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Guillermo Restrepo
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What results from a mixture of chemistry, mathematics, big data, history, philosophy, sociology, literature and drawing. Researcher at MPI Math Sci. He/him.
Tomorrow at 16:45 (German time): lecture "Unveiling chemistry’s self-reinforcing historical practices: A precondition for escaping the dangers of the Anthropocene" at Bielefeld Uni. uni-bielefeld.zoom-x.de/j/6250393335...
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Passwort: 447351 #chemistry #sociology #history
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November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Happy to lecture at the Institute for Studies of Science (ISoS) in Bielefeld. I will discuss how knowledge on the historical unfolding of chemistry turns fundamental to escape the dangers of the Anthropocene www.uni-bielefeld.de/zwe/isos/eve... #history #chemistry #Anthropocene
ISoS Lectures - Universität Bielefeld
Bei den ISoS Lectures handelt es sich um eine regelmäßig stattfindende Vortragsreihe am ISoS, die der interdisziplinären Reflexion über Wissenschaft gewidmet ist. Ziel der ISoS Lectures ist es, Wissen...
www.uni-bielefeld.de
October 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
En este webinar hablaré sobre cómo diversas disciplinas pueden unirse para responder preguntas fundamentales para el futuro de la ciencia y la humanidad
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Join us to hear from Lorraine Daston, exploring how the insurance industry confronts the uncertainty of catastrophic risks.

📆18 September, 5.30-6.30 pm
🌎Corpus Christi College, McCrum Lecture Theatre

Register for in-person attendance here: bit.ly/4md1gO5
August 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The former Soviet Union, China’s coal and cement industries, Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, ExxonMobil, Chevron, and several other companies are major contributors to the dramatic heatwaves www.nature.com/articles/s41... #climatechange
Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature
Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.
www.nature.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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I've long admired @philipcball.bsky.social's polished and prolific prose. It was great fun to talk to him about his new book on alchemy for @cenmag.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/analytical-c...
‘Alchemy still has a sort of cultural cachet; it just seems incredibly romantic’
In his latest book, award-winning science writer Philip Ball delves into alchemy and its place in the history of science and culture
cen.acs.org
September 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Looking forward to participating in a meeting on random higher-order structures in Nottingham worsch25.github.io #mathematics
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August 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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UC Berkeley Depart of History tenure-track asst prof job in Global History of Technology. History of technological artifacts & infrastructures through a global & transnational lens. All fields, areas, & periods of #HistTech considered
For more info:
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
#HPS 🗃️
Assistant Professor – Global History of Technology - Department of History
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
An excellent biological example of how binary sex classifications can be problematic: a genetically male bird laid an egg. www.science.org/content/arti... #sex #biology
‘Sex reversal’ is surprisingly common in birds, new study suggests
Survey of five Australian avians finds numerous discordant individuals, including a genetically male bird that had laid an egg
www.science.org
August 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
A real pleasure to share that I will start next year to do research at the Institute for Studies of Science at Bielefeld www.uni-bielefeld.de/zwe/isos/ through a research grant I got from the DFG #chemistry #sciencehistory #sciencesociology
ISoS - Universität Bielefeld
www.uni-bielefeld.de
August 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Do ant colonies work like liquid brains? Check this great paper in @pnas.org led by @ceabcsic.bsky.social Pol Fernandez and F.Bartumeus that shows how to explain collective foraging by modelling ants as neural agents @jordipinero.bsky.social @frazambelli.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
August 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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In the face of mounting financial pressures in higher education and industry, the UK government is being urged to take action to protect the chemical sciences. #ChemSky #ScienceSky
Industry and academic leaders urge UK government to recognise chemistry’s strategic importance
Amid uncertainty in higher education, experts highlight subject's vital contributions
www.chemistryworld.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Excellent experience at S-DISCO Days in Gdańsk. Beyond the superb scientific programme, it was inspiring to witness the next generation of drug discovery scientists in action—what energy!
May 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Facing a scarcity of pollen, bumblebees will nibble on the leaves of flowerless plants, causing intentional damage in a way that speeds up the production of flowers, according to a Science study from 2020.

Learn more on #WorldBeeDay: scim.ag/45hwgqy
Bumble bees damage plant leaves and accelerate flower production when pollen is scarce
Bumble bees manipulate plants to bring about earlier flowering.
scim.ag
May 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Why can you still remember things that happened ages ago? You can thank a two-protein team in your brain.
The Molecular Bond That Helps Secure Your Memories | Quanta Magazine
How do memories last a lifetime when the molecules that form them turn over within days, weeks or months? An interaction between two proteins points to a molecular basis for memory.
www.quantamagazine.org
May 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A recent PNAS paper discusses the use of digital tools in historical research. I complemented the story by highlighting new questions that computational history enable us to ask (examples are provided). www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #History #computers
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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May 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The Nobel Committee for Chemistry has strongly shaped the outcome of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at least during its first 69 years. After all, it is an award that is difficult to decouple from our human biases and interests #chemistry #NobelPrize pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
How the Nobel Committee for Chemistry Has Shaped the Nobel Prize: Historical Trends Based on the Nobel Prize Nomination Archive
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is governed by the Nobel Foundation’s rules and managed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences via its Nobel Committee for Chemistry. Despite 125 years of awarding these prizes and increased transparency from the Nobel Foundation, many aspects of the selection process remain obscure. Our analysis of the Nobel Prize Nomination Archive from 1901 to 1970 reveals that the decisions were heavily influenced by the personal and professional biases of the members of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, who were not only responsible for inviting and assessing nominations but also for presenting recommendations to the Academy. Nobel laureates also significantly influenced the process due to their right to make ongoing nominations. The study suggests ways to improve the nomination and selection process to better reflect the evolving nature of chemistry in the 21st century.
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May 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A nice and clean methodology to add carbon atoms in the late stages of drug discovery processes. If widely adopted, this approach could significantly reduce the environmental impact of chemical research. #chemistry #drugdiscovery
Sulfenylcarbene-Mediated Carbon Atom Insertion for the Late-Stage Functionalization of N-Heterocycles
Late-stage functionalization (LSF) is a crucial strategy in drug discovery, allowing the modification of complex molecules, including pharmaceuticals, to enhance chemical diversity in drug libraries. ...
pubs.acs.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
A recent Science paper www.science.org/doi/full/10.... discusses data challenges in AI-driven drug development. In an e-letter responding to the paper, I briefly complemented the authors by highlighting the importance of publishing negative results. #chemistry #drugdesign #AI
AI drug development’s data problem
The future of drug discovery may be artificial intelligence (AI), but its present is not. AI is in its infancy in the field. To help AI mature, developers need nonproprietary, open, large, high-qualit...
www.science.org
May 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A nice piece by @chrisnsimms.bsky.social in the @newscientist.com featuring a few of my thoughts on fascinating new research uncovering forbidden electronic transitions — a development that could enhance atomic clocks and, in turn, our precise sense of time. #periodictable #chemistry #physics
A group of physicists has ripped up the periodic table and redone it in a different way so they can find novel highly charged ions.

This alternative table has revealed the existence of hundreds of "forbidden transitions" that could help make better atomic clocks
www.newscientist.com/article/2478...
A new version of the periodic table could change how we measure time
An alternative periodic table of elements focusing on highly charged ions reveals new science that could support the quest for more accurate optical atomic clocks
www.newscientist.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
An excellent video about supply chains, where Willy Shih
answers interesting and topical questions. wired.com/video/watch/... #Economy #Politics
Professor Answers Supply Chain Questions
wired.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It would be very interesting to determine the minimal social 'circuit' that allows for cultural anticipation. Clues in that direction are addressed here for biological systems. Nice @ricardsole.bsky.social paper.
How can biological systems anticipate future events? In our new paper with @jordiplam.bsky.social, we show how a simple genetic circuit can predict future trends through a simple (and perhaps widespread) mechanism @drmichaellevin.bsky.social @koseskalab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Happy to see ChemRxiv now has a Bluesky button! #chemsky
April 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM