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Deborah Gater

@dgater1.bsky.social
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Chemist. Educator. UK-based. She/her. Mostly lurking. Likes/reposts not endorsements. Views own. Etc.

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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Enjoyed a thoughtful discussion with colleagues at our monthly journal club this week, about the results presented in this paper by Walck-Shannon et al on student study habits. I love speculating on how closely self-reported study habits match actual study habits... #ITeachChem #STEMEd
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To What Extent Do Study Habits Relate to Performance? - PubMed
Students' study sessions outside class are important learning opportunities in college courses. However, we often depend on students to study effectively without explicit instruction. In this study, we described students' self-reported study habits and related those habits to their performance on ex …
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Made my own birthday cake. Full 1990s retro. #ChemistsWhoCook
Photo of an exceedingly chocolatey hedgehog cake covered in chocolate button spines with chocolate buttercream and chocolate drop eyes.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I sometimes think about the assumptions made that lead to questions not being asked. Opportunities not being offered...
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
It was really tasty! I thinking toasting the walnuts first really helped the flavour. Also - still working out UK/US flour differences so I did use bread flour.
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Walnut Bread
A versatile walnut bread, perfect for a Thanksgiving leftovers sandwich or toast for breakfast.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Braising some lentils to eat with home-made walnut bread. #ChemistsWhoCook
Photo of green lentils and tomatoes in a pan next to a round floury loaf of walnut bread.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 09/01/2026
I talked to @latif.bsky.social at @radiolab.bsky.social about brain organoids for their new episode. Listen here: radiolab.org/podcast/brai...
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Brain Balls
Scientists can now grow tiny, human brain balls. They’re useful, but are they alive?
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Saw this and thought of the #ChemSky #GardenIndicators crowd ☺️🧪
bbc.co.uk
Indian farmers turn to 'magical' butterfly pea flower
Indian farmers are turning to butterfly pea flower which is in demand for its bright blue colour.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I’m currently thinking about informal / verbal peer feedback in this context but not implemented yet.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Cinnamon rolls but with mincemeat? Yup. Shame I picked such a cold day to try as it took three times as long to prove as usual... #ChemistsWhoCook
Close up of a batch of cinnamon-roll-like buns but with visible mincemeat / dried fruit in the rolls.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
The Green Mannich Reaction The Crown Ether The Stille Coupling
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
(Adding, I don’t know why Beaker always gives me such strong prawn vibes…)
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
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Ringing of the Bells | Muppet Music Video | The Muppets
YouTube video by The Muppets
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Also, recently had fun hosting guests with a Rick Stein chicken tray bake and some gnocchi alla Sorrentina #ChemistsWhoCook
Partially cooked skin on chicken thighs in an oven dish on top of fennel and courgette (zucchini). Gnocchi alla Sorrentina ingredients on a countertop: tins of chopped tomato, packet of potato gnocchi grated parmesan, mozzarella and minced garlic with basil plant at the back.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Endorsing the recipe even though my oven fused half way through and somewhat messed up the bake.
sugaredandstirred.com
Egg Yolk Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars | Sugared & Stirred
Rich, delicious, and chewy Egg Yolk Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars made with only egg yolks - a quick and easy recipe for those extra yolks!
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
How to use up egg-yolks after royal-icing the Christmas cake? Egg yolk chocolate chip cookie bars! #ChemistsWhoCook
Photo of golden brown chocolate chip cookie bars in a stack in a box.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Always love a chemistry-baking crossover 🥰
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Jenny Yang @chemjen.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Yay for #chemsky ! Check out responses below!
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
^ this.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
My sense (having read about UDL, made some small steps in my own practice, and been part of discussions with peers across a number of disciplines and institutions) is that it’s a long and bumpy road, but nonetheless worth the effort.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Thanks for this. And yes - a thoughtful pedagogical response (as opposed to relying on structural, economic, diagnostic, legal responses) is such an important part of the picture here.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Some interesting Higher Ed data in @jburnmurdoch.ft.com’s latest piece on special needs provision.
ft.com
How redefining special needs rocked education
Broadened criteria are benefiting the better-off, harming those facing greatest difficulty and straining the system
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Nick Greeves @nickgreeves.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
LIverpool Chemistry is seeking a new Professor and Head of Department of Chemistry Interested? It is a great department! #chemsky #chemchat www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ019/p...
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Professor and Head of Department of Chemistry at University of Liverpool
An opportunity for an academic position as a Professor and Head of Department of Chemistry is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
It’s been a while, but here’s my cranberry and marzipan cake offering for this evening’s one-of-many seasonal socials… #ChemistsWhoCook
Photo of blocks of yellow cake with cranberry pieces inside covered with flakes almonds and icing sugar.
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RSC Sustainability @rscsustainability.rsc.org · 27/10/2025
Hear from the Editorial board who invite you to read and consider signing the Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future & learn about how the declaration’s themes align with the mission and scope of RSC Sustainability 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5SU... #Sustainability #Chemsky #SustainableChemistry
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Speaking selfishly as someone who often looks to accessible articles on developments in this area for teaching case studies… 👍
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Thanks for the thread ☺️
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Sitting in the last session of #ELRIGDD25 and reflecting on what I’ve seen regarding AI in the past 2 days. And how that compares / contrasts with narratives about the same technology in academia in the past year or so. No hot takes. Am convinced it’s transformational. And so complex. #ITeachChem
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
#ITeachChem #ChemEd
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Meanwhile, to her mother’s delight and bemusement, the child decided she’d rather do optional maths homework than watch a film on Friday evening… 🧮🥰
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
This article is focused at primary/secondary education and has some great tips about observation that are widely applicable. And so interesting to see the images of universal indicator scales adjusted for differences in colour perception. #ITeachChem #ChemEd
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
In reporting this piece on the new trial for a Huntington's treatment, I was struck by one thing in particular: The joy. One of my sources wept for joy. He has spent his entire career studying this disease, he said it was the happiest day. www.sciencenews.org/article/hunt...
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Huntington's progression slowed by experimental gene therapy
An experimental gene therapy slowed Huntington’s by up to 75 percent in a small clinical trial. While not a cure, it may give patients longer lives.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Reposting to also tag #ITeachChem. Some nice activities here.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Looking forward to discussing Haraldsrud and Odden's recent J Chem Ed paper "Bridging Artificial Intelligence and Real Intelligence: Self-Scaffolding Computational Modeling with Generative AI in Chemistry" at our department journal club next week! #ChemSky #ITeachChem
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Bridging Artificial Intelligence and Real Intelligence: Self-Scaffolding Computational Modeling with Generative AI in Chemistry
Chemistry education researchers have, for many years, explored different ways of learning chemistry through modeling and open-ended problem-solving. With the emergence of generative artificial intelli...
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Tried potato farls this evening - tasty but not sure I got the balance of flour:potato quite right. #ChemistsWhoCook
Photo of some cooked / browned flat potato breads on a cooling tray
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
That’s super helpful - thank you!
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Trying this recipe for the first time. I confess that I never read the preface text on these things - just search for recipes that only contain ingredients I have in the kitchen…
hungryhappens.net
Roasted Garlic Parmesan Cabbage Wedges
A low calorie, inexpensive and delicious way to serve your cabbage side dish. This side dish is the ultimate cabbage side because its easy to prep and really delivers on that garlic parmesan flavor. W...
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Garlic-Parmesan sweetheart cabbage waiting to enter the oven. #ChemistsWhoCook
Oven dish containing wedges of hispi cabbage with a red paprika dressing and lots of sprinkled Parmesan waiting to go into oven.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
😂 I know. Believe me.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
It’s still warm enough to open all the doors and windows 😅
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Fresh sardines and cauliflower baking in the oven. This #ChemistWhoCooks operates a “hybrid” kitchen, so these will be served with toasted potato waffles from a packet… 😂😅😭
Photo of oven showing baking tray at top with six whole sardines and roasting dish of seasoned cauliflower below.
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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 08/09/2025
While alchemy is increasingly seen as a precursor to modern chemistry, 'witchcraft' – practised by lower-status women – is still ignored. But was the 'magic', from flying ointments to healing potions, grounded in real pharmacology?
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From flying ointments to healing herbs: the forgotten chemistry behind historical witchcraft practices
The unusual concoctions of village witches have historically been dismissed as nonsense hocus pocus - but is this the whole story? Victoria Atkinson investigates the chemistry behind the myth and whet...
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
media.tenor.com
a man in a tie is crying while sitting on a couch with his eyes closed .
Alt: Ross from Friends is crying while sitting on a couch, text reads IM OK
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Nick Chiappini 🏳️‍🌈🧪 @ndchiappini.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
IT'S FINALLY TIME! BakeOff is BACK. You know what that means ChemBakeOff reaction/meme thread.
Logo/TitleCard of the Great British Bake Off
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
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Northeastern College of Science @northeasterncos.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
How do you learn something new—flashcards, practice, trial and error? New research from psychology professor Aaron Seitz says it all comes down to incidental learning, when our brains slip into a state ready to absorb. 🧪 Read more: bit.ly/4mOgoBN #COSConnects #Psychology
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Is all learning ‘incidental’? Northeastern professor says that we ‘trick’ our brains into learning
Northeastern psychology professor Aaron Seitz reveals groundbreaking research showing all learning may be 'incidental'.
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Scuse me but 📌 so I can find and read the full article from work later…
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Education in Chemistry @rsc-eic.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Get students talking 🗣️ before they start drawing curly arrows. Oracy helps them explain, question and solve mechanisms with confidence – and it’s easy to build into your teaching: edu.rsc.org/ideas/using-... #chemsky
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Using talk to help learners master organic mechanisms
Improve post-16 students' understanding through verbal communication
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Deborah Gater @dgater1.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
My experience is that non-majors (e.g. engineers…) are often not obliged to take introductory chemistry labs even if the labs exist and students take the corresponding lecture material, and I now wonder if that attitude is linked/pervasive in STEM…?
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