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Rosie Young

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MX Beamline Scientist at Australian Synchrotron. Crystals, chemistry and cooking. She/her

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Congratulations, Quartz! After a decade of #MinCup, this key rock-forming mineral of optical tricks is the #MinCup26 Champion! Due to intense manipulation attempts in the final hours, the exact winning margin is still being audited. Please join us tomorrow for celebration!
A clear double-terminated quartz crystal with petroleum inclusions. Credit: John Sobolewski
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Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 02/10/2026
Congrats to #Quartz, the literal bedrock of all minerals on Earth, after 10 years on the campaign trail it has got the #MinCup26 title. But a bigger congrats and thanks go to the @mineralcup.bsky.social team, for providing the sparkle we all needed to our social media feeds.
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Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 21/09/2026
AUSTRALIA and beyond - We need to assemble again for #Putnisite! This amazing structure needs your support in today's #MinCup26 battle. For shear density and novelty in its strange/wonderful crystal structure it should get your vote over #Julienite
Image representing the crystal structure of putnisite - here red spheres represent oxygen atoms, light blue spheres/polygons represent calcium atoms, dark blue spheres/polygons represent silicon atoms, brown spheres/polygons represent carbon atoms, green spheres/polygons represent strontium atoms.  There is also some chromium hiding in the structure that is in part represented by a yellow triangle.   The representation is drawn in VESTA from entry #20044 in the American mineralogist databaseImage representing the crystal structure of julienite - here red spheres represent oxygen atoms, dark yellow spheres/polygons represent sodium atoms, dark blue spheres/polygons represent cobalt atoms, yellow spheres represent sulfur atoms, brown spheres represent carbon atoms and light blue spheres represent nitrogen atoms. The structure is viewed down its c axis and shows that there are sodium/water(oxygen) units surrounded by cobalt complexes with nitrogen, carbon and sulfur attached.  The representation is drawn in VESTA from entry #9760 in the American mineralogist database
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Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 09/09/2026
Today is the day, Australia, that we fight for Putnisite #MinCup26
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Michael Buffer's Iconic 'Let's Get Ready To Rumble'
Alt: Michael Buffer's Iconic 'Let's Get Ready To Rumble'
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Fiona Whelan @freewhelan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Crystal36-AXAA 2026 Registration deadline has been extended! 📢 Early Bird registration now extended until Monday 7th September (midnight AEST for the night owls). Join the combined communities of SCANZ and AXAA in the beautiful Adelaide Hills! You know what to do: www.crystal36axaa2026.org
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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A few days ago it's been confirmed that IUCr2032 will be hosted in South Korea, Incheon; walking across the wonderful Incheon airport I think crystallographers from all over the world will agree the choice is truly "spot on" 😌 #BraggYourPattern, #IUCr2032
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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Another thing I discovered is that Banff is rich in stripey wonders... mostly (but not entirely) geological ✨ #BraggYourPattern
A smooth rock with a dull grey colour and beautiful orange stripes.A massive rock (ca. 1x1x0.4 meters) with a dark grey colour and countless thin orange streaks within, visible from its exposed section.A large orange rock with smooth surface and a myriad of grey lines.A chipmunk eating nuts on a rock, showing off his beautiful fur with black and white stripes on its back.
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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I was an example of a modulated tiling in Calgary. #crystallography #IUCr2026
Modulated tiling.
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Dr Nathan Kilah @chemistrynathan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Australia! It's National Science Week! We need more scientists!! And more people who think like scientists!!! Here is a piece by Brian Yates and me on studying science and why that matters for our uncertain future.
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Australia needs more people who think like scientists. Here’s what that means
Science equips us with the tools to reason, evaluate evidence, and make informed decisions in a complex, changing world.
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Rosie Young @rosieyoung.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Since 2022: >100 entries in a kids pattern competition ~480 visitors to a pop up science festival at IUCr2023 341 kg model of diamond made of 62,356 atoms 775 free Crystal Explorer kits in Aus/NZ primary schools School visits, outreach training, digital resources... AND so much more to come!
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Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 14/08/2026
Our #IUCr2026 craft night is in full swing! Lovely evening out at a local yarn shop! Science (fibre) knitworking at it’s best #BraggYourPattern
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Fiona Whelan @freewhelan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Join us at the hybrid Crystal36-AXAA 2026 conference in the beautiful Adelaide Hills. www.crystal36axaa2026.org/registration Focused on structural biology, we are delighted to present Dr Rosemary Cater, UQ, on biophysical and structural interrogation of proteins at the blood-brain barrier.
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Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 10/08/2026
Took some time to examine the brick mosaic murals on plat 14 at Sydney central. They are rather illusive, and hard to get more than glimpses of the colours #BraggYourPattern
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Rosie Young @rosieyoung.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Finding the patterns on my journey to #IUCr2026 starting off leaving the Austron and it's beautiful pattern tiles in the user lounge 🤩💎 #BraggYourPattern
Square blue tiles with different white patterns on each- zigzags, triangles and more
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Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 06/08/2026
Are you a crafty crystallographer packing for Calgary to go to #IUCr2026? Don't forget your knitting/crochet/embroidery/(in fact any portable craft) and come and join our meet up at the STASH lounge on the 13th August, free to take part but places limited, sign up here forms.gle/2YU91XKPLuKW...
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Sign up for IUCr Congress craft meetup
Dear crafty crystallographers, We have noticed that more and more of you feel comfortable to openly show your love for crafting paired with your love for crystallography. To get to know you better a...
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Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#BigBucky has come out from hibernation again for today’s #MonashOpenDay. #BraggYourPattern
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Bragg Your Pattern @braggyourpattern.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Who's going to #IUCr2026 in Calgary? As the world's crystallographers 'assemble' in Canada - can we post some #BraggYourPattern pictures that we find on our journeys?
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Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
#BraggYourPattern
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Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 22/07/2026
Getting mRNA vaccines to remote locations is a challenge because they need to be kept in cool storage. A team using the Australian Synchrotron @ansto.bsky.social have made a breakthrough that could lead to vaccine patches to by-pass the transport issues. www.ansto.gov.au/news/austral...
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Australian Synchrotron supports research to advance a new generation of mRNA vaccines using patches
A research team from RMIT University in Melbourne and MIT in the US has taken an important step towards making mRNA vaccines easier to distribute, store and administer as patches.
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Pretty cool thread, a fun things to see non-chemists explain complex science (followers, be kind, plz)
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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I am going to attempt (badly) to explain why this is so cool, not just because of the medicine itself but because of the science behind how they made it, please no one tell the chemists how inaccurate this is about to be
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Rosie Young @rosieyoung.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Despite having my job for almost 4 years now, I have never got around to decorating my office. Decided to get started with this little drawing of a pin- maybe I should make a series of all the different types? 🤔💎
Pencil drawing of a crystallography Mitegen base and pin in a wooden frame
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 02/07/2026
a few minutes earlier...
A text chat: 
Other person, at noon: a stylized schwa
Me, half an hour later: Hahaha schwa 
OP: This podcast I listen to said it was going to be schwa day today 
I apparently put a reminder in my calendar when I listened to that episode lol
Me: Wait what 
Is this my podcast 
OP: Lol yes 
Me: I completely forgot 
OP: You said it was the most mid day
Me: Hahahaha 
That's incredible 
What an excellent joke that apparently my past self made
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Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research @mpifkf.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
June 27 >> Stuttgart Science Festival - "Quantum at Karls" We were at the Karls-Gymnasium for a afternoon of science workshops and mini MAXI Science Talks to bring our research in the city 😎 Here to the full article:https://www.fkf.mpg.de/8996314/2026_Science_Festival_Quantum_at_Karls?c=8608137
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Rosie Young @rosieyoung.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Some really cool work done to trap PFAS in cages- with very fun crystallography done on MX1/2 😍💎 #ozchem www.ansto.gov.au/news/researc...
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Research reveals molecular cage to trap PFAS forever chemicals
Recent research led by a team from Flinders University has developed an approach based on a molecular cage to trap dangerous PFAS chemicals. The investigators who used the Macromolecular beamlines at ...
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ATA Scientific @atascientific.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Join us at the 42nd Ore & Mineral Analysis (OMA) Workshop in Perth on 26 June, where Bryn McDonagh from #ATAScientific, will be presenting on the critical role of particle characterisation in mining and mineral processing. events.malvernpanalytical.com/W260526-OMA-...
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41st Ore and Minerals Analysis (OMA) Workshop
Critical minerals driving smart mining with precision analysis At Malvern Panalytical, we know that ensuring sustainability and increasing efficiency in the mining industry are ongoing challe...
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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 10/06/2026
Sometimes people are following me for a while and don't realize I have a podcast If that's you, hi! I make @lingthusiasm.com, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics! If that sounds like something you might like, give it a follow? And if you think your followers might like it, give an RT?
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Stephen Bell @bellp450enzyme.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Surprised and delighted to have been awared this. Thanks to @acs.org Catalysis. Special thanks to those who contributed to the paper Adelaide University especially Matthew Podgorski who lead the experimental work. doi.org/10.1021/acsc... axial.acs.org/organic-chem...
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ACS Catalysis 2026 Lectureship and Award Winners | ACS Publications Chemistry Blog
Learn more about the winners of the 2026 ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science.
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Bragg Your Pattern @braggyourpattern.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Reminder that one of the best #scicomm tools is still a USB microscope. #BraggYourPattern
microscope image of the weave on a dress - the light makes the blue dress fibres appear silver and each individual strand can be seenmicroscope image of the screen of a phone, individual pixels of green, red and blue can be seen in a repeating pattern
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Fiona Whelan @freewhelan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Join us for the FIRST combined meeting of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand + the Australian X-ray Analytical Association: Crystal36-AXAA 2026 29th Nov-2nd Dec 2026 - in the beautiful Adelaide Hills town of Hahndorf. 🍻 Register & submit abstracts for early bird savings!
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Rosie Young @rosieyoung.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Regos open for Crystal36-AXAA2026 in the gorgeous Adelaide Hills 😍💎 We will be planning some fun outreach around the conference, so get in touch if you want to take part! #ozchem #BraggYourPattern
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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 21/05/2026
‘My whole scientific career, and that of many others at Nottingham, was based on the quality of the technical staff that we had,’ says former head of chemistry Steve Howdle. www.chemistryworld.com/news/notting...
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Nottingham’s chemistry department faces loss of 30% of faculty amid university-wide staff cuts
The department's technicians and support staff are also at risk
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Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 29/04/2026
Calling all crafty crystallographers! Are you going to #IUCr2026? Would you like to have a craft meet up in Calgary? Laura Folkers (at @stoenews.bsky.social) and I are looking to organise a gathering, all crafts welcome! Please fill in the EOI form so we can include you forms.gle/wpTpe4WVsdtY...
Image of a knitted square with the pattern in homage to 'Photo 51' the seminal diffraction image of DNA taken by Roslin Franklin
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Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 16/04/2026
Expressions of Interest now open for the next Australian Powder Diffraction workshop. Being held at the Synchrotron (Clayton, Melbourne) - it's the perfect way to get into powder diffraction analysis! $200 course fee (including accommodation) www.ansto.gov.au/whats-on/pow...
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Powder Diffraction Workshop 2026 | ANSTO
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Rosie Young @rosieyoung.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Come and work with me! The Austron is hiring a chemistry focused beamline scientist on the MX beamlines! Get in touch if you are interested 💎🧪👩‍🔬 #ozchem careers.ansto.gov.au/job/Melbourn...
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Beamline Scientist - MX
Beamline Scientist - MX
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Dr. Christine Beavers @xtalgrrl.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
#chemsky, give me a hand sharing this, if you can.
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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I may or may not have purchased a Bluetooth speaker for my lab when I got my job. It has not been connected by my students. My Sony discman, with speakers and aux cable, Devourer Of Batteries, lies in the top drawer of my filing cabinet, biding its time, waiting for its moment.
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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
#BraggYourPattern Seoul Edition #3: detail of a bronze sculpture at Ewha Womans University. amorphous in a way, crystalline in another... Depending on the wavelength ✨
Detail of a bronze sculpture showing triangles joined in an aperiodic pattern, reminiscent of a glassy atomic structure.
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FX Coudert @nanoporous.net · 30/03/2026
Alexander Borodin co-discovered the aldol reaction and composed really good music too. 🎶 Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo0U... This recording by Sorbonne University choir and orchestra feels appropriate for such a scientist :) #chemsky
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Le Prince Igor "Danses Polovtsiennes", Alexandre Borodine | Chœur & Orchestre Sorbonne Université
YouTube video by Chœur & Orchestre Sorbonne Université
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Project Hail Mary is a beautiful brilliant film. But molecular biologists be warned there's a deeply disturbing scene midway through when Ryan Gosling's scientist places two eppendorfs directly next to each other in an otherwise empty unbalanced microcentrifuge & sets it spinning with wild abandon.
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Stefano Canossa @stecanossa.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
#BraggYourPattern Seoul Edition #1: it must have taken an incredible patience to make this packing masterpiece decorating Sungnyemun Gate 🌺
A wall of rectangular stones, well packed despite having all different size, larger at the bottom, gradually smaller towards the top. Many light grey, some sand-yellow with a rose hue.
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Rosie Young @rosieyoung.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Attention crystallographers and X-ray Analysts of Australia and New Zealand!! The SCANZ/AXXA conference this year will be in my beautiful home state of South Aus (I'm not biased at all 😉). Save the date! 💎 #BraggYourPattern #Ozchem
Save the Date poster for the Crystal36-AXAA 2026 Conference on the 29 Nov- 2 Dec 2026 in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. A picture of vineyards is in the background
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist, would be nominated for the Nobel 8 times, but you probably know him for his most famous invention, which never made him a penny, developed to hold ultra-cold liquified gases. You probably own a "Dewar vessel," but you know it as a Thermos™. Let's talk about it.
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a person is holding a container over their head in a kitchen ..
Alt: a person is holding an insulated container of liquid nitrogen. They pour the liquified gas over an open human hand in a lab setting. The Leidenfrost effect prevents any serious injury, as the liquid boils off before transferring much heat.
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Hey #scicomm folks! I am looking for a diverse crew to represent their fields with their head shot and a fun fact they like from their field of study, but SPECIFICALLY: -a geologist/volcanist or gemologist -a zoologist -astronomer -a paleontologist -a structural engineer
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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We applied Advanced Crystal Harvesting Instrument aka a longer spoon and determined that it is indeed a sucrose.
A crystal of sucrose from maple syrup. Approximately 1.5 cm. Asymmetric unit of sucrose structure.
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Nikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
#BraggYourPattern from Granatium museum in Austria, a fragment of the Garnet Room wall.
A fragment of the Garnet Room from Granatium museum, consisting from hexagonal tiles.
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Lorne Proteins @lorneproteins.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
@ansto.bsky.social MX beamline workshop. Bottom lines - match your crystal size to your beamline! Dont shoot a moving target. Wait for the loop position to stabilise. Rasterize to find your xtals. You need training to use MX3! All pins in puck must be the same!!
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Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 05/02/2026
Our paper on the instrument, beautifully named Wombat, is now published doi.org/10.1107/S160... @japplcryst.iucr.org - We're currently also open for experiment submissions - deadline 16th March neutron.ansto.gov.au
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Wombat, the high-intensity diffractometer in operation at the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering
We describe the Wombat neutron diffraction instrument, which has been operational for the past 17 years at the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering.
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Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 29/01/2026
Yes I'm the weirdo that goes to the beach for the patterns #BraggYourPattern
Image of patterns in the sand in the intertidal zone.  The sandscape fills the image, and there are regular wave patterns in it.  For a sense of scale there are two white shells in one of the divots in the sand.
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Rosie Young @rosieyoung.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Getting the beamline ready for x-rays to come back next week, so of course had to make a tiny pink cowboy hat for the robot. Coming soon will be a whole hatrack of hats depending on the mood of the robot 🤠🤖💎
Yellow robot with googly eyes and a tiny pink cowboy hat
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