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alexlippert.bsky.social
Professor of Chemistry at Southern Methodist University. Chemiluminescence and Molecular Machines. Chair, 2025 Artificial Molecular Switches & Motors GRC.
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I am super exited to share the publication hashtag#openaccess of our paper “Automated Research Platform for Development of Triplet−Triplet Annihilation Photon Upconversion Systems” published in @acs.org Central Science pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

When we fight, we win. Judge Halts Implementation of Trump Anti-DEIA Executive Orders Nationwide The AAUP is proud to stand up & defend our campuses & communities against those attempting to squash civil rights & halt progress toward an equitable, multi-racial democracy. www.washingtonpost.com

Diversity is our greatest asset, even if the government disagrees… They not like us! POC in STEM are here to stay. They tried to rig the game but you can’t fake influence! Mustard on the [Be][At] bro. Happy Black History Month!

Check out our approach toward disciformycin and gulmirecin, spearheaded by Peter Ruehmann @nyuchemistry. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

very cool paper pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/arti... #NMRchat #EPRchat

"It's going to take a lot of people getting in the fight & ensuring that we have a future of an American higher ed system that serves the public good, not an ideological agenda of whatever prevailing politician is in power.” www.dallasobserver.com/news/unt-pro...

Whitewashing ethnic cleansing has been a thing for a while. The answer to the question posed by this article turned out to be to ignore it ever happened. www.cfr.org/article/ethn...

Paper with @emiliomperezlab.bsky.social and @3mlab.bsky.social et al. in print! Experimental energy landscape calculated (journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...) from the Onsager-Machlup approach for systems in mechanical but not necessarily thermodynamic equilibrium. www.cell.com/chem/fulltex...

Helpful table to determine how much your University or health system is set to lose if the NIH indirect cap is suddenly lowered to 15%. For SJSU it is $374k which is on the smaller end but devastating considering our other budget issues. datawrapper.dwcdn.net/l0ZqA/8/

NSF director named as defendant in this order from RI federal judge. Seems like the agency can’t keep freezing funds (legally.) fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...

This is a great GRC 🧪⚗️#molmachine #molswitch

Strengthening our scientific community is more important than ever. The 2025 Molecular Switches & Motors GRC brings together scientists in the areas of molecular switches & motors, DNA nanotech, emergent materials, haptics, biological motors, and more. Apply today! www.grc.org/artificial-m...

The Oath of Office taken by me and my colleagues at the NSF - “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; …”

Good FAQ from @policyhound.bsky.social on the OMB freeze in @science.org. www.science.org/content/arti...

Most up-to-date info re: NSF response to Executive Orders here new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

Obituary: James Fraser Stoddart (1942-2024) chemist and nanotechnology pioneer who built molecular machines https://go.nature.com/40MvkI9

While President Trump illegally pauses federal funding from Congress, the Senate must not be business as usual. We do not consent to this lawless power grab.

I tried to write about what we’re going through. Hang in there, everyone. open.substack.com/pub/holdenth...

such inspring work @avj-chem.bsky.social and @sabine-richert.bsky.social truly spectacular! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

Thanks so much to Hairong (right) for the invitation to U Cincinnati! Had really constructive research discussions with Yujie, Wei, and many others throughout the day 😄🧪

Reposting this #molswitch #molmachine starter pack. If you want to be included in it, please let me know go.bsky.app/EwimNbK

Check out our latest application of proximity-based photopharmacology (PBPP), published in Neuron. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We made a photoswitchable HaloTag (psHaloTag), which can reversibly turn-on fluorogenic dyes upon illumination 💡. Congrats to Franzi, Bego and all co-authors, check out our preprint below 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

BREAKING: University of Texas president Jay Hartzell is stepping down to lead SMU: www.dallasnews.com/news/educati...

Ultra-wealthy elites. Political corruption. Corporate monopolies. Anti-immigrant nativism. Vast inequality. These problems aren’t new. In the late 1800s, they dominated the country during America’s first Gilded Age. We overcame these abuses then, and we can do so again.

It was amazing to catch up with Prof. Sayam Sen Gupta, my masters thesis advisor after ages.. He hasn’t changed a bit and continues to be as inspiring as ever (www.facebook.com/share/v/TTLs...?

I've been working with a new lab tech and mentioned this site as a great tool for troubleshooting or getting simple information related to organic synthesis. I used it a lot in grad school, great resource! #chemsky

Diffusion generative models transform singlet fission design. By combining quantum mechanical screening of ideal singlet fission couplings with AI-based linkers, Kreimendahl et al. stabilize high-efficiency dimer packings, bridging theory and real devices. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Here is the link to our new collaborative paper with Sijbren Otto and his team: "Departure from randomness: Evolution of self-replicators that can self-sort through steric zipper formation": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... #Amyloid principles in self assembly

🎄Xmas gift!🎁Joint work with #OliverHantschel in @naturecomms.bsky.social 💥! Huge kudos 💪🏼😻 Nina 👩‍🔬 for leading as 1st author & Frank 👨🏼‍🔬 for training her like a pro❤️ Small delay😅 -my👵broke her hip🤦🏼‍♀️-loved ones always come first❤️surgery went good💪🏼🤩Let's celebrate🥳🥂! #ChemBio www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Introducing a new class of potent opioid analgesics that remain in the periphery (hence no respiratory depression) and can be locally activated with light (hence no constipation). Great collab with Seva Katritch, Cornelius Gati, and Josh Levitz. biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Image

What the... what? Ending the year with a good mystery. #FluorescenceFriday

So happy to have this work published, huge thanks especially to Lizzie Killalea, Letizia Liiro, Tom Rees, Giulia Pancotti, Sergi Riera and @b23_diamond Nanoscale arrangement of a chiral electron donor in its blends with an achiral electron acceptor pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

We do Ni too! Please check this article in which our awesome UG student Daniel Ye describes the synthesis, characterization and PCET reactivity of a mononuclear NiOH system in three oxidation states (with @marcelswart.bsky.social ). Enjoy!!! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

A new analysis of data from the Juno spacecraft suggests that the ice shell covering the ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa might be WAY thicker than anticipated. (With comments from @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social) Possibly bad news for any hope of life signs from Europa Clipper, currently en route. 🧪🔭

One of the articles is this beauty www.nature.com/articles/s41... by @bala07.bsky.social And here is an interesting backstory - the actual TOC we wanted to use can be found below. It didn't make the cut because of the war in #ukraine #chemsky #molswitch 🧪⚗️

Check out our latest (small) contribution to in vivo photopharmacology. Diazocines rule! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Our 3D volumetric display is on the front cover of the December issue of Chem! Congrats to all involved including awesome collaborator @alexlippert.bsky.social 🧪⚗️#molswitch #photoswitches bit.ly/4ckn44N

Map of the constellations within the Milky Way.... #astronomy #cosmology

Don't miss our collaboration with the Das group pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... - Shoubhik thanks to make us part of this ♥️♥️ #ChemBio #Chemsky

We made a manganese-zinc mixed metal MOF that works as a decent antigen in Tuberculosis. The manganese helps an immune response similar to that of viral infection. Check out Thomas' work! He's on Twitter, but I can show za screenshot of his tweet. The paper is here: doi.org/10.1002/adhm...

Excited to share our lab’s RENEW grant in collaboration with Dr. Grant Johnson, Dr. Venky Prabhakaran, Prof. Jose [email protected] has been recommended for funding.. www.energy.gov/science/arti...

Awesome time! Ron traveled mountains and rivers to come and give a talk at SMU (UTD is in Richardson)!

It just wouldn’t be December without panic-submitting weekend Gordon abstracts 🙃🫠

Amazing seminar by @ronsmaldone.bsky.social at SMU ..and dinner celebration with @runcevski.bsky.social