Fran Kerton
@chemmouse.bsky.social
British-Canadian, cat lady & chemistry prof 🧪🧪. Loves music, food and family. Chair of IUPAC Chemrawn committee and CNC-IUPAC 🇨🇦. @ChemMouse on IG. #ChemSky #SciSky She/her
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Benzene turns 200! 🎉
We’re celebrating with a special research collection on carbon-based systems, aromaticity, and molecular innovation.
📢 Want to contribute?🔗 https://rsc.li/4oqDm2X
#Faraday #CallForPapers #RoyalSocietyofChemistry #ChemSky
We’re celebrating with a special research collection on carbon-based systems, aromaticity, and molecular innovation.
📢 Want to contribute?🔗 https://rsc.li/4oqDm2X
#Faraday #CallForPapers #RoyalSocietyofChemistry #ChemSky
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Benzene turns 200! 🎉
We’re celebrating with a special research collection on carbon-based systems, aromaticity, and molecular innovation.
📢 Want to contribute?🔗 https://rsc.li/4oqDm2X
#Faraday #CallForPapers #RoyalSocietyofChemistry #ChemSky
We’re celebrating with a special research collection on carbon-based systems, aromaticity, and molecular innovation.
📢 Want to contribute?🔗 https://rsc.li/4oqDm2X
#Faraday #CallForPapers #RoyalSocietyofChemistry #ChemSky
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📢Out now: Peng Zhang, Jian Ji and colleagues present PerioGT, a framework for polymer property prediction that enhances generalization under data scarcity. www.nature.com/articles/s43... #chemsky
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Periodicity-aware deep learning for polymers - Nature Computational Science
PerioGT is a self-supervised learning framework for polymer property prediction, integrating periodicity priors and additional conditions to enhance generalization under data scarcity and enable broad...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
📢Out now: Peng Zhang, Jian Ji and colleagues present PerioGT, a framework for polymer property prediction that enhances generalization under data scarcity. www.nature.com/articles/s43... #chemsky
🔓 rdcu.be/eQYFI
🔓 rdcu.be/eQYFI
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As more rockets and satellites in low Earth orbit burn up in the atmosphere at the end of their lives, the amount of introduced vapors and particulate matter there is dramatically rising. cen.acs.org/physical-che... #chemsky 🧪
Space pollution levels in the atmosphere are rocketing
More metal than ever is entering the upper atmosphere because of space traffic, with unknown effects on climate
cen.acs.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
As more rockets and satellites in low Earth orbit burn up in the atmosphere at the end of their lives, the amount of introduced vapors and particulate matter there is dramatically rising. cen.acs.org/physical-che... #chemsky 🧪
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Just randomly came across this cute Wolfram demo. Drag the sliders to customize your own shape of crystallographic unit cell/lattice. See if you can be a big nerd and make all 7 #chemsky demonstrations.wolfram.com/TheSevenCrys...
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Explore thousands of free applications across science, mathematics, engineering, technology, business, art, finance, social sciences, and more.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Just randomly came across this cute Wolfram demo. Drag the sliders to customize your own shape of crystallographic unit cell/lattice. See if you can be a big nerd and make all 7 #chemsky demonstrations.wolfram.com/TheSevenCrys...
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More blog catchup: a closer look at the “no need to stir a lot of organic chemistry reactions” data. This topic gets bench chemists all . . . Well, you know:
Reaction Stirring, Part Two
www.science.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Shiru, one of C&EN's #10StartupsToWatch, uses artificial intelligence to discover proteins for food ingredients and other applications. cen.acs.org/business/foo... #chemsky 🧪
10 Start-Ups to Watch 2025: Shiru searches for natural proteins to create more-sustainable food and cosmetics
AI mines a database of 77 million natural proteins for novel ingredients
cen.acs.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Shiru, one of C&EN's #10StartupsToWatch, uses artificial intelligence to discover proteins for food ingredients and other applications. cen.acs.org/business/foo... #chemsky 🧪
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Really excited to see this in print - super work here by the wonderful team here from the @uwyoongroup.bsky.social
It was a real pleasure to watch this work evolve from a "what if" discussion to a @natsynth.nature.com paper
I truly appreciate being included #Chemsky
It was a real pleasure to watch this work evolve from a "what if" discussion to a @natsynth.nature.com paper
I truly appreciate being included #Chemsky
Oxygen migration into carbon–carbon single bonds by photochemical oxidation - Nature Synthesis
Heteroatom insertions into chemically inert carbon–carbon single bonds are rare compared to their unsaturated analogues. Now, ligand-to-metal charge transfer offers a promising entry point for oxygen ...
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Really excited to see this in print - super work here by the wonderful team here from the @uwyoongroup.bsky.social
It was a real pleasure to watch this work evolve from a "what if" discussion to a @natsynth.nature.com paper
I truly appreciate being included #Chemsky
It was a real pleasure to watch this work evolve from a "what if" discussion to a @natsynth.nature.com paper
I truly appreciate being included #Chemsky
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Solid-state 13C NMR of egg shells u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2016/03/soli... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Solid-state 13C NMR of egg shells u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2016/03/soli... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky
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Issue 11 of RSC Sustainability is now online! 💚
Check out the work highlighted on the front covers:
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
Check out the work highlighted on the front covers:
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Issue 11 of RSC Sustainability is now online! 💚
Check out the work highlighted on the front covers:
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
Check out the work highlighted on the front covers:
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
Very proud of this review by Sarah Boudreau. Hopefully people will begin seeing seafood discards as a source of valuable chemicals including inorganics #sustainablechemistry
A recent review by Dr. Kerton & colleagues describes techniques to isolate calcium-rich biominerals from discards in seafood processing industries and applications of biominerals across sectors. It may inspire new uses for these inorganic 'waste' materials. #Chemsky
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
Accessing Biominerals from By-Products Wasted by the Seafood Processing Industry
Due to global population growth, the demand for seafood has increased exponentially over the last century. This has led to the generation of significant amounts of inedible by-products from the seafoo...
doi.org
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Very proud of this review by Sarah Boudreau. Hopefully people will begin seeing seafood discards as a source of valuable chemicals including inorganics #sustainablechemistry
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Opportunity in liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry at Waters (Wilmslow Cheshire UK) ref: 24015 #LCMS #AnalChem #UKChemJobs #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
internationalcareers-waters.icims.com/jobs/24015/s...
internationalcareers-waters.icims.com/jobs/24015/s...
Waters Corporation
See how ions move through our mass spectrometers. Learn how to advance your chromatography skills. Watch how Waters scientists use our analytical technologies for differing applications. Listen to our...
internationalcareers-waters.icims.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Opportunity in liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry at Waters (Wilmslow Cheshire UK) ref: 24015 #LCMS #AnalChem #UKChemJobs #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
internationalcareers-waters.icims.com/jobs/24015/s...
internationalcareers-waters.icims.com/jobs/24015/s...
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Opportunity in mass spectrometry at UCL (London UK) ref: B02-09220 | closing: 22-Oct-2025 #MS #AnalChem #UKChemJobs #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Opportunity in mass spectrometry at UCL (London UK) ref: B02-09220 | closing: 22-Oct-2025 #MS #AnalChem #UKChemJobs #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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A MOMENT IN BLUE JAYS HISTORY.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the first Blue Jays player ever to hit a postseason grand slam! 🔥
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the first Blue Jays player ever to hit a postseason grand slam! 🔥
October 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A MOMENT IN BLUE JAYS HISTORY.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the first Blue Jays player ever to hit a postseason grand slam! 🔥
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the first Blue Jays player ever to hit a postseason grand slam! 🔥
Loving this game #CanadasTeam #BlueJays, and just now Springer with a dinger to make it 12-0. I think Old Man Steve would have enjoyed this 🍻⚾️🏟️🇨🇦
October 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Loving this game #CanadasTeam #BlueJays, and just now Springer with a dinger to make it 12-0. I think Old Man Steve would have enjoyed this 🍻⚾️🏟️🇨🇦
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Issue 10 of RSC Sustainability is now online! 💚
Check out the work highlighted on the front cover
A critical review on the sustainability of inverse vulcanised polymers: doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
Check out the work highlighted on the front cover
A critical review on the sustainability of inverse vulcanised polymers: doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
October 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Issue 10 of RSC Sustainability is now online! 💚
Check out the work highlighted on the front cover
A critical review on the sustainability of inverse vulcanised polymers: doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
Check out the work highlighted on the front cover
A critical review on the sustainability of inverse vulcanised polymers: doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
I would love this. In conversations I’ve had - it does seem to be getting consideration (and this is the first year that I’ve been aware of this). Part of the reason was the Stockholm Symposium earlier in the year that led to the Stockholm Declaration. If not this year, maybe next year 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
As in every year since 2013, I published my guess who will get the #nobelprize in #chemistry, to be announced next week.
This year I deviate from all other polls and predictions out there:
John Warner and Paul Anastas for formulating the concepts of Green Chemistry.
(article in german)
#chemsky
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This year I deviate from all other polls and predictions out there:
John Warner and Paul Anastas for formulating the concepts of Green Chemistry.
(article in german)
#chemsky
🧪
Chemie-Nobelpreis 2025 für Nachhaltigkeit?
12 Regeln für Nachhaltigkeit: Die Prinzipien der Grünen Chemie könnten Nobel-würdig sein. Oder geht der Preis etwa an eine Öl-Technologie?
scilogs.spektrum.de
October 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I would love this. In conversations I’ve had - it does seem to be getting consideration (and this is the first year that I’ve been aware of this). Part of the reason was the Stockholm Symposium earlier in the year that led to the Stockholm Declaration. If not this year, maybe next year 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
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Really pleased to see this work published. We helped out with the crystallography which helped to better understand how these cations function. #ChemSky
@pubs.acs.org
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@pubs.acs.org
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Enhanced CO2/Epoxide Cycloaddition Catalyzed by Pyridine-Substituted Triazole-Quaternary Ammonium Bromide
A series of ionic quaternary ammonium bromides featuring triazole moieties, QAS-trzBn4, QAS-trzPic4, and QAS-trzBn2Pic2, were synthesized via Cu-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) between pr...
pubs.acs.org
October 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Really pleased to see this work published. We helped out with the crystallography which helped to better understand how these cations function. #ChemSky
@pubs.acs.org
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@pubs.acs.org
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Issue 38 is now available and includes, among other topics, cyclic grafted polymers for biomedical applications, upcycling PLA using an organophotocatalyst, and polysulfoniums for enhanced antibacterial activity. Read more at pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
#chemsky #polymerchemistry
#chemsky #polymerchemistry
October 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Issue 38 is now available and includes, among other topics, cyclic grafted polymers for biomedical applications, upcycling PLA using an organophotocatalyst, and polysulfoniums for enhanced antibacterial activity. Read more at pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
#chemsky #polymerchemistry
#chemsky #polymerchemistry
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Check out the recording now 👉 youtu.be/rxmrhPPcbj8?...
September 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Check out the recording now 👉 youtu.be/rxmrhPPcbj8?...
Great webinar on carbon nanomaterials & use in producing clean water via solar heating. Thank you to everyone involved in organizing. A recording will become available at a later date on the @beyondbenign.bsky.social and @iupac.org event pages/websites iupac.org/event/afford... 💚💚 #chemsky
September 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Great webinar on carbon nanomaterials & use in producing clean water via solar heating. Thank you to everyone involved in organizing. A recording will become available at a later date on the @beyondbenign.bsky.social and @iupac.org event pages/websites iupac.org/event/afford... 💚💚 #chemsky