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Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair @uOttawa , adjunct faculty @unistra ; Catalysis and prebiotic chemistry. Dad of 3, Habs fan

Ottawa🇨🇦 and Strasbourg 🇫🇷

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Joseph Moran

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Ever wonder why nature uses coenzymes and what role they might have played before enzymes had emerged? Check out our mini-review @ScienceAdvances summarizing our recent work on the nonenzymatic reactivity of PL(P), NADH and ATP. @QDherbassy @RJ_Mayer

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Joseph Moran

11 months

Exciting news! Our lab is moving to the @uOttawaScience Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Sciences. We're looking for graduate students to join us starting May-September 2024. For more information, please email me.

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Joseph Moran

5 years

Our latest in @nature : Fe2+ promotes a one-pot reaction network that resembles the Krebs cycle and amino acid synthesis, starting from just pyruvate and glyoxylate Congrats @KamilaMuchowska and @ajaanubahu ! @unistra @CNRS @INC_CNRS

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Joseph Moran

2 years

Our lab welcomes its newest member, Kate, born just over a week ago. Her two big brothers are happy to have a sister.

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Joseph Moran

4 years

Happy to announce that our research on the origin of metabolism has been funded by the ERC! #ERCCoG @ERC_Research Thanks to my fun and hardworking team for making this possible. Looking forward to an exciting 5 years of science! @unistra @Fondation_FRC @INC_CNRS @CNRS_Alsace

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European Research Council (ERC)

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📢 ERC Consolidator Grant results are out! 327 top researchers received #ERCCoG funding worth in total €655 million - to address frontier research questions, build up their teams & have far-reaching impact. The full story ➡️ 🇪🇺 #EUfunded @GabrielMariya

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Joseph Moran

3 years

Yes, please.

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Joseph Moran

5 years

Welcome to the world, Freddie! Mom and baby are doing great. (This is why I missed Jean-Pierre Sauvage’s 75th birthday extravaganza)

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Joseph Moran

1 year

Can stereochemistry be transferred in metabolism before enzymes? We show that metal ions allow the RNA-derived cofactor NADH to reduce keto acids stereoselectively, linking the worlds of metabolism and genetic molecules at the emergence of life.

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Joseph Moran

3 years

Primary aliphatic alcohols (>C2) and electronically deactivated epoxides were off limits to dehydrative Friedel-Crafts reactions. No longer! with @djpleboeuf , now open access in @Chem_CP Congrats @ShaofeiZ , @MarieVayer , & thanks to @RowleyGroup for DFT!

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Joseph Moran

2 years

A first step towards uniting “genetics-first” and “metabolism-first” theories for life’s origins. The biosynthetic reactions that convert aspartate into orotate, the precursor to pyrimidine nucleobases, occur nonenzymatically in the presence of metals. #prebiotic #OoL

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Angewandte Chemie

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A Nonenzymatic Analog of Pyrimidine Nucleobase Biosynthesis (Moran) @MoranLabUdS #openaccess

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Joseph Moran

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Hydrogen gas powers the metabolisms of many modern organisms and likely drove the metabolism of the last universal common ancestor to all life. Could H2 have driven prebiotic metabolism as well? @SophiaRauscher tried to find out, now in @angew_chem 1/3

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Joseph Moran

3 years

Want to use sulfonyl fluorides for more than just SuFex chemistry? Now you can use them to form C-C bonds in a base-free Suzuki-Miyaura coupling. Check out Paul's latest in @angew_chem ! @RowleyGroup @MullerCyprien @ASau_Chem @INC_CNRS @CNRS_Alsace

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Joseph Moran

6 years

Our latest in @sciencemagazine : Rates and now selectivities can be altered by quantum effects by running a reaction between appropriately spaced mirrors. Congrats to @LucasLethuillie and our close collaborators in the Ebbesen group.

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Joseph Moran

3 years

Transamination between biological keto and amino acids is typically mediated by enzymes, but metal ions can do it too. To understand how, we did a mechanistic deep dive, now out in @J_A_C_S . Congrats @RJ_Mayer , Harpreet & @SophiaRauscher !

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Joseph Moran

2 years

On Friday, the lab celebrated its 10th anniversary. Several former group members from around Europe were able to attend the celebration and shared short presentations about their jobs and life since leaving the lab. A day to remember!

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Joseph Moran

3 years

Very happy to become a Junior member of the @InstUnivFr for the next 5 years! Thanks to my group, @unistra , @Fondation_FRC and to those who wrote letters of support.

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Institut universitaire de France (IUF)

3 years

👏 L’Administrateur de l’IUF, Olivier Houdé, félicite les Lauréats Juniors et Seniors 2021, distingués pour leurs qualités scientifiques exceptionnelles et, parmi eux, les 14 premiers membres aux profils Innovation et Médiation. La liste des lauréats :

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Joseph Moran

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Why does biology synthesize only one amino acid by reductive amination and not others? Is it inherent reactivity or evolution? @RJ_Mayer performed an in-depth mechanistic study to find out, now in @angew_chem . 1/5

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Quantifying Reductive Amination in Nonenzymatic Amino Acid Synthesis

Why does biochemical amino acid synthesis proceed the way it does? Kinetic and mechanistic experiments with a model hydride donor were used to determine the intrinsic electrophilic reactivities of...

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Joseph Moran

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Metabolic models for the origin of life predict NADH should reduce keto acids without enzymes. We found such reactivity is turned on by Fe(III) or Al(III) ions (again) and it's stereoselective! Full mechanistic study. Out in @Chem_CP . Congrats @RJ_Mayer !

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Joseph Moran

6 years

Honored to be selected by @cenmag for #cen12 . Thanks to all mentors, colleagues and mentees past and present @unistra @uOttawaScience @UTChemistry @NRC_CNRC

@cenmag

C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)

6 years

Meet our 2018 Talented 12, rising stars tackling the toughest problems in the chemical universe: #cen12

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Joseph Moran

3 years

Transamination between biological keto and amino acids is typically mediated by enzymes, but metal ions can do it too. To understand how, we did a mechanistic deep dive, now out in @J_A_C_S . Congrats @RJ_Mayer , Harpreet & @SophiaRauscher !

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Joseph Moran

4 years

Ferrous iron reduces phosphate to phosphite at 140 C. Getting to phosphine with reduced metal/minerals at higher temperatures seems likely. Metals should be considered here, not just atmospheric photochemistry. My money's on the above, not life.

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Archean phosphorus liberation induced by iron redox geochemistry

Nature Communications - Phosphorus is presumed to have been a limiting nutrient in the Archean ocean due to binding to iron oxides. Here, the authors show the heating of iron with phosphate results...

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Joseph Moran

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My talk "The Metabolic Origins of Life" hosted by @Huckgroup can be found here.

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The Metabolic Origins of Life with Joseph Moran | Late Night Confer...

Joseph Moran is professor at University of Strasbourg. He is a synthetic organic chemist interested in catalysis in complex systems and the origin of biologi...

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Joseph Moran

3 years

This is an issue for synthetic methodology at the moment. Simple solutions to problems don’t get sent to review. Solve the same or even a more mundane problem with a photoredox catalyst or transition metal, or better yet, both, and now it’s worthy.

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Yunus Turkmen

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If you carry out a reaction with only light, no longer cool enough. If you do the same with light+ $150/100 mg catalyst, it’s super impressive because it is “photocatalytic”: definition of BS.

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Joseph Moran

2 years

Arrived in Munich for the first stop of the Liebig Lectureship at @LMU_Muenchen . Looking forward to meeting colleagues!

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Joseph Moran

11 months

Look what just arrived! For the synthetic organic chemist, the barrier to entry into biocatalysis, computational chemistry, DoE, HTE, electrochem, or computer assisted synthesis planning is often high. Not anymore! Thanks for putting this together, @TheNewmanLab !

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Joseph Moran

1 year

Our second @J_A_C_S paper this week! Congrats @piejkomaciej @MullerCyprien and thanks to @Bianca_chem and the Ebbesen lab for the ongoing collaboration. @CNRS_Alsace @unistra @InstUnivFr @INC_CNRS

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Maciej Piejko

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Excited to share my first PhD paper in @J_A_C_S ! @MoranLabChem @Bianca_chem @MullerCyprien and others not on Twitter. Many thanks to @RJ_Mayer and @soh_kushida for all the help. How can chemistry be different between mirrors? Check out the thread 🧵

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Joseph Moran

1 year

Hola, Quito! My first time in Ecuador and in South America. Looking forward to #Origins2023 .

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Coenzymes are involved in a third of enzymatic reactions, but did they have a function before enzymes? We show that catalysis of transamination by the pyridoxal scaffold is greatly and specifically enhanced by Fe(III) or Al(III) ions. Out now in @J_A_C_S 1/2

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J. Am. Chem. Soc.

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Metal-Pyridoxal Cooperativity in Nonenzymatic Transamination @unistra @CNRS @INC_CNRS #MetalPyridoxal #Cooperativity #Transamination

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Joseph Moran

7 months

To reconstruct the origin of metabolism, conditions where multiple metabolic subnetworks can work together must be identified. Here, hydrogen gas drives nonenzymatic analogs of amino acid biosynthesis and the reverse Krebs cycle together in one pot without human intervention.

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Online now: A prebiotic Krebs cycle analog generates amino acids with H2 and NH3 over nickel

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Joseph Moran

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When I was a kid I used to peruse the pages of @NatGeo , and now our research topic is the subject of an article there. Thanks, @m_c_marshall ! Check it out!

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'Impossible' chemistry may reveal origins of life on Earth

Experiments suggest that metabolism could have begun spontaneously on our primordial planet—and that scientists may need to rethink how we define life.

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Joseph Moran

2 years

Danke to @GDCh_aktuell for selecting me for the 2022 Liebig Lectureship, to the kind German colleagues who nominated me, and to my awesome group for their hard work. Mentors are critical too, as evidenced by two in a row from @KrischeLab .

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Krische Lab

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Congratulations to both Prof. Joseph Moran @MoranLabUdS and to Prof. John Bower @Bower_Research . These Krische group alumni are consecutive recipients of the Liebig Lectureship by the German Chemical Society @GDCh_aktuell !

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Joseph Moran

4 years

This @ACSChemRev sets the stage for much upcoming work from our lab and hopefully will inspire others to work in this direction. Submitted just before we found out our lab would shut down for COVID-19. At 37 pages and 297 refs, my longest paper so far.

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Kamila Muchowska

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4 years

Our @ACSChemRev "Nonenzymatic Metabolic Reactions and Life’s Origins" is online! We discuss metabolic pathways relevant to the #OriginOfLife and summarize experiments suggesting biochemistry emerged from #PrebioticChemistry . @MoranLabUdS @ajaanubahu

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Joseph Moran

5 years

Our recent article in @nature has been recommended as "Exceptional" on @F1000Prime in two different sections! Thanks to @christhechang (chemistry) and Bill Martin (biology). #prebioticchemistry #originoflife @KamilaMuchowska @ajaanubahu

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Joseph Moran

2 years

When you ask the group to bring snacks.

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Joseph Moran

4 years

We re-examined boronic acid-catalyzed reactions involving alcohols and oximes and found that in most cases the boronic acid was likely a pre-catalyst to make a strong Brønsted acid or acted as an H-bond catalyst. Congrats, @ShaofeiZ ! @djpleboeuf

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Joseph Moran

2 years

Valentyn @gradcscunistra and @MarieVayer 's 1,2-aminoarylation paper is accepted. Congrats! Thanks for leading @djpleboeuf . Our fourth @angew_chem in 9 months - a record for the group. Time for vacation - just one referee report to submit first.

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Joseph Moran

6 months

My return to Canada and @uOttawa wouldn't be possible without the support of a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair @TIPS_SPIIE and the John R. Evans Leaders Fund @InnovationCA . Thanks to both!

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@uOttawaResearch

6 months

. @uOttawa continues its momentum with 8 new Canada Research Chairs! Each #CRC will examine a critical aspect of society, including the complexities of health care, the impact of climate change on wildlife distribution, and macroeconomic policy issues. ➡️

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Joseph Moran

6 years

The backlog after a long visit to Canada, #ACSBoston and @GECO_Congress has been overwhelming, but I have some good news to share. Today was my first day as Professor at @unistra . Thanks to all group members and mentors past and present. Exciting times ahead!

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Joseph Moran

2 years

Who knew that a completely French-speaking dinner with @JacobsenLab was on our 2023 bingo cards? Thanks @INC_CNRS and @CNRS_Alsace

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Joseph Moran

6 years

My son took his first steps today at @GECO_Congress . Really glad I brought him there so I could witness it. Thanks to Raphael Rodriguez for filming. #familytravel

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Joseph Moran

5 years

Ligands of lower enantiopurity lead to higher %ee than the enantiopure ligand . A hyperpositive non-linear effect! New @NatureCatalysis paper from my @unistra colleague Stéphane Bellemin-Laponnaz

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Hyperpositive nonlinear effects in asymmetric catalysis

Nature Catalysis - Nonlinear effects in catalysis have been shown to allow for asymmetric amplification. Here the authors report a particularly intriguing case whereby a catalytic asymmetric...

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Joseph Moran

4 years

Tomorrow I'll be giving an online seminar on the origins of life hosted by @QMULSEMS and @QMUL at 4 PM Central Europe/3 PM UK/10 AM North American EST. Free, but register here: #originoflife #prebioticchemistry #ool

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Eng. Seminar - On the Origins of Biological Metabolism

Prof. Joseph Moran talks about the emergence of life, specifically biological metabolism, purely from chemical systems

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Joseph Moran

2 years

Happy holidays from our group to yours! Thinking of @Harpreet23Kaur , @SophiaRauscher , Valentyn, Wahnyalo and Annia.

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Joseph Moran

5 months

The value of graduate and postdoc scholarships in Canada has finally been updated for inflation. 27k for MSc, 40k for PhD, 70 k for postdoc. Good news!

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Frédéric Bouchard

5 months

La recherche a une place dans le budget 2024. Chap4pp.196-201 et autres:plusieurs des recommandations de notre #BouchardReport . Soulignons le geste majeur pour mieux soutenir nos étudiantes et étudiants,la relève en recherche dont nous avons tant besoin.

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Joseph Moran

5 years

Thrilled to receive funding from @volkswagenst for our new collaboration "Forming catalysts: a basic principle of deep chemistry, life chemistry and life" with Prof. William F. Martin and Dr. Harun Tüysüz!

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Joseph Moran

5 years

@christine_m_le @Chemjobber @cenmag @TheNewPI 1) be selective in who you hire. Don’t just fill your lab with bodies. 2) go after the real projects that you really want to do from the start. Filler projects designed to get quick, easy papers suck up incredible amounts of energy and time, distracting you from your goals.

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Joseph Moran

2 years

Magic, comedy and sublime science all in a lecture from @ProfDaveLeigh today @unistra

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Joseph Moran

6 years

A pharmacy in Bordeaux tells you what they sell #chemistry #RealTimeChem #Bordeaux

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Joseph Moran

6 years

Big news: Amir Hoveyda will join our institute @unistra @INC_CNRS . Thanks to #MakeOurPlanetGreatAgain for making it happen.

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Frédérique Vidal

@VidalFrederique

6 years

[📝Press Release] #MakeOurPlanetGreatAgain : 12 new high-level researchers will be joining French labs. The response to the climate crisis is being built in the research labs and by attracting the best researchers from all over the world as France stands amongst the world leaders

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Don’t mind my mask hair, but @TuysuzLab and I are grateful to our teams for their hard work that led to this award. Thanks to @FranzBotschaft and @DFHUFA for hosting and to @BASF_FR and @sanofiDE for supporting. 🇫🇷🇩🇪

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Joseph Moran

5 months

Back from the Bürgenstock conference🇨🇭 Speakers list only revealed when you arrive and you can only speak once in your career (unless radically different topic). Was JSP Fellow in 2014, speaker in 2023, and participant in 2024. Amazing science and colleagues. #SCS_BC2024

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Joseph Moran

5 years

In this paper, we describe an enzyme-free reaction network that harnesses chemical energy from the breakdown of metabolites by forming thioesters. De Duve’s “Thioester World” may indeed be a reality! #prebioticchemistry

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ChemRxiv

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Energy Conservation via Thioesters in a Non-Enzymatic Metabolism-like Reaction Network by Elodie Chevallot-Beroux, Jan Gorges, Joseph Moran ( @MoranLabUdS )

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Joseph Moran

5 years

Good news: An excellent future PhD student and an excellent future postdoc have both secured external funding to join our lab. Another grant submitted. The bad news: Sick! Trying to cure myself fast before heading to Rennes tomorrow to visit @YTrolez and colleagues!

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Joseph Moran

2 years

Focus on quality, not quantity. Encourage year-long sabbaticals. Grants should fund riskier, long-term projects or fund careers rather than projects. Give "scholars the gift of time".

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Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time

Nature - A decline in disruptive science and technology over time is reported, representing a substantive shift in science and technology, which is attributed in part to the reliance on a narrower...

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Joseph Moran

3 years

What's the best way to wrap a vial to keep O2 out? Apparently it's electrical tape.

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Alex Speed

3 years

Here's the 2 hour update. Looks like teflon on the outside is worse than useless, though not much worse than nothing at all. Teflon on the inside is fading too, Parafilm is doing something to help, but electrical tape is the clear winner.

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Joseph Moran

4 years

@ianatonks Awesome! I’m guessing you don’t have young kids.

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Joseph Moran

4 years

@djpleboeuf defending his HDR @unistra , with @marinedem7 as president, and Sébastien Thibaudeau, @arseniyadis , @samilakhdar1 in the remote jury.

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Joseph Moran

2 months

Welcome aboard, Noemi!

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Joseph Moran

3 years

We stand, with the three present and former Ukrainian members of our team, against this nonsense.

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Joseph Moran

2 years

When your colleague is so famous they ask him to drop the ball at the football game.

@compaingroup

SYBIO

2 years

The perfect person to kick-off a fantastic match #RCSAPSG @RCSA (3-3) : Jean-Pierre Sauvage @unistra @INC_CNRS ! When @NobelPrize met @LeoMessiFR @KMbappe & @neymarjr

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2 years

What's better than getting an author profile in @angew_chem ? When a group member gets one! Congrats and well deserved @RJ_Mayer . Outstanding and on the academic job market, folks!

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Robert J. Mayer

“If I were not a scientist, I would be a problem-solver somewhere else … My biggest motivation is the prospect of being able to understand something very complex for the first time…” Find out more...

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Joseph Moran

3 years

Today was my first time giving a departmental seminar in my hometown of Montréal. Thanks to André Charette and Shawn Collins for the invite @chimie_UdeM . Hopefully the next time will be in person.

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Joseph Moran

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@SophiaRauscher found that catalytic amounts of transition metals allow hydrogen to drive a key sequence of the reverse Krebs cycle under mild aqueous non-enzymatic conditions. She also tested three Fe meteorites and all three catalyzed the reaction under H2. Yes, METEORITES! 2/3

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Joseph Moran

5 years

Martin Karplus once offered to sell me his car, an old grey Peugeot that hadn't been driven in so long that the tires were totally flat. After discussing it with my wife, we decided to decline. He won the Nobel Prize a few months later. I could have had the "Karplus car"!

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Gavin Armstrong

5 years

Fun #CompChem fact of the day - Martin Karplus met Charlie Chaplin

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Joseph Moran

10 months

Happy Holidays! This year's party was a tad bittersweet. Our last in Strasbourg, with all but 5 leaving within one year's time. 2024 will see @RJ_Mayer off to @TU_Muenchen and @djpleboeuf off to @LIMA_UMR7042 to start their own labs, the others to jobs/PhDs/postdocs. 1/2

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Joseph Moran

2 years

Must show off what I received in our holiday gift exchange. A metabolic advent calendar made by @MullerCyprien , who doesn't even work on prebiotic chemistry. Each box had a homemade cookie inside. Amazing creativity!

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5 years

Long overdue new group photo.

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Joseph Moran

1 year

Had a great time at the 5th ERC Grantees Conference in Edinburgh! Fantastic organization and speaker selection by Scott Cockroft and @OScherman . Our very own @MullerCyprien gave a poster on his recent @ChemicalScience paper. And the view during the walk to dinner....

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Joseph Moran

5 years

Spotted in Ottawa on the way back from #ccce2019 . This person must be really good at chemistry.

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Joseph Moran

3 years

I could not have pursued my research goals in France without the ERC StG and, soon to start, the CoG. Thank you, @ERC_Research ! Very proud to be (twice) one of the #ERC10kGrantees

@ERC_Research

European Research Council (ERC)

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Today we celebrate not only the 10,000th grantee, but also all scientists and scholars funded by the ERC over the years. 🎉 We are so proud of their contributions to research! As we can't describe them all today, don't hesitate to share your own #ERC10kGrantees success story!

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Celebration!

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Joseph Moran

3 years

For future "metal-free" papers, that describe a reaction previously known to be catalyzed by a metal, what evidence should be presented before the claim should be taken seriously? Should the required evidence be greater for some metals/reactions than others?

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Joseph Moran

1 year

One of the many highlights of the Phys Org #GRC for me was having @RJ_Mayer @unistra selected for the top 8 posters and nailing the associated talk on short notice. #Holderness Watch out, academia!

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5 years

Happy Holidays from our group to yours!

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Co-wrote a proposal for a review in a prominent review journal in May 2020. Proposal sent to review and deemed "not suitable" by both reviewers. Rejected. Today, we both receive requests from same editor to evaluate a review (not a proposal) on exactly the thing we proposed.

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Joseph Moran

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I don't know what is more exciting, our paper appearing in @sciencemagazine or being followed by @CarolynBertozzi . #careergoals

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Joseph Moran

4 years

I should note that the first two authors on this paper are both Masters students (in Europe, they are considered undergrads)! Not buried in the middle. First time this happens in our lab. Congrats!

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Complex Systems Chemistry

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4 years

Valentyn Pozhydaiev and Martin Power published a Feature Article in @ChemCommun with @MoranLabUdS and @djpleboeuf on the solvent HFIP in specific types of catalysis. Written during their M1 and M2 internships, respectively, under lockdown.

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Working alongside these inspiring young PIs has been one of the best parts of my 11 years at ISIS. We’ve always supported each other and refined each other’s ideas and proposals. The way it should be. #ISIS20 @Hermanslab @DydioLab @giuliosflask @ClaudiaBonfio @unistra

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Claudia

1 year

Best #JuniorPI group ever! Couldn’t ask for better colleagues 🤩 @unistra #ISIS20

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Joseph Moran

3 years

Thanks to @lalakat at @cenmag for highlighting our recent @J_A_C_S paper from @RJ_Mayer , Harpreet and @SophiaRauscher !

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Corinna Wu

3 years

Metal ions can catalyze #transamination , a step in amino acid synthesis, without needing enzymes. Story by @lalakat for @cenmag : @J_A_C_S #originsoflife #originoflife

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3 years

There are fast-growing organisms living deep underground, and running their metabolisms off of highly reduced (metallic iron) or highly oxidized (MnO2) minerals. We still have a lot to learn about life itself before solving the origin of life.

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Deep Carbon Obsrvtry

3 years

@depcarb highlighted: Life underground in Current Biology

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Joseph Moran

1 year

Scientists of Twitter! The world needs more reminders that we're living, breathing human beings. Quote tweet this with a picture of you doing not-science

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L.-C. Campeau Ph.D.

1 year

Scientists of Twitter! The world needs more reminders that we're living, breathing human beings. Quote tweet this with a picture of you doing not-science

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Joseph Moran

2 years

Congrats, Dr. Rauscher! @SophiaRauscher Thanks to the jury members @SherefMansy @TCantat @XavierBugaut Afterwards, the traditional German thesis hat, glühwein and yummy Lebanese food.

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Joseph Moran

5 years

The kind organizers of the 2019 Aulin-Erdtman Young Investigator Symposium at KTH Stockholm have arranged for @LeonoriLab @monicahperez @CornellaLab @MarchesanLab and I to attend this year's Nobel lectures in Physics and Chemistry. Cool!!

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Joseph Moran

4 years

No mechanisms on the board today, only this....

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Joseph Moran

8 months

A meeting of the Tokyo-based Moran Lab alumni. #12ELSISympo

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Joseph Moran

3 months

Great to be back in Austin and @UTChemistry for the first time since my postdoc. Thanks @KrischeLab @WizardsOfOztin @hull_group @UGSdean @JLsessler @Hsu_Lab_UVa @CassiCallmann @rnewberry17 for the outstanding hospitality!

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UT Austin Chemistry

3 months

We're honored to host Joseph Moran of @uOttawa & the University of Strasbourg, one of this year's Distinguished Alumni Lecture speakers.

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Joseph Moran

2 years

Wow. Canada might join Horizon Europe. This would be a really strategic move for both sides. Imagine having Canada in but UK out. Weird. @FP_Champagne

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Joseph Moran

2 years

First group soirée since the pandemic. Badly needed, with some great memories.

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Joseph Moran

2 years

A summary of our latest work in prebiotic chemistry can be found here in my recent talk for @EAIastrobiology :

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Joseph Moran

1 year

Had a great time in Aachen @RWTH visiting with @chrisjteskey @Schoenebeck_Lab Mieke Niggemann @LeonoriLab Carsten Bolm @Patureau_group and others not on Twitter.

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Joseph Moran

7 years

Check out our lab's first paper on the origins of life. How did metabolism begin? @NatureEcoEvo

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Joseph Moran

4 years

The timing of this @angew_chem editorial is especially terrible. Was looking forward to Power Hour at my first GRC (hard to believe) this summer before it got cancelled.

@cesapo

César Alejandro Urbina-Blanco

4 years

Hey #ChemTwitter , Now is your time to put your money where your mouth is, I want to know how many established white male professors will publically denounce the latest pathetic excuse for an opinion by Tomáš Hudlický published in @angew_chem .

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Joseph Moran

2 years

What a relief!

@guyverhofstadt

Guy Verhofstadt

@guyverhofstadt

2 years

President Macron reelected… Much more than relief - a historic opportunity to profoundly reform the European Union’s defence, health, energy, democracy… as outlined in the radical proposals of the Conference on the Future of Europe ! 🇫🇷🇪🇺

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Are you a physical organic chemist or electrochemist interested in uncovering the origins of life? Three days left to apply for this ERC-funded postdoc position in Strasbourg!

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Joseph Moran

4 years

The ERC is the best thing going for science in Europe. We need to increase its budget, not cut it!

@ERC_Research

European Research Council (ERC)

4 years

Today’s speech by ERC President Jean-Pierre Bourguignon on the future of Europe’s research & innovation and the long-term #EUbudget - delivered to the European Parliament. Read it here ⬇️ #MFF #InvestEUresearch #NextGenerationEU #ITRE @EP_Industry

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Joseph Moran

9 months

Hello again, Tokyo

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Joseph Moran

5 years

I really like this idea. What do you think?

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Joseph Moran

3 years

Nearly everyone in my family and lab is now vaccinated, and cafés are opening up in France. Still, I just learned that one of my friends from grad school, who later became a fitness instructor, has passed from COVID. We're not out of this yet, folks.

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Joseph Moran

4 years

Looking forward to it!

@EurJOC

EurJOC

4 years

📢Mark your calendars for the next EurJOC Virtual Symposium on Dec 15, 2020! We look forward to two great presentations by @tatifernandezi and @MoranLabUdS and an interactive "Meet the Chemists" session moderated by @ChemistryKoenig . 👉Register here:

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Joseph Moran

2 years

Great to have you here @andrei_yudin ! Still meditating on your talk.

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Andrei Yudin

2 years

Learned some fascinating insights about non-equilibrium processes from @giuliosflask , origins of life research by @MoranLabUdS , multicatalytic systems of @DydioLab , and lots of other things yesterday in Strasbourg @unistra #ISIS . Thank you!

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