Picture this: Shas started with a master's in water purification, dove into the world of engineering as a lab manager, flirted with the idea of becoming a medical scientist, and finally found his calling in the cutting-edge field of direct laser writing. Along the way, he has developed a passion for sharing these experiences and the incredible science behind them. In this nanolife episode, we'll explore the twists and turns of Shas' scientific careers, demystify complex concepts, and chat with him on his take of the road less traveled. Shas's socials:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shasvat-rathod/
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=I70vO7cAAAAJ&hl=en
Check out are awesome nanolife interview with Prof Esmail Doustkhah from İstinye Üniversitesi in Turkey!
He is organizing the amazing Nanotech Eurasia conference, and it is open for all to attend! Check it out here: https://eurasia-nanotech.istinye.edu.tr/en Stay curious!
Delve into the fascinating journey of Marina, exploring her experiences, challenges, and triumphs on her way to becoming a Professor in Mechanical Engineering at York University, Canada. She does many projects in water and air purification as well as energy and her lab is growing!
Contact Prof Marina here :
Marina Freire-Gormaly, PhD, EIT, LEED GA
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
York University
marina.freire-gormaly@lassonde.yorku.ca
https://freire-gormaly.lab.yorku.ca/people/
Menstrual blood is usually discarded but it actually contains a plethora of biomolecules that can tell us information about your health! CELLECT, a start-up founded by CT Murphy from the University of Waterloo, aims to use menstrual blood and nanotechnology solutions to diagnose HPV and cervical cancer. Tune in to this episode to learn more!
About CT Murphy:
CEO and Founder of CELLECT. She was awarded the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN)- Velocity scholarship, Velocity's Up Start Program, and Cornerstone Program. Her company was also recently covered by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). You can follow her LinkedIn here!
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Super amazing chemistry
References:
Ruizhe Chen et al.,Alcohol-alcohol cross-coupling enabled by SH2 radical sorting.Science383,1350-1357(2024).DOI:10.1126/science.adl5890 https://chemistry.princeton.edu/news/macmillan-lab-scores-alcohol-alcohol-cross-coupling-method-after-long-effort/#:~:text=The%20method%3A%20achieving%20alcohol%2Dalcohol,by%20powerful%20SH2%20radical%20sorting.&text=The%20alcohol%2Dalcohol%20paper%E2%80%94the,salt%20to%20form%20activated%20adducts.
The Nobel Prize winning scientists, Frances Arnold, has done it again! Her team have use directed evolution to engineer enzymes that can break down the strong carbon-silicon bonds found in many products we use everyday!
Reference: Nicholas S. Sarai et al. ,Directed evolution of enzymatic silicon-carbon bond cleavage in siloxanes.Science383,438-443(2024). DOI:10.1126/science.adi5554
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Time for a nanolife interview with the one and only Dr Thomas Mortelmans who delves deep into his medical biosensor and how he came out his various inventions!
Check out his main biosensor work that we talk about here:
ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5, 1, 517–526
doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c03309 And you can follow and connect with Tom here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-mortelmans-ph-d-066a9a83/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0677-5857
In this lit update we talk about a carbon nanotube sensor discovery that shows the current in a carbon nanotube device can pass parallel or perpendicular to the tubes and the results will be different!
Reference:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02555 Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 21, 9817–9824
Let's review what we have accomplished, some of the missed research we didn't get to cover, and our favorite research in 2023!
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Lit-Update Meet the Expert! where we get to dig deep into papers with the scientist themselves!
Have you ever wondered how changes to your normal schedule affects your health? Tune in to learn more about circadian disruption and health from Stéphanie Abo based on her paper "Can the Clocks Tick Together Despite the Noise? Stochastic Simulations and Analysis" published in SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems.
Stéphanie is a PhD Candidate in mathematical and computational biology at the University of Waterloo. Her academic research primarily explores the interaction between the circadian clock and metabolism in healthy and disease states (e.g., diabetes, bacterial infections). I use both data-driven and mechanistic modelling technique (PDEs, ODEs, stochastic DEs, kinetic theory and mean-field limits, agent-based modelling, and statistical methods).
References: Abo, S. M. C.; Carrillo, J. A.; Layton, A. T. Can the Clocks Tick Together Despite the Noise? Stochastic Simulations and Analysis. SIAM J. Appl. Dyn. Syst. 2023, 22, 850-877 DOI:10.1137/22M147788X.
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Talking about the 2023 Nobel prize in physics used in this recent paper "Functional Group Modulation in Carbon Quantum Dots for Accelerating Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction" Zhikang Liu, Weidong Hou, Huazhang Guo, Zeming Wang, Liang Wang, and Minghong WuACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023 15 (28), 33868-33877
Failed experiments are usually hidden in our notebooks and computer, not shared in the literature, but they're important for the scientific process! In this podcast, we'll discuss how it's also important for machine learning assisted chemical experiments.
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In this lit update we discuss some super cool new research that uses aerosol jet printing to apply a solution of COF/carbon nanotubes to make nanocomposites. Tune in the for breakdown!
References:
Bradshaw, Nathan P., Zoheb Hirani, Lidia Kuo, Siyang Li, Nicholas X. Williams, Vinod K. Sangwan, Lindsay E. Chaney, Austin M. Evans, William R. Dichtel, and Mark C. Hersam. "Aerosol‐Jet‐Printable Covalent Organic Framework Colloidal Inks and Temperature‐Sensitive Nanocomposite Films." Advanced Materials (2023): 2303673.
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Strong heat-activated artificial muscle to move artificial hands and robotic worms?! Tune in to learn more how scientists from Korea and France used graphene and liquid crystal elastomer to develop this human-muscle inspired technology!
Reference:
Kim, I.H., Choi, S., Lee, J. et al. Human-muscle-inspired single fibre actuator with reversible percolation. Nat. Nanotechnol. 17, 1198–1205 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-022-01220-2
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Biotechnology startup research vs. quality control, how are the two different? Which one is more suitable for you? How do you get started in both? Tune in to learn more from Darren!
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New series:
Lit-Update Meet the Expert! where we get to dig deep into papers with the scientist themselves!
Our first special guest is Brittany Smith, a PhD Candidate from Duke University, engineer, and marine life expert who is working towards developing technology to benefit marine life and the environment. She will be discussing her latest paper "All-Carbon Thin-Film Transistors Using Water-Only Printing" published in Nano Letters!
All-Carbon Thin-Film Transistors Using Water-Only Printing Shiheng Lu, Brittany N. Smith, Hope Meikle, Michael J. Therien, and Aaron D. FranklinNano Letters 2023 23 (6), 2100-2106DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04196
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Plastics plastics plastics...when they break down into nanoplastics in the ocean, can they transport cancerous polycyclic hydrocarbons to our body?
Reference:
Erik B. Schiferle, Wenxu Ge, and Björn M. ReinhardACS Nano 2023 17 (6), 5773-5784DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12224
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We are talking about the weird and wonderful water today and it's amazing new property involving water vapours at ice cold temperatures!!
References:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05749-7
https://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=9860
Mimicking nanopore transport using nanopore quartz tube to understand protein-protein interactions!
Reference:
Nanopore Detection Using Supercharged Polypeptide Molecular Carriers
Xiaoyi Wang, Tina-Marie Thomas, Ren Ren, Yu Zhou, Peng Zhang, Jingjing Li, Shenglin Cai, Kai Liu, Aleksandar P. Ivanov, Andreas Herrmann, and Joshua B. Edel Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023 145 (11), 6371-6382 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13465
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It's like three nanotech things all in one! Fascinating research geared towards nano cancer therapeutics
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Enhanced Nanobubble Formation: Gold Nanoparticle Conjugation to Qβ Virus-like Particles Perouza Parsamian, Yaning Liu, Chen Xie, Zhuo Chen, Peiyuan Kang, Yalini H. Wijesundara, Noora M. Al-Kharji, Ryanne Nicole Ehrman, Orikeda Trashi, Jaona Randrianalisoa, Xiangyu Zhu, Matthew D’Souza, Lucas Anderson Wilson, Moon J. Kim, Zhenpeng Qin, and Jeremiah J. Gassensmith ACS Nano Article ASAP