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Bren Lab

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Bioinorganic chemistry research group at the University of Rochester, USA. Studying bioinspired catalysis of energy-relevant reactions. Student-run account.

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Bren Lab @brenlab.bsky.social · Aug 26

Happy to share our recent publication presenting methods for photocatalytic hydrogen and carbon dioxide reduction using biomolecular catalysts! Check it out by following this link! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Evaluation of biocatalysts for artificial photosynthesis

Catalyzing the light-driven reduction of carbon dioxide and/or protons is an important approach to storing light energy in the form of chemical fuels …

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Bren Lab @brenlab.bsky.social · Aug 16

Congratulations to @karishma11.bsky.social for winning the Best Poster at Western New York Inorganic Symposium (WNYIS), 2025! 🎉🌟

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Bren Lab @brenlab.bsky.social · Aug 13

End of summer picnic, Bren Lab style!! 👜🌳

And cheers to celebrating Alana's birthday!

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Bren Lab @brenlab.bsky.social · Jul 15

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

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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...

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Bren Lab @brenlab.bsky.social · Jun 11

Alana sharing her exciting research at the CBI retreat 2025!

Bren Lab @brenlab.bsky.social · May 28

End of Quals season celebration in the Bren Lab!

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

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Kara Bren @karabren.bsky.social · May 25

@brenlab.bsky.social at CanBIC-9

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Bren Lab @brenlab.bsky.social · Apr 4

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

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Kara Bren @karabren.bsky.social · Feb 26

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...

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...

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Bren Lab @brenlab.bsky.social · Mar 4

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

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Bren Lab @brenlab.bsky.social · Jan 8

Successful multitasker!

Bren Lab @brenlab.bsky.social · Dec 9

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!! 👏

Bren Lab @brenlab.bsky.social · Dec 9

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!

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Engineered metallobiocatalysts for energy–relevant reactions

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

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Bren Lab @brenlab.bsky.social · Dec 4

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

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Bren Lab @brenlab.bsky.social · Nov 26

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

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Bren Lab @brenlab.bsky.social · Nov 23

Hello #ChemSky

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