Rahad
@rahadr.bsky.social
Avid reader, cyclist 🚲 and on the journey to a PhD in Chemistry 🧪. Currently doing a postdoc at the University of Sheffield. Enjoys board games, card games and video games. 🇦🇺 living in 🇬🇧
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I went to a pop-up city on an island off the coast of Honduras, which bills itself as a hub for fast-tracking longevity drugs. I wrote about what I found there for @newrepublic.com: newrepublic.com/article/2011...
The Island Where People Go to Cheat Death
In a pop-up city off the coast of Honduras, longevity startups are trying to fast-track anti-aging drugs. Is this the future of medical research?
newrepublic.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I went to a pop-up city on an island off the coast of Honduras, which bills itself as a hub for fast-tracking longevity drugs. I wrote about what I found there for @newrepublic.com: newrepublic.com/article/2011...
The first of my PhD work has been published in @daltontrans.rsc.org, work done in the Barnard group at @limsltu.bsky.social @latrobeuni.bsky.social on using boronic acids as receptors for sugars (i.e. glucose) while using iridium(III) as a signalling unit. #chemsky #organometallic
Luminescent iridium(III) complexes bearing boronic acid groups: potential sensors for carbohydrates
A family of eight Ir(iii) complexes of the form [Ir(x)2(L)]+ (where X = 2-phenylpyridine, 1-phenylpyrazole, 2-phenylbenzothiazole or 1-phenylindazole and L = 2-(pyrazole-1-yl)pyridine substituted with...
pubs.rsc.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The first of my PhD work has been published in @daltontrans.rsc.org, work done in the Barnard group at @limsltu.bsky.social @latrobeuni.bsky.social on using boronic acids as receptors for sugars (i.e. glucose) while using iridium(III) as a signalling unit. #chemsky #organometallic
The biggest column I've ever done (column volume of ~1L) to separate three, very close spots. Took half a day but was fully clean! #chemsky #purification #chromatography
September 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The biggest column I've ever done (column volume of ~1L) to separate three, very close spots. Took half a day but was fully clean! #chemsky #purification #chromatography
I just finished the Children of Time trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social) and was absolutely engrossed. The writing was very easy to follow, the ideas were stunning in scope and the characters very fun. Definitely going to try some of his other books #booksky #scifi
August 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I just finished the Children of Time trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social) and was absolutely engrossed. The writing was very easy to follow, the ideas were stunning in scope and the characters very fun. Definitely going to try some of his other books #booksky #scifi
Managed 16,000 steps today walking across the chemistry department 5 times to get ice for this 5 gram Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction #chemsky #chemistry #organicchemistry
July 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Managed 16,000 steps today walking across the chemistry department 5 times to get ice for this 5 gram Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction #chemsky #chemistry #organicchemistry
