The man, the legend; Paul Schaap, demonstrating the synthesis of dioxetane derivatives that trigger bright #chemiluminescence when activated. #wsuchemistry #ChemSky
April 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The man, the legend; Paul Schaap, demonstrating the synthesis of dioxetane derivatives that trigger bright #chemiluminescence when activated. #wsuchemistry #ChemSky
Eliana Chen made the Chair’s Honor List! The Chairs Honors List represents the top 3% of students in General Chemistry courses. Congratulations! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky
October 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Eliana Chen made the Chair’s Honor List! The Chairs Honors List represents the top 3% of students in General Chemistry courses. Congratulations! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky
Please join us in congratulating Peyton, recipient of an Excellence in Teaching Services award at #wsuchemistry. Congratulations! #chemsky
October 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Please join us in congratulating Peyton, recipient of an Excellence in Teaching Services award at #wsuchemistry. Congratulations! #chemsky
The Mentos challenge just got serious 🧐 See what happens when chem prof Tom Kuntzleman dds Mentos to a bottle of champagne in comparison to a different carbonated beverage. Cheers! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #mentoschallenge #ChemEd
January 6, 2026 at 8:34 PM
The Mentos challenge just got serious 🧐 See what happens when chem prof Tom Kuntzleman dds Mentos to a bottle of champagne in comparison to a different carbonated beverage. Cheers! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #mentoschallenge #ChemEd
Thanks to Divita Mathur for visiting our campus and delivering a seminar on “Programmable DNA nanoparticles for gene therapies.” #wsuchemistry #chemsky
October 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Thanks to Divita Mathur for visiting our campus and delivering a seminar on “Programmable DNA nanoparticles for gene therapies.” #wsuchemistry #chemsky
Thank you to Gunda Georg for a very interesting Frontiers lecture on the discovery and development of a a non-hormonal birth control pill that targets the retinoid signaling pathway with YCT-529. The pill is undergoing more clinical tests. #wsuchemistry #chemtalk #ChemSky
April 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Thank you to Gunda Georg for a very interesting Frontiers lecture on the discovery and development of a a non-hormonal birth control pill that targets the retinoid signaling pathway with YCT-529. The pill is undergoing more clinical tests. #wsuchemistry #chemtalk #ChemSky
It’s official! Anuradha Jayathissa from Brock Lab has passed her oral exams at #wsuchemistry and is now a PhD candidate. Congratulations, Anuradha! #BrockStar #materialschemistry #chemistryindetroit #ChemSky
April 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It’s official! Anuradha Jayathissa from Brock Lab has passed her oral exams at #wsuchemistry and is now a PhD candidate. Congratulations, Anuradha! #BrockStar #materialschemistry #chemistryindetroit #ChemSky
Just in time for fall classes - Tom Kuntzleman’s new book, Chemical Demonstrations High School and General Chemistry” is out! #wsuchemistry #STEM #ChemEd #ChemSky
August 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Just in time for fall classes - Tom Kuntzleman’s new book, Chemical Demonstrations High School and General Chemistry” is out! #wsuchemistry #STEM #ChemEd #ChemSky
March 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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In a chemistry classroom far, far away…Darth Vader’s weak red lightsaber was no match for our Jedi Chemistry professors blue lightsabers. #wsuchemistry #HappyHalloween #ChemSky #StarWars
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In a chemistry classroom far, far away…Darth Vader’s weak red lightsaber was no match for our Jedi Chemistry professors blue lightsabers. #wsuchemistry #HappyHalloween #ChemSky #StarWars
Tim Johnstone, from UC Santa Cruz gave today’s seminar on the interesting topics of antidotes for carbon dioxide poisoning and the group of 15 elements that make up the bioinorganic group. Thanks for visiting #wsuchemistry! #ChemSky
February 13, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Tim Johnstone, from UC Santa Cruz gave today’s seminar on the interesting topics of antidotes for carbon dioxide poisoning and the group of 15 elements that make up the bioinorganic group. Thanks for visiting #wsuchemistry! #ChemSky
It’s official! Akaninyene David Udoikono, of the Li Lab, successfully passed his candidacy exams yesterday and is now a PhD Candidate. Congratulations on this milestone! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #pchem #phdlife
April 24, 2026 at 1:39 PM
It’s official! Akaninyene David Udoikono, of the Li Lab, successfully passed his candidacy exams yesterday and is now a PhD Candidate. Congratulations on this milestone! #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #pchem #phdlife
Congratulations to MatthewDent, on receiving a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award! His lab will investigate how tiny bacteria thrive on a gas that is deadly to humans. #wsuchemistry #chemsky
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From silent killer to cellular fuel: Wayne State chemist unlocks nature’s carbon monoxide sensors
Supported by an NSF CAREER award, Dr. Matthew Dent investigates how tiny bacteria thrive on a gas that is deadly to humans.
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October 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Congratulations to MatthewDent, on receiving a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award! His lab will investigate how tiny bacteria thrive on a gas that is deadly to humans. #wsuchemistry #chemsky
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Big congrats to Dr. Elle Lewandowski, who successfully defended her dissertation this morning at #wsuchemistry. In a few weeks, she will begin her next chapter as a research scientist at BASF. #phddefense #chemsky
September 28, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Big congrats to Dr. Elle Lewandowski, who successfully defended her dissertation this morning at #wsuchemistry. In a few weeks, she will begin her next chapter as a research scientist at BASF. #phddefense #chemsky
Great hearing from Mandefro Teferi, a postdoc in the Rury Lab, who presented research on "Spin-Polarized Anthracene Triplet States Sensitized by Si QDs in inorganic-organic hybrids" at #wsuchemistry today. #chemsky
September 30, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Great hearing from Mandefro Teferi, a postdoc in the Rury Lab, who presented research on "Spin-Polarized Anthracene Triplet States Sensitized by Si QDs in inorganic-organic hybrids" at #wsuchemistry today. #chemsky
Excited to see our WSU ACS students at the #ACSSpring2026 poster session! #wsuchemistry #ACS150 #ChemSky
March 23, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Excited to see our WSU ACS students at the #ACSSpring2026 poster session! #wsuchemistry #ACS150 #ChemSky
#ResearchInDetroit! Authors; @markahix.bsky.social, A.G. Pramoda Sahankumari, Ashok Bhagwat, and @arwalker.bsky.social explore the dynamics of 3/4 nucleotide hairpin loops. #wsuchemistry #chemistryindetroit #moleculardynamics #ChemSky
Another @markahix.bsky.social paper! We explore the dynamics of 3/4 nucleotide hairpin loops. Flexibility of the sugar rings relative to sequence drive cytosine flipping for subsequent APOBEC3A deamination. See SI for big data! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#chemsky #proteinsky #moleculardynamics
#chemsky #proteinsky #moleculardynamics
DNA hairpin base-flipping dynamics drives APOBEC3A recognition and selectivity
APOBEC3A is a deoxycytidine deaminase which acts preferentially upon a 5′-TC-3′ motif, and was recently shown to prefer hairpin loops over unstructured single-stranded DNA. However, the underlying mol...
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May 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
#ResearchInDetroit! Authors; @markahix.bsky.social, A.G. Pramoda Sahankumari, Ashok Bhagwat, and @arwalker.bsky.social explore the dynamics of 3/4 nucleotide hairpin loops. #wsuchemistry #chemistryindetroit #moleculardynamics #ChemSky
We welcomed our new graduate students with a #WarriorStrong celebration at #wsuchemistry 💪🏽💚💛 #ChemSky
August 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We welcomed our new graduate students with a #WarriorStrong celebration at #wsuchemistry 💪🏽💚💛 #ChemSky
Publication Alert 🚨
A collaboration between the Nguyen and Zhang groups at Wayne State University. #wsuchemistry #chemsky
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A collaboration between the Nguyen and Zhang groups at Wayne State University. #wsuchemistry #chemsky
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Heparanase-Inhibiting
Glycans Protect Pancreatic β-Cells
from Oxidative and Inflammatory Injuries and Preserve Insulin Production
in Human Islets
Abstract. Inflammatory destruction
of pancreatic β-cells
is a central
driver of diabetes progression and is closely associated with heparanase
(HPSE)-media
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October 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Publication Alert 🚨
A collaboration between the Nguyen and Zhang groups at Wayne State University. #wsuchemistry #chemsky
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A collaboration between the Nguyen and Zhang groups at Wayne State University. #wsuchemistry #chemsky
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The Lumigen Instrument Center’s consumption of helium will be reduced to only 30 L per year, which is a 95% reduction. The helium recovery system was funded by the #NationalScienceFoundation. #wsuchemistry #chemsky #helium #sustainability #greenchemistry
November 19, 2024 at 6:54 PM
The Lumigen Instrument Center’s consumption of helium will be reduced to only 30 L per year, which is a 95% reduction. The helium recovery system was funded by the #NationalScienceFoundation. #wsuchemistry #chemsky #helium #sustainability #greenchemistry
Happy Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week! #wsuchemistry #chemistryindetroit #gradschool #ChemSky
April 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Happy Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week! #wsuchemistry #chemistryindetroit #gradschool #ChemSky
April 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Fantastic seminar by Malcolm Levitt on the topic: Singlet NMR: from long-lived states to parahydrogen-enhanced NMR at #wsuchemistry #NMRchat #ChemSky
April 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Fantastic seminar by Malcolm Levitt on the topic: Singlet NMR: from long-lived states to parahydrogen-enhanced NMR at #wsuchemistry #NMRchat #ChemSky