Catherine Holden

Going back to the University of Manchester to speak about careers at Syngenta was a joy. It was wonderful to see how the Department of Chemistry is flourishing and hear about excellent science from the current generation of PhD candidates. lnkd.in/eQQS9wrC

Please RT. Chemistry and data junkies—honk if you want to join our team as prestigious Azrieli Postdoctoral Scholars and work at the interface of catalysis, machine learning, and uncensored mechanistic bliss. Deadline 15 Nov 2022 azrielifoundation.org/wp-content/upl…

The most common question I have recieved so far is "am I experienced enough in ..... to apply for this role?" If you have some of the skills required and are open to learn and grow, then you are in a great place.

We have a #chemjob vacancy in the chemistry automation team at Syngenta. Apply or get in touch with any questions!

Are you a synthetic organic chemist with experience in reaction optimisation or library synthesis? Are you driven by data 📊 or excited by automation 🤖? We are searching for a new colleague to join our team of automation chemists, based at Jealott’s Hi…lnkd.in/eD63YTF9

@SuperScienceGrl I like Clue too. It does try to sell you the premium version all the time. And does predict ovulation, but isn't OTT.

Can anyone recommend a lite, fuss-free period tracking website or app, that doesn't go on about fertility as if that matters to me? Monthlyinfo is closing due to American politics 🙄🙄🙄

If you are interested in pursuing your Ph.D. in the field of enantioselective catalysis of radical reactions, consider the opportunity in our team in Krakow. More info on our website sosg-ju.com/lw-opportuniti… Registration deadline: 05.07.2022. RT much appreciated.

@HappyFranchino @DurhamChemistry @dixon_group @Echavarren_Lab @morandilab Congratulations! Best of luck in your new position!!

I am over the moon to announce that I will start as an Assistant Professor at @DurhamChemistry in September. A huge thank you to my advisors @dixon_group, @Echavarren_Lab and @Morandilab, and to Durham for having me! A PhD advert (all nationalities) will follow soon.

🚨A 3.5 yrs PhD studentship in synthetic organic chemistry, to start in Sep 2022, is available in my team @UoMChemistry:📣come join us! Motivated🇬🇧,🇪🇺and🗺️candidates are all welcome to apply. Closing 17/07/2022. For more details, DM me or visit: findaphd.com/phds/project/s… Please RT!

@chemchristensen @PharmToTablePod @danithechemist @procrastiprof Yeah, I'd been toying with the idea of using it too to explain the effort required, it was validating to hear you mention it! Thank you.

@chemistrytime @PharmToTablePod @danithechemist @procrastiprof Thanks! Just having awareness of the chasm and realizing the effort it takes to arrive at the tipping point has been helpful and has kept us intentional.

Who needs AM ☕️ when you have @chemchristensen as a guest?! This episode of @PharmToTablePod will bring you up to chemspeed of how industry uses 🤖 to optimize reactions. Lastly, @procrastiprof dishes on APO - listen to find out what that means! anchor.fm/pharm-to-table…

@chemchristensen @PharmToTablePod @danithechemist @procrastiprof I loved the episode. Really nice to hear your story. Your reference to the law of diffusion of innovation stood out to me. Has it been a useful model in encouraging uptake of HTE and automation?

@danithechemist @PharmToTablePod @procrastiprof I love the title of this episode so much.

@PharmToTablePod I'll listen to a few more episodes and get back to you 🙂

@chemistrytime We’re so happy to have you listen and would love your feedback!

@PharmToTablePod I've just discovered you. Your first episode released when I started mat leave. Listening helps me to connect to chemistry again - while I do chores 😄 also a fan of vacuuming, but hanging out laundry on a sunny day is my favourite 👌

@paddy_killoran Thanks, I will hunt it down.

@chemistrytime That's a good idea. I'm pretty sure Derek Lowe did a blog post about the paper and there was some discussion about the safety of the reagent!

Now that the 1000 email backlog is cleared, I'm ready to catch up on the wider world of chemistry and organic synthesis from the past year. What are your "must reads"? What did you publish?

@paddy_killoran The skeletal editing could be in alternative to sp3-sp2 coupling? Do an alkylation then delete the N. Personally, I would like to know more about the safety of those reagents though before I made any. Has that been discussed in the community?

@chemistrytime Hey Catherine, I hope you are well. These papers stood out for me. Skeletal editing by nitrogen deletion 10.1038/s41586-021-03448-9 Mechanochemical synthesis of magnesium-based nucleophiles in air 10.1038/s41467-021-26962-w Taming shape shifting anions 10.1021/jacs.2c02627

@mattsmith__2001 @luigi_davia Very interesting. Process development is slightly outside of my day to day. I wonder if there is any use in medium scale process development?

@chemistrytime @luigi_davia and his team have been doing some really cool stuff - pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

If you have taken an extended leave of absence, did you keep up with the scientific literature or catch up? Tell me how you did it either way...

@ICIQchem Ooh how interesting. I'd love to visit. The last time I was on a plane was my farewell trip to ICIQ 😲

@chemistrytime Oh, many things, you'll have to come back some day to catch up! ;)

After a long break, I have logged back on to twitter to catch up with Chemisty twitter. There's been a few changes from my side...

@nfchilton Thank you! I see you are Prof now, congratulations. Are you still in Manchester?

@chemistrytime Welcome back ☺️ and congrats on baby #2