(2/2) as well as to aUrs Ziegler from the Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis at UZH for access to their facilities 🔬🏢; to Alžbeta Runová for her fantastic guest appearance 🌟🎭; and to @chem.uzh.ch and University of Zurich for their support 🧬🏫.
(1/2) Big thanks 🙏 to Peter Štacko and his research group for sharing their exciting research, hosting us in their lab 🧪, appearing in the video 🎬, and for Peter’s help with the script ✍️ @pstacko.bsky.social
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👻💊🔦🎯 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
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Big thanks to Jana Valnohová for her fantastic guest appearance and brilliantly starring as both jellyfish and firefly 🪼🪲, and to the Department of Chemistry at the University of Zurich for their support. 🙏
🪼🔆 Can we GLOW like a jellyfish?
YES! We just need the right chemistry.🧪
@chem.uzh.ch @michaljuricek.bsky.social @juriceklab.bsky.social
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Also BIG thanks to Cesare Berton, Jason Holland @hollandlab.bsky.social and Peter Štacko @pstacko.bsky.social for lending us their 3D-printed spectrophotometer🙏
Huge thanks to our enthusiastic guest Jana Valnohová for traveling all the way from Geneva to film with us, and to the Department of Chemistry @chem.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich for their support! 🙏
👀🦐 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.
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A huge thank you to @hollandlab.bsky.social for letting us dive into their chemistry! Special thanks to Jason, Eda Nisli, Fan Liu, Stanislav Prytuliak, and James Southwell for their guest appearances, and to Cesare Berton for the molecular animation, as well as @chem.uzh.ch for their support!
☢️ 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
Big thanks to:
🙏 Georg Berger – for all experiments and the GC-MS measurements
⚙️ Shimadzu Schweiz GmbH – for sponsoring the video production
☕️ ViCAFE – for providing their space for filming and coffee samples
🎓 @chem.uzh.ch University of Zurich – for their support
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We boost our day with COFFEE ☕️🔥
But do we really know how much CAFFEINE is in our cup? 👀
In this video, we analyzed how caffeine content 🧪 changes with different water volumes💧
Watch to see what we found!
@chem.uzh.ch @michaljuricek.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
Big thanks to Olivie Matyasková👩🔬 for great guest appearance and @chem.uzh.ch at University of Zurich for their support 🩷🙏
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🧅💧 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
👃 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
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Big thanks to the Department of Chemistry at the University of Zurich for their support 🙏✨
@chem.uzh.ch
🤔 Can an entire SOCCER field fit inside a TEASPOON of a MOF — the material for which Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year?
🎥Learn more about these ultra-porous materials in our latest video!
@nobelprize.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch #chemsky
Big thanks to @chem.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich for their support 🙏✨
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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
Big thanks to Marie Perrin for her amazing guest appearance, to Peter Štacko and Karl Gademann for the idea and inspiring discussions, to Peter Štacko also for testing our first experiments, and to the @chem.uzh.ch at UZH for their support 🙏✨
@pstacko.bsky.social
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