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Nicolò Baggi

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Postdoc researcher in Kasper Moth-Poulsen's group @UPC 🇪🇸 | PhD @UniversitéParisSaclay 🇫🇷 | into photoswitches 💡🧪 ORCiD: 0000-0003-4743-5151

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Nicolò Baggi @nibaggi.bsky.social · Jun 10

Just shortly after the 3rd (😱) anniversary of my PhD defense, a work of my thesis got accepted in @chemicalscience.rsc.org 🚀

If you're interested in dual-responsive #photoswitches, check the link out, it's 💎🔓!

#ChemSky #ChemPubs

Three-state molecular switch based on terarylene photo- or redox-induced reversible isomerisation

Multi-addressable molecular photoswitches whose isomerisation can be triggered not only by light, but also by other stimuli are appealing for the development of novel smart materials as well as for br...

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

There are hundreds of years of history of women’s scientific accomplishments not being recognised or being minimised (“not notable”). It *still* happens. Many female scientists are only acknowledged on Wikipedia thanks to the efforts of, yes, other female scientists, notably physicist Dr Jess Wade.

Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 2d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 2d

Yes! I've got this which needs updating (for the whopping one additional woman who's won the prize since 2020). "Nobel Prize diversity" is a bit of an oxymoron...

And a whole women in chemistry category here which shows there's no shortage of potential nominees: www.compoundchem.com/category/wom...

Infographic showing the number of men (179) and women (7) who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry between 1901 and 2020

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Michael Pittelkow @pittelkowlab.bsky.social · 3d

I have a fully funded PhD position available in my group in Copenhagen: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

PhD fellowship in Organic Synthesis and Supramolecular Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen invites applicants for a PhD fellowship in Organic chemistry with a particular focus on supramolecul

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 2d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

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Taylor Mitchell Brown @tmitchellbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Scientists recently found two evolutionarily distinct mushrooms converged to produce the same psychedelic molecule—psilocybin.

The “surprising” results underscore the significance of the hallucinogen but leave questions about its ultimate purpose.

#Psilocybe #MagicMushrooms

New at @science.org 🧪🏺

In mind-bending twist, ‘magic’ mushrooms evolved twice independently

Study identifies entirely new suite of enzymes that can make psilocybin

www.science.org

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 3d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry was awarded today for the development of metal-organic frameworks, molecular sponges with applications in gas storage, water purification and more: www.compoundchem.com/2025/10/08/2...

#ChemSky 🧪

Infographic on the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for the development of metal-organic frameworks. The infographic explains that metal-organic frameworks are molecular sponges built up from metal ions and organic compounds that act as linkers. Small molecules such as gases can move into and out of cavities in these frameworks. The graphic highlights some of the MOFs the laureates have developed and concludes by looking at possible future uses of MOFs, including gas storage and extracting water from air.

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Tim Schmidt @schmidtim.bsky.social · 3d

#chemnobel #chemsky #ozchem

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jgocd.bsky.social @jgocd.bsky.social · 3d

Chem Nobel reaction live from Kyoto Uni! Not every day your nextdoor neighbour wins!

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MOF Papers @mofpapers.bsky.social · 3d

We interrupt our regular programming to announce…

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Nature @nature.com · 3d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 4d

This morning, the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry will be announced!

Here are my brief infographic explainers of the past ten years of chemistry Nobel Prizes: www.compoundchem.com/category/nob...

#ChemSky 🧪

Image showing all of the Compound Interest Nobel Prize in Chemistry infographics from 2015 to 2024.

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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 4d

A remarkable transformation in @rsc.org prizes.
30% of prizes recognise teams rather than individuals (up from 5%).
36% of prize-winners are early-career (up from 4%)
38% of prize winners are women (up from 25%)
Twice as many prizes for work outside universities.
www.rsc.org/policy-and-c...

Reshaping recognition: evolving how we celebrate excellence

A multi-year journey to transform our prizes

www.rsc.org

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moth-poulsen.bsky.social @moth-poulsen.bsky.social · 5d

Excited to share the publication of “Enhancing the Statistical Probability Factor in Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Photon Upconversion via TIPS Functionalization” in @chemicalscience.rsc.org

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 5d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 5d

We're firmly into autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, so it's once again time to share one of my favourite chemistry infographics on the kaleidoscope of chemical colours found in autumn leaves! 🍂
www.compoundchem.com/2014/09/11/a...

#ChemSky 🧪

Infographic on the chemistry of the colours of autumn leaves. Green is caused by chlorophyll, carotenoids and flavonoids give yellows, and oranges come from carotenoids, which also contribute to reds along with anthocyanins.

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Robert J. Gilliard, Jr. @rjgilliard.bsky.social · 5d

Our manuscript introducing ion-pair assembly in CDC-borenium ions as a method to unlock red to near-infrared luminescence is now published in Nature Chemistry (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)! Chunlin shows that counteranion modulation directs solid-state emission! #maingroup @natchem.nature.com

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Chevalier Arnaud ChemBiol @achevalierchembio.bsky.social · 9d

🔔🔔🔔Stage Master 2 en chimie organique et thérapeutique à @icsnlab.bsky.social . Nous cherchons un étudiant de Master 2 pour un sujet autour de la synthèse de diazocines photo-commutables💡. N'hésitez pas à candidater! plus de détails: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Chemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 8d

Check out this new Perspective in Chemical Science from @jiarongwu.bsky.social and @jakeylg.bsky.social (Universitat Würzburg, Germany)!

'Light them up: photoresponsive imine-containing systems'

Read it here for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...

#ChemSciHOT #ChemSky

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Jessica Tsai, MD, PhD @jestsai.bsky.social · 9d

Incredibly proud of Tsai Lab post-doctoral fellows Stefania Tocci and Aspen Hirsch for their new paper in @cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social Daily standup meeting: enhancing accountability and psychological safety www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/

Daily standup meeting: enhancing accountability and psychological safety

Research laboratories often struggle to maintain a trusting environment which negatively affects team cohesion. Daily standup meetings provide a means…

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Chemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 9d

New in Chemical Science!

"Aryl azopyrroles as visible light photoswitchable TRPA1 ligands" by Pui-Ying Lam (Medical College of Wisconsin) and Matthew Fuchter (Imperial College London, Oxford University) et al. @fuchtermatt.bsky.social

Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...

Promotional image for the paper titled Aryl azopyrroles as visible light photoswitchable TRPA1 ligands. The image shows the interconversion of the E-isomer and Z-isomer of the new molecule TRPswitch C with 405 nm light and 525 nm light, respectively. The text reads: novel photoswitch class, visible-light switching, and in vivo PMR testing.

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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 10d

#Editorial

If you have ever been surprised by seeing an editor at a conference and wondered what they are doing there, this month's editorial has all the answers you need.

#MicroSky #AcademicChatter

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Why editors go to conferences - Nature Microbiology

You may have spotted us at different conferences and wondered what we’re doing amid active researchers. Here, we demystify the editorial aims of conference attendance.

www.nature.com

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Beilstein-Institut @beilstein-institut.bsky.social · 12d

Ready for a new twist on molecular design 🌀? Researchers at the Kwansei Gakuin University 🇯🇵 have crafted helical and propeller-shaped structures. These unique molecules shine with circularly polarized #luminescence (CPL).
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/5n75cbph
#photoluminescence #BJOC 💎🔓

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Dominik Lungerich @lungerich.bsky.social · 13d

Small electronic tweaks → big differences: cis-state half-lives diverge despite similar activation barriers. Their dual solubility makes them photomechanical surfactants, showing distinct behavior in oil-in-water vs water-in-oil emulsions. 🌊☀️🛢️
doi.org/10.1002/ejoc...

Synthesis and Photophysical Analysis of Amphiphilic Azobenzene Surfactants for Photomechanical Actuation

Subtle electronic modifications of tailored amphiphilic azobenzene derivatives exhibit distinct cis-state half-lives despite similar activation barriers. The structural functionalization enables the ...

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icmabCSIC @icmabcsic.bsky.social · 16d

Our researchers Núria Aliaga, Anna Roig and Marta Mas-Torrent have won two LLAVOR and one PRODUCTE grants from AGAUR Indústria del Coneixement program @recercauniscat.bsky.social
Driving innovation from lab to society.
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icmabCSIC @icmabcsic.bsky.social · 17d

New #ICMABResearch published in #ChemSusChem!

📌Norbornadiene Quadricyclane as Multimode Photoswitches: Synergistic Light and Protonation-Controlled Heat Release

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📜Read the paper here: chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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