Fran Kerton
@chemmouse.bsky.social
British-Canadian, cat lady & chemistry prof 🧪🧪. Loves music, food and family. Chair of IUPAC Chemrawn committee and CNC-IUPAC 🇨🇦. @ChemMouse on IG. #ChemSky #SciSky She/her
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Shiru, one of C&EN's #10StartupsToWatch, uses artificial intelligence to discover proteins for food ingredients and other applications. cen.acs.org/business/foo... #chemsky 🧪
10 Start-Ups to Watch 2025: Shiru searches for natural proteins to create more-sustainable food and cosmetics
AI mines a database of 77 million natural proteins for novel ingredients
cen.acs.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Shiru, one of C&EN's #10StartupsToWatch, uses artificial intelligence to discover proteins for food ingredients and other applications. cen.acs.org/business/foo... #chemsky 🧪
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Really excited to see this in print - super work here by the wonderful team here from the @uwyoongroup.bsky.social
It was a real pleasure to watch this work evolve from a "what if" discussion to a @natsynth.nature.com paper
I truly appreciate being included #Chemsky
It was a real pleasure to watch this work evolve from a "what if" discussion to a @natsynth.nature.com paper
I truly appreciate being included #Chemsky
Oxygen migration into carbon–carbon single bonds by photochemical oxidation - Nature Synthesis
Heteroatom insertions into chemically inert carbon–carbon single bonds are rare compared to their unsaturated analogues. Now, ligand-to-metal charge transfer offers a promising entry point for oxygen ...
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Really excited to see this in print - super work here by the wonderful team here from the @uwyoongroup.bsky.social
It was a real pleasure to watch this work evolve from a "what if" discussion to a @natsynth.nature.com paper
I truly appreciate being included #Chemsky
It was a real pleasure to watch this work evolve from a "what if" discussion to a @natsynth.nature.com paper
I truly appreciate being included #Chemsky
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Solid-state 13C NMR of egg shells u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2016/03/soli... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Solid-state 13C NMR of egg shells u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2016/03/soli... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky
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Issue 11 of RSC Sustainability is now online! 💚
Check out the work highlighted on the front covers:
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
Check out the work highlighted on the front covers:
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Issue 11 of RSC Sustainability is now online! 💚
Check out the work highlighted on the front covers:
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
Check out the work highlighted on the front covers:
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
➡️ doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
Very proud of this review by Sarah Boudreau. Hopefully people will begin seeing seafood discards as a source of valuable chemicals including inorganics #sustainablechemistry
A recent review by Dr. Kerton & colleagues describes techniques to isolate calcium-rich biominerals from discards in seafood processing industries and applications of biominerals across sectors. It may inspire new uses for these inorganic 'waste' materials. #Chemsky
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
Accessing Biominerals from By-Products Wasted by the Seafood Processing Industry
Due to global population growth, the demand for seafood has increased exponentially over the last century. This has led to the generation of significant amounts of inedible by-products from the seafoo...
doi.org
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Very proud of this review by Sarah Boudreau. Hopefully people will begin seeing seafood discards as a source of valuable chemicals including inorganics #sustainablechemistry
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Opportunity in liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry at Waters (Wilmslow Cheshire UK) ref: 24015 #LCMS #AnalChem #UKChemJobs #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
internationalcareers-waters.icims.com/jobs/24015/s...
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Waters Corporation
See how ions move through our mass spectrometers. Learn how to advance your chromatography skills. Watch how Waters scientists use our analytical technologies for differing applications. Listen to our...
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October 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Opportunity in liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry at Waters (Wilmslow Cheshire UK) ref: 24015 #LCMS #AnalChem #UKChemJobs #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
internationalcareers-waters.icims.com/jobs/24015/s...
internationalcareers-waters.icims.com/jobs/24015/s...
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Opportunity in mass spectrometry at UCL (London UK) ref: B02-09220 | closing: 22-Oct-2025 #MS #AnalChem #UKChemJobs #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Opportunity in mass spectrometry at UCL (London UK) ref: B02-09220 | closing: 22-Oct-2025 #MS #AnalChem #UKChemJobs #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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A MOMENT IN BLUE JAYS HISTORY.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the first Blue Jays player ever to hit a postseason grand slam! 🔥
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the first Blue Jays player ever to hit a postseason grand slam! 🔥
October 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A MOMENT IN BLUE JAYS HISTORY.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the first Blue Jays player ever to hit a postseason grand slam! 🔥
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the first Blue Jays player ever to hit a postseason grand slam! 🔥
Loving this game #CanadasTeam #BlueJays, and just now Springer with a dinger to make it 12-0. I think Old Man Steve would have enjoyed this 🍻⚾️🏟️🇨🇦
October 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Loving this game #CanadasTeam #BlueJays, and just now Springer with a dinger to make it 12-0. I think Old Man Steve would have enjoyed this 🍻⚾️🏟️🇨🇦
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Issue 10 of RSC Sustainability is now online! 💚
Check out the work highlighted on the front cover
A critical review on the sustainability of inverse vulcanised polymers: doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
Check out the work highlighted on the front cover
A critical review on the sustainability of inverse vulcanised polymers: doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
October 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Issue 10 of RSC Sustainability is now online! 💚
Check out the work highlighted on the front cover
A critical review on the sustainability of inverse vulcanised polymers: doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
Check out the work highlighted on the front cover
A critical review on the sustainability of inverse vulcanised polymers: doi.org/10.1039/D5SU...
#SustainableChemistry #Chemsky
I would love this. In conversations I’ve had - it does seem to be getting consideration (and this is the first year that I’ve been aware of this). Part of the reason was the Stockholm Symposium earlier in the year that led to the Stockholm Declaration. If not this year, maybe next year 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
As in every year since 2013, I published my guess who will get the #nobelprize in #chemistry, to be announced next week.
This year I deviate from all other polls and predictions out there:
John Warner and Paul Anastas for formulating the concepts of Green Chemistry.
(article in german)
#chemsky
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This year I deviate from all other polls and predictions out there:
John Warner and Paul Anastas for formulating the concepts of Green Chemistry.
(article in german)
#chemsky
🧪
Chemie-Nobelpreis 2025 für Nachhaltigkeit?
12 Regeln für Nachhaltigkeit: Die Prinzipien der Grünen Chemie könnten Nobel-würdig sein. Oder geht der Preis etwa an eine Öl-Technologie?
scilogs.spektrum.de
October 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I would love this. In conversations I’ve had - it does seem to be getting consideration (and this is the first year that I’ve been aware of this). Part of the reason was the Stockholm Symposium earlier in the year that led to the Stockholm Declaration. If not this year, maybe next year 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
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Really pleased to see this work published. We helped out with the crystallography which helped to better understand how these cations function. #ChemSky
@pubs.acs.org
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Enhanced CO2/Epoxide Cycloaddition Catalyzed by Pyridine-Substituted Triazole-Quaternary Ammonium Bromide
A series of ionic quaternary ammonium bromides featuring triazole moieties, QAS-trzBn4, QAS-trzPic4, and QAS-trzBn2Pic2, were synthesized via Cu-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) between pr...
pubs.acs.org
October 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Really pleased to see this work published. We helped out with the crystallography which helped to better understand how these cations function. #ChemSky
@pubs.acs.org
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@pubs.acs.org
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Issue 38 is now available and includes, among other topics, cyclic grafted polymers for biomedical applications, upcycling PLA using an organophotocatalyst, and polysulfoniums for enhanced antibacterial activity. Read more at pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
#chemsky #polymerchemistry
#chemsky #polymerchemistry
October 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Issue 38 is now available and includes, among other topics, cyclic grafted polymers for biomedical applications, upcycling PLA using an organophotocatalyst, and polysulfoniums for enhanced antibacterial activity. Read more at pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
#chemsky #polymerchemistry
#chemsky #polymerchemistry
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Check out the recording now 👉 youtu.be/rxmrhPPcbj8?...
September 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Check out the recording now 👉 youtu.be/rxmrhPPcbj8?...
Great webinar on carbon nanomaterials & use in producing clean water via solar heating. Thank you to everyone involved in organizing. A recording will become available at a later date on the @beyondbenign.bsky.social and @iupac.org event pages/websites iupac.org/event/afford... 💚💚 #chemsky
September 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Great webinar on carbon nanomaterials & use in producing clean water via solar heating. Thank you to everyone involved in organizing. A recording will become available at a later date on the @beyondbenign.bsky.social and @iupac.org event pages/websites iupac.org/event/afford... 💚💚 #chemsky
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In our latest Chemistry World webinar, we’ll talk to Dr Josep Cornellà as he explains how his world-leading catalysis research group are using Bismuth to develop state of the art synthetic methods for organic chemistry.
Register now 👉 https://rsc.li/4mqHPRf
#ChemSky
Register now 👉 https://rsc.li/4mqHPRf
#ChemSky
September 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
In our latest Chemistry World webinar, we’ll talk to Dr Josep Cornellà as he explains how his world-leading catalysis research group are using Bismuth to develop state of the art synthetic methods for organic chemistry.
Register now 👉 https://rsc.li/4mqHPRf
#ChemSky
Register now 👉 https://rsc.li/4mqHPRf
#ChemSky
Even though it seems a long way out…. we are very excited that @aspuru.bsky.social will be a Plenary Speaker @iupac.org #IUPAC2027 World Chemistry Congress. Great change to see an inspiring speaker talking about their team’s amazing research. #SaveTheDate #Chemsky www.cheminst.ca/conference/i...
September 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Even though it seems a long way out…. we are very excited that @aspuru.bsky.social will be a Plenary Speaker @iupac.org #IUPAC2027 World Chemistry Congress. Great change to see an inspiring speaker talking about their team’s amazing research. #SaveTheDate #Chemsky www.cheminst.ca/conference/i...
Wow!!! 🤩 Amazing line-up for #GCSDay this year, celebrating and recognising the role chemistry can play in achieving sustainability. There are 3 sessions taking place virtually in different time zones around the world....attend 1, 2 or 3 of them :). Links etc can be found in the IYCN announcement ⬇️
🌍✨ Save the date! #GCSDay2025 is on Sept 25 🗓️
Join global experts for the Global Conversation on Sustainability 🌱
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌐 Info: www.gcs-day.org
#Sustainability #GreenChemistry
Join global experts for the Global Conversation on Sustainability 🌱
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌐 Info: www.gcs-day.org
#Sustainability #GreenChemistry
September 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Wow!!! 🤩 Amazing line-up for #GCSDay this year, celebrating and recognising the role chemistry can play in achieving sustainability. There are 3 sessions taking place virtually in different time zones around the world....attend 1, 2 or 3 of them :). Links etc can be found in the IYCN announcement ⬇️
There's still time to register for our IUPAC CHEMRAWN x Beyond Webinar on Wednesday Sept 24th....1.5 days to go!! 💚💚💚🧪🧪🧪🌍🌎🌏 #chemsky, and learn how chemistry is important in affordable and equitable access to clean water 🚰
Join us on Sept. 24th for the next webinar in the “Promoting Chemistry Applied to World Needs” series! We’ll hear from Dr. Chandramouli Subramaniam, who will share innovative approaches for advancing clean-water access through materials science & #GreenChemistry. mailchi.mp/ae959a1fc960...
September 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
There's still time to register for our IUPAC CHEMRAWN x Beyond Webinar on Wednesday Sept 24th....1.5 days to go!! 💚💚💚🧪🧪🧪🌍🌎🌏 #chemsky, and learn how chemistry is important in affordable and equitable access to clean water 🚰
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Changes in nitrogen pressure in your NMR magnet can affect resolution u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2011/08/nitr... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky
September 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Changes in nitrogen pressure in your NMR magnet can affect resolution u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2011/08/nitr... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky
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Back at Bath for #BathChem2025 today and look what I found in the chemistry building!
September 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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🔥 New and HOT in Chemical Science!
“Breaking Down Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Tackling Multitudes of Correlated Electrons” by Rudi Plesch, Takeshi Yamazaki (SandboxAQ, United States) et al.
Read it for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
#ChemSky #ChemSciHOT
“Breaking Down Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Tackling Multitudes of Correlated Electrons” by Rudi Plesch, Takeshi Yamazaki (SandboxAQ, United States) et al.
Read it for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
#ChemSky #ChemSciHOT
September 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔥 New and HOT in Chemical Science!
“Breaking Down Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Tackling Multitudes of Correlated Electrons” by Rudi Plesch, Takeshi Yamazaki (SandboxAQ, United States) et al.
Read it for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
#ChemSky #ChemSciHOT
“Breaking Down Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Tackling Multitudes of Correlated Electrons” by Rudi Plesch, Takeshi Yamazaki (SandboxAQ, United States) et al.
Read it for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
#ChemSky #ChemSciHOT
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Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz report a manganese complex that stays energized for 190 ns after absorbing light—a record for low-cost abundant metals. cen.acs.org/materials/in... #chemsky 🧪
Manganese edges into the realm of noble-metal photochemistry
Pairing manganese with an off-the-shelf ligand yields a low-cost complex that mimics precious-metal photocatalysts
cen.acs.org
September 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz report a manganese complex that stays energized for 190 ns after absorbing light—a record for low-cost abundant metals. cen.acs.org/materials/in... #chemsky 🧪