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Homogeneous Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate by an Iron Complex in Water An iron complex of the macrocyclic pyridine(diimine) ligand 2,13-dimethyl-3,6,9,12,18-pentaazabicyclo[12.3.1]octadeca-1(18),2,12,14,16-pentaene (FeN5H2) is demonstrated as a homogeneous electrocatalys...

Happy to share our Nitrogen team's latest work on nitrate reduction with homogenous iron catalyst! 🎉

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

15.07.2025 01:40 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Alana sharing her exciting research at the CBI retreat 2025!

11.06.2025 18:40 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

End of Quals season celebration in the Bren Lab!

Alana and Karishma passed their 2nd year oral exam!!!🎉

28.05.2025 17:51 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Group of five people at a conference

@brenlab.bsky.social at CanBIC-9

25.05.2025 01:55 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations Alana Huynh for winning the "Best Poster in Natural Sciences" at UofR's Graduate Research Day 2025. Way to go!🥳

04.04.2025 01:10 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction by a cobalt porphyrin mini-enzyme Cobalt-mimochrome VI*a (CoMC6*a), a cobalt synthetic mini-enzyme with a cobalt porphyrin active site, is developed as a biomolecular catalyst for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction in water. The catalytic...

I'm pleased to share our latest paper with our wonderful collaborators in the Lombardi lab on a biocatalyst for selective CO2 reduction: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

26.02.2025 14:59 — 👍 17    🔁 7    💬 3    📌 0

Karishma and Shamitri representing Bren Lab at the Department's visitation week poster presentation! @karishma11.bsky.social

04.03.2025 23:30 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Successful multitasker!

08.01.2025 18:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A huge shout out our amazing visiting student Serena from the Lombardi Lab, University of Naples for her time and hard work in the Bren lab! Your enthusiasm and positive energy have truly been appreciated. Wishing you all the very best for all your future endeavors!! 👏

09.12.2024 19:42 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Engineered metallobiocatalysts for energy–relevant reactions Engineering metallobiocatalysts is a promising approach to addressing challenges in energy-relevant electrocatalysis and photocatalysis. The design fr…

Super excited to share our latest review on recent advances in engineered biocatalysts for hydrogen evolution and carbon dioxide reduction doi.org/10.1016/j.cb... by Ryan Kosko, Kaye Lin Kuphal and Alison Salamatian!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

09.12.2024 19:26 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Big congratulations to Kaye Lin Kuphal @kayekuphal.bsky.social on being selected as a leader in Research Safety as part of the ACS Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholars Recognition Program! 🎉

Your dedication to ensuring a safe and responsible lab environment is truly inspiring! #LabSafety #ACS

04.12.2024 16:00 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Hello world!
Bren Lab is now on Bluesky!
We focus on developing new molecules, engineered proteins and systems to catalyze energy & environment relevant reactions, drawing inspiration from Nature's own catalysts.
#chemsky #bioinorganic #UofR

26.11.2024 22:13 — 👍 39    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Hello #ChemSky

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