Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab
@leitchlab.bsky.social
Catalysis / physorg / HTE / organic synthesis research group at the University of Victoria.
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Today we're celebrating chemist David Leitch (@leitchlab.bsky.social), recipient of the Killam Fellowship. Leitch is developing reusable platinum group metal catalysts for pharmaceutical manufacturing, positively impacting the economics and sustainability of the industry. www.uvic.ca/news/topics/...
David Leitch wins Killam Fellowship - University of Victoria
David Leitch is, in his words, a chemical cartographer. And now, as a recipient of the prestigious 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowship, he is poised to map a new route in chemistry, one that will lead to b...
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Extremely honoured & humbled to be one of the 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellows for our work in catalysis. This award is a testament to the creativity & hard work of the entire group!
(though my group maybe don't realize yet, this Fellowship means I'll be back working in-lab soon. Look out! 😬)
#chemsky
(though my group maybe don't realize yet, this Fellowship means I'll be back working in-lab soon. Look out! 😬)
#chemsky
The latest chapter from the Leitch Lab / @arseniyadis.bsky.social Lab collaboration now online at Chem. Commun.!
Congrats to the team, and stay tuned for some exciting things to come...!
Congrats to the team, and stay tuned for some exciting things to come...!
Thanks for spotting it. Here it is: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Palladium-catalysed asymmetric allylic alkylation of hydantoins using bench-stable chiral palladium precatalysts
Hydantoins are important heterocyclic scaffolds present in a number of pharmaceutically relevant compounds. We report here a practical, scalable and enantioselective Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic al...
pubs.rsc.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The latest chapter from the Leitch Lab / @arseniyadis.bsky.social Lab collaboration now online at Chem. Commun.!
Congrats to the team, and stay tuned for some exciting things to come...!
Congrats to the team, and stay tuned for some exciting things to come...!
is he gone yet
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
is he gone yet
Fantastic and creative work from the Roberts lab on a new approach to arynes (and a superb use of one of my favorite words in the title!)
Congrats to the authors!
Congrats to the authors!
Our group’s latest work is out today in @nature.com ! Our goal is to enable any chemist to be able to easily access an aryne intermediate! So Chris, Sal, and Felicia teamed up to design what we think is the ideal aryne precursor. Danny and @jnboyn.bsky.social helped us understand the activation!
Myriad Aryne Derivatives from Carboxylic Acids
Nature - Myriad Aryne Derivatives from Carboxylic Acids
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November 8, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Fantastic and creative work from the Roberts lab on a new approach to arynes (and a superb use of one of my favorite words in the title!)
Congrats to the authors!
Congrats to the authors!
Join us tomorrow 2pm ET for the Canadian Organic Invitational #COrgI virtual seminar series! We've got two fantastic talks, one from Mandy Lynn of Gilead on the manufacture of lenacapavir, and also from Melissa Mejia-Gutierrez from USask on diazirines! Register here: www.cheminst.ca/cic-virtual/...
November 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Join us tomorrow 2pm ET for the Canadian Organic Invitational #COrgI virtual seminar series! We've got two fantastic talks, one from Mandy Lynn of Gilead on the manufacture of lenacapavir, and also from Melissa Mejia-Gutierrez from USask on diazirines! Register here: www.cheminst.ca/cic-virtual/...
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Man the capstan! Blood and thunder!
October 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Man the capstan! Blood and thunder!
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Okay, I'm all in for the Blue Jays.
1) AL East representing. Toughest division in MLB
2) Fuck the bigger payroll always.
3) Canada deserves something nice after all the bloviating and assholery they've endured from us these nine months.
Yeah, Cali v. Trump. But Newsom can troll with other stuff.
1) AL East representing. Toughest division in MLB
2) Fuck the bigger payroll always.
3) Canada deserves something nice after all the bloviating and assholery they've endured from us these nine months.
Yeah, Cali v. Trump. But Newsom can troll with other stuff.
October 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Okay, I'm all in for the Blue Jays.
1) AL East representing. Toughest division in MLB
2) Fuck the bigger payroll always.
3) Canada deserves something nice after all the bloviating and assholery they've endured from us these nine months.
Yeah, Cali v. Trump. But Newsom can troll with other stuff.
1) AL East representing. Toughest division in MLB
2) Fuck the bigger payroll always.
3) Canada deserves something nice after all the bloviating and assholery they've endured from us these nine months.
Yeah, Cali v. Trump. But Newsom can troll with other stuff.
Cue the song
October 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Cue the song
This member of the chemistry community wholeheartedly agrees.
The chemistry community should ban drawing chemical structures with generative AI, chemists warn
AIs like Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT still make serious errors rendering structural formulae
www.chemistryworld.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This member of the chemistry community wholeheartedly agrees.
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Maud Menten was born in Canada in 1879 and completed her UG and MD education at University of Toronto. As a research assistant with Leonor Michaelis in 1912, they wrote the classic paper describing the “Michaelis-Menten” model of enzyme kinetics.. #WomenInScience
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Maud Menten was born in Canada in 1879 and completed her UG and MD education at University of Toronto. As a research assistant with Leonor Michaelis in 1912, they wrote the classic paper describing the “Michaelis-Menten” model of enzyme kinetics.. #WomenInScience
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Watch this Titans TD, TRUST ME. You cannot predict ball.
October 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Watch this Titans TD, TRUST ME. You cannot predict ball.
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These are the quarterbacks since 2010 who complete passes at roughly the rate Microsoft Excel’s AI mode accurately edits spreadsheets
October 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
These are the quarterbacks since 2010 who complete passes at roughly the rate Microsoft Excel’s AI mode accurately edits spreadsheets
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
@nicklutsko.bsky.social now's your chance
October 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM
@nicklutsko.bsky.social now's your chance
“I want to be on the right side of history when it’s all said and done,” Tillman said.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
Charles Tillman resigns from the FBI
The man known for the Peanut Punch has punched out for the last time at the FBI.
www.nbcsports.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“I want to be on the right side of history when it’s all said and done,” Tillman said.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
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"Back when I was in college, I was a cool, virile twenty-two-year-old with washboard abs and a large group of friends. Students today would struggle to say the same, since I’m sixty-two, my kids hate me, and my doctor says I’m prediabetic."
The Problem with American College Campuses Is That I Desperately Miss Being Young
The wokeness epidemic has infected none of our institutions harder than our nation’s college campuses. It’s a sad sight to see these once bastions ...
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September 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Back when I was in college, I was a cool, virile twenty-two-year-old with washboard abs and a large group of friends. Students today would struggle to say the same, since I’m sixty-two, my kids hate me, and my doctor says I’m prediabetic."
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Slightly diminish a book:
Finite Jest
Finite Jest
Slightly diminish a book
12 Well-mannered Men
12 Well-mannered Men
Slightly diminish a book.
Something Naughty This Way Comes.
Something Naughty This Way Comes.
September 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Slightly diminish a book:
Finite Jest
Finite Jest
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Slightly diminish a book
12 Well-mannered Men
12 Well-mannered Men
Slightly diminish a book.
Something Naughty This Way Comes.
Something Naughty This Way Comes.
Slightly diminish a book.
A Tale of a City.
A Tale of a City.
September 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Slightly diminish a book
12 Well-mannered Men
12 Well-mannered Men
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"I'm hearing from scientists and doctors all over the country and they are in full agreement with me: pee is stored in the balls."
September 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"I'm hearing from scientists and doctors all over the country and they are in full agreement with me: pee is stored in the balls."
September 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
E-A-G-E-L
Eagels!!!
Eagels!!!
a man in a green bodysuit is dancing in front of a trailer that says fx on it
ALT: a man in a green bodysuit is dancing in front of a trailer that says fx on it
media.tenor.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
E-A-G-E-L
Eagels!!!
Eagels!!!
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Presenting PhD #1 from the Le Group: Dr. Dusty Cadwallader! (@dustyc94.bsky.social)
Many congratulations on a successful defense 🎉
Wishing you all the best as you begin your NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship @chem.ubc.ca with Zac Hudson!
Many congratulations on a successful defense 🎉
Wishing you all the best as you begin your NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship @chem.ubc.ca with Zac Hudson!
September 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Presenting PhD #1 from the Le Group: Dr. Dusty Cadwallader! (@dustyc94.bsky.social)
Many congratulations on a successful defense 🎉
Wishing you all the best as you begin your NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship @chem.ubc.ca with Zac Hudson!
Many congratulations on a successful defense 🎉
Wishing you all the best as you begin your NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship @chem.ubc.ca with Zac Hudson!
If this means a generative "AI summary" at the top of my search page then no thank you.
CAS SciFinder, a scientific search and insights platform, is getting a glow up with the integration of advanced artificial intelligence to aid scientists in discovery. cen.acs.org/acs-news/CAS...
CAS SciFinder gets a glow up with advanced AI
The scientific platform is rolling out new features to help scientists in discovery
cen.acs.org
September 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If this means a generative "AI summary" at the top of my search page then no thank you.
Six words:
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
And now I’ve reminded myself of how long we’ve waited since the last rock and roll bands existed. Sometimes it feels like we will never get another era of good bands. Why do all the Generations after X have such shitty music taste?
an elderly woman says it 's been 84 years ...
ALT: an elderly woman says it 's been 84 years ...
media.tenor.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Six words:
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard