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Barry Blight

@barryblight.bsky.social
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Professor at the University of New Brunswick 🇨🇦 Inorganic Chemist, Porous and Supramolecular Materials. Chasing True Sustainability. blightba.wixsite.com/blightresearch… Interested in Life. Family. Chemistry. Go!

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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Incredible work by the Delius Lab wow wow
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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 15/09/2026
Fatboy Slim to play anniversary gig at RSC's Burlington House... Legendary DJ set to play a special gig at our London HQ to celebrate 30 years of his debut album 'Better Living Through Chemistry' www.rsc.org/news/fatboy-...
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Superstar DJ Fatboy Slim to play anniversary set at RSC HQ
The electronic music legend will play a special gig at Burlington House to celebrate 30 years of his debut album 'Better Living Through Chemistry'.
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Dave Leigh @profdaveleigh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In recent years many old PhD theses have been digitised & put online in university repositories, but they can be difficult to find. So we've located almost all the PhDs from the first three-and-a-half decades of Leigh group and have put them online here: www.catenane.net/phd-theses. Happy reading!😃
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Leigh Group | Molecular Ratchets
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Honoured to received support for our work in closing the energy loop for sustainable Aluminum production, and excited about our team's new capabilities. @reserachNB @unbresearch.bsky.social @chemistryunb.bsky.social
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Captain Revo @captainrevo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This World Cup bracket graphic is a banger.
The World Cup knockout stages brackets in a circle, with 32 flags around the edge, with the winning flags (so far only Canada) progressing deeper into the circle.
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We discovered something cool! We can make a bunch of different Al-MOFs from a single starting material, Aluminum Formate (ALF). This is because it has a built-in modulator. We also did it using aluminum waste! @unbresearch.bsky.social @chemistryunb.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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Robust and sustainable synthesis of Al-based MOFs form waste aluminium
Aluminium MOFs have gained researchers attention for their applications in gas sequestration, water harvesting, drug delivery and chemical storage. Current synthetic methods, however, rely on a variet...
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
whoa.
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UNB Chemistry @chemistryunb.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Thx & congrats to all involved! particularly the @barryblight.bsky.social, Dyker, @cortogantese.bsky.social, Ignaszak, Qu, @eislergroup.bsky.social groups, and our neighbour Limoges group from earth science! @unbresearch.bsky.social
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I think if we're going to post work stuff to Bluesky, we should at least use a different tone or vernacular than Linkedin posts...I admit I'm guilty but I vow to do better.
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EZ-C Group @ezc-group.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Bottled sunshine? 🤔Thanks, Piotr, for capturing the yellow sample glowing brilliantly under UV excitation.💛🥳 Happy #fluorescencefriday! @standrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
preweekend watch to make you smile.
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Michael Katz @majikatz.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I’ve been working on a work/personal project for the last few years. I want to introduce you to Atomicity.ca a digital lab notebook designed with professors and graduate students in mind. Still working on more features, but happy to share.
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Atomicity | Digital Lab Notebook for University Research Labs
Welcome to Atomicity, a digital lab notebook designed in canada for canadian university labs.
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Stefania Impellizzeri, a sustainable-materials chemist at @torontomet.bsky.social, is trying to make ice rinks more efficient and sustainable by fine-tuning water chemistry and rink-related materials. Read more: cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪 @stefimpellizzeri.bsky.social
Inside the push to make ice rinks sustainable.
Rinks use energy, water, and refrigerants, and they create microplastics. People are trying to reduce this footprint.
by Prachi Patel.
A woman in a jacket kneels next to an ice rink in an indoor arena setting and gazes at the ice.
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Come be my colleague :)
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MOF Papers @mofpapers.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Regenerable Luminescent Triarylborane Lanthanide Metal–Organic Frameworks as Solid-State Sensors dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c…
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I am heartbroken over the death of Kirsty Duncan. She loved this country and served in Parliament with a total dedication and passion for the people of Canada. Deepest condolences to her family and colleagues. The Angels will welcome her.
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Paper Alert! 4Y in the making. Anion sensing with highly luminescent Boron-Lanthanide MOFs. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... Well done to Sarah Englehart and Dr Mason Lawrence. @unbresearch.bsky.social Thanks to @forganross.bsky.social and Dr Russell Main for their 3D-ED sorcery.@glasgow.ac.uk
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
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COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Shots of our new book in the wild starting to come in! @bgmerkle.bsky.social
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RSC MASC @rsc-masc.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
📣 Announcement 📣 We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Bob Hay Lectureship 🏆 has been awarded to Prof Paul McGonigal “for his use of geometric and ionic frustration to engineer dynamic processes in functional molecules and materials." Congratulations, Paul! @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social (1/2)
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Watch Harri's award lecture next Thursday!
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RSC Advances @rscadvances.rsc.org · 26/11/2025
We would like to highlight the winner of the RSC Advances Outstanding Student Paper Award 2024 in the Inorganic Chemistry category, T. Harri Jones, for his contribution in doi.org/10.1039/D4RA... 🏆Congratulations! Read more about Harri here: blogs.rsc.org/ra/2025/11/1...
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
A great Opportunity.
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Tobias Wenzel @makertobey.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
The new open source syringe pump control boards arrived. Exciting!
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
we were in the Saturday evening news...While I struggled to string words together (haha) Mason carried the team. globalnews.ca/video/115182...
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UNB research turns aluminum waste into clean energy | Watch News Videos Online
Watch UNB research turns aluminum waste into clean energy Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I think about this post every day 🧪
Screenshot of a Tweet pointing out that academic spam is actually in its own way kind of encouraging.
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
In the wake of Jim Watson's death, it's worth remembering that Rosalind Franklin was an equal player, and left out. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
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Steven Clark @thefwordnb.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Y'all know I love Fredericton but the outpouring of support for Sara Holyoke takes it to another level. Over $100k raised in less than 24 hours. Not sure there's many people in this town that could get that kind of love but it's all karma. Support your community and your community will support you.
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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 07/11/2025
Nov 7th is the birthday of both Lise Meitner & Marie Curie. Of the 13 chemical elements named directly after real people (not mythological figures) only two are named after women: meitnerium and curium (the latter of which is named in honour of both Marie & her husband) #chemsky 🧪
A black & white picture of Lise Meitner sat on a chair while holding a book. There is a bookcase in the background A black & white picture of Marie Curie
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Chemistry Faculty Positions in Canada @chemfacultycdn.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Simon Fraser University: Assistant Professor in the area of Organic Chemistry chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/202…
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GoicoecheaGroup @goicoecheagroup.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Do you like phosphorus-containing heterocycles? And NMR spectroscopy? Then you are in for a treat! Check out our most recent work out today in @chemicalscience.rsc.org pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... Fantastic work by the indefatigable David Meier who persevered when most would have given up.
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Exceptionally large “through-space” nuclear spin coupling in a 2,4,6-tri(phosphanyl)-1,3,5-triphosphabenzene
We describe the synthesis of a phosphanyl-functionalized 1,3,5-triphosphabenzene that exhibits remarkably large indirect spin-spin coupling (432 Hz) between phosphorus-31 nuclei. The magnitude of this...
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UNB Research @unbresearch.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
New research at UNB could hold the key to better aluminum recycling -- and to creating trillions of litres of sustainable, green hydrogen fuel every year. Read more about the discovery that could help keep millions of tonnes of waste out of landfills annually: blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
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From refinery waste to useful materials and green fuel: New research could revolutionize the global aluminum industry
New research by UNB chemistry professor Dr. Barry Blight could revolutionize how we deal with aluminum refining waste, aluminum recycling and even fuelling our world—reducing how much material ends up...
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Happy to be highlighted by @unbresearch.bsky.social @discoverunb.bsky.social for this exciting work completed by Dr Mason Lawrence and Rob Horne on our team, supported by Research NB. blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
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From refinery waste to useful materials and green fuel: New research could revolutionize the global aluminum industry
New research by UNB chemistry professor Dr. Barry Blight could revolutionize how we deal with aluminum refining waste, aluminum recycling and even fuelling our world—reducing how much material ends up...
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Nice to See MOFs getting their shine. With that said, please think about contributing to a special MOF issue of @materialsadvances.rsc.org curated by @chemashlee.bsky.social, @majikatz.bsky.social, and myself. blogs.rsc.org/jm/2025/10/2...
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Call for Papers: Fundamental Advances in Metal-Organic Frameworks – Journal of Materials Chemistry Blog
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Chemistry Faculty Positions in Canada @chemfacultycdn.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Mount Allison University: Organic Chemistry chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/202…
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
MOFs!!
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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 18/09/2025
Making food from thin air sounds like science fiction but that's what some companies are starting to do using captured carbon dioxide.
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How is carbon dioxide being turned into food in the lab?
Butter made from captured CO2 is the latest food item to make headlines, highlighting growing interest in this field
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Thomas Group @spthomasgroup.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Some fantastic news! Julie Macleod has just had her Crystal Violet paper published in Nature Chemistry after a very long wait. It is a novel and simple method for testing for hidden catalysis. Congratulations Julie! Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #chemistry #chemsky
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Colorimetric indication of hidden catalysis - Nature Chemistry
Hidden catalysis plagues catalyst development and occurs when an impurity or species generated in situ facilitates the reaction instead of the intended catalyst. Current methods to identify hidden cat...
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Many Congrats to Harri Jones for successfully defending his PhD yesterday! Thanks to Prof Dave Herbert of U Manitoba for acting as the external examiner. Well done, Harri! @chemistryunb.bsky.social @unbresearch.bsky.social
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MOF Papers @mofpapers.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Transforming Aluminium Waste: Sustainable Conversion to Commercial MOFs, Hydrogen Fuel, and Essential Aluminium Feedstocks pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLand…
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Very excited to finally be able to share this exciting open-access work, 3 years in the making. Sustainably converting waste alumin(i)um into AL-MOFs, alumina at much lower temperatures, and hydrogen gas as a biproduct. Congrats to Dr Mason Lawrence for driving this, and Robbie Horne.
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Transforming aluminium waste: sustainable conversion to commercial MOFs, hydrogen fuel, and essential aluminium feedstocks
Aluminium dross waste is generated during the aluminium smelting process and has an annual production of nearly 5.3 M tonnes worldwide. It is largely comprised of aluminium but also contains different...
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Giulia Lavarda @giulialavarda.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🎓 Applications open for the first Carsten Schmuck PhD Prize in Supramolecular Chemistry!
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UNB Research @unbresearch.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
They say that constraint can breed creativity. Here’s how Kara MacGillivray, a research administrator at UNB, found an opportunity to innovate in federal financial reporting – and to help her colleagues across the country in the process: blogs.unb.ca/research/202...
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UNB research administrator Kara MacGillivray recognized for community-minded creativity
At the Canadian Association of Research Administrators’ (CARA) 2025 Canadian Conference on Research Administration, held in Fredericton in May, UNB’s Kara MacGillivray, a financial analyst in research...
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Beth @kleptokoala.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
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Barry Blight @barryblight.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
This is the right kind of news. More of this please.
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Victor Blanco @vb-chem.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Now in an issue. Tröger's base derivatives are suitable chiral scaffolds to make CPL emitters by their functionalization with simple achiral fluorophores. Acid/base-driven CPL switching was also achieved. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Acid/Base‐Responsive Circularly Polarized Luminescence Emitters with Configurationally Stable Nitrogen Stereogenic Centers
Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) emitters based on Tröger's base analogues bearing two peripheral fluorophores (anthracene, pyrene or 9,9-dimethylfluorene) are prepared following a straightfor...
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Jen Heemstra @jenheemstra.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
First copies of my book are here!! As a new faculty member, I realized that in addition to my research job, I also had a leadership job…and I wasn’t prepared for that. This book is the guide I wish I’d had then, with the goal of helping others now.   jenheemstra.com/book
Picture of a smiling person holding up a copy of a book.
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Mark @mehkormek.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
NMR Job at 3M. 3m.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Search... #Chemsky #NMR
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Research Specialist- NMR Focus
Job Description: Research Specialist - NMR Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so...
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Chemistry Faculty Positions in Canada @chemfacultycdn.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
University of Toronto: Assistant Professor in Experimental Physical Chemistry chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/202…
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