Wrap up after a truly inspiring conference here in Hefei, Anhui. I learned so much! The future of Chemistry is here. Now its for keeping my fingers crossed that Typhoon Ragasa will allow me to get home... #ozchem #chemsky #labsofthefuture

...now I am scared

A grand conference with mind-blowing talks here in Hefei just started. While Im very inspired, it also shows how far behind we are in the #Ozchem community. Robotics, ML/AI in chemistry isn't just an idea of the future. It is the present and we need to make sure to stay up to date.

Arrived in Hefei for a conference on Automation in Chemistry. I am stoked for the presentations and discussions, but first I just realize how different the internet micro (macro?) cosmos in China is. And how reliant I am on Google for literally everything in my conference travels.

Yesterday, our very own Bo Zhang gave his thesis submission seminar. Bo did incredible work on transient kinetic screening of very fast and of very slow polymerizations. Im immensely proud that I was his supervisor! #ozchem #flowchem #chemsky #monash

#Jetlag is when you are in your office, craving your 2nd coffee at 7:20am, and have done most of the emails already that piled up over the last 4 days. On the flipside, I am not sure if packing my gym bag for sports after work was not too optimistic. I have an inkling that I wont survive that long.

On my way home from the 2025 Faraday Discussions on Polymerization and Depolymerization. It was great fun with lots of good science and many discussions. I learned a lot! Thanks Charlotte Williams and @antoinebuchard.bsky.social for the organization and the invitation! #FD2025 #ozchem #chemsky

Faraday Discussions on the 2nd century of polymerization and depolymerization is on with an introductory lecture by Marc Hillmyer. Good science, with Oxfords Trinity college as backdrop. Looking forward to all interactions! #ozchem #chemsky #polymerchem #Monash

im not sure im more worried about the price or the fact that it probably only exists because someone ordered it before #chemsky

Trick your copolymerization to do things it wouldnt do by itself. Make statistical copolymers where normally they would give you gradients. Make gradients where there normally wouldnt be any. All by the power of automation and data driven chemistry! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #ChemSky #Ozchem

Lots of SEC samples ready to be shipped. It took some time to find the capacity to work on it, but now our @iupacpolymer.bsky.social project on SEC accuracy is taking final shape!

Why I hate doing paper revisions. A rant of an academic who is also a journal editor #Chemsky #AcademicChatter #Ozchem /1 of many #fedup #weneedtodobetter #fixscience

The PRunus Domestica (PRDgroup tree II) is making me happy today! It's only its second year, but the flowers make me hopeful. Much better to spend time gardening than writing grant applications.... #springtime

with paper alert comes #papermeme :)

New publication alert! In collaboration with University of Jena we refined the design of our flow dialysis devices for monomer removal. Get rid of leftover monomer from your polymer solutions quick and easy! #3Dprinting designs freely available! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #ozchem #gowiththeflow

OK, bluesky foodies down under. What is your favourite winter vegetable and why is it kohlrabi? #ChemistsWhoCook

It's good to remember once in a while that you can work long hours for days on end, do everything right and still feel unaccomplished.

I need that printed out and on my office door NOW

#Grampians never disappoint

Not sure that's correct. Also, when did people start to think its OK to put stickers of their hometown everywhere? #Grampians #victoria

Episode 3 of #Wednesday... getting low-key Gremlins 2 vibes.

Anyone else disappointed about #Wednesday?

After it wasn't possible for me to go to KL in person to receive my recent IUPAC award, I met with @francesbiophys.bsky.social yesterday who kindly brought it with her to Melbourne. Thank you! This award is testament to the awesome work of my team. Proud of you all! #iupac #ozchem #womeninscience

Last impressions from past weeks Fiji vacation. Still getting used to the Melbourne cold again. I want my daily routine of brekkie, scuba, chill, snorkel, eat, sleep back. I was on Waya island 3 times now. I'm sure I will be back again.

I hate that my GoPro died on me. No photos of all the marine life we are seeing here. On today's dive we had a shark, turtle, clown fish and as a special gues a giant lobster 🦞 #scuba #fiji

I haven't checked my email in roughly 60h now. Cold turkey. You can see i still think about work because I know the time, and I post about it. By the time the vacation is over I should be good

Bula! That's how I like my holidays :) #Fiji #Octopus #Yasawas

@iupac.org Guiding Principles of Responsible Chemistry #IUPAC officially launched the Guiding Principles of Responsible Chemistry at #IUPAC2025, a bold, forward-looking framework designed to transform how #chemistry is practiced, taught, and perceived worldwide 🌍 🔗 iupac.org/responsible-chemistry

Congratulations to our very own Tanja Junkers @polymerreaction.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 @iupac.org Distinguished Women in Chemistry Award. #IUPAC2025

When you have IUPAC meetings, but also your kids want dinner #iupac @iupacpolymer.bsky.social

No specific reason, but tonight felt like I needed some Belgian goodness. #BelgianBeer is best

Im grateful for every comrade who does

I wish I would find a way to figure out if my morning sport routine will a)energize me for the day or b)make my whole body tired and wanna go home. Today is a b day, and getting work done is harder today than it was shredding those laps in the pool.

Our work with @williamsgroupox.bsky.social uncovering thermodynamic and kinetic relationships in depolymerization catalysis is out in @jacs.acspublications.org. Congrats to Thom McGuire & David Ning who led the study. Thanks @royalsociety.org @ukcatalysishub.bsky.social. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Winter nights call for winter dishes. Happy winter solstice, everyone! #ChemistsWhoCook

Sometimes it's easy to forget how bloody beautiful this piece of earth is that I call home #Melbourne #Naarm #Bayside

I really wish Simone Biles (& others) would read this – or literally any of the similarly in depth analyses of the research & complexities surrounding trans ppl & sports (no paywall) on Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/trans-peop... & Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/trans-people...

Working on Kings birthday means you get a reminder how easy the daily commute can be when no other cars are around.

Kate Nash really is an ally, damn.

Took me long enough to get inside one of the iconic Melbourne theatres.... would you believe it! Feels like sightseeing after 7.5 years of living here. Yet, why do I always end of seeing Lloyd-Webber musicals? #JSC

don’t worry everyone, #chemsky can be perfect so long as we all get along. first things first, we just need to agree that coordination polymers aren't polymers

Warum wollen eigentlich Teile der Union Gendern verbieten, aber die AfD nicht? Warum will man nicht Menschen, die Gendern "inhaltlich stellen", aber Faschisten schon?

*looking for reviewers who reviewed a recent opinion piece of mine* An unusual request, I know. I wrote an opinion article on my experience as trans person in science upon invitation of a journal. Despite mostly good reviews, the article was rejected. #trans #academicchatter

And you know it is coming.... #papermeme #ozchem

It's been a long journey to get here: Automatic screening of BCP nanoprecipitation. We developed a platform that will enable many future studies by establishing a high throughput pipeline to better understand the kinetic conditions of polymer nanoaggregate formation. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

The best feeling of a scientist is and always will be if you had an idea, pondered about it for a month, then give it a try, and find that what first seemed far-fetched actually worked beautifully. Doesn't happen often, but when it does..... soooo rewarding! #ozchem

Look, I *know* what it looks like. But it's the best meal prep food ever: Dill pumpkin stew. Goes best with some chicken. Can't get better on an autumn night. #ChemistsWhoCook #mealprep #Tökfőzelék

If you are a European chemist who is eligible to apply for an outgoing postdoctoral fellowship from the MSCA, and if you are interested in robotics, automation and digitalization in chemistry AND if you would like to work in beautiful Australia, let us know! #ChemSky

FlyDubai: where skywards members go to die

A wonderful phase out of the conference just before heading home again. The scenery is even more impressive once you know that is Mt Etna in the background