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Jyoti Kotecha
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Managing Director, Carbon to Metal Coating Institute at Queen’s University, Kingston, ON Canada.
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https://www.carbon-2-metal-institute.queensu.ca/
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🎉 Happening at 11am ET today! Register now and attend live: bit.ly/4mJhDCl

Join us for a public lecture from Dr. Henrik Pedersen (@drhenke.bsky.social) of Linköping University (@liu.se) to learn more about electron chemical vapor deposition.
October 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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@queensuresearch.bsky.social @queensuprincipal.bsky.social @kingstonist.bsky.social - If you're in Kingston ON, this will be great event for all!
Mark your calendars: C2MCI and @mcdonaldinstitute.bsky.social invite you to join us on October 11th for a public lecture & tours of discovery from sea to space!

➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/426G6t4
September 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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For us, bell hooks was great teacher who echoed what Zenpō Sensei says: "be strict with yourself; be gentle with others."

Self-care is a currently fashionable pop-psych practice, but in the way of karate, care for the self without care for community is merely narcissism.
September 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Horizon Europe has launched a €253M AMR partnership to accelerate innovation and move potential therapies closer to market. The first funding call, focused on treatments, will open in November following a pre-announcement in mid-October.
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Horizon Europe’s new antimicrobial resistance partnership looks to the market
Horizon Europe’s partnership for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research launched last week with a plan to bring Europe closer to finding new anti-microbial therapies in the next decade. With more of ...
sciencebusiness.net
September 30, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Dr Feukeu exposes our #bias to focus on the end-users when we plan for new #technology, while never really understanding the sourced #labor for that new #reality.

Follow for more thought-provoking #interviews by global #Futurists
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#Scenarios4Tmw #AcademicSky 👩🏽‍🔬
September 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Want to learn more about the current state of C2MCI research (and how our Institute was created)?

Check out our Scientific Director, Dr. Cathleen Crudden (@cathleencrudden.bsky.social), at the 2025 Royal Society of Canada Eastern Ontario Symposium!

➡️ bit.ly/4ngy49q @ 1:08:00
September 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@queensuresearch.bsky.social @queensuprincipal.bsky.social @kingstonist.bsky.social - If you're in Kingston ON, this will be great event for all!
Mark your calendars: C2MCI and @mcdonaldinstitute.bsky.social invite you to join us on October 11th for a public lecture & tours of discovery from sea to space!

➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/426G6t4
September 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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The latest research from C2MCI Macro/Micro team members studies how metal adatoms drive the self-assembly of NHCs with small wingtip groups on gold surfaces, revealing a diverse range of dynamic properties of resulting lattices.

➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/47t9VaS
#ChemSky #NFRF
September 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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C2MCI is proud to congratulate Dr. Amir Fam, Queen’s University researcher and member of the C2MCI Research Faculty, on his recognition as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Read the full article via the Queen’s Gazette: bit.ly/3JNyxkG
September 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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New C2MCI Macro team research reveals how nanoclay additives can optimize anti-corrosive and self-repairing properties of polyester powder coatings, paving the way for improved anti-corrosive coatings.

➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/4grLixP
#ChemSky #NFRF
September 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I've only been in Dublin for 3 weeks, but I'm getting a similar sense of the healthier culture here. My department head actually kept stressing that there were no publication or funding requirements for tenure; they just want to see me putting in effort and teaching effectively.

🧪⚗️ #AcademicSky
September 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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#OnThisDay in 1992, Mae Jemison became the first black woman to travel into space, when she served as mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Endeavour for the STS-47 mission.

#WomenInSTEM
September 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Anyone interested in finding out more about our institute-give this account a follow!!
One relatively simple NHC has never before been examined on gold atoms’ surfaces experimentally—and the Crudden group has shown it holds huge potential.

➡️ Learn about the most densely packed, highly ordered NHC-based SAM reported to date: bit.ly/4m57Whr
@cathleencrudden.bsky.social #ChemSky
August 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Congratulations to our Scientific Director Cathleen Crudden on being selected as one of the top 10 recipients of 2025 Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year in Physical Sciences!
C2MCI is proud to share that Dr. Crudden, C2MCI Scientific Director and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Metal Organic Chemistry, has been shortlisted for the 2025 Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year in Physical Sciences.

➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/4lvMv7Y
#ChemSky @cathleencrudden.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Personal Support Workers are the heart of our health care system—providing compassionate, hands-on care that allows so many to live with dignity. In Ottawa, I met with PSWs representing SEIU to hear their stories & discuss how we can better support & value their essential work.
August 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Thank you Dr. Josephine Tsang for taking time to participate in the @c2mci.bsky.social EDI catalyst podcast! You can catch the new episode on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts & heart Radio!

@cathleencrudden.bsky.social
@ciccheminst.bsky.social @queensuglobal.bsky.social
Today's #EDIICatalyst episode features Dr. Josephine Tsang, Executive Director of the Chemical Institute of Canada (@ciccheminst.bsky.social).

We discuss her journey in STEM and how she uses her platform to create community in Canada’s scientific landscape.

⬇️ Listen today:
bit.ly/4olwMLj
#ChemSky
August 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Finally. Some good news today.

Awesome work, Crudden and group. As soon as I saw NHC and gold, I knew which group.

🥂
August 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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One relatively simple NHC has never before been examined on gold atoms’ surfaces experimentally—and the Crudden group has shown it holds huge potential.

➡️ Learn about the most densely packed, highly ordered NHC-based SAM reported to date: bit.ly/4m57Whr
@cathleencrudden.bsky.social #ChemSky
August 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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C2MCI recently welcomed attendees of Queen's University's Women+ in Physics Canada Conference on a tour of our labs.

Our team members had a great time sharing their knowledge and teaching attendees about C2MCI's role in furthering emerging research.

Thank you to all who attended!
July 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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🎉Huge congratulations to Debalina Mondal from Queens University🎉Winner of the RSC Poster Prize during the Advances and Challenges of Luminescent Nanomaterials symposium held at the Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC 2025).
June 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Can you believe it's been almost a month since our AGM?! How time has flown! Check out this awesome group shot 🥰
June 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We are proud to welcome Dr. Tetyana Levchenko to the C2MCI admin team as our Research, Training, & Outreach Coordinator. 🎉

At C2MCI, Tetyana will be responsible for the design and oversight of a variety of our programs.

Learn more about our team: bit.ly/4lOpr4N
July 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The C2MCI team extends a warm welcome to Hannah Fitzpatrick, our incoming Communications Coordinator.

At C2MCI, Hannah will be responsible for updating research communication channels and using data to support strategic communications development.

➡️ Learn more about our team: bit.ly/4lOpr4N
July 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM