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Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine

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Mechanistic chemists bridging organic chemistry, catalysis, polymers, sustainable chemistry, and microscopy to understand how reactions work. Student and postdoc run account. Lab website: https://blumgroupuci.squarespace.com

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Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congratulations to Yiqing Zhang for exploring the physiochemical properties of three-phase emulsions during coupling reactions in water, now in JOC!
pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

Three-Phase Emulsions during Cross-Coupling Reactions in Water

Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) enabled identification of three-phase emulsions during a cross-coupling reaction in water, offering insight into their features and factors driving thei...

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Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Jun 18

Congratulations to Pía López and Dr. Or Eivgi for finding effects of assembly methods on solvation responses of polymers, now in Chem. Eur. J.! Great to work with our collaborators on SAXS data, Nehal Idris and Prof. Joe Patterson.
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Self‐Assembly Methods Induce Different Individual‐Polymer‐Block Solvation Responses

Different processing methods of the otherwise same block copolymer produce materials that respond distinctly to solvent stimuli. FLIM, which reveals changes in the tightness or looseness of individua...

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Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · May 24

Demoing FlexWave with @picoquant.bsky.social

Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Apr 12

Congratulations to our 2nd-year graduate student, Alexis Ravenscroft, for receiving an NSF GRFP honorable mention in recognition of her accomplishments, research proposal, and future potential! Her work focuses on catalyst recycling using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM).

Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Mar 12

Pía López successfully defended her PhD thesis, congratulations! Here's to the next chapter, Dr. López!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 24

WBUR story up

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Canceled meetings and confusion: NIH grant funding in limbo despite court injunction

Science researchers awaiting National Institutes of Health funding say their grant meetings are being canceled, despite a court order blocking the Trump administration from freezing federal funds.

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Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Feb 24

Our lab is happy to be @raierdmann.bsky.social's 6th follower on Bluesky

Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Feb 15

A famous course in the department and beyond!

Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Feb 15

Congratulations on this publication!

Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Feb 14

In these times, it's important to remember our core values. Welcome new PhD group members Roee Dagan and Maxi Ledesma! They are discovering strategies for catalyst recycling and organic synthesis reaction sustainability using fluorescence microscopy.

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Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Feb 13

With photo credits!

Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Feb 13

A wonderful commentary in Science.

Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Feb 11

Having had the pleasure of joining PicoQuant at this course in a previous year, can highly recommend this great course.

Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Feb 4

Congratulations on the paper!

Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Feb 2

Interesting characterization techniques are helpful indeed--sounds like a great talk.

Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Feb 2

A great opportunity. Commenting to boost!

Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Jan 31

@brimcwhorter.bsky.social hosted a top-notch science communication workshop at our lab's group meeting, helping us hone our skills at presenting data and experiments. We had a blast. Thanks, Bri.

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Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Jan 30

Our lab is happy to be one of @picoquant.bsky.social's first 9 followers on BlueSky.

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Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Jan 30

Check out Martin and Erin's latest JOCSynopis on mechanisms of activating agents to generate organozinc reagents. pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10....

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Suzanne Blum Laboratory UC-Irvine @blumlaboratory.bsky.social · Jan 30

Wish I were there to check out the new equipment!