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Check out the our new preprint from Yuquan Chi and Surachet Imlimthan from @msarparanta.bsky.social lab and my lab. We report a boron cluster polymer conjugate with super high aqueous solubility and PET trackability!

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I have studied drug loaded poly(2-oxazoline) micelles for almost two decades. In the laat few years, we have focused in particular on the effects of the hydrophilic blocks/corona. Now, Maksym studied in silico the effects of swapping out the hydrophilic blocks, preprint: chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....

Scalable Miniemulsion Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) in Continuous Flow A scalable methodology to perform miniemulsion polymerizations is demonstrated for the polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA). Scalability of the miniemulsification was achieved by using a spinni...

This article is part of a special issue in JACS Au on flow chemistry, and I think this contribution, the main work of Gayathri's PhD within the IITB/Monash academy, is a wonderful example for fruitful collaborations between India and Australia!

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New paper alert! Miniemulsion polymerizations are so useful for many things. Yet, bringing them from the lab to scalable synthesis is something that isn't easy. Using a combo of spinning disk reactor and agitated reactors, we solved that issue! Well done, Gayathri!

#ozchem #IITB #Monash

Super happy that after a terrible winter last year, this year it is better. Around -10°C for more than 6 weeks now, Baltic sea frozen maybe 50 cm think in our bay, perfect snow for cross-country skiing.

On my way to the PhD defenses of two of my students at the University of Würzburg, maybe the final endpoint of this chapter of my academic life. Finally daring to travel from Helsinki to Germany only by ferry and train. Right now riding the overnight train from Stockholm to Hamburg.

Hyper-ambition and the Replication Crisis: Why Measures to Promote Research Integrity can Falter - Journal of Academic Ethics This paper introduces the concept of ‘hyper-ambition’ in academia as a contributing factor to what has been termed a ‘replication crisis’ across some sciences. The replication crisis is an umbrella te...

Just came across this very interesting paper on academic ethics by Yasemim J Erden. Perfect weekend or summer read for anybody interested in addressing the rampant issues in current academia around the replicstion crisis and the obvious failure of academic metrics.

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What a wrap-up of #EPF2025. Florian Kaps, PhD student in our lab, received one of the poster prizes. We are very proud of his great work and thankful to allwho voted for Florian! Also congrats to all other awardees, including Julian Schmidt (Frey Lab) and one from the Jordan group at TU Dresden.

Very proud supervisor! My team won the pub quiz at #EPF2025!!

That's fantastic!! In particular that you donated the prize money!

Florian Kaps, PhD researcher in our group giving a short poster pitch at #EPF2024.

This week our PhD student @celinekuchler.bsky.social is attending the 10th European #Crystallography School in Ohrid, Macedonia.
She presents a poster "Controlled Crystallization and Morphological Studies of All-organic Salt Particles" and is looking forward to interesting lectures and discussions!

My train is my office! On the way to #EPF2025 in Groningen, enjoying my favorite music and the scenery were I grew up, Germany's flatlands...

Great talk by Jörg Tiller at #EPF2025

And here is some science from
@metrazymes.bsky.social members at the European Polymer Congress @epf2025.bsky.social: PI Prof. Nico Bruns @bruns-lab.bsky.social presenting enzymatic radical polymerizations!

Andrea on the big stage! Indeed,a very large lecture theater @epf2025.bsky.social!

It’s a great pleasure to host the group of Prof. Arn Mignon @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social under the support of @unaeuropa.bsky.social @helsinki.fi Looking forward to the trip to Leuven soon!

Correction, the polymers are supposed to become prostate cancer theranostics, not pancreatic cancer

...a great collab with the TRIM group in Helsinki. (@msarparanta.bsky.social lab).

Day 2 is starting at #EPF2025. From our Lab, Maurice Pütz is presenting his poster on bioinks (#289) Florian T. Kaps a poster on our cool lipopolymer platform (#291). But the star of the day, Yuquan Chi will present in the big Theaterzaal her work on starpolymers for pancreatic cancer radiotherapy..

Askican Hacioglu just presented results from his PhD thesis and Ilia Elizbarian's MSc thesis at #EPF2025. Really interesting results on the tionation of different water-soluble amide bearing polymers. We are still working on the full picture, but really interesting, non-trivial effects observed.

#EPF2025 is starting!! Katja Loos is opening, looking forward to a great week, great talks and inspiration! @polymerreaction.bsky.social

*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

I have a variation.... I find chemistry the most creative of sciences, and incredibly rewarding... you think of a molecule, never existed in the history of the univery.... you design a synthesis, make it and hold it in your hand.... first ever, anywhere...

Traceless red-light induced polymerization of hydrogels, safe for cells, possible deep in tissue, completely colorless products! Great collaboratiob with the teams of Nikita Durandin and @timolaaksonen.bsky.social.

Traceless Photopolymerization with Non‐Pulsed Red Light Enables 3D‐Printable Cell‐Laden Hydrogels The paper presents a red-light-induced polymerization process, initiated by the FDA-approved dye methylene blue and the cytocompatible co-initiator triethanolamine, for fabricating hydrogels. This ph...

You want to crosslinked bioprinted samples with red light, because it is particularly safe and penetrates deep? But you don't like that the products are colored, as they need to interact with the red light? We have a solution!

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Recently, we published a very nice paper with the team of @daltonlab.bsky.social on volumetric 3D printing. Check out the videos too! Now I brewed the corresponding paperbeer. A Westcoast IPA called Volumetric Vision. It turned out quite alright!

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Chemistry is the perfect mixture of hands-on work, deep theoretical scientific concepts of the foundations of matter and all things and incredibly creative. In what other profession can you think of new molecules that never before existed, make them from scratch and test their properties? #chemistry

Synthesis and Polymerization of Thiophene‐Bearing 2‐Oxazolines and 2‐Oxazines Thiophene-bearing 2Ox and 2Ozi monomers are produced by utilizing the Witte and Seeliger method. The monomers are characterized by spectroscopic methods and x-ray diffraction to resolve structural da....

It has been quite a while in the making, but now finally out, Julian's work, wrapped up by Aaron, shows new thiophene bearing poly(2-oxazoline)s and poly(2-oxazine)s. These could be quite interesting precursors for conductive polymers. Have a look!

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