Barry Blight
@barryblight.bsky.social
Professor at the University of New Brunswick 🇨🇦 Inorganic Chemist, Porous and Supramolecular Materials. Chasing True Sustainability. https://blightba.wixsite.com/blightresearchgroup Interested in Life. Family. Chemistry. Go!
We discovered something cool! We can make a bunch of different Al-MOFs from a single starting material, Aluminum Formate (ALF). This is because it has a built-in modulator. We also did it using aluminum waste! @unbresearch.bsky.social @chemistryunb.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Robust and sustainable synthesis of Al-based MOFs form waste aluminium
Aluminium MOFs have gained researchers attention for their applications in gas sequestration, water harvesting, drug delivery and chemical storage. Current synthetic methods, however, rely on a variet...
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Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD
Thx & congrats to all involved! particularly the @barryblight.bsky.social, Dyker, @cortogantese.bsky.social, Ignaszak, Qu, @eislergroup.bsky.social groups, and our neighbour Limoges group from earth science! @unbresearch.bsky.social
I think if we're going to post work stuff to Bluesky, we should at least use a different tone or vernacular than Linkedin posts...I admit I'm guilty but I vow to do better.
Bottled sunshine? 🤔Thanks, Piotr, for capturing the yellow sample glowing brilliantly under UV excitation.💛🥳 Happy #fluorescencefriday! @standrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social
I’ve been working on a work/personal project for the last few years. I want to introduce you to Atomicity.ca a digital lab notebook designed with professors and graduate students in mind. Still working on more features, but happy to share.
Atomicity | Digital Lab Notebook for University Research Labs
Welcome to Atomicity, a digital lab notebook designed in canada for canadian university labs.
atomicity.ca
Stefania Impellizzeri, a sustainable-materials chemist at @torontomet.bsky.social, is trying to make ice rinks more efficient and sustainable by fine-tuning water chemistry and rink-related materials. Read more: cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪 @stefimpellizzeri.bsky.social
Come be my colleague :)
Chemistry Faculty Positions in Canada@chemfacultycdn.bsky.social · 5mo agoUniversity of New Brunswick - Fredericton: Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor - inorganic and general chemistry https://chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/2026/03/university-of-new-brunswick-fredericton.html
Regenerable Luminescent Triarylborane Lanthanide Metal–Organic Frameworks as Solid-State Sensors http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02800
I am heartbroken over the death of Kirsty Duncan. She loved this country and served in Parliament with a total dedication and passion for the people of Canada. Deepest condolences to her family and colleagues. The Angels will welcome her.
Paper Alert! 4Y in the making. Anion sensing with highly luminescent Boron-Lanthanide MOFs. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... Well done to Sarah Englehart and Dr Mason Lawrence. @unbresearch.bsky.social Thanks to @forganross.bsky.social and Dr Russell Main for their 3D-ED sorcery.@glasgow.ac.uk
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In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
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Deborah Blum@deborahb.bsky.social · 7mo agoOh, just get vaccinated (part 5,000) "Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found." (gift article)
📣 Announcement 📣 We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Bob Hay Lectureship 🏆 has been awarded to Prof Paul McGonigal “for his use of geometric and ionic frustration to engineer dynamic processes in functional molecules and materials." Congratulations, Paul! @paul-mcgonigal.bsky.social (1/2)
Watch Harri's award lecture next Thursday!
RSC Advances@rscadvances.rsc.org · 8mo agoWe would like to highlight the winner of the RSC Advances Outstanding Student Paper Award 2024 in the Inorganic Chemistry category, T. Harri Jones, for his contribution in doi.org/10.1039/D4RA... 🏆Congratulations! Read more about Harri here: blogs.rsc.org/ra/2025/11/1...
We would like to highlight the winner of the RSC Advances Outstanding Student Paper Award 2024 in the Inorganic Chemistry category, T. Harri Jones, for his contribution in doi.org/10.1039/D4RA... 🏆Congratulations! Read more about Harri here: blogs.rsc.org/ra/2025/11/1...
A great Opportunity.
Dr Andrea Laybourn@andrealaybourn.bsky.social · 8mo ago📢PhD available in our group focusing on "Synthesis & optimisation of stimuli responsive MOFs in flow" Based in Sch Chemistry & iPRD @UniLeeds. Start date: 1st Oct 2026. ⏰️App deadline 30th Jan. Please repost to spread the word 🙏 #chemsky #phdjobs Come join us! www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...
The new open source syringe pump control boards arrived. Exciting!
we were in the Saturday evening news...While I struggled to string words together (haha) Mason carried the team. globalnews.ca/video/115182...
UNB research turns aluminum waste into clean energy | Watch News Videos Online
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In the wake of Jim Watson's death, it's worth remembering that Rosalind Franklin was an equal player, and left out. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
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Y'all know I love Fredericton but the outpouring of support for Sara Holyoke takes it to another level. Over $100k raised in less than 24 hours. Not sure there's many people in this town that could get that kind of love but it's all karma. Support your community and your community will support you.
Nov 7th is the birthday of both Lise Meitner & Marie Curie. Of the 13 chemical elements named directly after real people (not mythological figures) only two are named after women: meitnerium and curium (the latter of which is named in honour of both Marie & her husband) #chemsky 🧪
Simon Fraser University: Assistant Professor in the area of Organic Chemistry https://chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/2025/11/simon-fraser-university-assistant.html
Do you like phosphorus-containing heterocycles? And NMR spectroscopy? Then you are in for a treat! Check out our most recent work out today in @chemicalscience.rsc.org pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... Fantastic work by the indefatigable David Meier who persevered when most would have given up.
Exceptionally large “through-space” nuclear spin coupling in a 2,4,6-tri(phosphanyl)-1,3,5-triphosphabenzene
We describe the synthesis of a phosphanyl-functionalized 1,3,5-triphosphabenzene that exhibits remarkably large indirect spin-spin coupling (432 Hz) between phosphorus-31 nuclei. The magnitude of this...
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New research at UNB could hold the key to better aluminum recycling -- and to creating trillions of litres of sustainable, green hydrogen fuel every year. Read more about the discovery that could help keep millions of tonnes of waste out of landfills annually: blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
From refinery waste to useful materials and green fuel: New research could revolutionize the global aluminum industry
New research by UNB chemistry professor Dr. Barry Blight could revolutionize how we deal with aluminum refining waste, aluminum recycling and even fuelling our world—reducing how much material ends up...
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Happy to be highlighted by @unbresearch.bsky.social @discoverunb.bsky.social for this exciting work completed by Dr Mason Lawrence and Rob Horne on our team, supported by Research NB. blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
From refinery waste to useful materials and green fuel: New research could revolutionize the global aluminum industry
New research by UNB chemistry professor Dr. Barry Blight could revolutionize how we deal with aluminum refining waste, aluminum recycling and even fuelling our world—reducing how much material ends up...
blogs.unb.ca