Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Alexandrova Lab

@alexandrovalab.bsky.social

81 followers 170 following 6 posts

A group of computational chemists at UCLA. We study catalysts, materials, and complex (bio)molecular systems (and make them better!). Student-run account. https://www.chem.ucla.edu/~ana/

www.chem.ucla.edu

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Alexandrova Lab @alexandrovalab.bsky.social · 13h

Check out our new paper on making cooler and bigger qubits in @natchem.nature.com!
👉https://rdcu.be/eKdGn

#compchem #chemsky #compchemsky

Bottom-up approach to making larger hydrocarbon molecules capable of optical cycling

Nature Chemistry - Alkaline-earth phenoxides show promise as optical cycling centres; however, their properties when connected to larger structures is unclear. Now it has been shown that their...

rdcu.be

1 8

Reposted by Alexandrova Lab

C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 1d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel...

#ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪

The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks

cen.acs.org

2 64 150

Alexandrova Lab @alexandrovalab.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! We're happy to be here! :)

Alexandrova Lab @alexandrovalab.bsky.social · 2d

We conducted a #ChemNobel prediction poll in the group on the #NobelPrize in Chemistry Eve!

(PS: we might be a little biased 😉) #chemsky #compchem #compchemsky

Bar chart titled “Chemistry Nobel Prize 2025 Prediction Poll.”
The chart lists predicted discoveries and scientists, sorted by increasing number of votes.

Biomolecular Condensates — Brangwynne, Hyman, Rosen (1 vote)

Chemical Biology — Chi-Huey Wong, Stuart Schreiber, Peter Schultz (1 vote)

Reticular Chemistry — Omar Yaghi, Makoto Fujita, Richard Robson (2 votes)

Controlled Radical Polymerization — Ezio Rizzardo, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Mitsuo Sawamoto (2 votes)

C–N Coupling — Stephen Buchwald, John Hartwig (2 votes)

DNA Synthesis — Marvin Carruthers (2 votes)

Electron Transfer — Harry Gray, Jacqueline Barton (2 votes)

Next-gen DNA Sequencing — David Klenerman, Shankar Balasubramanian, Jonas Mayer (3 votes)

Single-Atom Catalysts — Tao Zhang et al. (4 votes)

Ab initio Molecular Dynamics — Roberto Car, Michele Parrinello (6 votes)

Ab initio MD received the highest number of votes in the poll.

2 2 16

Alexandrova Lab @alexandrovalab.bsky.social · 5d

Hello from LA! 🌞

Alexandrova Lab @alexandrovalab.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you for the warm welcome! :)

Alexandrova Lab @alexandrovalab.bsky.social · 6d

✨Exciting news - the Alexandrova Group is now on Bluesky!✨

Hello, friends on #chemsky and #compchemsky. We're glad to be here! Stay tuned for the latest #compchem 💻 research and news from the lab!

1 4 21