Looking forward! 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬⚽️🏐

🧪 Can we take caffeine out without killing the flavor? ☕ Decaf might be the perfect drink when we want to avoid a racing heart ❤️⚡, but decaffeination is far more sophisticated than it sounds. @chem.uzh.ch @michaljuricek.bsky.social @juriceklab.bsky.social #CoffeeScience #CaffeineFree

A word of encouragement or a hug can go a long way. It helps us get through journeys where the end is so far away that we cannot even see it. The support of others makes all the difference. So give it if you can, and ask for it if you need it. ❤️ @paulawdr.bsky.social @paulinepfister.bsky.social

↘️ Dominoes usually fall, but in chemistry domino reactions can build. ↗️ Our latest work on π-radical cascades is out for read: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/GWHRX5... @paulawdr.bsky.social @tomsolomek.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch @angewandtechemie.bsky.social @chemsky.bsky.social #PiSky #ChemSky

The paper of Paula and Leoš is out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social 🔥💪👏 Congratulations to all co-authors!! Great to see this work out 🥳🥳 @paulawdr.bsky.social @tomsolomek.bsky.social @michaljuricek.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch

🧼🤫 Soap’s dirty little secret? It’s made from fat. 🙃 That might sound strange, but it’s exactly why soap works so well. ⚗️ #chemsky #Fat #Chemistry #SoapScience #Saponification #Micelles @michaljuricek.bsky.social @juriceklab.bsky.social @chemsky.bsky.social

👻💊🔦🎯 Medicines without side effects? Yes! Chemistry can make drugs active only where they’re needed. How? With photocages acting like invisibility cloaks and near-infrared light as the trigger. Curious? Check out the work of @pstacko.bsky.social www.stacko.group @chem.uzh.ch

Welcome Maya! 🤗 After graduating from high school this year, she decided to join our lab for a couple of months! 💐 Maya will be working under the supervision of Daniel on some exciting fluorophores! ✨ #pisky #chemsky #chemistry @michaljuricek.bsky.social

🪼🔆 Can we GLOW like a jellyfish? YES! We just need the right chemistry.🧪 @chem.uzh.ch @michaljuricek.bsky.social @juriceklab.bsky.social

🧪😱 For many, chemistry is almost a synonym for HORROR. But once you discover how much fun it can be, everything changes. The excitement is real and it’s contagious.💥 Yesterday, I had the pleasure of giving a public talk at SciencePavilion, where I shared what chemistry means to me. @chem.uzh.ch

Welcome Josh and Hugo! 👏🏻👏🏻 Both decided to join our group to pursue their bachelor's thesis with Noah and Georg. We wish you all the best for the upcoming weeks and good luck🍀🍀 #pisky #chemsky #studentlife @michaljuricek.bsky.social

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Georg, Jan, Milan and Michal celebrating first PhD committee meeting of Georg 🥳 @janborstelmann.bsky.social @michaljuricek.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch

👀🦐 Which world is more COLORFUL: ours or the one seen through the eyes of a mantis shrimp? In this video, we discuss that having more receptors doesn’t necessarily mean seeing more colors. And color isn’t just about what we see. It’s about how molecules interact with light. @chem.uzh.ch

☢️ Antimatter against cancer? YES – using radioactive chemistry that can find 🎯 and fight 💥 tumors! Learn more about the cool research from the @hollandlab.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch @michaljuricek.bsky.social @juriceklab.bsky.social

Welcome in Zurich Arturo! 🫶🏼 Coming from warm Madrid from the group of Nazario Martín, he decided to do a three month internship with us, learning about radicals ✨ Happy you are with us! 🤗 #chemsky #pisky @michaljuricek.bsky.social

#fluorescencefriday 📸 Noah Rychener @chem.uzh.ch

In her talk at the CMSZH Graduate School Retreat, Pauline shared exciting insights into how the challenge of making organic magnetic switches might be overcome. For her outstanding presentation, she received the Travel Award for Best Talk. Congratulations, Pauline! 👏🎉 @paulinepfister.bsky.social

Congratulations Paula on your second Teaching Award from the CMSZH Graduate School, well done 👏👏👏 @chem.uzh.ch @paulawdr.bsky.social

Congratulations, Moheb! Wear the tattoo with pride 💪🙂👏

Spent the evening yesterday celebrating Pauline's latest publication. A job well done - congrats!! 🤩🥳♥️ #chemsky #pisky @michaljuricek.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch

🧲 Can a single molecule act like a tiny magnetic switch? Yes! We report a carbon-based molecule that reversibly switches between magnetic and non-magnetic states at the single-molecule level. 👉 Read the full paper in @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... @juriceklab.bsky.social

🎬 Year 1 of Chemistry Unwrapped — wrapped! A huge thank you to the University of Zurich, the Department of Chemistry, and our amazing guests who brought their curiosity, passion, and energy on screen! 🙏 @michaljuricek.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch

👇 Now published in Organic Letters pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @juriceklab.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch

Congratulations to our PhD student Maruan for ranking among the Top 10% performers in the 2024 cumulative exams! Proud of you! 👏👏👏 @juriceklab.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch #chemsky @ninahartrampf.bsky.social

Ending the week on a luminous note 👀✨ #fluorescentfriday #chemsky #pisky @michaljuricek.bsky.social

Congratulations Tara on your successful Bachelor's defence on Friday. Even though you've only been here for couple of weeks, you became part of the group so quickly. We will miss you and all the best for your future 💕✨ #chemistry #student #graduation #pisky #chemsky @michaljuricek.bsky.social

Thank you, Judy, for visiting us, great talk and a wonderful day and evening, it was a delight having you! Enjoy Geneva with @michelrickhaus.bsky.social and see you soon :) @juriceklab.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch

🧅💧 NO ONION, NO CRY — Can chemistry stop onion tears? Yes! When you cut an onion, alliinase and LFS turn amino acid sulfoxides into syn-propanethial-S-oxide — the tear-maker. 🔬🥲 Suppress LFS, and you get tear-free onions with full flavor. 🙌👩‍🍳🧪 @michaljuricek.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch #chemsky

A fully funded PhD position is available in my future research group at the University of Bern (start between May and September 2026). We are developing polycyclic aromatics for semiconductors, sensors & more! Please spread the word! More information here: tinyurl.com/4n9ere6h

🧐 Monoradical or diradical — that is the question! 🧩 In our new ChemRxiv preprint, we look underneath the cascades of reactive carbon π-radicals that can host more than one unpaired electron. 🔗 chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr... @paulawdr.bsky.social L.Valenta S.Richert @tomsolomek.bsky.social et al.

What brings chemists JOY? When molecules GLOW! ✨ UV in, visible out. Turn off the light, and enjoy the ambience! @chem.uzh.ch #chemsky #pisky

✨ A single flash can SPARK curiosity in children and adults alike! What an amazing, fun, and educational chemistry show by Ján Cvengroš at @ethz.ch! 🧪⚗️ #chemistryisfun #chemsku

👃 Some smell it, some don’t. ASPARAGUS divides people into two types. Which one are you? 🧬 Big thanks to @chem.uzh.ch and University of Zurich for support 🙏 #chemsky @michaljuricek.bsky.social

Wonderful two days at the University of Amsterdam - big thanks Tomáš Šolomek for being such a wonderful host, and all the faculty and students for inspiring time and discussions, so much great research!! THANK YOU! 🙏 @tomsolomek.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch

WHAT A CHEMIST WANTS The thrill of finding single crystals in the vial… and the ecstasy when they diffract! 💎✨ Great job, Georg and Helena! @chem.uzh.ch

Synthesis and Characterization of a π-Extended Clar’s Goblet | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #PiSky

Pores so TINY, yet so HUGE? 🤔 Learn about the science behind this year’s @nobelprize.bsky.social in Chemistry! Follow @chemistryunwrapped.bsky.social for more content @chem.uzh.ch @chemsky.bsky.social #chemsky #MOF #nanopores

Olivie joined our group for an internship already in the first year of her undergrad studies at UZH. So excited to have you with us, Olivie! Welcome to JuricekLab and enjoy your stay under the supervision of @janborstelmann.bsky.social! @chem.uzh.ch @michaljuricek.bsky.social #chemsky #studentlife

A closer L👀K at the multiconfigurational ground state. BIG thanks to the whole co-author crowd for a wonderful collaboration!! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @shantanumishra.bsky.social @nanotechsurflab.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch @juriceklab.bsky.social

Ever WONDERED why perfectly seared steak, roasted coffee, or baked bread SMELL so irresistible?👃🔥 It’s not just cooking — it’s chemistry at work! ⚗️ The secret is called the MAILLARD reaction, and it’s the science behind flavor. @chem.uzh.ch @michaljuricek.bsky.social

Interested in non-functional organic magnetic switches? We actually do want to make them work — that’s why we study the ones that don’t, so we can make them function :-) Check out our new preprint 🔗 chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr... @paulinepfister.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch #ChemSky #PiSky

Paula is featured in another @chemistryunwrapped.bsky.social video 🔥🔥 Vinegar chips - do you love them or hate them? 😀 @paulawdr.bsky.social @michaljuricek.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch

Our lab just got a dose of youthful curiosity! Laurin Huber, a high school student, is currently conducting experiments for his matura thesis in our lab under the supervision of Daniel Cavlovic. Supporting young scientists as they take their first steps into research! 🔬🎓 #pisky #chemsky

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel... #ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪

Welcome back Daniel! 🤩☀️ Returning from his PostDoc in the Nuckolls group at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social he's rejoining the group as our senior scientist! We are glad to have you back, Daniel ♥️✨ #chemsky #pisky

🥚 Ever tried to UNCook a boiled egg? 🤔 Sprinkle some sodium borohydride… and watch egg white turn back into slime 🤯 Crazy? Yes. Gross? A bit.😃 But pure chemistry magic 🔬✨ Follow @chemistryunwrapped.bsky.social for more! #TheGloriousProteins #UncookAnEgg #FoodChemistry #ScienceMagic

🔬 New in ACS Nano: Triangulene on TbAu₂ shows a strong, spatially modulated interaction with ferromagnetic magnetization (~20 mV Kondo splitting). ➡️ TbAu₂ = new platform for π-magnetic nanographenes. doi.org/10.1021/acsn... @empa-materials.bsky.social

Welcome Eric! 🤩 After his PostDoc in Groningen with nobel laureate Ben Feringa, he decided to join our group for another PostDoc stay before he will pursue his independant career. We are looking forward to work with you the coming 6 months!✨👨‍🔬⚗️ #postdoc #pisky #chemsky

Congratulations, Delia, on your successful master thesis defense! You’ve done excellent work and made a great team together with your supervisor Trung. It’s been a pleasure having you in the group. We wish you a great start as a #phdstudent in the Štacko group! @chem.uzh.ch @pstacko.bsky.social