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Scott McIndoe

@mcindoe.bsky.social
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I teach, & lead a mechanistic mass spectrometry research team, at UVic in beautiful BC. Maker | dad | b(h)iker | phonetographer | 3MNTF | easily distr #ChemSky Site: web.uvic.ca/~mcindoe Also at: www.instagram.com/mcindoegroup

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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
First beer of #Decembeer from the cALEndar. Ouest is is a West Coast IPA 7.0% ABV with Simcoe and Amarillo hops from @ilesauvagebrewing.bsky.social here in Victoria. @mcindoe.bsky.social @leitchlab.bsky.social we are are off to a strong and very tasty start
Can of Ouest West Coast IPA in the hand of the OP
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Peter Williams @peterjhw07.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Want an easier and faster way to collect calibration curves? Check out our pre-print describing a modernized continuous calibration method, facilitated by an open-access web application: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr.... We even measure molar absorption coefficients and pKas from single experiments!
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Faster, Simpler, and More Precise Calibration Curves: Expanding the Scope of Continuous Calibration
Accurate calibration curves are essential for quantitative analysis but are often neglected due to their time, cost, and labour demands. Traditional calibration involves measuring solutions of known c...
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Post-pizza hike up PKOLS for a sunset(?) group photo followed by s’mores in the backyard
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Congratulations to Nick Roberts, who successfully defended his MSc on Wednesday. Thanks to Bosco Yu for external duties and Irina Paci for serving on the committee. Nick is now back in Halifax and exercising his 3D design & printing skills in his new job (so double congratulations are in order!)
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Congratulations to now-Dr Charlie Killeen, who successfully defended his PhD on Monday. Many thanks to Professor Jolene Reid (UBC), for visiting (and delivering a great seminar) to perform external examiner duties, and committee members Jeremy Wulff and Dave Goodlett
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Our paper on PFAS degradation (doi.org/10.1039/D4VA...) on the cover of Environmental Science Advances with Dr Sapan Thind, Bobby Ryane, John Hayden, @chagunda.bsky.social, Dr Mathias Paul More to come on this topic soon...
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Ian C. Chagunda, PhD @chagunda.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Excited to begin my NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship at Ruhr University Bochum, working with Prof. @viktoriagessner.bsky.social! I'll be exploring structure–activity relationships of YPhos ligands to advance their use in challenging catalytic transformations. Thrilled to join such a fantastic team!🧪
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Group dinner at #CSC2025 - @gilianthomas.bsky.social joined Jack, Peter & I (and the @hoflab.bsky.social) before the Inorganic mixer
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Jack’s cage art won 3rd prize in the ChemiSTEAM event at #CSC2025 👍
Artist beside work
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
What better to do on the morning of #CSC2025 than explore some Ottawa trails with @leitchlab.bsky.social, @nelsonyslam.bsky.social and @hoflab.bsky.social ?
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Having a blast at #STLHE2025, here post-presentation with Pamini, Ann & Sean from my 2022 3MNTF cohort. Great feedback on our new tool, too 👍 which is now available at reflectiveteaching.ca
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Fun visit from Andy @wellerchemyork.bsky.social these last few days - in addition to collecting some high quality data on aminoborane polymers on Friday (thanks @c-killeen.bsky.social), we were treated to a talk today and got in a cycle ride Saturday (the locally-famous 3 ferry loop)
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Hooray, it’s #GoByBike week
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 29/05/2025
Mass Spec xkcd.com/3094/
[Person with ponytail wearing lab coat hands balloon to another person in front of a springboard, a magnet hanging from above, and then a target] PERSON WITH PONYTAIL to Person 2: Rub this balloon against your head, then go jump past that magnet toward the target on the wall. [caption] Before the bathroom scale was invented, the only way to weigh people was mass spectrometry.
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
3 Saanich summits on Saturday
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Congratulations to newly minted PhD Dr Stuart Smith, who passed his viva this morning remotely the day before flying back to the UK. It’s been great to have you here Stuart, best of luck on the postdoc!
Dr SmithResearch group at bar
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Stuart Smith (visiting PhD student) and I caught up with Lars Yunker (ex-PhD student) this evening at an Esquimalt pub
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Our latest preprint (led by Jack) involves burying the alkaline earth metals in mausolate ligands. Ba2+ has a very similar ionic radius to Ra2+, so these results of relevance to radiotherapy/imaging doi.org/10.26434/che...
4 mausolate complexes
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Welcome to visiting graduate student Stuart Smith, here with us for a couple of months from the University of York (UK). Great to have you with us, Stuart!
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The 13 municipalities of the #YYJ #CRD can be visited in one long (120 km) ride, mostly on trails
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Classic demo from Charlie @c-killeen.bsky.social showing why getting fuming nitric acid on nitrile gloves is not recommended
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Very proud of my friend & colleague Dennis Hore who (with Bruce Wallace) was presented with the CUFA Academic of the Year award last night for their drug-checking work. Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉
Dennis & BruceVideo presentation Table chatGroup photo
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Check out Ian @chagunda.bsky.social's interview on the "Beyond the Jargon" podcast, where he talks about his (recently successfully defended) PhD research. Very accessible chat about a rather intricate topic! open.spotify.com/episode/5L4s...
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Catalyst Chemistry with Ian Chagunda
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Congratulations to Dr Ian @chagunda.bsky.social, who successfully defended his PhD today. Fantastic job Ian (12 published papers from his time at UVic!). Many thanks to external Jason @profhein.bsky.social and internals Dave @leitchlab.bsky.social and Al Boraston
Ian raising a tankard of ale
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Congratulations Dave! @leitchlab.bsky.social Fantastic & well-deserved recognition news.uvic.ca/2025/killam-...
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David Leitch wins Killam Fellowship - UVic News
David Leitch wins the 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowship for research in chemistry for better health care and environmental sustainability.
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
UVic Chemistry is hiring. We're looking for an Assistant Professor in experimental chemistry, particularly in one of the areas of physical and/or inorganic chemistry. More details in the ad below. Great department & part of the world to live! #facultychemjobs www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
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CHEM 270-151 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Our latest is out in @envsci.rsc.org Advances, where Dr Sapan Thind, Bobby Ryane, John Hayden, Ian @chagunda.bsky.social and Dr Mathias Paul show how PFAS can be photocatalytically broken down with the assistance of an applied voltage. Thanks for the hard work on this, team! doi.org/10.1039/D4VA...
Graphical abstract showing UV-illuminated water flowing over a nanostructured TiO2 surface, and photos of authors
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
My visit to NZ is (sadly) over. Was lucky enough to make a 1 day ride of the #TimberTrail while here, an epic 84 km mountain bike outing through primeval forest of the central North Island. Tough but very rewarding
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Ian C. Chagunda, PhD @chagunda.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Our work investigating Pd-precatalyst activation mechanisms is featured as a front cover in @pubs.acs.org Organometallics. It was a fantastic experience designing and exploring his work in a creative way! ➡️ pubs.acs.org/toc/orgnd7/4... #MyACSCover @mcindoe.bsky.social @leitchlab.bsky.social
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Dr Trevor Mathieson & I visited our PhD supervisor Professor Brian Nicholson today. Always great to catch up
3 chemists
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Last night at #ICOSSE25 - delightful dinner with UofA faculty @rosalynfalconer.bsky.social and Erin Leitao, and fellow sabbatical-er Heather Buckley
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Gotta ❤️ the structure of 💎
3D printed model of the diamond lattice, viewed in a heart orientation
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Ooh, buildplate.ai has a prototype text-to-stl AI engine! Sounds like a great way of making 3D models for classroom use. How about "a carbon dioxide molecule"? #chemsky 1/n
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Sunday evening board games with the crew
Boardgamers
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The vast majority of our SOPs are in video format on the McIndoeGroup YouTube channel, but occasionally we make conventional ones. Here Charlie @c-killeen.bsky.social describes how we activate molecular sieve for very dry solvent (time is the other ingredient!): web.uvic.ca/~mcindoe/Mol...
Schlenk flask containing molecular sieve
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Sun on snow makes for a nice walk around campus
Totem poles in the snow
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Excellent work here from Charlie Killeen, who was convinced to make ESIMes (charge-tagged NHC ligand) when I told him it was probably too hard and there was lower-hanging fruit to be had. Now available in @daltontrans.bsky.social at doi.org/10.1039/D4DT...
A spacey depiction of an illuminated NHC ligand
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Another perfect January day for a ride along all the waterfront we could find. Clear enough to see Mt Rainier
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Three (3!) new video SOPs on the mcindoegroup YouTube channel today, all on glovebox maintenance and all performed by Dr Peter Williams: youtu.be/GzF1ewZlJZU youtu.be/NfGnVwvQOkA youtu.be/Ylzu2GIyaCU
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Glovebox maintenance tasks
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Alán Aspuru-Guzik @aspuru.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
We at @digital-discovery.bsky.social are very happy to announce a new paper type called "Commit". Inspired by version control systems such as git, the idea is that if you have an update on a short and pointed publication, you can send it as a commit. We envision commits to be co-cited with the
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Perfect January day for a ride to East Sooke park along the Goose
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Great to catch up with alum Dr Anuj Joshi (PhD ‘20) & Dr Sapan Thind for coffee today.
Drs Thind, Joshi & McIndoe outside in the UVic quad
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Our latest video SOP - Charlie shows how to safely remove solvent from a vial using a rotary evaporator: youtu.be/IYJUKh6lCP8?...
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Rotary evaporation of solvent from a vial
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Super-high quality real-time MS data from Ian @chagunda.bsky.social (assisted by undergraduate Antonia Kropp) while investigating chemistry from Dave @leitchlab.bsky.social. As ever, things are always more complicated than they look on the surface...
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
A hint of sun for a ride up a couple of local hills
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Mathias Christmann @christmann.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
📊 What I learned from analyzing 3000+ SI PDFs: Only 40% of papers w/ #MassSpectrometry data compliant w/ journal guidelines! From zero #Python experience to an automated checker Read the paper: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Try the tool: github.com/match22lab/H... #DataScience #ChemPython #ChemSky
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What I Learned from Analyzing Accurate Mass Data of 3000 Supporting Information Files
A Python script for the systematic, high-throughput analysis of accurate mass data was developed and tested on more than 3000 Supporting Information (SI) PDFs from Organic Letters. For each SI file, q...
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Lovely day yesterday for a coastal loop around the city, including the island’s easternmost point
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
As a new graduate student if we wanted to get a crystal sent off for analysis, we had to determine the space group on a precession camera first. This involved developing film in a dark room! I now live vicariously through my good pal Al Oliver who does all our structures in his lab at Notre Dame
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Group holiday party last night, featuring chemistry-influenced cocktails, a long but entertaining knockout tournament to determine gift exchange order, and a guest list that included the @nelsonyslam.bsky.social team. Always a fun evening!
Smoking cocktailSwirling golden cocktailWhite/red cocktailsTwo contestants balancing on one leg
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Scott McIndoe @mcindoe.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Lab cleanup day always throws up a few things that have been sitting around for a little past their best before date
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