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Paula Rossi @elementalmusings.bsky.social · 17d

Try to imagine chemistry without JJ Berzelius, who, after thousands of experiments, published the first precise list of atomic weights (1818). Yet Berzelius might have remained a mere physician had he never met Anders Ekeberg. Teachers can influence the course of history.
🧪 #chemsky #chemistry

8 chemists with disabilities who left their mark on history

Scientists with disabilities ascended to the forefronts of their fields long before labs were accessible and civil rights were codified

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · 23d

Don’t miss Timothy Noël @tnoel82.bsky.social (University of Amsterdam) giving an online @gdch.de lecture organized by the Liebig-Vereinigung.
#ChemSky

Details and registration: gdch.app/event/from-b...

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Sep 8

Beautiful blood moon over Berlin, captured from Drachenberg last night.
#BloodMoon #Eclipse #NightSky #Berlin

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Aug 25

Our collaboration with @riedellab.bsky.social @fubcp.bsky.social on photomediated C–H trifluoromethoxylation with bis(trifluoromethyl)peroxide has been published in @chemicalscience.rsc.org

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

#OpenScience #FluorineChemistry #RadicalChemistry #ChemSky

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Aug 19

Kids have a special eye for spotting the little things we often overlook. Challenge them to ‘find something cool’ and you will be amazed at what they discover.

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · Jun 26

New research shows that simply changing how a reaction vessel is positioned on a magnetic stirrer can significantly change a reaction's speed and product quality, influencing the reproducibility of results. #ChemSky #ScienceSky #EduSky

Position of flask on magnetic stirrers can drastically affect reproducibility of experiments

Comprehensive examination reveals improper siting of reaction vessels can affect catalyst formation, alter nanoparticle formation and change yields

www.chemistryworld.com

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Jun 17

Today, part of the team of the Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry @fubcp.bsky.social enjoyed great food 🍽️ and discussions at Luise Dahlem before heading together to the university elections at FU Berlin.
Thanks to everyone who joined for the wonderful gathering! #ChemSky #BiochemSky #CampusLife

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · May 30

Catch mass (m) & substance amount (n) errors in PDFs! This tool comes handy, but expect false positives for now.
Link: huggingface.co/spaces/Match...

Explore more #OpenChemTools:

Accurate Mass: huggingface.co/spaces/Match...
SI Check: huggingface.co/spaces/Match... #ChemPython #ChemSky

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Philippe Schwaller @pschwllr.bsky.social · May 14

We demonstrate granular and steerable synthesizability control in molecular generation, allowing to specify reaction and building block constraints while optimizing for molecules with desired properties.

Super proud of Jeff Guo and Víctor Sabanza Gil leading this exciting study! #chemsky

Jeff Guo @jeff-guo.bsky.social · May 14

Generate property-optimized small molecules with 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 synthesizability control - allowing complete user-flexibility to impose various reaction constraints!

Pre-print: arxiv.org/abs/2505.08774
Code: github.com/schwallergro...

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · May 12

In a world full of AI hype, Dr. Waku (@drwaku.bsky.social) is a calm, clear, and deeply thoughtful voice. Watch ‘On a knife’s edge’ for one of the most grounded takes on why AI might change everything.
youtu.be/nTFMPWyN7gU

On a knife’s edge: why AI will change everything

YouTube video by Dr Waku

youtu.be

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TeichertLab @TUC @teichertlab.bsky.social · Apr 10

Are you interested in a PhD combining asymmetric transition metal catalysis and data-driven analysis?

We have two PhD positions as part of the EU network CATALOOP (cataloop.eu) that are open to apply:

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/334833

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/334837

#ChemSky

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FU Berlin Dept. Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy @fubcp.bsky.social · Apr 1

Hi Bluesky! We’re the Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy at Freie Universität Berlin. Follow us for a look into research, teaching, and life at our institutes—plus news and events. Welcome to all students, researchers, employees – and every other curious species out there! 🦠🪲🍃🧪🧬

Upper glass front of the Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy Building at Arnimallee 22 in Berlin with blue sky above reflecting in its windows. Some branches of a tree with golden leaves hanging from above

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Apr 4

Gemini 2.5 Pro's reasoning on domain-specific topics is amazing (and a bit scary, too). Tested it with today’s Chemdl #182 (reaction scheme). The logical steps to the correct answer were spot on. Wow.
#AI #ChemSky #LLM

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Mar 31

a pink panther is painting a wall with a brush and a bucket of paint .

ALT: a pink panther is painting a wall with a brush and a bucket of paint .

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Mar 31

Impressed by Gemini 2.5 Pro to create lecture material: "Can you write a python script that generates a ball and stick model of a rotating water molecule that also show the two planes of symmetry and the c2 axis in a semitransparent Fashion“ #AI #GeminiAI #ChemPython #ChemSky #SciVis @GoogleAI

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Mar 29

A fantastic day celebrating my PhD advisor’s retirement with friends and the academic family. So many great memories! #ChemSky

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Mar 24

Great to have Prof. Xiaoguang Lei of Peking University at FU Berlin for his talk, “Opportunities for Merging Chemical and Biological Synthesis”! #ChemicalBiology #Synthesis #ChemBioSky

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Mar 24

Need to proofread a thesis or lengthy SI? 📄✨ Just drop your PDF into the SI-Check demo on Hugging Face!

👉 huggingface.co/spaces/Match...

DM with feedback or suggestions and help making the tool better!

#Proofreading #AcademicWriting #HuggingFace #OpenScience #ChemSky

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FACCTs @faccts.de · Mar 7

We are delighted to support Benjamin Pölloth's Comp-Chem-Lab project, which uses ORCA to introduce high school students to quantum chemistry. Check out the article and the website of the project:

doi.org/10.1021/acs....
www.comp-chem-lab.de/en

#ORCAqc #ChemicalEducation #CompChemSky #ChemSky

High School Students Experimenting with Computational Chemistry: Design-Based Research on and through the “Comp-Chem-Lab”

Despite the profound impact of Computational Chemistry (CC) on chemical research and understanding, it plays a negligible role in high school chemistry curricula. Integrating CC into high school educa...

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thanks, I found one that we made in the list. Now, I have to find it in the picture 🔍

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Mar 6

Looks great! Do you have a list of names?

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Mar 3

I was surprised by the positive response to our Org. Lett. on analyzing mass data from 3000+ SI files:
🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

For those who’d rather not install Python, you can now check PDFs using a simple #Streamlit app, hosted on Hugging Face:
⚡ huggingface.co/spaces/Match... #ChemSky

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Feb 27

Great job, Alessandro! Awesome PhD work @molloylab.bsky.social. Good luck for your future endeavors! #ChemSky

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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · Feb 22

Thanks to everyone on #ChemSky who shared suggestions via DM or in the comments on expanding 🧪 SI checking. It’s evolving, thanks to #vibecoding #ChemPython

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