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Prof. Laurel Schafer

@laurelschafer.bsky.social

Mother, Wife, Chemistry Professor, CRC, Head of Department, Start Up Founder. At UBC-Vancouver, we develop new early transition metals catalysts with specialization in amine molecules and materials.

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Gabino Iglesias@gabino.bsky.social · last yr.

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

Pacifichem@pacifichem.bsky.social · last yr.

Did you know that Ernest Rutherford – one of the pioneers of atomic and nuclear physics – was from New Zealand? In fact, he was the first Oceanian to win the Nobel! While he spent his later career in England, the work that led to his Nobel Prize was conducted in Canada! #Pacifichem2025

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Prof. Laurel Schafer@laurelschafer.bsky.social · last yr.

Congrats to Max Thompson and team, who show that highly functionalized small molecules can be assembled using hydroaminoalkylation. Insights into catalyst and substrate control. A lesson in patience and persistence - his 1st paper, a 1st author JACS!! 🔥🔥 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Regioselective Hydroaminoalkylation with Silylated Alkenes for β-Amino Acid Synthesis

Catalyst and substrate steric and electronic features that influence regioselectivity in hydroaminoalkylation were leveraged to develop a synthetic approach for the selective synthesis of β-amino acids. An in situ generated tantalum-ureate catalyst was used to prepare 18 γ-silylated amines in up to 93% yield from internal silylated alkenes. β-Amino silane regioisomer production was rarely observed, making this work one of the few examples of highly regioselective hydroaminoalkylation with unsymmetric internal alkenes. These γ-amino silanes were converted to γ-amino alcohols with a modified Tamao–Fleming oxidation strategy followed by two additional steps to prepare β-amino acids, including a key fragment of the anticancer drug candidate Ipatasertib.

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Prof. Laurel Schafer@laurelschafer.bsky.social · last yr.

So excited to learn that alumni, faculty and departmental friends are giving generously to support the excellence of our students. Many thanks for your contributions to this new summer research award!

UBC Chemistry@chem.ubc.ca · last yr.

Support UBC Chemistry's Graduate Student Support Fund this #UBCGivingDay! Your contribution will help graduate students focus on their research, developing innovations for a healthy planet. 💚🔬 🔗 givingday.ubc.ca/31090/gd2025...

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last yr.

Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic. globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca

In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

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Tracy Chou@triketora.com · 2y ago

was talking to my therapist about how i feel a little ashamed to not be well educated, informed, or insightful enough to have opinions on a lot of things that matter and she’s like… maybe you shouldn’t compare yourself to people who don’t know anything and overconfidently express bad takes anyways

Literary Pearls@literarypearls.bsky.social · 2y ago

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

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Cam Zheng@camzheng.bsky.social · 2y ago

Rosie’s an amazing Scientist and great mentor! This a great opportunity to learn some highly innovative chemistry! #ChemSky #organometallics

Dr Rosalyn Falconer@rosalynfalconer.bsky.social · 2y ago

I am advertising a fully funded chemistry PhD scholarship in my group at @aucklanduni.bsky.social to study titanium catalysts attached to sold supports. For more details see: tinyurl.com/FalconerPhD Please repost and share! #chemsky #inorganicchemistry #PhD #PhDscholarship #catalysis #greenchem