Friday – 27th June
So the 2nd annual #RealTimeChem Week is here. That means that, once again, it’s time for the #RealTimeChem awards. This year the three best tweets of the whole week win a fabulous #RealTimeChem Week 2014 branded mug as a prize, which you can find out about on the FAQ!
As in the previous year, the awards are ordered into Ag (10 winners), Au (7 winners) and Pt (3 winners). Please note that within these categories they are in no particular order of favoritism. Those Tweeters who have won a Pt will be the lucky ones with a chance to win the prizes.
So without further ado, onto the 2014 awards.
Friday. Final day of the working week and the last big day for #RealTimeChem week 2014. I’m out of interesting things to say in these opening monologues. I do know a joke about…
Perhaps not…onto the Awards for Friday.
Silver Awards
Yeah Ethan I’m pretty sure that’s a sign that it’s best to call it a day…
Had a vacuum pump shoot fire at me... that's when my day ended. #RealTimeChem
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Ethan Cagle (@eccagle) June 27, 2014
Speaking of fire. Make sure you get your priorities right. Richard most certainly does.
#RealTimeChem group meeting today interrupted by fire alarm. We rescued the donuts.
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Dr Richard Hartley (@ChemBioGlasgow) June 27, 2014
My labs always preferred glass back TLC plates too. So much better quality, so much more frustrating to cut as Lab Daily illustrates.
Thank god I'm not trying to get a Ph.D. In TLC plate cutting... #RealTimeChem #fail http://t.co/q6ioYjwuK2
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Lab Daily (@TodayInTheLab) June 27, 2014
Daniela finds a World cup reference in her column chromatography. Even silica has it’s favourites.
Oops, I did it again! I flashed out another German flag; it must be a sign! #RealTimeChem #WorldCup http://t.co/eHoPldw0kw
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Daniela Sustac (@DanySR) June 27, 2014
Young Brando isn’t convinced this is a white solid. I’m inclined to agree, but purples in this year dontcha know?
White solid, my ass. #RealTimeChem http://t.co/x5cPWiEEx7
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Young Brando (@TheChemBrando) June 27, 2014
It’s amazing the pictures you can take with an iPhone these days, even through a microscope! Some close up Crystals by Annie of the Peczuh Research group.
Annie worked out a way to take pictures of xtals under the stereo microscope w/her iPhone today. #realtimechem http://t.co/nAaTTHstvS
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Peczuh Research (@peczuh_research) June 27, 2014
Oh ChemSusChem, being a publishing editor myself I feel your pain. No pleasing some, but it’s all part of the job!
Cover letter of the day: authors oppose a certain reviewer for "Any particular reason." Sometimes you just can't win #realtimechem
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(@ChemSusChem) June 27, 2014
Joaquin shared a version of the periodic table I’ve not seen before. It’s in Czech! I’m not sure they could fit anymore information on it if they tried. Love me a periodic table in another language.
A Czech episodic table in Mexico. Thanks Dr. Jancik! #realtimechem http://t.co/y7w8Dhe8PZ
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Joaquin Barroso (@joaquinbarroso) June 27, 2014
Mark captures his chemistry in the sunshine. I wish my old labs had had views like that. I wish they’d had access to sunlight actually…
Capturing sunlight in a flask, or Fe2(CO)9 if you're not feeling poetic #RealTimeChem http://t.co/jxQz9hGygG
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Mark Ringenberg (@Ringenberg) June 27, 2014
Hello Dave. HAL 9000 reborn? Henrik’s reactor seems to be giving us all the eye.
#CVDep reactor heating up for sp2-BN synthesis #RealTimeChem http://t.co/45fFIv2Jt6
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Henrik Pedersen (@hacp81) June 27, 2014
Gold Awards
Crystallization is an art not a science, but I’ve never quite seen crystal growth like Logesh found.
Now that's new. #RealTimeChem http://t.co/50RHrwq2CR
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Logesh (@mathivathanan) June 27, 2014
These are the chemists of the future! I’m sure once they got those lab coats sorted they whipped up some reactions and all got 100% yield, right Charles?
Shining examples of the future of chemistry! #realtimechem http://t.co/PpO8hL0Wou
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Charles Evans (@MrCharlesEvans) June 27, 2014
There’s been a lot of brightly coloured chemistry this #RealTimeChem week and these colour tests for resins from Ignacio are yet another example that I totally chose the wrong chemistry for my projects…
Three different colour tests for resins in SPPS: chloranil/TNBS/Fluram (same sample) #RealTimeChem http://t.co/4Om4F1g498
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Ignacio Insua (@InsuaNacho) June 27, 2014
Kevin has been tweeting all week about all sorts of toxicology related chemistry so it seems fair to give him a reward for his contributions this week. I’m usually happy to see pictures, but am glad in this case there aren’t any!
Blood, urine, brain, liver, bile, vitreous humor, gastric contents. Just another day in the life. I'll spare you the pics. 😉 #realtimechem
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Kevin (@forensictoxguy) June 27, 2014
Andreas has already won multiple awards this week and Friday is no exception. Liquid crystals can be fascinating as these pictures show.
Thermochromic cholesteric liquid crystals and the stuff I've made with them #temperaturesensors #RealTimeChem http://t.co/mQbCEx8KGw
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Andres Tretiakov (@Andrestrujado) June 27, 2014
I’m always amazed when simply shots of everyday lab chemistry turn out to have a certain beauty to them and who would have thought that opening a jar of 2,4-DNP would be so photogenic? Thanks Jason!
I just mixed up some 2,4-DNP developer so I can see my aldehydes on #TLC. #RealTimeChem http://t.co/JHamfEeIp5
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Jason Hoshikawa (@chemistinjapan) June 27, 2014
I hate selenium chemistry. It’s toxic, it’s stinky, it’s just plain nasty. i_lean is braver than I. Some great shots of chemistry in action too.
Lovely insoluble selenium. Can't tell what smells like bleach and what smells like Se. #realtimechem http://t.co/1dbaqutavm
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i_Lean (@i_Leen) June 27, 2014
Platinum Awards
Note that these three lucky people will be entered into the final Tweet of the Week competition and are in with the chance of winning a #RealTimeChem week 2014 mug!
Ethan breaks out the models and what models they are! I’m really loving this shot demonstrating crystal packing with crystal balls. I predict a Pt award. Oh look.
Breaking out the model kits in lab today to explain crystal packing and structure. #RealTimeChem #RealTimeTA http://t.co/6RDZTRgAfw
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Ethan Cagle (@eccagle) June 27, 2014
I haven’t seen many vines at all this #RealTimeChem week, so it’s nice to see a bit of live action chemistry related stuff. As ever, do-it-yourself for the win in the lab and Andrea definitely gets a win.
homemade NMR tube cleaner - schlenk flask, septum and pasteur pipette #realtimechem vine.co/v/MtlWrQrqV7L
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Andrea Vezzoli (@skeja24) June 27, 2014
One of the reasons I decided to start #RealTimeChem was I love seeing chemistry in action, but I also love all the funny things that chemists get up to in the laboratory, especially when we’re bored. Heidi demonstrates this very well. Chemist + googly eyes + last in lab = hilarity.
This is what happens when I'm the last one in lab and I get lonely. #RealTimeChem http://t.co/4ndR3cfvbe
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Heidi (@neonlines) June 27, 2014
Well done to Friday’s winners! Only one more awards to go, which shall go up on Monday. #RealTimeChem week 2014 is almost over, but #RealTimeChem never stops. See you at the weekend awards! Then, it’ll be almost time for Tweets of the Week!
-Doctor Galactic & The Lab Coat Cowboy-