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We found an aptamer that can bind to lanthanides. Check it out, open access! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Join us this afternoon at 2pm in C2-361 for Merrik Kobarfard's Master's Thesis Defence: “Development and Optimization of Analytical Methods for Sulfolane and BTEX Quantification in Environmental Samples.” Learn more: bit.ly/42m62QI

Nominations for the ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship are now open! This annual award recognises researchers in the early stages of their careers 🏅 Find out more, including how to nominate, on our webpage! 👉 buff.ly/d0Kc4OA

Step softly and watch your back: it's goose nesting season. uwaterloo.ca/daily-bulletin…

Our aptamer for acrylamide has only mM affinity. After reacting acrylamide with xanthydrol to form a covalent adduct, a new aptamer with nM affinity for the adduct was obtained. Published ACS Analytical Chemistry Journals pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Tomorrow @ 1pm join us for the 2025 GWC2 Annual Meeting, Speaker, and Awards Presentation at Guelph Campus Rozanski Hall Bullring. Prof. Juewen Liu will present on "DNA Aptamers for Small Molecules, Metal Ions, Proteins, Cells, Tissues and Plastics" bit.ly/3Y8QiiI

This morning,University of Waterloo Chemistry and PN Roy host Fabien Gatti as part of our Chemistry Seminar Series: “Precise Description of Quantum Phenomena in Chemistry: Applications of the Multi-Configuration Time-Dependent Hartree (MCTDH) Method”. Join in C2-361 at 11am! bit.ly/3ENAyeD

Had a great time in the GWC2 annual meeting with 11 lab members, and gave a talk on aptamers binding to everything 😀

Join us this afternoon at 1pm in C2-361 for Christian Viernes's Master's Thesis Defence: “Monitoring Ultrafast Lattice Dynamics in 2D Materials.” Learn more: bit.ly/44ltO25

This morning, University of Waterloo Chemistry is hosting Kristen Meyer as part of our Chemistry Seminar Series: “Learning from the experts – strategies from microbial competition to treat antimicrobial resistance.” Join us in C2 361 at 10:30am!

This afternoon University of Waterloo Chemistry and CGSS host Jean-Philippe Julien as part of our Chemistry Seminar Series: “Antibody-Epitope Descriptions Guide the Design of Next-Generation Biomedical Interventions against Malaria.” Join us in C2-361 at 2:30pm! bit.ly/4jugFYu

This afternoon, University of Waterloo Chemistry will host Mike Strauss as part of our Chemistry Seminar Series: "Enterovirus infection and inhibition - a detailed look by cryoEM.” Join us in C2 361 at 2:30 PM! bit.ly/3YNtaqu

This afternoon, University of Waterloo Chemistry will host Duong Bui as part of our Chemistry Seminar Series: “Sweet Talk: Cracking Glycan Codes with Native Mass Spectrometry” Join us in C2 361 at 2:30PM! bit.ly/43po7xT

Congratulations to Subha Kalyaanamoorthy (Subha Kalyaanamoorthy) for receiving Ontario’s Early Researcher Award! Her groundbreaking work on enzyme engineering tackles CO₂ emissions and plastic waste—paving the way for a cleaner, sustainable future. bit.ly/43Hxkmm

Tomorrow morning, University of Waterloo Chemistry hosts Adam Middleton as part of our Chemistry Seminar Series: “Decoding protein degradation with structural biology and machine learning.” Join us in C2 361 at 9:30am! bit.ly/43po7xT

Congratulations to all of our students who are graduating today. We at University of Waterloo Chemistry are so proud of you!

Join us this afternoon at 1:30 pm in C2-361 for Emily Yip’s Thesis Defence: “Variations in Laser-Induced Carbon from Structurally Varied Poly(furfuryl alcohol).”

This morning, University of Waterloo Chemistry and Sonny Lee host Samuel Johnson as part of our Chemistry Seminar Series: “Carbide as an Ancillary Ligand for Multielectron Reactivity in a Pentanuclear Nickel Complex”. Join us in C2-361 at 11:00 am! Learn more: bit.ly/3ZKeFnK

Join us this afternoon at 2pm in MC 4063 for Justin Shmordok's Doctoral Thesis Defence: “Exploration, Synthesis, and Characterization of Bioinspired Iron–Imide and Iron–Amide Clusters.”