Carina Crucho
@carinacrucho.bsky.social
Assistant Researcher @FCTNOVA 👩🏻🔬 Chemist 🧪 @stateivlp alumna 🇺🇸 CASFutureLeader2020 @CASChemistry @LOréal awardee Fulbrighter 🇺🇲
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🎲 Descobre o QORGame!
YouTube video by Politécnico de Lisboa
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We’ve just launched “An Adventure in the Land of ORGO” — our Organic Chemistry Board Game bringing play and strategy to the lab!
🎥 Watch the video
📄 And don’t miss the paper:
www.degruyterbrill.com/.../10.../ct...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa5V...
🎥 Watch the video
📄 And don’t miss the paper:
www.degruyterbrill.com/.../10.../ct...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa5V...
My photo Glitter and Glow is currently in a contest, and I’d be so grateful for your support. If you think it’s as magical as I do, please take a moment to vote for it. 🧡⭐️👩🏻🔬
Our next Round of 16 matchup of the ChemPics Bracket Challenge sees the porphyrin pellets of Yogesh Kumar Maurya facing off against @carinacrucho.bsky.social's starburst-like crystals. Vote for your favorite and check out the full set of matchups: cen.acs.org/education/sc...
#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
My photo Glitter and Glow is currently in a contest, and I’d be so grateful for your support. If you think it’s as magical as I do, please take a moment to vote for it. 🧡⭐️👩🏻🔬
With all the rain ⛈️ lately, its nice to remember when my cuvette looked like windows on fire. 👩🏻🔬Happy #fluorescencefriday #raining #chemistryfriday #WomenInSTEM
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
With all the rain ⛈️ lately, its nice to remember when my cuvette looked like windows on fire. 👩🏻🔬Happy #fluorescencefriday #raining #chemistryfriday #WomenInSTEM
We’ve just launched “An Adventure in the Land of ORGO” — our Organic Chemistry Board Game bringing play and strategy to the lab!
🎥 Watch the video
📄 And don’t miss the paper:
www.degruyterbrill.com/.../10.../ct...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa5V...
🎥 Watch the video
📄 And don’t miss the paper:
www.degruyterbrill.com/.../10.../ct...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa5V...
🎲 Descobre o QORGame!
YouTube video by Politécnico de Lisboa
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We’ve just launched “An Adventure in the Land of ORGO” — our Organic Chemistry Board Game bringing play and strategy to the lab!
🎥 Watch the video
📄 And don’t miss the paper:
www.degruyterbrill.com/.../10.../ct...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa5V...
🎥 Watch the video
📄 And don’t miss the paper:
www.degruyterbrill.com/.../10.../ct...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa5V...
It’s official! Our Organic Chemistry Board Game “An Adventure in the Land of ORGO” has just been launched! 🧪💫 Designed to bring game-based learning into the lab, this adventure turns complex chemistry concepts into strategy, fun, and collaboration.
#GameBasedLearning #Education #BoardGames
#GameBasedLearning #Education #BoardGames
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It’s official! Our Organic Chemistry Board Game “An Adventure in the Land of ORGO” has just been launched! 🧪💫 Designed to bring game-based learning into the lab, this adventure turns complex chemistry concepts into strategy, fun, and collaboration.
#GameBasedLearning #Education #BoardGames
#GameBasedLearning #Education #BoardGames
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Happy Laboween! 🎃 🕷️
Twenty tiny spiders are hiding in the lab today… science just got a little creepier! 👩🔬🧪
#Laboween #ScienceFun #SpookyScience #halloween #laboween #HappyHalloween
Twenty tiny spiders are hiding in the lab today… science just got a little creepier! 👩🔬🧪
#Laboween #ScienceFun #SpookyScience #halloween #laboween #HappyHalloween
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Happy Laboween! 🎃 🕷️
Twenty tiny spiders are hiding in the lab today… science just got a little creepier! 👩🔬🧪
#Laboween #ScienceFun #SpookyScience #halloween #laboween #HappyHalloween
Twenty tiny spiders are hiding in the lab today… science just got a little creepier! 👩🔬🧪
#Laboween #ScienceFun #SpookyScience #halloween #laboween #HappyHalloween
Reposted by Carina Crucho
Weekend reads: NEJM launches rival to MMWR; Former NIH official gets expression of concern; ‘1 in 5 chemists’ added errors to papers: study
Weekend reads: NEJM launches rival to MMWR; Former NIH official gets expression of concern; ‘1 in 5 chemists’ added errors to papers: study
Exclusive: Journal to retract Alzheimer’s study after investigation finds misconduct Less is more: Academic publishing needs ‘radical change,’ Cambridge press report concludes Exclusive: American H…
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October 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Weekend reads: NEJM launches rival to MMWR; Former NIH official gets expression of concern; ‘1 in 5 chemists’ added errors to papers: study
Reposted by Carina Crucho
It's #NationalPumpkinDay! 🎃
Why are pumpkins orange, and what do pumpkins have to do with pumpkin spice? Here are the chemical answers in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/articles/93/...
#ChemSky 🧪
Why are pumpkins orange, and what do pumpkins have to do with pumpkin spice? Here are the chemical answers in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/articles/93/...
#ChemSky 🧪
October 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It's #NationalPumpkinDay! 🎃
Why are pumpkins orange, and what do pumpkins have to do with pumpkin spice? Here are the chemical answers in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/articles/93/...
#ChemSky 🧪
Why are pumpkins orange, and what do pumpkins have to do with pumpkin spice? Here are the chemical answers in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/articles/93/...
#ChemSky 🧪
Igniting this #fluorescencefriday with a fiery glow! 🔥👩🏻🔬 #ChemistryFriday #ChemistryMagic #fluorescentvibes
October 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Igniting this #fluorescencefriday with a fiery glow! 🔥👩🏻🔬 #ChemistryFriday #ChemistryMagic #fluorescentvibes
Reposted by Carina Crucho
Just published! 🚀 “Bringing Geopolitics to the Periodic Table” explores how chemistry and global trends intertwine. Read here: rdcu.be/eKNfs 🌍 #NatureReviewsChemistry @NatRevChem @SpringerNature #sustainability #criticalmaterials
October 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Just published! 🚀 “Bringing Geopolitics to the Periodic Table” explores how chemistry and global trends intertwine. Read here: rdcu.be/eKNfs 🌍 #NatureReviewsChemistry @NatRevChem @SpringerNature #sustainability #criticalmaterials
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Post a female character you love 💜 (My Barbie the Scientist — inspired by Lara Croft)
September 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Post a female character you love 💜 (My Barbie the Scientist — inspired by Lara Croft)
Flask cleaning, the royal way 👑⚗️ Aqua regia — the royal water — a powerful mix of nitric and hydrochloric acid, famous for dissolving even noble metals like gold. Today, just making my glassware sparkle! #royalwater #ChemistryHistory #LabLife #womeninstem #womeninscience
September 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Flask cleaning, the royal way 👑⚗️ Aqua regia — the royal water — a powerful mix of nitric and hydrochloric acid, famous for dissolving even noble metals like gold. Today, just making my glassware sparkle! #royalwater #ChemistryHistory #LabLife #womeninstem #womeninscience
Reposted by Carina Crucho
The EU has recently banned trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide (also known as TPO)--the ingredient in gel nail polish that kickstarts the polymerization (hardening) process. Learn more about this process: cen.acs.org/business/con... #chemsky 🧪
What is gel nail polish, and how does it create durable manicures?
Light-triggered chemistry opens up a range of nail options
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September 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The EU has recently banned trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide (also known as TPO)--the ingredient in gel nail polish that kickstarts the polymerization (hardening) process. Learn more about this process: cen.acs.org/business/con... #chemsky 🧪
A fluorescent green light 👩🏻🔬 — permission granted for weekend mode. 💚 Happy #FluorescenceFriday #womeninscience #womeninstem #ChemistryFriday
September 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A fluorescent green light 👩🏻🔬 — permission granted for weekend mode. 💚 Happy #FluorescenceFriday #womeninscience #womeninstem #ChemistryFriday
Just published! 🧪🎲 Bringing organic chemistry to life with a role-playing game where students fight zombies, trolls & goblins while solving chemical mysteries. 🧟♂️🧪 #GameBasedLearning #OrganicChemistry #scienceeducation doi.org/10.1515/cti-...
September 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Just published! 🧪🎲 Bringing organic chemistry to life with a role-playing game where students fight zombies, trolls & goblins while solving chemical mysteries. 🧟♂️🧪 #GameBasedLearning #OrganicChemistry #scienceeducation doi.org/10.1515/cti-...
Scaling new fluorescent heights this #FluorescenceFriday! 🏔️✨ A tiny glowing mountain in the lab. 👩🏻🔬 #ChemistryFriday #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
July 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Scaling new fluorescent heights this #FluorescenceFriday! 🏔️✨ A tiny glowing mountain in the lab. 👩🏻🔬 #ChemistryFriday #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
A little bloom in the lab! 🌸✨ This compound crystallized into what looks like a delicate white flower. Proof that chemistry grows its own kind of beauty. #LabLife #LabBlooms #chemistry #WomenInScience #flowers
May 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A little bloom in the lab! 🌸✨ This compound crystallized into what looks like a delicate white flower. Proof that chemistry grows its own kind of beauty. #LabLife #LabBlooms #chemistry #WomenInScience #flowers
Reposted by Carina Crucho
Congrats to #CENChemPics April winner @carinacrucho.bsky.social. She recently photographed these starburst-like crystals: cen.acs.org/materials/na...
Have cool images you want to share? Enter our contest by tagging your post with #CENChemPics or submit a photo at cen.acs.org/collections/...
Have cool images you want to share? Enter our contest by tagging your post with #CENChemPics or submit a photo at cen.acs.org/collections/...
May 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Congrats to #CENChemPics April winner @carinacrucho.bsky.social. She recently photographed these starburst-like crystals: cen.acs.org/materials/na...
Have cool images you want to share? Enter our contest by tagging your post with #CENChemPics or submit a photo at cen.acs.org/collections/...
Have cool images you want to share? Enter our contest by tagging your post with #CENChemPics or submit a photo at cen.acs.org/collections/...
Ever wondered what a 50 nm #nanoparticle really looks like? I built a 20 cm styreofoam model to scale - complete with polymers, dyes, peptides, and even a 1 nm² marker to show just how much room we have at the nanoscale! 🧬✨
Big science - tiny
#SciArt #scicomm #scicom #womeninscience
Big science - tiny
#SciArt #scicomm #scicom #womeninscience
April 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ever wondered what a 50 nm #nanoparticle really looks like? I built a 20 cm styreofoam model to scale - complete with polymers, dyes, peptides, and even a 1 nm² marker to show just how much room we have at the nanoscale! 🧬✨
Big science - tiny
#SciArt #scicomm #scicom #womeninscience
Big science - tiny
#SciArt #scicomm #scicom #womeninscience
Reposted by Carina Crucho
Even after many years in the lab, @carinacrucho.bsky.social still loves to find beauty in small things. Case in point: these starburst-like crystals she recently photographed glowing with bright orange fluorescence under an ultraviolet lamp. Read more: cen.acs.org/materials/na... #CENChemPics
April 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Even after many years in the lab, @carinacrucho.bsky.social still loves to find beauty in small things. Case in point: these starburst-like crystals she recently photographed glowing with bright orange fluorescence under an ultraviolet lamp. Read more: cen.acs.org/materials/na... #CENChemPics
Kicking off Easter weekend with a glowing twist for #FluorescenceFriday! 🐣✨ Meet my fluorescent and phosphorescent ducks lighting up the lab.💡🧪 #HappyEaster #GlowDucks #Easter #ScienceIsFun #womeninscience #womeninstem #ChemistryFriday
April 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Kicking off Easter weekend with a glowing twist for #FluorescenceFriday! 🐣✨ Meet my fluorescent and phosphorescent ducks lighting up the lab.💡🧪 #HappyEaster #GlowDucks #Easter #ScienceIsFun #womeninscience #womeninstem #ChemistryFriday
Feeling honoured to be featured in this #MinutoAlumni by Fulbright Portugal! ⏱️🎥 Thank you for visiting the lab and giving me the chance to share a glimpse of my Fulbright experience. www.facebook.com/reel/1676265...
#Fulbright #ExchangeAlumni #womeninscience @ucibio.bsky.social #ScienceAndExchange
#Fulbright #ExchangeAlumni #womeninscience @ucibio.bsky.social #ScienceAndExchange
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⏱️ #MinutoAlumni: Visitámos o laboratório da #ExchangeAlumni Carina Crucho para ouvir a sua experiência com o programa da Fulbright Commission Portugal!...
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April 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Feeling honoured to be featured in this #MinutoAlumni by Fulbright Portugal! ⏱️🎥 Thank you for visiting the lab and giving me the chance to share a glimpse of my Fulbright experience. www.facebook.com/reel/1676265...
#Fulbright #ExchangeAlumni #womeninscience @ucibio.bsky.social #ScienceAndExchange
#Fulbright #ExchangeAlumni #womeninscience @ucibio.bsky.social #ScienceAndExchange
It’s Easter in the lab and 30 little ducks have gone missing… 🐣🧪 Let the chase begin! Who will find the most? Happy (and slightly scientific) hunting! #EasterInTheLab #DuckHunt #easter
April 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It’s Easter in the lab and 30 little ducks have gone missing… 🐣🧪 Let the chase begin! Who will find the most? Happy (and slightly scientific) hunting! #EasterInTheLab #DuckHunt #easter