Reposted by Dr NadalAlchemy @aichemyhub.bsky.social · 03/06/2026There's a reason our events keep selling out... Thank you to everyone who joined us for our ECR Exchange: Scotland 2026 and a special thank you to our organisers, chairs and speakers. Take a look at our highlights 👇 aichemy.ac.uk/ecr-exchange... 001
Dr Nadal @laiavilanadal.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Back in February we got featured on the inside back cover of @digital-discovery.rsc.org Good to be sharing some science again Feliç Sant Jordi 🌹📚 🔗 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...pubs.rsc.orgInside back cover 000
Dr Nadal @laiavilanadal.bsky.social · 20/01/2026After a bumpy 2025, 2026 starts with a good story for us: “DFT calculations with Bayesian inference to improve the assignment and interpretation of vibrational spectra”, now out in Digital Discovery @digital-discovery.rsc.org 🔗 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...pubs.rsc.org 2025 Digital Discovery Emerging Investigators Home 130
Reposted by Dr NadalJuan Carlos Sancho-García @quantumalicante.bsky.social · 05/12/2025To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the @emtccm.bsky.social program, we are organizing a Special Issue in Theor. Chem. Acc. This program has trained generations of scientists. Let’s celebrate it! ** Guest Editors: @laiavilanadal.bsky.social (@glasgow.ac.uk) and Ana Martin-Somer (@uam.es) 036
Reposted by Dr NadalConchi Lillo @conchilillo.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Buenos días, ojazos 👀 Me derrito...🫠 2262
Reposted by Dr NadalDaniel Price @danieljprice.bsky.social · 17/06/2025The internal angle of a pentagon is 108 degrees. The angle from my truncated tetrahedra is 109.5. This shoddy looking dodecahedral cluster might be a good example of cumulative errors, not just poor PVA-skills! 🧪 081
Reposted by Dr NadalDaniel Price @danieljprice.bsky.social · 27/06/2025This one, a minimalist representation of the atomic structure of diamond (just 2 sheets of A4 paper). 🧪 #diamond #chemistry #scicom #sciart #art #papercraft 1203
Dr Nadal @laiavilanadal.bsky.social · 23/06/2025The world may be shaking 🫨 but summer means summer students! Fun experiments, learning, and fresh energy in the lab. I got them a little treat 🍪 As Voltaire said: “We must cultivate our garden.” Science, mentorship, life 🪴✨ #SummerStudents #LabLife #Voltaire #Mentorship 020
Dr Nadal @laiavilanadal.bsky.social · 21/06/2025f you’re a chemist and want to see a discipline evolve in real time, check this out! They are challenging 200 years of chemistry, from human skill and endurance 💪🏻🧪⚗️to robot and code👩🏼💻🤖🦾 … so the human chemist can do the cool stuff 🏄🏻♀️ 010
Dr Nadal @laiavilanadal.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Try saying this next time you talk to a colleague, any gender: “You are sharp, rigorous, and your ideas changed how I think.” We’re in science for the ideas, not to be called “very organised” or “inspiring.” Compliment the mind. 000
Reposted by Dr NadalCarly Anne York, PhD @biologycarly.bsky.social · 10/06/2025The reviewer at Science found my writing "too bubby" for his tastes, but if you're not someone opposed to fun, you should check out The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog! Out one week from today!science.orgIn defense of silly scienceA biologist pushes back against attacks on curiosity-driven research 59718
Reposted by Dr NadalDr. Kristy A. Robinson @krisarob.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Last week I got the news that I've been awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at @mcgill.ca. Being a professor--research, teaching, service--is the best job to me. I'm incredibly grateful, especially for all the people who helped me get here & thrive here. ❤️ 182286
Dr Nadal @laiavilanadal.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Back to the glamorous job of PI 😅 All authors replied with "fingers crossed" 🤞 Submission is officially in business! 000
Reposted by Dr NadalVictor Shiramizu @victorshiramizu.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Our meta-analysis on changes in oral contraceptive use and partnered women's sexual satisfaction is now published in Hormones and Behavior. w/ @juliastern.bsky.social, @fbartos.bsky.social, Yasaman Rafiee, @tvpollet.bsky.social, and Ben Jones. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comTesting the congruency hypothesis using meta-analysis: Are changes in oral contraceptive use correlated with partnered women's sexual satisfaction?Based on claims that changes in women's hormone levels influence their mating psychology, the Congruency Hypothesis proposes that women in relationshi… 076
Reposted by Dr NadalConchi Lillo @conchilillo.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Buenos días, ojazos 👀 Andáis por ahí, verdad? 🦉 3454
Dr Nadal @laiavilanadal.bsky.social · 06/06/2025I submitted a paper today! Yuhuuu. Is this celebrated here? I’m confused 🫣 LinkedIn, Twitter, 🦋?!? Anyhow! Fingers crossed 🤞 for us Very proud of my PhD and colleaguesmedia.tenor.coma man wearing a wig and sunglasses is wearing headphonesALT: a man wearing a wig and sunglasses is wearing headphones 020
Reposted by Dr NadalSara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 05/06/2025🎨 Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 🗃️ #blueskyart #art #painting Day 19 3301
Dr Nadal @laiavilanadal.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Do something! Just do. An experiment, a figure, a paper, a book. Create and express yourself, have fun! We are just time in between oblivion. Oh, and if you can make it happen and it useful to others. This is next level happiness 😀 Enjoy ☺️ Primum non nocere! First do no harm 000
Dr Nadal @laiavilanadal.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Feeling really tired and short of breath? It could be more than just a busy week. Pneumonia doesn’t always show up with a cough or fever. ⚠️ Don’t ignore the signs — book a GP appointment if something feels off. Early treatment matters. #PneumoniaAwareness #HealthTips 000
Reposted by Dr NadalRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Bluesky isn’t about popularity, it’s about getting a half dozen likes on an esoteric post about the carbon opportunity cost of agricultural land use, and one mercy like on a cringe climate-themed lyrical rewrite of a song popular among 35-49 year olds 915313
Dr Nadal @laiavilanadal.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Cool mug to promote research culture, thanks to the InFrame project www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/ri... 010
Dr Nadal @laiavilanadal.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Just found out this one today in ANIE onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....onlinelibrary.wiley.comWhy Mental Health Literacy Can Improve STEMDespite its widely appreciated significance, most research on mental health is published in journals focusing on education, social science, psychology, or psychiatry. This contribution intends to enh... 000
Dr Nadal @laiavilanadal.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Training this algorithm for science stuff, so hi everyone! 000
Reposted by Dr NadalSteve Cohen @drstevecohen.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Marginalized Jewish chemist 🧪 Dr Mildred Cohen earned a PhD under Nobel Prize-winner Harold Urey. She specialized in biochemistry using radioactive tracers, and was a pioneer in biochemical NMR methods. www.acs.org/education/wh...acs.orgMildred Cohn - American Chemical SocietyMildred Cohn pioneered the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to determine how enzymes and other proteins behave during chemical reactions in the body. 2166
Reposted by Dr NadalBiozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch · 28/03/2025Congratulations to Anne Spang @spanglab.bsky.social for being elected as a new #AAASFellow by @aaas.org ! The world’s largest scientific society recognizes her outstanding contributions to the field of cell #biology and #biochemistry. @unibas.ch www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...biozentrum.unibas.chAnne Spang awarded distinction of AAAS FellowThe AAAS has elected Prof. Anne Spang at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, as a Fellow. With this honor, the world’s largest scientific society recognizes her outstanding contributions to the field... 0439
Reposted by Dr NadalCompound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 31/03/2025Happy Birthday, Robert Bunsen! 🎂 He's best known for the eponymous Bunsen burner, which was actually constructed for Bunsen by instrument maker Peter Desaga. It was essential to the discovery of caesium and rubidium through their emission spectra. www.compoundchem.com/2023/03/31/b... #ChemSky 🧪 05119
Dr Nadal @laiavilanadal.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Publishing isn’t just about output—it’s about visibility, feedback, and progress. Losing access to quality journals accelerates the dismantling of Higher Education. 000
Dr Nadal @laiavilanadal.bsky.social · 17/02/2025🚀 Who to follow in science? Looking for fun feeds :-) Suggestions? 🔬✨ #ScienceTwitter #WhoToFollow 000