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Let's try this #AcademicSky

1 fav, 1 funny, strange, or unexpected scientific anecdote about a paper, a scientist, a fact, hoping that some will be new to you.

If you are @hhu.de and interested in a really cool science outreach project from @daumannl.bsky.social lab members Pia Heinrichs and @sophieguti.bsky.social make sure to stop by the sci comm luncheon ☺️

Colourful Chemistry: Frühjahrssymposium zeigt Vielfalt der Chemie Unter dem Motto „Colourful Chemistry” findet vom 10. bis 13. März in Köln das Frühjahrssymposium des JCF (JungesChemieForum) der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) statt. Die Tagung richtet sich a...

🎨 „Colourful Chemistry" – unter diesem Motto lädt das JCF der GDCh vom 10.–13. März nach Köln. 400 junge Forschende, Plenarvorträge, Workshops und erstmals der JCF Best Supervisor Award. Erste Preisträgerin: Prof. Lena Daumann. gdch.app/article/colo...

Engineering Fluoroacetate Dehalogenase by Growth‐Based Selections on Non‐Natural Organofluorides We present a high-throughput selection system to engineer fluoroacetate dehalogenases (FAcDs). By challenging E. coli populations that produce diverse FAcD libraries to grow on non-natural organofluo....

🥳🥳🥳 Our study on engineering enzymes to break C–F bonds is out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. Congrats to the brilliant & dedicated @suzannejansen.bsky.social for taking this step toward the remediation of #PFAS & other contaminating organofluorides!
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Beim Neujahrsempfang der @hhu.de spielen gerade die abgezocktesten 12-jährigen Jazzer*innen die ich je gesehen und gehört habe! ❤️
Ganz viel Earworms-Liebe!!!

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Electronic energy levels and optical spectra of trivalent lanthanide ions in water – Ce(III), Pr(III), Nd(III), Sm(III), Eu(III), Gd(III), Tb(III), Dy(III), Ho(III), Er(III), Tm(III), and Yb(III) - Na... Dieke diagrams have formed the basis for describing the electronic structure of f-block ions, but experimental methods have improved since their development. Here, the authors use experimental data to...

Fellow #lanthanide botherers, don't miss the new data on lanthanide transition and spectra published late 2025. This work superceeds the old experiments and has very nice creative-common licenced figures! #chemsky

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Getting asked about how academics can continue to do science & inspire trainees even in the midst of a continued (escalated) assault on science, reason, truth, & human rights. I don’t have great answers.

I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.

#chemsky here is our recent preprint on cyclic lanthanide-binding peptides. @sophieguti.bsky.social @hhu.de and our collaborators @hzdr.bsky.social and @kit.edu have put in an immense amount of analytical work to understand binding in these peptides. Check it out! We even snuck some #curium in 🤓🧪

Let’s Get Cyclic – Influence of Head-to-Tail Cyclisation of Lanmodulin-inspired peptides on Lanthanide Affinity and Structure Over the recent years lanthanide-binding proteins such as lanmodulin, a naturally lanthanide-binding EF-hand protein from Methylorubrum extorquens AM1, as well as protein-inspired lanthanide-binding peptides have become of increasing interest for the development of separation and recycling methods for rare earth elements. For the first time, a set of head-to-tail cyclised lanmodulin-inspired peptides and their complexation behaviour towards lanthanides was comprehensively examined in aqueous media using time-resolved laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS), isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopies, complemented by molecular dynamic (MD) simulations and advanced mass spectrometry methods. Results obtained from this multi-method approach evidence that the head-to-tail cyclisation can indeed increase the lanthanide-affinity in natural sequences and positively impact the pre-organisation of the metal-free peptide while limiting the amount of formed complex species in comparison to linear analogues. Furthermore, the impact of minimal sequence alterations by inserting glycine is shown to be useful in NMR experiments for probing alterations in the local environment of neighbouring amino acids potentially involved in coordination. Lastly, KD values for the peptides with the whole Ln series (except Pm) and the actinide curium are presented.

(ChemRxiv) Let’s Get Cyclic – Influence of Head-to-Tail Cyclisation of Lanmodulin-inspired peptides on Lanthanide Affinity and Structure: Over the recent years lanthanide-binding proteins such as lanmodulin, a naturally lanthanide-binding EF-hand protein from… (RSS) #chemrxiv #MassSpecRSS

Registration and abstract submission is open for eurobic18.eu. Hopefully we see all of you (bio)inorganic chemists in Groningen - the coolest place to be in Europe this summer (and probably also a bit wet but fantastic speakers!).

Screenshot of a tweet from @MichaelCarusi The three stages of career development: 1. I can't wait until I'm important enough to be included in meetings. 2. I feel so important being in these meetings! 3. I will do anything legal and several illegal things to avoid these meetings.

Nothing prepares you for how rapidly you accelerate between these three states #chemchat

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.

Maybe this is what you are after? thebullshitmachines.com

Never seen it at least :) I think it’s because ACS Central science is a flagship journal with broader readership

first reactions exist since quite a while!

Selective Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Formate: Mechanistic Insights into [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Models with Tunable Bridging Ligands The selective electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formate is a key challenge in developing carbon-recycling chemical processes, with potential applications in energy storage and renewable feedstock pr...

Absolutely lovely work from Duboc, Lalaoui et al. in ACS Catal.: electrochemical CO2 reduction by [FeFe]-hydrogenase models with tunable bridging ligands. The enzyme can't do this, I've tried (a lot)!
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💬🧪 Behind the Science Interview with Lena Daumann and Jonathan Gutenthaler-Tietze (@daumannl.bsky.social) They discuss whether rare earth elements can mediate a prebiotic reaction network similar to the Krebs cycle
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Maybe this works? 🙂 decimer.ai pretty good to convert pictures of molecules to chemdraw readable format! #chemsky

Postdoc (m/f/d) in Endosymbiosis Research

📢Postdoc position available!🧪🧫🧬
Our group is seeking a motivated researcher to investigate the molecular mechanisms driving host–endosymbiont interactions.
Full details & application: karriere.hhu.de//index.php?a....
Please help us get the word out!

Diaryl Bismuthides and Acyl Bismuthanes Enable Visible-Light-Induced Reversible Carbon Monoxide Insertion and Extrusion - Nature Communications Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the simplest and most fundamental molecules that has fascinated chemists for decades. Early-on, chemists have recognized and exploited its favorable properties as a key ...

Nucleophilic #Bismuth: diarylbismuth-anions grant access to bismuth-acyl compounds & visible-light-induced reversible insertion/extrusion of CO! Just out @natcomms.nature.com: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Congrats to the team (including @felixgeist.bsky.social, @jordipoater.bsky.social)!

Very much looking forward to our publishing workshop at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf on November 24. Big thank you to @sander1507.bsky.social and @daumannl.bsky.social for organizing this event!

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
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I would like to move chemistry-related conversations to chemchat, seeing as how chem/sky is basically a promotion place now.

I would have liked that to have moderated, but it's bluntly clear that the publishing houses can't change their spots

@ninaluong.bsky.social is really upping her costume game this year. And she can still work in it!

Happy to share our latest review article, this time joining forces with 📌Seigo Shima, 📌James Birrell, 📌Giorgio Caserta, and 📌Oli Lenz. We wrote about hydrogenase catalysis because this is what we do best 😎
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Our latest work on the nitrogenase-like methylthio-alkane reductase, which specifically reduces reduces carbon-sulfide bonds is now out @natcatal.nature.com: doi.org/10.1038/s419.... We find for the first time large #nitrogenase metalloclusters (P- and L-cluster) outside nitrogenases.

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Deadline: 10 November. #chempostdoc #chemsky

#chemsky Thrilled to see our (@daumannl.bsky.social🤝 @hzdr.bsky.social) work in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social 😍🤓
Take it as a reminder that sometimes small lab oopsies can lead to exciting discoveries and are definitely worth exploring ✨👩🏻‍🔬

Check it out here⬇️
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Video compilation from our #türenauf mit der Maus Tag today! #outreach #chemsky @hhu.de @sophieguti.bsky.social @joguti.bsky.social @markussuta.bsky.social @chemiehhu.bsky.social

Photo of a lab tour. Kids are wearing lab coats and glasses and Sophie is showing agar plates

Picture of a lecture hall, two people in lab coats are experimenting. White smoke can be seen

Picture of lecture hall. One person is standing on a table with a star firecracker

The team behind Türen auf mit der Maus. 11 people smiling for a selfie, plush animals are shown into the camera

Successful #türenauf mit der Maus Event 2025 @hhu.de done and dusted! Thanks to all the helpers @sophieguti.bsky.social @joguti.bsky.social Theo, Sarah, Suny, Lukas, Tom, Rachel, JJChemistry, Hannah and to @markussuta.bsky.social for lending some of his group members to give additional lab tours!