Courtney Roberts
@cortnieroberts.bsky.social
Associate professor of chemistry at the University of Minnesota
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I am looking for a PostDoc to join my group at Genentech to drive the development of proteomics technologies to fuel target and therapeutic discovery and development. Check out the link below!
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November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I am looking for a PostDoc to join my group at Genentech to drive the development of proteomics technologies to fuel target and therapeutic discovery and development. Check out the link below!
careers.gene.com/us/en/job/20...
careers.gene.com/us/en/job/20...
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UNCW's Dept of Chem and Biochem is looking for four (4!) new members this cycle including:
Asst Professor Analytical Chem
Asst Professor Physical Chem
Lecturer - Bio- and general Chem
Lecturer - General Chem
Our dept is a great place to work and Wilmington's a blast!
#ChemSky #ChemJobs
Links ⬇️
Asst Professor Analytical Chem
Asst Professor Physical Chem
Lecturer - Bio- and general Chem
Lecturer - General Chem
Our dept is a great place to work and Wilmington's a blast!
#ChemSky #ChemJobs
Links ⬇️
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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The American Chemical Society has selected Kangjie “Harry” Bian, Philip Lampkin, Hao Liang, Camille Rubel, and Allison Wong as the first recipients of the Arthur C. Cope Postdoctoral Fellowship in Organic Chemistry. cen.acs.org/acs-news/ACS... #chemsky
ACS names Arthur C. Cope Postdoctoral Fellowships in Organic Chemistry
The inaugural group of fellows will receive funds for up to 2 years of research
cen.acs.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The American Chemical Society has selected Kangjie “Harry” Bian, Philip Lampkin, Hao Liang, Camille Rubel, and Allison Wong as the first recipients of the Arthur C. Cope Postdoctoral Fellowship in Organic Chemistry. cen.acs.org/acs-news/ACS... #chemsky
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It's that time again: @cenmag.bsky.social 's molecule of the year poll is now OPEN! Check out the contenders, lovingly curated by yours truly from past C&EN stories, and vote for your favorite by Dec. 11
#chemsky #scisky #moty2025
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...
#chemsky #scisky #moty2025
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Meet the molecules of the year 2025
C&EN editors’ annual round-up of spectacular molecules we’ve covered in the past year
cen.acs.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It's that time again: @cenmag.bsky.social 's molecule of the year poll is now OPEN! Check out the contenders, lovingly curated by yours truly from past C&EN stories, and vote for your favorite by Dec. 11
#chemsky #scisky #moty2025
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...
#chemsky #scisky #moty2025
cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...
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Thrilled to announce publication of the crystallography children’s book illustrated by undergraduate Justine Wong!
You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com
50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op.
#chemsky #chemchat
You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com
50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op.
#chemsky #chemchat
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Thrilled to announce publication of the crystallography children’s book illustrated by undergraduate Justine Wong!
You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com
50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op.
#chemsky #chemchat
You can buy it here for $15: meitneriumpress.com
50% of profits will support undergrad education at the Cal Poly Pomona Crystallography Co-op.
#chemsky #chemchat
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November 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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We didn't want to pay $800 for a TLC plate cutter, so we built one of our own – here's how you can too.
An Open-Source, Low-Cost Thin-Layer Chromatography Plate Cutter
Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is widely used in teaching and research laboratories, but TLC plate cutters remain expensive, with most commercial models priced above $800 USD. This article presents a...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We didn't want to pay $800 for a TLC plate cutter, so we built one of our own – here's how you can too.
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The Panetti Lab officially has funding! Thank you to the ACS PRF for funding our work looking into CO2 functionalization with light. cen.acs.org/acs-news/pro...
ACS Board approves 112 new PRF grants
The fall 2025 grants total $12,475,000 in researcher investments
cen.acs.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Panetti Lab officially has funding! Thank you to the ACS PRF for funding our work looking into CO2 functionalization with light. cen.acs.org/acs-news/pro...
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Now online and open access:
Article by Tehshik P. Yoon & co-workers @tehshik.bsky.social @uwyoongroup.bsky.social
Oxygen migration into carbon–carbon single bonds by photochemical oxidation
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Chemsky
Article by Tehshik P. Yoon & co-workers @tehshik.bsky.social @uwyoongroup.bsky.social
Oxygen migration into carbon–carbon single bonds by photochemical oxidation
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#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 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Now online and open access:
Article by Tehshik P. Yoon & co-workers @tehshik.bsky.social @uwyoongroup.bsky.social
Oxygen migration into carbon–carbon single bonds by photochemical oxidation
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Chemsky
Article by Tehshik P. Yoon & co-workers @tehshik.bsky.social @uwyoongroup.bsky.social
Oxygen migration into carbon–carbon single bonds by photochemical oxidation
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Chemsky
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Illuminating new research offers chemists a simple and mild method for making arynes—a challenging type of strained molecule. Using a new precursor activated by blue light, researchers were able to access elusive aryne intermediates. cen.acs.org/synthesis/re... #chemsky 🧪
Let there be light-activated arynes
Making these strained intermediates just got easier, thanks to new precursors that react in the presence of blue light
cen.acs.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Illuminating new research offers chemists a simple and mild method for making arynes—a challenging type of strained molecule. Using a new precursor activated by blue light, researchers were able to access elusive aryne intermediates. cen.acs.org/synthesis/re... #chemsky 🧪
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Check out our latest collaboration now out in Nature. It's been an absolute pleasure to be able to contribute this and work with Courtney and her talented students.
Our group’s latest work is out today in @nature.com ! Our goal is to enable any chemist to be able to easily access an aryne intermediate! So Chris, Sal, and Felicia teamed up to design what we think is the ideal aryne precursor. Danny and @jnboyn.bsky.social helped us understand the activation!
Myriad Aryne Derivatives from Carboxylic Acids
Nature - Myriad Aryne Derivatives from Carboxylic Acids
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November 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Check out our latest collaboration now out in Nature. It's been an absolute pleasure to be able to contribute this and work with Courtney and her talented students.
Thanks to Bri for highlighting the team’s work on aryne precursors!
Let there be light-activated arynes!
Check out my write-up for @cenmag.bsky.social of
@cortnieroberts.bsky.social and her team's illuminating new work in Nature:
cen.acs.org/synthesis/re...
Check out my write-up for @cenmag.bsky.social of
@cortnieroberts.bsky.social and her team's illuminating new work in Nature:
cen.acs.org/synthesis/re...
Let there be light-activated arynes
Making these strained intermediates just got easier, thanks to new precursors that react in the presence of blue light
cen.acs.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Thanks to Bri for highlighting the team’s work on aryne precursors!
Our group’s latest work is out today in @nature.com ! Our goal is to enable any chemist to be able to easily access an aryne intermediate! So Chris, Sal, and Felicia teamed up to design what we think is the ideal aryne precursor. Danny and @jnboyn.bsky.social helped us understand the activation!
Myriad Aryne Derivatives from Carboxylic Acids
Nature - Myriad Aryne Derivatives from Carboxylic Acids
www.google.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Our group’s latest work is out today in @nature.com ! Our goal is to enable any chemist to be able to easily access an aryne intermediate! So Chris, Sal, and Felicia teamed up to design what we think is the ideal aryne precursor. Danny and @jnboyn.bsky.social helped us understand the activation!
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Hey Chemsky! My group at IU is hiring a postdoc with a focus on nanomaterials. Candidates who have experience with nanocrystal synthesis and/or optical spectroscopy are encouraged to apply. Oct 27th is a soft deadline. Please help me spread the word. indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30817
Postdoctoral Fellow - Harvey Lab
The Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts + Sciences at Indiana University is a highly collegial department with cutting-edge expertise in a wide variety of modern disciplines including mater...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hey Chemsky! My group at IU is hiring a postdoc with a focus on nanomaterials. Candidates who have experience with nanocrystal synthesis and/or optical spectroscopy are encouraged to apply. Oct 27th is a soft deadline. Please help me spread the word. indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30817
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The Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Grant isn’t just one of the longest-running student training grants at the University of Minnesota – it’s one of the longest-running training grants in the nation! Explore the program's story here:
cse.umn.edu/chem/news/ch... 🧬 🧪 @cse.umn.edu
cse.umn.edu/chem/news/ch... 🧬 🧪 @cse.umn.edu
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Grant renewed with National Institutes of Health funding
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (10/2/2025) – The Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Grant (CBITG) isn’t just one of the longest-running student training grants at the University of Minnesota – it’s one of t...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Grant isn’t just one of the longest-running student training grants at the University of Minnesota – it’s one of the longest-running training grants in the nation! Explore the program's story here:
cse.umn.edu/chem/news/ch... 🧬 🧪 @cse.umn.edu
cse.umn.edu/chem/news/ch... 🧬 🧪 @cse.umn.edu
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NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
www.science.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
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We are thrilled to share a profile on Prof. Jihye Park, who will join the UMN Department of Chemistry faculty in January 2026! cse.umn.edu/chem/news/ji...
Jihye Park joins Department of Chemistry faculty
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (9/25/2025) – Dr. Jihye Park will join the Department of Chemistry faculty in January 2026. The department is thrilled to welcome Park as an Associate Professor.Park will join t...
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September 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We are thrilled to share a profile on Prof. Jihye Park, who will join the UMN Department of Chemistry faculty in January 2026! cse.umn.edu/chem/news/ji...
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Thanks so much to @bribarbu.bsky.social and @cenmag.bsky.social for highlighting our recent work! 😊
@tkschramm.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
@tkschramm.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
Chemists finally know why palladium beats nickel at C–H activation
New study examines the precious metal’s ability to acidify bonds in alkanes. cen.acs.org/synthesis/c-... #chemsky 🧪
New study examines the precious metal’s ability to acidify bonds in alkanes. cen.acs.org/synthesis/c-... #chemsky 🧪
Chemists finally know why palladium beats nickel at C–H activation
New study examines the precious metal’s ability to acidify bonds in alkanes
cen.acs.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thanks so much to @bribarbu.bsky.social and @cenmag.bsky.social for highlighting our recent work! 😊
@tkschramm.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
@tkschramm.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
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As an experiment, I started a Substack called Metallacyclic Logic for my random reflections and rabbit holes. You can subscribe to it here nealmankad.substack.com?r=dv3oq&utm_...
Metallacyclic Logic | Neal Mankad | Substack
Reflections of a chemistry professor from a state university in the midwestern United States. Click to read Metallacyclic Logic, by Neal Mankad, a Substack publication. Launched 7 hours ago.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
As an experiment, I started a Substack called Metallacyclic Logic for my random reflections and rabbit holes. You can subscribe to it here nealmankad.substack.com?r=dv3oq&utm_...
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Thrilled to see this write-up of my friend, Stefan Kilyanek, in C&EN. Trailblazer in many senses of the word, and a great person! Please take a read. cen.acs.org/synthesis/ch...
Stefan Kilyanek manipulates molecules to break their bonds
This electrochemist discovers new catalysts and finds unconventional ways to navigate the lab
cen.acs.org
September 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Thrilled to see this write-up of my friend, Stefan Kilyanek, in C&EN. Trailblazer in many senses of the word, and a great person! Please take a read. cen.acs.org/synthesis/ch...
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In @science.org this week @zachwickens.bsky.social and collaborators find a way to do Z-selective elimination using thianthrenium chemistry in a versatile route to Z olefins.
chemsky 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Stereo-reversed E2 unlocks Z-selective C–H functionalization
The stereoselective functionalization of C–H bonds represents a central challenge in modern organic synthesis. Despite decades of innovation in C–H activation chemistry, methods for Z-selective functi...
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September 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
In @science.org this week @zachwickens.bsky.social and collaborators find a way to do Z-selective elimination using thianthrenium chemistry in a versatile route to Z olefins.
chemsky 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
chemsky 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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We served over 151 million (!) free meals to students last year, saving families an average of $1,000 per student.
Students should be able to focus on the classroom, not on where their next meal will come from. We’ve made that a reality in Minnesota.
Students should be able to focus on the classroom, not on where their next meal will come from. We’ve made that a reality in Minnesota.
September 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We served over 151 million (!) free meals to students last year, saving families an average of $1,000 per student.
Students should be able to focus on the classroom, not on where their next meal will come from. We’ve made that a reality in Minnesota.
Students should be able to focus on the classroom, not on where their next meal will come from. We’ve made that a reality in Minnesota.
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To celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth, we are highlighting stories of chemists with Latin American roots. Read more about C&EN’s Trailblazers: cen.acs.org/careers/dive... #HHM #chemsky 🧪
September 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
To celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth, we are highlighting stories of chemists with Latin American roots. Read more about C&EN’s Trailblazers: cen.acs.org/careers/dive... #HHM #chemsky 🧪
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Check out the highlights from the 58th Bürgenstock Conference on Stereochemistry 2025 (4-8 May 2025, Brunnen, Switzerland), by Mattia Silvi and Claudia Bonfio!
Read for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
#ChemSky #SCS_BC25
Read for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
#ChemSky #SCS_BC25
Highlights from the 58th Bürgenstock Conference on Stereochemistry 2025
Herein, we share an overview of the scientific highlights from speakers at the latest edition of the longstanding Bürgenstock Conference.
doi.org
September 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Check out the highlights from the 58th Bürgenstock Conference on Stereochemistry 2025 (4-8 May 2025, Brunnen, Switzerland), by Mattia Silvi and Claudia Bonfio!
Read for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
#ChemSky #SCS_BC25
Read for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
#ChemSky #SCS_BC25