bsky.social, now both leading groups of their own, meet @noeminogal.bsky.social at @esor2025.bsky.social in beautiful Padova.
A great start to @esor2025.bsky.social in beauitiful Padova today. An introduction by our conference chair @leonardprins.bsky.social
Yes, unfortunately not for me either, as much as I'd like it to be. Chem Twitter/X 2017-2023 was wild. Almost no engagement now on either platform.
@uottawa.ca is hiring a Full Professor and Tier 1 CRC in Sustainable Catalyst Design. Ability to teach inorganic and organometallic chemistry especially welcome. Comes with dedicated funding, teaching reduction, and substantial startup funds. Ottawa is a great place to live!
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This was a great kick-off and I wish the team much luck moving forward!
Et pour terminer la journée, Joseph Moran nous parle de l'origine du métabolisme.
@gregoiredanger.bsky.social @pauline-poinot.bsky.social @ytrolez.bsky.social
@moranlabchem.bsky.social
In the Interdisciplinarity in Organic Chemistry symposium at #CSC2025.
Started out with @moranlabchem.bsky.social telling us about the metabolic origins of life, and now hearing from Eda Kilic from @theprattgroup.bsky.social about organelle targeting dyes.
Organic chemistry is so cool 🥰
What better to do on the morning of #CSC2025 than explore some Ottawa trails with @leitchlab.bsky.social, @nelsonyslam.bsky.social and @hoflab.bsky.social ?
At the dawn of life, did metabolism come first? Some scientists propose that in the beginning, geochemistry gave way to biochemistry — with no genetic material necessary. Only later did RNA and DNA appear.
Was a JSP Fellow more than a decade ago and it was so critical to integration of this Canadian (who barely knew anyone on the continent) into the European scene. Thank you, @swisschemistry.bsky.social
It feels strange to be in Switzerland in April/May for something other than the #Burgenstock meeting, but it was a pleasure to be the external speaker at the last retreat of the NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering in Grindelwald.
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
I check the little screen, I check the big screen, I check the watch screen, I check the tablet screen. I check the screen that reminds me of the good times, I check the screen that reminds me of the better times.
Things are moving fast on this topic. Zare's team observes "microlightning" between charged droplets using a high-speed camera. The charges build up during the spraying process itself. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🎉 Big day for our group: our first publication is out!
Tom did a fantastic job highlighting current trends & opportunities in peptide catalysis — now published in Chem Catalysis (open access). Huge congrats, Tom!
www.cell.com/chem-catalys...
Some scientists propose that in the beginning, geochemistry gave way to biochemistry — with no genetic material necessary. Only later did RNA and DNA appear.
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From cutting-edge materials to the origins of life, plus how climate change affects everything—from mountain peaks to your plate—learn about the discoveries that are shaping our future. Don’t miss our New Professor Lecture! 🌍🔬
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Thank you for the kind highlight of our work. There is so much more to come.
Influence of Rare-Earth-Elements on Prebiotic Reaction Networks Resembling the Biologically Relevant Krebs Cycle | ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che... by @joguti.bsky.social is our groups first contribution to the OoL field! We would love some feedback #chemsky 🤓🧪
