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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · 1d

We welcome Dr. Mahla Poudineh, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo as our Seminar speaker next Friday, October 17th.

Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations to all the winners of the yearly Orientation Awards in this year's Departmental Orientation Get-Together event 💐 👏

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · 6d

Exciting news from the Charron Lab — their first manuscript has just been published in Chemical Science!

We’re thrilled to share this milestone and grateful to everyone who contributed to this work.

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Silver(I)-mediated oxazoline formation: a mild route to 2,4-oxazoles in peptides

We present a silver-promoted cyclization of peptide thioamides that enables site-specific insertion of oxazole and methyloxazole motifs through oxazoline intermediates. Demonstrated in di- and tetrape...

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · 6d

We welcome Meghan Landry, Digital Research Consultant, specializing in Humanities & Social Sciences, with ACENET as our Seminar speaker this Friday, October 10th.

Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · 17d

We welcome Dr. Mita Dasog from Dalhousie University as our Seminar speaker next Friday, October 3rd.

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Aug 5

The book chapter from Johnson's group on Quantitative Crystal Structure Comparison, appearing in Advances in Organic Crystal Chemistry, was published online here:

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Quantitative Crystal Structure Comparison

Methods for the quantitative comparison of two or more crystal structures are essential for the study of molecular crystals. There are many research areas in which it is necessary to distinguish cryst...

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Jul 22

We welcome Dr. Jochen Brandt from Queen Mary University of London as our Seminar guest speaker next Monday, July 28th.

Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thanks to support from the France Canada Research Fund (2024-2026), we are fortunate to welcome the scientists Dr. Vianney Delplace and PhD student Léa Terriac to the Department of Chemistry from the INSERM research centre “Regenerative Medicine and Skeleton” (RMeS), in Nantes (France).

Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Jun 24

We welcome Dr. Vianney Delplace from INSERM research centre as our seminar guest speaker this Friday.

Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Jun 6

Congratulations to Sam Knight on winning the Sessional and Part-time Instructor Award for Excellence in Teaching! Please refer to the article for more details.
www.dal.ca/news/2025/06...

Recognizing excellence: Meet Dal's 2025 teaching award winners

From pioneering new approaches in medical education to championing equity and inclusion in the classroom, this year's award recipients exemplify the very best of what it means to teach and lead.

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Jun 3

Congratulations to all the presentation award winners from Atlantic ChemCon Meeting! 💐

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · May 30

Please find the latest work from Dr. Johnson's group, this was published in PCCP: doi.org/10.1039/D5CP...

Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · May 9

Congratulations to Dalhousie Chemistry PhD student Grace Sparrow, who was awarded the best poster prize at PPXRD-18: the pharmaceutical powder X-ray diffraction symposium.

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Apr 7

Please check out the article for SDG expo. Matthew Margeson from Dasog's lab received the Most Innovative Research Award, which showcases his work supporting sustainability.

www.dal.ca/news/2025/04...

Expo showcases how Dal and partners strive to meet the needs of today — and tomorrow

A first-of-its-kind expo hosted on campus last month offered an immersive glimpse into some of the initiatives, research and partnerships that fuel Dalhousie's progress in supporting global sustainabi...

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Apr 4

The Stradiotto group’s review article on DalPhos/Ni catalysis has been listed as one of the most popular catalysis articles of 2024 in Chemical Science.

Chemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · Apr 3

We are pleased to announce that our 2024 most popular article collections are now online! Check out the links below for the most popular articles from last year in your field:

Analytical Chemistry
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Catalysis
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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Apr 2

We welcome Dr. Cheryl Ann Carson from Eli Lilly and Company as our Coffin Lecture guest speaker this Friday.

Please check out more information about the Coffin Lecture in our chemistry department.

www.dal.ca/faculty/scie...

Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Mar 28

Check out these two papers from the Chitnis group recently published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. and Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.:
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Mar 28

Dr. Erin R. Johnson's group research paper " the role of the metal in metal/MoS2 and metal/Ca2N/MoS2 interfaces" was featured on the cover of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics:
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The role of the metal in metal/MoS2 and metal/Ca2N/MoS2 interfaces

While transition-metal diachalcogenides like MoS2 are promising materials for future generations of miniaturized semiconductor devices, high contact resistance of the metal/MoS2 junction is presently ...

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Mar 25

We welcome Dr. Nicoletta Faraone from Acadia University as our visiting seminar speaker this Friday.
chemistry.acadiau.ca/dr-nicoletta...

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Mar 19

Congratulations to the winners of Undergraduate/Graduate Student Award for Teaching Excellence in Chemistry for 2024-25 Academic Year! Applause for their hard work in supporting the undergraduate education in the Department of Chemistry!

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Mar 18

We welcome Dr. Locke Davenport Huyer from Dalhousie University as our visiting seminar speaker this Friday.
www.davenporthuyerlab.com

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Mar 3

We welcome Dr. Nediljko Budisa from University of Manitoba as our visiting seminar speaker this Friday.

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Feb 26

Congratulations to all the winners of Non-Graduands Prizes/Scholarships for 23/24 Academic Year!

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Feb 20

Congratulations to Angela Crane who got the Margaret-Ann Armout Award for Early Career Chemistry Education. This award is presented to an early career educator who has made a contribution to undergrad education primarily.

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Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social · Feb 19

We welcome Dr. Julianne Gibbs from University of Alberta as our visiting seminar speaker this Friday: gibbs.chem.ualberta.ca

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