Science writer (she/her) at @cenmag. Interested in molecules and molecule makers. Any opinions here are mine.
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Check out this supramolecular snub cube. Cool chemistry from Huang Wu and the late @sirfrasersays of the University of Hong Kong along with Wenping Hu and Yu Wang of Tianjin University. My latest in @cenmag
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So sad to hear we've lost @sirfrasersays. He was always generous to me as a reporter for @cenmag and kind to me as a human being. My thoughts are with his family, friends, and colleagues.
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With apologies to @ChappellRoan and @LongLabCal
Baby, do you like this zinc(H)?
We made this MOF to capture C(O2)
Over 199 degrees
When you’re tackling global warming, tackling global warming
Thanks to my @cenmag colleagues who encouraged the lede
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Need a little retail therapy on this election day? Check out the #Newscripts holiday gift guide in @cenmag for the #chemistry lovers in your life:
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Have you or a labmate ever lost points on an organic chemistry exam for drawing a molecule with a bridgehead alkene?
You may be entitled to compensation, according to @GargLab :
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Should have tagged @CorboLab
Polly want an enzyme? Thanks to a paper in @ScienceMagazine I got to write about parrot plumage chemistry for @cenmag.
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Polly want an enzyme? Thanks to a paper in @ScienceMagazine I got to write about parrot plumage chemistry for @cenmag.
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Some molecular detective work in @CellCellPress from Xiaoguang Lei's lab at Peking University reveals how certain bile acids and a liver disease treatment might cause itchiness. My latest in @cenmag.
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A bit of #Newscripts #FridayFun from @alexgviveros in @cenmag to mark this Spooky Season: Ghastly agar and wine-soaked remains.
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For this week's #Newscripts in @cenmag, reporter Max Barnhart pairs a funky old cheese with underwater-aged wine.
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I've been writing about molecular switches since my early days at @cenmag - how cool it is to see one incorporated in this glucose-sensitive insulin from @novonordisk
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Interesting story from my colleague Krystal Vasquez (@caffeinatedkrys), but it makes me wonder about the many people (in chemistry anyway) that are still working in the field but simply don't publish because their employers discourage it.
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Fionna Samuels (@Fairy__Hedgehog) forages fungi for off-planet housing and fancy food for this week's #Newscripts in @cenmag. I tried to convince Fionna to go with Mush-rooms in her headline, but she tells me the tech doesn't use fungal fruiting bodies.
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At this point it's obvious that the Nobel for Literature is going to ChatGPT.
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This @cenmag #Newscripts has it all: a fun theme! Publishing drama! A historical mystery! Rocks! Paper! Scissors (well, technically knives, but close enough)!
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I love @bri_barbu's take on Rock, Paper, Scissors in the latest edition of @cenmag's #Newscripts column
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The best part of my job is getting to edit the quirky science #Newscripts column in @cenmag. For some fun on this Friday, here's the latest column by @caffeinatedkrys on some crafty chemists.
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Click chemistry forges new chemical bonds quickly, selectively, and irreversibly.
That last feature has now become a bit more optional: researchers have found bond forming reaction that can be undone using ultraviolet light.
my latest for @cenmag:
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Great summary of our paper in @cenmag! Thank you for highlighting our study @beth_halford! @CellPressNews @CellCellPress @UCSFCancer @ucsfhealth
Researchers have used what they know about the weak spot in KRas G12C to locate a toehold for small molecules on other GTPases. The finding could lead to new drugs and biological probes. cen.acs.org/pharmaceuticals/… .
