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Joe Greener @jgreener64.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I gave a teaching lecture on molecular dynamics this morning. If anyone is interested in the slides they are at docs.google.com/presentation....

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LJC Summer School lecture

Molecular Dynamics Joe Greener MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology LJC Summer School - 30/09/26

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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As part of our decolonisation work @chemistryatyork.bsky.social, I have created 25 touchstone global chemical stories, each linked to a key point in our curriculum. 13 'Chemical Histories' and 12 'Scientists'. Over the coming weeks, I will share some as 'quote posts' of this, so they can be found.

DECOLONISING CHEMISTRY

PACKAGE OF MATERIALS FOR YORK CHEMISTRY UNDERGRADUATES

Global Chemical Histories

Contents

FIREWORKS and EXPLOSIVES 2
INDIGO 7
MAKING DYES STICK – MORDANTS 11
CEMENT – BUILDING CIVILISATIONS 15
PERFUMERY 18
MINERAL ACIDS (and ‘ALKALI’) 22
RUBBER 27
PAPERMAKING 31
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY – STANDARDS and UNITS 34
GOLD PLATING 36
SURFACTANTS IN CLEANING 39
LUBRICATION TECHNOLOGY 41
THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE 43

DECOLONISING CHEMISTRY

PACKAGE OF MATERIALS FOR YORK CHEMISTRY UNDERGRADUATES

Global Scientists

Contents

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER 2
HAR GOBIND KHORANA 7
TU YOUYOU 11
C. V. RAMAN 14
ALICE BALL 19
AP DE SILVA 23
TAKAMINE JŌKICHI 27
BERTRAM OLIVER FRASER-REID 32
MARIE MAYNARD DALY 35
OSAMU SHIMOMURA 39
PRAFULLA CHANDRA RAY 42
MARY ELLIOTT HILL (& CARL McCLELLAN HILL) 46

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Sergey Ovchinnikov @sokrypton.org · 14/09/2026

Finally a more intuitaive way to learn pLDDT/pAE? 😎 sokrypton.github.io/protein_figh... (Character idea from @hannes-stark.bsky.social & Alex Waldherr)

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Marcelo D. Polêto @mdpoleto.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is, hands down, the best pedagogical resource to teach protein denaturation. sokrypton.github.io/protein_figh... Absolutely amazing, @sokrypton.org 👏👏👏

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Protein Fighter

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Grete Hermann (1901-1984), brilliant philosopher of maths and quantum mechanics and first student of Emily Noether. Hermann was co-founder of the journal Ratio, and turned to political philosophy later in her career, writing in 1947:

Whoever lives in the Third Reich or otherwise comes to terms with it, but isolates themselves from the political events around them in order to occupy themselves with other, in themselves beautiful and worthy subjects, is lending their name and their work to this system. There is no neutrality towards the legal and cultural decline in public life. Whoever does not oppose it is complicit in it. Whatever beautiful and good things they may create otherwise are devalued by this participation in the social injustice with which it is burdened.

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Predicting RNA structure is hard, and predicting RNA dynamics is even harder We combined extensive NMR data with MD simulations to study the dynamics of RNA tetraloops By projecting onto the universe of tetraloop structures, we show how NMR+MD captures structures not seen by prediction methods

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Erahsto Felício @erahsfeliz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Coisas para não ter medo: 1. Papel 2. Cerca 3. Burguesia

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Atila Iamarino @atila.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tem um pessoal dolorido com o fim do vídeo de hoje. Mas a Dilma tinha razão.

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O Fim da Globalização

YouTube video by Atila Iamarino

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Sergey Ovchinnikov @sokrypton.org · 15/08/2026

getting close to recreating Jane Richardson's style 😎

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FX Coudert @nanoporous.net · 30/07/2026

After 8 years as an editor for Communications Chemistry @commschem.nature.com, I am retiring today. It's been great seeing the journal grow and evolve since its launch in 2018, and I absolutely recommend it as a venue for publishing your work! Serious journal, serious team, loved working with them.

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8th Birthday Eighth Birthday

ALT: 8th Birthday Eighth Birthday

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Kay Severin @kay-severin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Faculty position in our institute @EPFL: www.epfl.ch/about/workin...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Leaked video from an ICE camp details people suffering from tuberculosis, a never ending “flu” & conjunctivitis. ICE enforcement is a mass disabling event. These are concentration camps. They’re a breeding ground for disease which will lead to preventable suffering, disability and death.

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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

many professors are calling it 'the least surprising result of all time'

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Adriana @adrir.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

É assim na fila sopa, as pessoas chegam com suas panelinhas vazias e recebem a sopa e o pão, essa foi a fila de ontem Mas a sopa de hoje depende de ajuda que ainda vai chegar🥹 Nenhuma ação solidária se mantém sem ajuda e essa nao é diferente. Ajude urgente 🙏 Pix adriana.rc.drikaa@gmail.com

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Marcelo D. Polêto @mdpoleto.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It is unbelievably satisfying to see concrete data backing up a feeling about LLMs and the "no stopping AI train".

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Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 14/06/2026

My biggest editing client has officially replaced me with an LLM, meaning I am now functionally unemployed. If any of you need a proofreader or copy editor and value having a human being who can tell right from wrong doing the job, let me know?

sarahshay.com

Copy Editing and Proofreading – Sarah Shay

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𝓒𝓵𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓼𝓪 𝓟𝓪𝓲𝓿𝓪 🦢✨ @clarissapaiva.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Lembrando que tem TELEFONE pra ligar, WhatsApp e e-mail e se vc tiver animado pode até enviar cartas Gabinete: Senado Federal Anexo 2 Ala Affonso Arinos Gabinete 10 Telefones: (61) 3303-6717 / 6720 E-mail: sen.davialcolumbre@senado.leg.br

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Can only assume the The Royal Society, by its inaction, is condoning the actions in Belfast incited by Elon Musk (one of their fellows). Why will the UK's premier Scientific Institution not stand up for itself and for its values?

telegraph.co.uk

Belfast attack live: Labour accuses Musk of fuelling riots

Labour has accused Elon Musk of fuelling protests in Belfast, which broke out after a Sudanese asylum seeker was charged with attempted murder.

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Marcelo D. Polêto @mdpoleto.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Alright Internet, I need advice. As a jr PI starting my own research group on #compchem, I want to write a "Lab Guide" to define what students should expect from me, and what I expect from them. The idea is to structure and materialize the implicit and unspoken "lab rules" Suggestions? #chemsky

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Marcelo D. Polêto @mdpoleto.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Super important and global phenomenon. If anything, offloading the exercise of thinking to algorithms is probably the way machines enslave humanity.

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Erahsto Felício @erahsfeliz.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Pegar esse fundamento aqui

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Marcelo D. Polêto @mdpoleto.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

"Comer macarrão instantâneo é 400x mais barato do que refeição balanceada e saudável", diz CEO da Nissin Lamen. Coisa ridícula...

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MDAnalysis @mdanalysis.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Congratulations to all three of the #GSoC contributors who were accepted to work with MDAnalysis and @westpasoftware.bsky.social mentors this year! 👀 🔜 🤩 Keep an eye out for a blog post coming soon where you can learn more about each of the contributors and their projects.

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Marcelo D. Polêto @mdpoleto.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Ok, but.... Δ‡G feels wrong 😅

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Marcelo D. Polêto @mdpoleto.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Well, it's official so I can finally say it: I'm joining the Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at my alma mater, Universidade Federal de Viçosa❤️ I'm truly happy and honored to be part of UFV again, now empowering the next generation of Brazilian biochemists 🇧🇷👨‍🔬 More info soon! #chemsky

Picture of the campus Viçosa of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa

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Marcelo D. Polêto @mdpoleto.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Yet another reason why the current state of AI is slowly killing me: I can't access a single paper now without proving that I'm not a LLM gathering references for their hallucinations 😩 #chemsky

A screenshot of a CAPTCHA to access ACS journals.

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Nabil Bonduki @nabilbonduki.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Hoje o UOL expôs exatamente o que venho denunciando há meses em todas as sessões da CPI: a Prefeitura NÃO tem o mínimo controle sobre as unidades de Habitação de Interesse Social que está incentivando. +

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Israel is blowing up entire civilian homes in Naqoura, South Lebanon right now. Civilian homes. No military target. No justification. Just pure terror and destruction. This is a war crime in broad daylight. And the world watches in silence. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🇮🇱♾️

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Joe Sondow @joesondow.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Heads up GitHub users. You have less than a month left to opt out of "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training". "On April 24 we'll start using GitHub Copilot interaction data for AI model training unless you opt out." github.com/settings/cop...

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Avogadro Project @avogadro.cc · 05/04/2026

Sometimes you just want to see a molecule move. Run a quick MD simulation without leaving Avogadro — no scripts, no setup. The new auto-optimize tool includes a dynamics mode. Watch it move in real time. Great for teaching. Great for intuition. Just fun to watch. #openscience #compchem #opensource

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Avogadro Project @avogadro.cc · 04/04/2026

Visualize molecular orbitals and electron density easily with Avogadro 2.0. Volumetric rendering of orbitals, plus van der Waals, solvent-accessible and solvent-excluded surfaces for biomolecular work. See the chemistry, not just the atoms. #compchem #openscience #opensource

Volumetric rendering of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of pentacene. Yellow and blue indicate opposite phases of the wavefunction, with color intensity indicating the magnitude of the wavefunction

Van der Waals molecular surface of coronene, with overlaid electrostatic potential map: red = more negative charge, blue = more positive charge

Rendering of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of pyrazine

Rendering of a graphene supercell with solvent-accessible surface (green) indicating a defect site with a hydrogen molecule and overlay of electrostatic potential (blue = more positive, red = more negative)

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Creissonino is a Dead Man @creissonino.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Acredito que as grandes empresas nos tiram a dignidade e a independência e que estes sistemas devem ser destruídos, queimados ou nivelados pela força que se fizer necessária. Mas esta é só a opinião de um ursinho. (sim, acredito no mesmo que o Catatau)

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Carol Almeida 🇵🇸 @caroltypes.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Vou traduzir a postagem abaixo e vs inferem sobre o que tá acontecendo: Tropas israelenses no Líbano vão procurar por muçulmanos escondidos nos sótãos de lares cristãos e druzos (árabes que não são muçulmanos, e têm cidadania israelense) Procurar por muçulmanos nos SÓTÃOS de casas. Lembra algo?

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Rosetta Commons @rosettacommons.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Three RFdiffusion3 (RFD3) tutorials are now available. These tutorials walk you through how to use RFD3 to generate structures for: protein-protein interface design, enzyme design, and nucleic acid binder design, and can be expanded to other areas of interest. Check them out @ zurl.co/og3XK

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Avogadro Project @avogadro.cc · 01/04/2026

No fooling, Avogadro 2.0.0 is finally here! Rebuilt from the ground up: fast modern rendering, improved stability, designed for the next generation of molecular, biomolecule, and materials research & education. 🧪 ⚗️ avogadro.cc/install/ discuss.avogadro.cc #opensource #openscience #compchem

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Ariane Nunes Alves @anunesalves.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Happy to share the review that @apoorvam.bsky.social, Vanessa and I wrote about recent trends in modeling and simulation of biological phenomena in crowded and cell-like environments! I really like this topic, for me this is the future of #compchem. arxiv.org/abs/2603.26974

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Recent advances in modeling and simulation of biological phenomena in crowded and cellular environments

While experiments and computer simulations to study biological phenomena are usually performed in diluted in vitro conditions, such phenomena happen inside the cellular cytoplasm, an environment dense...

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Kresten Lindorff-Larsen @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

“The glass must be absolutely transparent for one to perceive the mud at the bottom” 💪 doi.org/10.1063/5.03...

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gabriel @arrobagaf.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

marcelinho lendo a redação do menino da fuvest

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Gonzalo Parra @gonzaparra.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🚨 New postdoc opening in my group at @bsc-cns.bsky.social! We’re looking for someone excited about protein evolution, local frustration, ML, & large-scale computational biophysics 🧬 Access to world-class HPC (MareNostrum) + great team! www.bsc.es/join-us/job-...

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Reference: 158_26_LS_ESB_R2 Job title: Postdoctoral Researcher &ndash; Protein Computational Biophysics (R2) About BSC The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro N

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

If people show confidence in the value of green chemistry, it will empower our students and colleagues to do the same: cen.acs.org/environment/... #greenchemistry #chemsky 🧪

Do you believe in green chemistry?
by Juliana Vidal and Amy Cannon, special to C&EN.
This three-panel image is tinted green and shows a person wearing a lab coat and holding a flask containing a dark liquid.

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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities

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Mariko Bennett @nachoriko.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I defended my PhD 10 years ago today. That was the least remarkable thing that happened that day. Sharing something I wrote about it last year. Since then "the horrors persist but so do we." And with dignity.

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