Patrick Lutz
@patricklutz.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. at St. Lawrence U. Organic chemist making and breaking polymers. Mostly here for pictures of cats. he/him/his, https://lutzpolymerlab.weebly.com/
There are worse things I could be known for.
July 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There are worse things I could be known for.
Here is the table of contents. There are choices I would not have made (and I was not assuming you were endorsing all of the books on the list!)
July 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Here is the table of contents. There are choices I would not have made (and I was not assuming you were endorsing all of the books on the list!)
Finally, we'll examine this chart, the implications of which are left as an exercise to the reader.
[from www.nytimes.com/interactive/... ]
[from www.nytimes.com/interactive/... ]
May 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Finally, we'll examine this chart, the implications of which are left as an exercise to the reader.
[from www.nytimes.com/interactive/... ]
[from www.nytimes.com/interactive/... ]
Penultimately, we'll take a look at the first report of a successful mRNA vaccine and notice that a large number of the authors worked at the NIH (highlighted in yellow) or were directly funded by the NIH (highlighted in pink).
May 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Penultimately, we'll take a look at the first report of a successful mRNA vaccine and notice that a large number of the authors worked at the NIH (highlighted in yellow) or were directly funded by the NIH (highlighted in pink).
We'll talk about the long timeline of scientific research. Ionizable cationic lipids were disclosed in 1995 (I was in kindergarten). The first mRNA vaccine was realized in 2017 (I was in grad school). In 2021, I drove to a Walgreens in the middle of nowhere, Ohio to get an mRNA vaccine of my own.
May 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We'll talk about the long timeline of scientific research. Ionizable cationic lipids were disclosed in 1995 (I was in kindergarten). The first mRNA vaccine was realized in 2017 (I was in grad school). In 2021, I drove to a Walgreens in the middle of nowhere, Ohio to get an mRNA vaccine of my own.
For the last day of my organic class, we discuss the synthesis of the ionizable lipids used in mRNA vaccine nanoparticles – the patented route is all o-chem II reactions.
May 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
For the last day of my organic class, we discuss the synthesis of the ionizable lipids used in mRNA vaccine nanoparticles – the patented route is all o-chem II reactions.
Some really good alternate names for KMnO₄ here.
February 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Some really good alternate names for KMnO₄ here.
What kind of bird is this?
February 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
What kind of bird is this?
Everything is terrible so here is a cat pic.
February 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Everything is terrible so here is a cat pic.
I got through fluorine. #7-9 are made of some material that overheats the handle in the microwave, rendering them virtually useless for me when I make my little chai latte each morning.
February 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I got through fluorine. #7-9 are made of some material that overheats the handle in the microwave, rendering them virtually useless for me when I make my little chai latte each morning.
This photo does little to convince me of the quality and rigor of the advertised product.
January 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This photo does little to convince me of the quality and rigor of the advertised product.
does this mean that posting cat pics is patriotic
January 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
does this mean that posting cat pics is patriotic
Amused to discover that Antoine Lavoisier is Wikipedia's main example of a wife guy.
December 7, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Amused to discover that Antoine Lavoisier is Wikipedia's main example of a wife guy.
Here is the banner for my course webpage.
November 5, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Here is the banner for my course webpage.
Is Fluorescence Friday still a thing.
October 11, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Is Fluorescence Friday still a thing.
Perhaps my most significant teaching innovation is that I printed a bunch of stickers of my cat to give students when they do well on quizzes.
September 30, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Perhaps my most significant teaching innovation is that I printed a bunch of stickers of my cat to give students when they do well on quizzes.
I think it's this one.
September 7, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I think it's this one.
Excited to share my first preprint as corresponding author! We developed new experiments for second-year or advanced organic chemistry lab courses to teach column chromatography in a highly visual manner.
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
June 18, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Excited to share my first preprint as corresponding author! We developed new experiments for second-year or advanced organic chemistry lab courses to teach column chromatography in a highly visual manner.
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...