Doug Genna, an expert in organic synthesis, gave today’s Inorganic Chemistry seminar on his metal-organic framework research. Thanks for visiting our campus! #wsuchemistry #chemsky #MOFs

Doug Genna, an expert in organic synthesis, gave today’s Inorganic Chemistry seminar on his metal-organic framework research. Thanks for visiting our campus! #wsuchemistry #chemsky #MOFs
Here’s what we’re watching in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries this week:
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How azobenzene converts from trans to cis has been argued for decades. Femtosecond X-ray liquidography resolved two short-lived intermediates with atomic-level precision: the change starts with a carbon-nitrogen twist, then is dominated by nitrogen-nitrogen rotation.
Pleasure to introduce Prof. Saiful Islam, a @uclchemistry.bsky.social alumnus, in advance of his @rsc.org Environment, Sustainability and Energy open prize: Environment Prize prize talk in the department yesterday, before @rcrespootero.bsky.social presented him with the medal.
2025 #BSP Brice Di Carlo reflects on the #undergraduateresearch experience as a #BeckmanScholar while at #urichmond #chemsky #scisky
It’s #NationalMushroomDay 🍄 Why do fly agaric mushrooms cause hallucinations, and what does it have to do with reindeer urine? This graphic takes a closer look!
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Polypropylene makes great sutures and surgical meshes because it is strong and biocompatible. Researchers have now used a laser to coat polypropylene medical devices with a forest of spiky carbon nanostructures that impart antibacterial properties.
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Google DeepMind's latest version of the AI crystallography GNoME database still flooded with near duplicate entries and unrealistic compounds — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int...
🧪 Pyridazine Derivatives & Drug Discovery
Pyridazine derivatives show promising anticancer, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and antidiabetic activities, making them valuable scaffolds for drug development.
New instruments are giving researchers deeper insight into the complex mix of molecules that make up tissues. As spatial biology tools expand into clinical applications, pathologists say they may give much greater insight into why tissues behave the way they do. cen.acs.org/analytical-c...
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Small structural changes can tell a big story! Compare 4-Methylbenzaldehyde and 4-Dimethylaminobenzaldehyde on the QM-125, the highest field benchtop NMR. See how substituents shift aromatic and methyl signals in two synthetic building blocks.🧪
Aralez Bio, one of C&EN's #10StartupsToWatch, uses Nobel Prize–winning science to expand drugmakers’ options in making peptide drugs:
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You’re the tops! Leila is the recipient of the Organic Chemistry Top Graduate Student Award. Congratulations! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky
PDF-4/Axiom - A comprehensive inorganic materials database built for advanced phase identification and quantitative analysis in research and industrial laboratories.
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Researchers have identified that a rapidly evolving gene, known for its role in packaging DNA into sperm, is the arbiter of this delicate balance between X and Y chromosomes:
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Registration for our @faradaydiscussions.rsc.org #FD_ElectrochemDevices closes on 19 October.
Don’t miss this opportunity to join peers & leadings experts for a discussion on cutting-edge electrochemical devices research across Earth & space applications: https://rsc.li/4zCoeVp #ChemSky