Lily K-Evans

oh same !!

Our postdoc Willi Amberg built SynStrategy, a learning tool that categorizes 500+ reactions by functional group with 400+ total synthesis examples. If you’re into #OrgChem, check it out (it’s free)!

iOS:  apps.apple.com/de/app/synst...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

#ChemSky

Science bites session II,
Lily P Kenchington-Evans from @university of Queensland gave us a talk on Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of antibiotics decorated with a permanent charge.

#chemfolk #chemchat #phdchat

excellent sentence from a 1948 monograph

"prophetic understatement!"

now more than ever at that point in my PhD where I wish I could ask the (micro)organisms what is going ON and how my compounds are working (and how others are not)

that's wild

also -- r and r' vary for each rxn 😅

happy hplc, breaking boc, classic clicks, and a cheeky lil' phosphonium

didn't get around to the thiolation but hope i'll be able to pop them on tomorrow morning before our lab clean !

(self-imposed) last week in the chem lab and here's what i wanted to get done today! (our chem floor has works next week and my phd submission date is 31/03/2026!!)
in true synth form i can't show any structures BUT i can show transformations 😌
#Chemfolk #Chatchem #Ozchem

It's that time again: @cenmag.bsky.social 's molecule of the year poll is now OPEN! Check out the contenders, lovingly curated by yours truly from past C&EN stories, and vote for your favorite by Dec. 11
#chemsky #scisky #moty2025
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...

#ChatChem #Chemfolk #ChemSky

topspin program interface, a woman sits at a computer.

Just updated to Topspin 4.5.0 and am absolutely devastated to say goodbye to the left-handed legend on the computer and "NMR With Ease"

Microbial Strategy for Renewable Plastic A bacterial enzyme could make it possible to produce the plastic building block ethylene without the emission of CO₂. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, led by Dr Johannes Rebelein, have now investigated the enzyme's structure and function in vitro.These findings lay the groundwork for more sustainable biotechnological ethylene production and improve our understanding of early biochemical processes.

Microbial enzymes hold the key to greener plastics! Rhodospirillum rubrum can produce ethylene without releasing CO₂. A team @rebeleinlab.bsky.social purified the enzyme and solved its structure, an important step towards #SustainableChemistry.

Back in Australia (and the lab!) after an incredible time in Austria and the UK, including attending #CamMedChem25 at Churchill College, Cambridge. 😄

Current economic and regulatory challenges in developing antibiotics for Gram-negative bacteria - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Current economic and regulatory challenges in developing antibiotics for Gram-negative bacteria

Current economic and regulatory challenges in developing antibiotics for Gram-negative bacteria

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Thrilled to have received a travel bursary for #CamMedChem25 in September! I'm looking forward to presenting at an overseas meeting for the first time 🧪

Ure’s steam bath A heating device from a fan of heated disputes

What's the oldest piece of kit in your lab? I remember in grad school, a hand-cranked centrifuge that seemed to have entirely been converted to iron oxide and nobody would touch. Article by @sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/ures...

Unique Iron Age kohl from Iran differs from that of ancient Egypt Eye makeup found to contain graphite and manganese but not organic ingredients

The ceramic cosmetic container housing the substance used for analysis was found inside a tomb in an Iron Age cemetery. Items in the near vicinity offered important clues as to the nature of the burial.

Skeletal editing: How close are we to true cut-and-paste chemistry? Reactions that alter organic scaffolds by a single atom are already proving useful, but time will tell if they’ll fundamentally change how molecules are made

My latest feature for @cenmag.bsky.social is about organic chemists' continuing quest for ultimate control over molecular structures! 🛠️⚗️🔄💊

That's right...it's... the rise of the atom-swappers!

cen.acs.org/synthesis/Sk...

Everything you need to teach addition polymerisation Use this poster, fact sheet and classroom activity to ensure your 14-16 learners get to grips with addition polymers

Why not display this addition polymerisation infographic in your classroom? Use the accompanying resource to test post-16 learners’ understanding of polymers’ structures and names
edu.rsc.org/infographics...
#scied #teachingresources
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in the fluoro bureau

#ozcehm #chatchemistry #academicsky #PhDchat

purple :-)

#ozchem #chatchemistry #academicsky #PhDchat

Multi-disciplinary scientists are ready to solve global chemical pollution Are governments ready to act?

From microplastics in our oceans and our bodies, to toxic substances accumulating in our ecosystems, the challenges are vast and complex. Scientific expertise must be at the heart of finding solutions.

#academicsky #chatchemistry #ozchem #chemsky #microbiology

Thrillled (!!!) to anounce I've been accepted into TWO international conferences !! 🥳
I'll be presenting some synthesis and med chem efforts at
@esoc2025.bsky.social, and discussing antibacterial of my novel compounds at @femsmicro.bsky.social ⚗️🧪

Source: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/19970625153835/http://www.ento.csiro.au/index.html

csiro entomology (1997) #oldinternet #entomology

This photograph shows a female standard fancy rat—a domesticated variant for the pet trade. That rats make good pets is not surprising when considering the long history of their close associations with humans. Although brown and black "wild" rats do spread some infectious diseases, we have recently learned about more-positive attributes, including quite how adept, adaptable, and even fun-loving they are.

A special issue of Science explores the complex and close associations rats share with humans—from their ubiquity in the human environment to their crucial role as biomedical models.

🐀 Learn more on #WorldRatDay: scim.ag/3E7Xo04

A new antibiotic selectively kills Gram-negative pathogens Nature - Bacterial symbionts of animals may contain antibiotics that are particularly suitable for development into therapeutics; one such compound, darobactin, is active against important...

The eighth student presentation of my #Antibiotics course presented the paper "A new antibiotic selectively kills Gram-negative pathogens" by the group of Kim Lewis. www.nature.com/artic...