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César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco
@cesapo.bsky.social
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Chemist, Photography enthusiast, and Musician. Business Developer #AI #ML Reaction optimization #FutureLeader18 #RealTimeChem (He/Him) #LatinX
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vlderinger.bsky.social
🎓 Applications are open for the IMAT Centre for Doctoral Training at @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social & @oxfordmaterials.bsky.social!

Among many exciting topics, have a look at our projects P10 and P13, both combining MLIPs and #compchem with close experimental collaborations: imatcdt.chem.ox.ac.uk
Home | IMAT CDT
imatcdt.chem.ox.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
cesapo.bsky.social
Hospitalization history:
Ages 0-37: 3 events, 5 days total
Ages 37-39: 3 events, 373 total (and counting)
Is this what comes with old age?
a woman wearing a purple shirt is holding a hair dryer
ALT: a woman wearing a purple shirt is holding a hair dryer
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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cenmag.bsky.social
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month #NDEAM, a time to recognize and celebrate the invaluable contributions of persons with disabilities to our professions, communities, workplaces, and campuses. cen.acs.org/acs-news/com... #chemsky 🧪
Comment: Celebrating accessibility, inclusion, and 45 years of Chemists with Disabilities
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN): Keeping you up to date with the chemistry news that matters most. Published by the American Chemical Society.
cen.acs.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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katjapetzold.bsky.social
I am looking at a publication and wonder if some of the images are manipulated/manifactured. Does anyone have a good image checking tool? In days of AI such a thing should exist...

(me: academic in Sweden, if that helps with licenses)

THANKS!
August 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
cesapo.bsky.social
Increase a band:

The Rolling Diamonds
alessandronai.bsky.social Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · Aug 14
Increase a band:

Guns n’ Bouquets
napaaqtuk.bsky.social Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · Aug 14
Increase a band:

Haute Couture Mode
August 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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skepteis.bsky.social
Ah yes, meritocracy...
Plots showing that in most OECD countries, social class outweights academic ability in predicting student's plans to finish university.
June 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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minakimes.bsky.social
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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jenlove.bsky.social
Hello, I’m participating in the #YoungScientistNetworking to share my career path. I am a first generation undergraduate, and come from a financially disadvantaged background. I am a cis, straight, white woman. So, despite financial adversity, I certainly had privilege.
@quantumtessera.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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chemscrapes.bsky.social
Hi everyone, my name is Brendan, creator of ChemScrapes. Very excited to be asked to contribute to #YoungScientistNetworking to share about my career in chemistry. Will be sharing more about my days job and my background, and hopefully have some useful messages along the way. Let's start 😊
April 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social
SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web.

chemsymposia.com
Join Chemsymposia 2026: Research & Innovation | ChemSymposia 2026
Join us at Chemsymposia 2026 to discover groundbreaking research in physics applications. Connect with experts, engage in insightful discussions, and explore our venue, registration details, and speak...
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April 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
One by one
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN
Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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benblaiszik.bsky.social
2024 AI/ML Publication Trends in Science: 📈

Strong growth across domains continues! This is from all your hard work - these numbers reflect one aspect of our collective progress.

Now, let's look at the data:
🚀 Materials Science: +20.9% yoy
✨ Physics: +12.4% yoy
🔬 Chemistry: +11.9% yoy
Number of articles in each domain counted as AI/ML related. Trends continue to show increases Percentage of articles in each domain counted as AI/ML related. Trends continue to show increases
March 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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karl-jacoby.bsky.social
“Columbia was just such a warning,” he said. “I just became very worried because I didn’t see a strong enough reaction in other universities .... I see Yale trying not to be a target. That’s a losing strategy.”

Yale Professor who Studies Fascism Flees to Canada
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
cesapo.bsky.social
Awww seeing you guys together always makes me happy ☺️
petercarlton.bsky.social Peter Carlton @petercarlton.bsky.social · Mar 23
Met up with these #CASFutureLeaders legends on my first day of #ACSSpring2025. Thanks for making me look like a giant, @chemfunman.bsky.social and @finetraces786.bsky.social!
Selfie of Peter, Fun Man, and Safia in order by height. Fun Man and Safia with thumbs up.
March 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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petercarlton.bsky.social
Met up with these #CASFutureLeaders legends on my first day of #ACSSpring2025. Thanks for making me look like a giant, @chemfunman.bsky.social and @finetraces786.bsky.social!
Selfie of Peter, Fun Man, and Safia in order by height. Fun Man and Safia with thumbs up.
March 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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teachforaliving.bsky.social
I am interested in learning about faculty development in Spanish universities. If anybody could help me find connections in this area, please let me know.

Me gustaría aprender cómo funciona el desarrollo profesional de la facultad en universidades españolas. Conocen a alguien que me pueda ayudar?
March 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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chemscrapes.bsky.social
Apparently Francium wants it back.

#chemsky
Stacked atoms from top to bottom: lithium, Boron, Erbium, titanium and yttrium - spells out Liberty. Lithium is wearing a crown,boron is holding a torch, and erbium is holding a book. It’s an atomic Statue of Liberty.
March 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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agomezsuarez.bsky.social
Yase's work on the Lewis-base-catalysed asymmetric allylation of isatins is now online, congrats!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Lewis-Base-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylation of Isatins with Allyltrichlorosilane
Herein we report the enantioselective synthesis of 3-allyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles, a core scaffold in a wide range of bioactive molecules, using a Lewis-base catalyst and readily abundant and inexpensive ...
pubs.acs.org
March 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
cesapo.bsky.social
I guess US conferences are a no go for most international scientists now!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
cesapo.bsky.social
My friend created this silly but really fun website telling you how everything is "four" allesisvier.com?lang=en
Alles is Vier
allesisvier.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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jakeyeston.bsky.social
To get around the jargon, imagine a knife that would cut through an apple but not a peeled banana🔪🍎🍌

In @science.org this week the Leonori and Ruffoni groups show photoexcitation of nitroarene reagents selectively cleaves aryl C=C bonds over olefins

chemsky 🧪

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Excited-state configuration of nitroarenes enables oxidative cleavage of aromatics over alkenes
The ozonolytic deconstruction of aromatics remains a challenge in organic chemistry. Ozone preferentially reacts with alkenes over arenes, meaning that once the initial aromatic cleavage occurs, the d...
www.science.org
March 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
cesapo.bsky.social
To the surprise of none!

www.dw.com/en/how-germa...
Abuse of power at Germany's elite research institution – DW – 03/13/2025
The Max Planck Society is Germany's preeminent research organization, boasting 31 Nobel laureates. But insufficient oversight leaves international scientists exposed to abuse and the whims of the inst...
www.dw.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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stuartcantrill.com
What does your core value of inclusion and belong have to say about the topics shown below, I'm sure #ChemSky would like to know? Your website used to include such information, but now it seems to have mysteriously disappeared...
A screen shot of a menu from a page that has mysteriously disappeared from the ACS website. The top heading is 'Gender and sexuality' and listed under that are the following subheadings: Gender-neutral language Not implying that gender is a binary construct When to use "female" and "male" versus "woman" and "man" Singular “they” when gender is not known or not important Singular “they” for people who use that pronoun Discussing pronouns LGBTQ+ Queer Transgender How to discuss bodies Resources on inclusive language for gender and sexuality
March 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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gricechemistry.bsky.social
Hey global non-US chemists! Anyone teach inorganic chemistry content and want to see if we can have our students learn together as part of a global learning experience sometime in the future? Let me know and we can apply to a little grant together.
March 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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bethanyhalford.bsky.social
I got to write about ibuzatrelvir (aka Paxlovid 2.0) for this week's issue of @cenmag.bsky.social, in which my colleagues and I contemplate chemistry and the next 5 years of COVID-19. My story is linked here, but I recommend you read the whole package.
cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...
Pfizer readies its next-generation COVID-19 antiviral
A few key molecular tweaks help ibuzatrelvir overcome Paxlovid’s drawbacks
cen.acs.org
March 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM