Thursday – 3rd November
Welcome to the 4th #RealTimeChem Week awards!
Just like previous years, I will be offering awards for the best tweets during #RealTimeChem Week. The format has, again, changed a little due to circumstances and budget. This year, after noting that tweets are often quite slim on the weekend portion of #RealTimeChem week, I’ve decided to focus the awards on the 5 days of the working week, with The Great #RealTimeChem Cook off taking up the weekend slot.
There are still three different awards available: Ag, Au and Pt. 10 awards will be given each of the five days (6 Ag, 3 Au, 1 Pt). Those winning the coveted Platinum award (5 total) will each win a prize, which is, as usual, a #RealTimeChem mug with this year’s snazzy logo emblazoned on it.
So without further ado, onto the 2016 awards.
Thursday. Thor’s day. Thou shall go hit thine chemistry with a hammer…or something. Another busy #RealTimeChem day this one with some excellent tweets. Decisions, decisions decisions. Here’s the my favourite tweets of the day.
Our new NMR tube caps come in a rainbow of bright colors. Sometimes we identify our tubes with fun doodles!… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…
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Lab Daily (@TodayInTheLab) November 03, 2016Lab Daily shows off the best thing about NMR tubes: customizing your caps! There’s nothing better than knowing your tubes are happy to see you right?
I just misread 'anime' as 'amine' #TooMuchChemistry #EasyMistakeToMake #RealTimeChem
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Izzy Thomlinson (@Fizzabelle_T) November 03, 2016I don’t think there is a single chemist that doesn’t see a word and misread as a chemistry term instead as Izzy demonstrates. Far too easy indeed. However, you can never have too much chemistry!
THF distill, my ketyl radical brings all the boys to the yard. #RealTimeChem https://t.co/GYr0IUoOXg
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Mark Ringenberg (@Ringenberg) November 03, 2016In keeping with yesterdays bringing of folks to the yard/lab, Mark is using alluring ketyl radicals. They certainly are blue.
Today's thrilling #realtimechem activity - pouring and pumping litres of colourless liquids #chromatographerproblems https://t.co/v9Ssi7LgxO
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Renée Webster (@reneewebs) November 03, 2016Chemistry isn’t all pretty colours. Sometimes you have to sit there and pump colourless liquids through a chromatography machine. All day. We’re with you Renée, we’re with you.
CdSe QDs synthesized in p chem lab. #RealTimeChem https://t.co/cUrJUnp1lD
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Kalamazoo Chemistry (@kzoochem) November 03, 2016More pretty colours from Kalamazoo Chemistry, this time involving quantum dots.
Using phenolphthalein agar cubes and hydrochloric acid earlier to demo diffusion #realtimechem https://t.co/VQytW74iE8
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Andy Brunning (@ndbrning) November 03, 2016@CompoundChem’s very own Andy Bruning gets in on the act with a fun looking demo that shows off diffusion.
One time (and one time only) in my PhD, I made a fluorescent compound! HIGHLIGHT of my day 😉 #RealTimeChem https://t.co/TSnye2MHfv
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Christine Le (@christine_m_le) November 03, 2016Let’s be honest, this year fluorescence has been insanely popular and Thursday was no different. Christine made her first ever fluorescent product, just in time for #RealTimeChem Week. That’s organisation.
Had to give @DrummerBoy2112's #realtimechem turmeric fluorescence trick a try... might have slightly overdone the a… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…
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Andy Brunning (@ndbrning) November 03, 2016You know that thing I mentioned above. Well…case in point. I think Brian really laid down the gauntlet this year (see special mention below this post) and Andy totally picked it up, with interesting results!
Editing is thurst-day work!. Cheers to all those #RealTimeChem chemists for their great clips/pics from… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…
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Chemistry (@ChemEurJ) November 03, 2016Go home #chemquackers, you’re drunk. The folks at Chemistry: A European Journal sure are giving that rubber duck a good time. Wait, maybe they are really all rubber ducks *dramatic music*.
Thursday’s overall winner was:
Everybody hurts, sometimes... #RealTimeChem https://t.co/ZoUd9iLuu6
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Emily Rose (@chemilyyy) November 03, 2016Speaking of music, Emily Rose just squeaks the victory here. I think its the combination of a portrait that resonates with so many of us and lyrics from R.E.M. That awful moment when it all goes horribly wrong. A lot of these moments involve rotary evaporators…. damn them, damn them all to hell. Sing it with me now:
Emily, you win a much coveted #RealTimeChem week mug. I think you need it after that:
Come up with another word for “shiny” folks. Suffice to say, they are nice.
Congratulations to all winners and thanks to everyone for taking part in #RealTimeChem week! The final awards for Friday will be announced later today, then it’s on to The #RealTimeChem Cook Off this weekend.
-Doctor Galactic-
P.S. Special Achievement mention.
A #Fluorescent "fireworks" demo video: the spice turmeric added to ethanol under UV light. #scicomm #chemistry… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…
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Brian Wagner (@DrummerBoy2112) November 03, 2016Brian Wagner has already won a Platinum Award this week, but could probably have won everyday so far! (I have a self imposed rule of not giving out two to the same person). This “fireworks” demonstration, for instance, which Andy also tried above is spectacular and also the single most loved Tweet of the week so far (and unlikely to be beaten I reckon!). Just wanted to give an extra thank you to Brian for adding so much fun chemistry to this week.
Doctor Galactic & The Lab Coat Cowboy 