Lily K-Evans
@lilyke.bsky.social
Finishing PhD candidate (Blaskovich Lab, IMB @ UQ) Synthetic chemistry & microbiology (let's tackle biofilms!) Can be found dancing, surfing, & cycling 💃🏼🍊🌻🧪🌊🧬⌬ Working and living on unceded lands
100+ year old picric acid and organic peroxides! I was interviewed for a chemistry perspective. #OzChem #ChemChat
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 2mo ago'Potential explosive hazards' at Shackleton and Scott's historically important huts in Antarctica
Ok this is some nice work. Pyridylphosphines for the Mitsunobu and Appel reactions that can be either washed out with CuSO4 solution or precipitated with THF doi.org/10.1021/acs.... #chemsky
Poly(2-pyridyl)phosphines: Separation-Friendly Reagents for the Mitsunobu and Appel Reactions
The use of bis(2-pyridyl)phenylphosphine and tris(2-pyridyl)phosphine as practical, drop-in alternatives to triphenylphosphine in the Mitsunobu and Appel reactions is reported. Their P-oxides are easi...
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I am particularly proud of this classification scheme, which I hope will become a blueprint for the field as people continue to go after these important C-to-N replacement reactions!
absolutely devasted by google replacing it's google dictionary feature - the etymolgical overview was one of the best features As was the pronunciation and compact nature of the definitions,,,, as opposed to this bizzare ai overview
shoutout "apbk" command on TopSpin, gotta be one of my favourites 🙂↕️
Our postdoc Willi Amberg built SynStrategy, a learning tool that categorizes 500+ reactions by functional group with 400+ total synthesis examples. If you’re into #OrgChem, check it out (it’s free)! iOS: apps.apple.com/de/app/synst... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d... #ChemSky
Science bites session II, Lily P Kenchington-Evans from @university of Queensland gave us a talk on Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of antibiotics decorated with a permanent charge.
excellent sentence from a 1948 monograph "prophetic understatement!"
now more than ever at that point in my PhD where I wish I could ask the (micro)organisms what is going ON and how my compounds are working (and how others are not)
It's that time again: @cenmag.bsky.social 's molecule of the year poll is now OPEN! Check out the contenders, lovingly curated by yours truly from past C&EN stories, and vote for your favorite by Dec. 11 #chemsky #scisky #moty2025 cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...
Meet the molecules of the year 2025
C&EN editors’ annual round-up of spectacular molecules we’ve covered in the past year
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Just updated to Topspin 4.5.0 and am absolutely devastated to say goodbye to the left-handed legend on the computer and "NMR With Ease"
Microbial enzymes hold the key to greener plastics! Rhodospirillum rubrum can produce ethylene without releasing CO₂. A team @rebeleinlab.bsky.social purified the enzyme and solved its structure, an important step towards #SustainableChemistry.
Microbial Strategy for Renewable Plastic
A bacterial enzyme could make it possible to produce the plastic building block ethylene without the emission of CO₂. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, led by Dr Johannes Rebelein, have now investigated the enzyme's structure and function in vitro.These findings lay the groundwork for more sustainable biotechnological ethylene production and improve our understanding of early biochemical processes.
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Back in Australia (and the lab!) after an incredible time in Austria and the UK, including attending #CamMedChem25 at Churchill College, Cambridge. 😄
Current economic and regulatory challenges in developing antibiotics for Gram-negative bacteria www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Current economic and regulatory challenges in developing antibiotics for Gram-negative bacteria - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Current economic and regulatory challenges in developing antibiotics for Gram-negative bacteria
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Thrilled to have received a travel bursary for #CamMedChem25 in September! I'm looking forward to presenting at an overseas meeting for the first time 🧪
What's the oldest piece of kit in your lab? I remember in grad school, a hand-cranked centrifuge that seemed to have entirely been converted to iron oxide and nobody would touch. Article by @sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/ures...
Ure’s steam bath
A heating device from a fan of heated disputes
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The ceramic cosmetic container housing the substance used for analysis was found inside a tomb in an Iron Age cemetery. Items in the near vicinity offered important clues as to the nature of the burial.
Unique Iron Age kohl from Iran differs from that of ancient Egypt
Eye makeup found to contain graphite and manganese but not organic ingredients
chemistryworld.com
My latest feature for @cenmag.bsky.social is about organic chemists' continuing quest for ultimate control over molecular structures! 🛠️⚗️🔄💊 That's right...it's... the rise of the atom-swappers! cen.acs.org/synthesis/Sk...
Skeletal editing: How close are we to true cut-and-paste chemistry?
Reactions that alter organic scaffolds by a single atom are already proving useful, but time will tell if they’ll fundamentally change how molecules are made
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Why not display this addition polymerisation infographic in your classroom? Use the accompanying resource to test post-16 learners’ understanding of polymers’ structures and names edu.rsc.org/infographics... #scied #teachingresources (4/5)
Everything you need to teach addition polymerisation
Use this poster, fact sheet and classroom activity to ensure your 14-16 learners get to grips with addition polymers
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From microplastics in our oceans and our bodies, to toxic substances accumulating in our ecosystems, the challenges are vast and complex. Scientific expertise must be at the heart of finding solutions.
Multi-disciplinary scientists are ready to solve global chemical pollution
Are governments ready to act?
chemistryworld.com
Thrillled (!!!) to anounce I've been accepted into TWO international conferences !! 🥳 I'll be presenting some synthesis and med chem efforts at @esoc2025.bsky.social, and discussing antibacterial of my novel compounds at @femsmicro.bsky.social ⚗️🧪
A special issue of Science explores the complex and close associations rats share with humans—from their ubiquity in the human environment to their crucial role as biomedical models. 🐀 Learn more on #WorldRatDay: scim.ag/3E7Xo04
The eighth student presentation of my #Antibiotics course presented the paper "A new antibiotic selectively kills Gram-negative pathogens" by the group of Kim Lewis. www.nature.com/artic...
A new antibiotic selectively kills Gram-negative pathogens
Nature - Bacterial symbionts of animals may contain antibiotics that are particularly suitable for development into therapeutics; one such compound, darobactin, is active against important...
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