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Gunnar Werncke @wernckelab.bsky.social · 1d

Correction. 2.5%. Regular atmosphere was not far away anymore.

Gunnar Werncke @wernckelab.bsky.social · 1d

Even flushing the freezer with argon. O2 only spiked to 13000 ppm 🤪 (the screen shortly also switched to percentage...).

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Gunnar Werncke @wernckelab.bsky.social · 1d

The final work to become operational. The repaired freezer of our glovebox arrived. Just had to put it in rapidly in the counterflow in the stupid hope that o2 would not spike too high...

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 23d

Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...

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Gunnar Werncke @wernckelab.bsky.social · Sep 7

Nice end of the weekend. First International soccer match in stadium ☺️ #gernir.

Football field with flags from Germany and Northern Ireland.

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westermayrgroup @westermayrgroup.bsky.social · Aug 27

Curious about AI & data science in the natural sciences - especially chemistry?

We’re offering a student assistant role starting October 2025 (up to 19 h/week). Students with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree are welcome to apply.

Application deadline: 07 Sep 25

#AI #DataScience #Chemistry #Hiring

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Carsten von Hänisch @haenisch-group.bsky.social · Aug 26

Until two weeks ago, I didn't even know this journal existed. And now I already have a publication there ;)
A wonderful collaboration with Manfred Scheer's group on a 13/15 analogue of ethene.
- ChemistryEurope -
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Fabian Dankert @fabiandankert.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thrilled to share a first publication of the group! We report on cadmium aluminyls that find application as Cd-nucleophiles and(!) Al(I)-Transfer reagents. Now out in @jacs.acspublications.org ! 🥳👍
Thanks a lot to @chemieverband.bsky.social for the generous funding. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Functional Al/Cd Heterometallics─From Controlled Al(I) Transfer to Nucleophilic Transfer of Cadmium Ions

Low-valent cadmium compounds have remained largely unexplored as electron reservoirs, with no precedent for their use in reduction or bond activation chemistry. Here, we address this gap by integratin...

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L.G. @gliam96.bsky.social · Aug 21

Over the past years we traversed a huge network of FeS cluster conversions: 2Fe2S-to-4Fe4S-to-8Fe8S… and all the way back again! @natchem.nature.com @ethz.ch www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Stepwise and reversible assembly of [2Fe–2S] rhombs to [8Fe–8S] clusters and their topological interconversions - Nature Chemistry

Elucidating the nature of the metallocofactors in nitrogenase enzymes, and preparing synthetic analogues of these clusters, is a classic target for bioinorganic chemists. Now the transformation of [Fe...

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Christian Limberg @christianlimberg.bsky.social · Aug 22

O2 activation at biomimetic Fe complexes/first O2-dioxygenation mediated by a Co center. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Great work by Kilian! Thx also to the de Visser group for fruitful collaboration, @dfg.de for funding within the research group “BioOxCat” and @humboldtuni.bsky.social

Promiscuity in Molecular Mimics of the Cysteine Dioxygenase: Effects of Selenium in the Substrate and Cobalt as the Central Metal Ion

A biomimetic model for the cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) was found to be also capable of selectively dioxygenating selenocysteamine, suggesting that the lack of reactivity found for the CDO in combinati....

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Christian Limberg @christianlimberg.bsky.social · Aug 14

1 week left to apply for a PhD position, 4 y. with 2/3 of E 13 TV-L salary, assigned broadly to the design and synthesis of coordination compds for the activation of small molecules (www.chemie.hu-berlin.de/aglimberg/st...). Pls apply directly to [email protected]. Pls retweet!

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Gunnar Werncke @wernckelab.bsky.social · Aug 5

Elsa II arrives at her new home @unileipzig.bsky.social . #newstart

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Prof. Nicholas Chilton @nfchilton.bsky.social · Aug 2

International PhD scholarship round for 2026 is open at ANU. Aspiring scholars with Masters degree, or equivalent (eg Australia/NZ Hons), interested in computational chemistry, quantum information, molecular spins, vibronic coupling, or something in that vein - get in touch!

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PerezBitrianLab @perezbitrianlab.bsky.social · Jul 23

PhD POSITION OPEN! We are looking for someone enthusiastic to join our team at @humboldtuni.bsky.social! If you want to work in the frontier between noble gas chemistry and organometallic fluorine chemistry, this is for you! #TeamXenon
Info here: haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...

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Gunnar Werncke @wernckelab.bsky.social · Jul 22

Gratulation Dinah.🎉 Ich kann die Erleichterung bis in den Osten spüren (und nachvollziehen).

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Alicia Casitas @aliciacasitas.bsky.social · Jul 20

JOB ALERT! 🚨 Are you interested in organic synthesis and catalysis? We have an open PhD position in our group at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany. 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Deadline: 10th August 2025. For more details and to submit an application, please refer to the official posting here: lnkd.in/e_f3Xerq
#chemsky

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Gunnar Werncke @wernckelab.bsky.social · Jul 17

Second that. The same could be said for @rsc.org journals. It is a pain to have a number of different possible social media platforms. But others are more flexible such as @angewandtechemie.bsky.social and other journals from Wiley.

Fillip Port @crisprflydesign.bsky.social · Jul 16

Hey @nature.com What's up with your share buttons? Can we please also get 🦋 and 🦣 options to not exclusively promote the network of the guy who has done more than most to harm US science?

Gunnar Werncke @wernckelab.bsky.social · Jul 16

A well timed publication in @chemcomm.rsc.org for transitioning from @unimarburg.bsky.social to @unileipzig.bsky.social. Our view on recent developments in linear metal(I) chemistry in part from our lab in Marburg.
There is still a lot to do on this topic in Leipzig. 😊
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Linear Open-Shell 3d-Metal Silylamides – A Versatile Tool in Coordination Chemistry

Linear 3d-metal complexes with open-shell metal ions have fascinated coordination chemists for decades. Originally the focus lied on metal(II) species, yet the synthetic possibilities to acquire their...

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Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) @gdch.de · Jul 14

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Stefanie Dehnen als Distinguished Women in Chemistry ausgezeichnet

Gratulation: Heute wurde GDCh-Präsidentin Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dehnen von der IUPAC mit dem Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering ausgezeichnet. Die Auszeichnung wird alle zwei Jahre...

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Hannon research group @hannongroup.bsky.social · Jun 9

Calling all coordination chemists! ICCC 2026 (Denmark /Sweden) - in Odense next year. Propose sessions on your favourite topics NOW... but be quick! iccc2026.com Great planning meeting last week... Lots to look forward to… See you there!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · Jul 11

As promised, postdoc positions at BristolUni.bsky.social available in homogeneous catalysis and computational chemistry exploring the replacement of palladium catalysts by Earth-Abundant Metals: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

#ChemSky #CompChemSky #ChemJobs #UKChemJobs

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Gunnar Werncke @wernckelab.bsky.social · Jul 11

Packing and dismantling our workhorse.

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Gunnar Werncke @wernckelab.bsky.social · Jul 10

Nice work. It is always nice to see the resemblance of both metals (and Zn). Long road to N2 activation with Mn. I still remember Patrick's attempts...

Christian Limberg @christianlimberg.bsky.social · Jul 10

Mirror, mirror at the wall, who is the fairest in small molecule activation, Mn(I) or Mg(I)? Wonderful collaboration with the Jones group, including a stay of Siad 👏 at Monash U. financed by @unisyscat.bsky.social, and the Maron group.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#ChemSky @jacs.acspublications.org

Steric Control in Low-Valent Mn Diamide Complexes: Contrasting Magnesium and Manganese in N2 and Benzene Activation

Reduction of MnII precursors with bulky diamide ligands provided access to a complex with the longest known Mn–Mn bond and to a rare example of N2 activation at high-spin MnI centers. While some instr...

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Alexander Titz @titzlab.bsky.social · Jul 5

Come and join us at Saarland University @uni-saarland.de as a professor for organic chemistry! Please spread the word! The call for the position has just been announced here jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w2-prof...

W2 Professorship in Organic Chemistry (m/f/x) - Universität des Saarlandes

Universität des Saarlandes bietet Stelle als W2 Professorship in Organic Chemistry (m/f/x) in Saarbrücken - jetzt bewerben!

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Gunnar Werncke @wernckelab.bsky.social · Jul 3

It's getting real and is still unreal. First days @unileipzig.bsky.social, with lots of room to fill (still need to pack our lab stuff in Marburg). I'm a little scared to fully dismantle our large glovebox.

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