Chris Taylor
@dftchemist.bsky.social
Comp chemist/mat sci, applied science director, and assoc research professor. Enthusiast about all things Quantum, Star Wars, Sustainability, Chemistry, and Corrosion. Views my own.
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There’s nothing wrong with healthy living.
It just won’t prevent disability. It won’t make you bulletproof.
Telling people to “get healthier” if they want to afford healthcare is effectively telling sick people to accept being left to die.
Healthcare for all.
It just won’t prevent disability. It won’t make you bulletproof.
Telling people to “get healthier” if they want to afford healthcare is effectively telling sick people to accept being left to die.
Healthcare for all.
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
There’s nothing wrong with healthy living.
It just won’t prevent disability. It won’t make you bulletproof.
Telling people to “get healthier” if they want to afford healthcare is effectively telling sick people to accept being left to die.
Healthcare for all.
It just won’t prevent disability. It won’t make you bulletproof.
Telling people to “get healthier” if they want to afford healthcare is effectively telling sick people to accept being left to die.
Healthcare for all.
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Human populations are exploding. We've added 800M new humans since Paris 2015. 10% more humans in 10 years. Children now.
We lose min 6% of insect biomass in protected nature reserves. 50% of global biomass loss in 10 years. The stuff on the right disappears faster than our populations & GDPs grow.
We lose min 6% of insect biomass in protected nature reserves. 50% of global biomass loss in 10 years. The stuff on the right disappears faster than our populations & GDPs grow.
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Human populations are exploding. We've added 800M new humans since Paris 2015. 10% more humans in 10 years. Children now.
We lose min 6% of insect biomass in protected nature reserves. 50% of global biomass loss in 10 years. The stuff on the right disappears faster than our populations & GDPs grow.
We lose min 6% of insect biomass in protected nature reserves. 50% of global biomass loss in 10 years. The stuff on the right disappears faster than our populations & GDPs grow.
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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We have just published a vacancy for a Process Chemist at Vertex in San Diego, CA: www.organic-chemistry.org/jobs/offers/... - please check and share!
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We have just published a vacancy for a Process Chemist at Vertex in San Diego, CA: www.organic-chemistry.org/jobs/offers/... - please check and share!
Ok started learning Julia, doing exercism tutorials from the CLI. So far so good
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Ok started learning Julia, doing exercism tutorials from the CLI. So far so good
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I’m still thinking about “quiet, piggy.” No president should be able to speak to a member of the press that way and remain president. That moment encapsulates how vile, misogynistic, and horrible that man is.
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I’m still thinking about “quiet, piggy.” No president should be able to speak to a member of the press that way and remain president. That moment encapsulates how vile, misogynistic, and horrible that man is.
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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This is a very comprehensive review for those of you who are interested in vaccines and the use of mRNA in vaccines.
Revolutionizing immunization: a comprehensive review of mRNA vaccine technology and applications - Virology Journal
Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines have emerged as a transformative platform in modern vaccinology. mRNA vaccine is a powerful alternative to traditional vaccines due to their high potency, safety, and eff...
virologyj.biomedcentral.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is a very comprehensive review for those of you who are interested in vaccines and the use of mRNA in vaccines.
Next on my to read list- Greg Egan‘s Perihelion Summer
I’ve enjoyed Egan since I picked up Perturbation City back in 1999 at the Uni of Western Australia bookstore. I’d never read sci-fi that was so hard on the Science piece before.
I’ve enjoyed Egan since I picked up Perturbation City back in 1999 at the Uni of Western Australia bookstore. I’d never read sci-fi that was so hard on the Science piece before.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Next on my to read list- Greg Egan‘s Perihelion Summer
I’ve enjoyed Egan since I picked up Perturbation City back in 1999 at the Uni of Western Australia bookstore. I’d never read sci-fi that was so hard on the Science piece before.
I’ve enjoyed Egan since I picked up Perturbation City back in 1999 at the Uni of Western Australia bookstore. I’d never read sci-fi that was so hard on the Science piece before.
Natural product molecules have the wildest functionalities. Who comes up with this stuff?
Molecule of the Week: Corynoxine A
Isolated from the kratom tree Mitragyna speciosa, Corynoxine A is a natural autophagy enhancer that promotes the clearance of alpha-synuclein via the Akt/mTOR pathway.
More Info: www.organic-chemistry.org/Highlights/2...
Isolated from the kratom tree Mitragyna speciosa, Corynoxine A is a natural autophagy enhancer that promotes the clearance of alpha-synuclein via the Akt/mTOR pathway.
More Info: www.organic-chemistry.org/Highlights/2...
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Natural product molecules have the wildest functionalities. Who comes up with this stuff?
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Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.
I know everyone on bsky hates AI so I’m pleased to announce I’ll be on a panel next week at AIDDD discussing Gen AI for Small Molecule Drug Discovery
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I know everyone on bsky hates AI so I’m pleased to announce I’ll be on a panel next week at AIDDD discussing Gen AI for Small Molecule Drug Discovery
Out on an evening stroll and several of the neighbors are out decorating their houses for Christmas with wreaths and lights. Looks so warm and cheery
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Out on an evening stroll and several of the neighbors are out decorating their houses for Christmas with wreaths and lights. Looks so warm and cheery
I guess today I’m reposting skeets about green metallurgy
I was just wondering how Elysis was doing with its inert anode aluminum reduction technology (which would save about 2 t CO2 per tonne aluminium made), and low and below, they've just successfully started one up #greenaluminum . www.riotinto.com/en/can/news/...
ELYSIS achieves breakthrough with commercial-size cell: a first in aluminium production using the inert anode technology
www.riotinto.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I guess today I’m reposting skeets about green metallurgy
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Coal-based steel, it’s a dead end! US Steel planning a new coal-free furnace to make iron for their electric arc furnace in Arkansas. www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/us-s...
US Steel Plans New Facility in Osceola
U.S. Steel announced plans to build a new direct reduced iron plant at its Big River Steel site in Osceola, expanding its northeast Arkansas operations under Nippon Steel’s $11 billion growth plan. Th...
www.arkansasbusiness.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Coal-based steel, it’s a dead end! US Steel planning a new coal-free furnace to make iron for their electric arc furnace in Arkansas. www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/us-s...
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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🙌We're excited to join the 1st @rsc.org Protein and Peptide Science Group Conference this Dec at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social!
Diana Kondinskaia, CCDC Research and Applications Scientist, will present her poster: “Can cavity prediction algorithms help in docking experiments?"
ccdc-info.com/47lZDYp
Diana Kondinskaia, CCDC Research and Applications Scientist, will present her poster: “Can cavity prediction algorithms help in docking experiments?"
ccdc-info.com/47lZDYp
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🙌We're excited to join the 1st @rsc.org Protein and Peptide Science Group Conference this Dec at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social!
Diana Kondinskaia, CCDC Research and Applications Scientist, will present her poster: “Can cavity prediction algorithms help in docking experiments?"
ccdc-info.com/47lZDYp
Diana Kondinskaia, CCDC Research and Applications Scientist, will present her poster: “Can cavity prediction algorithms help in docking experiments?"
ccdc-info.com/47lZDYp
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During bad previous mass #extinction events it took 30 millions for Gaia to recover. Today's mass extinction is 100 times worse (faster) than any previous mass extinction over the last 600 million years. We are in uncharted territory today and have no historic comparison anymore. Since 2015 🚀
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
During bad previous mass #extinction events it took 30 millions for Gaia to recover. Today's mass extinction is 100 times worse (faster) than any previous mass extinction over the last 600 million years. We are in uncharted territory today and have no historic comparison anymore. Since 2015 🚀
Sometimes I think it would be fun to play PC games again, but tbh I get so into molecular modeling, it kind of feeds the same urge. And has the plus that it is also contributing to science and the application spaces I work in
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Sometimes I think it would be fun to play PC games again, but tbh I get so into molecular modeling, it kind of feeds the same urge. And has the plus that it is also contributing to science and the application spaces I work in
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Today I learned that if you turn a canoe upside down, you can wear it like a hat.
Because it's cap sized.
Because it's cap sized.
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today I learned that if you turn a canoe upside down, you can wear it like a hat.
Because it's cap sized.
Because it's cap sized.
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My first Secrets of Power deck build. Sly Moore yellow.
I’m just a kitchen table player so limited to the cards I get in my boosters. My son always plays Vader Command - very aggressive and lots of resource and card drawing. This deck held up pretty well winning 31/22. #swu
I’m just a kitchen table player so limited to the cards I get in my boosters. My son always plays Vader Command - very aggressive and lots of resource and card drawing. This deck held up pretty well winning 31/22. #swu
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
My first Secrets of Power deck build. Sly Moore yellow.
I’m just a kitchen table player so limited to the cards I get in my boosters. My son always plays Vader Command - very aggressive and lots of resource and card drawing. This deck held up pretty well winning 31/22. #swu
I’m just a kitchen table player so limited to the cards I get in my boosters. My son always plays Vader Command - very aggressive and lots of resource and card drawing. This deck held up pretty well winning 31/22. #swu
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