Dianne Xiao’s Post

NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology) is researching microplastics in our rivers to understand how to keep plastics out of the environment.

Why should we study microplastics in our rivers? With rivers serving as major microplastic pathways, our team is working to quantify these particles in the North Saskatchewan River, creating a crucial baseline for future research. In this episode of "Ask a Scientist," we talked to Jeremiah Bryksa, the lead researcher for our microplastics project. The project is just one piece of our Plastics Research in Action (PRIA) partnership with Heartland Polymers, aimed at advancing plastics reuse and recycling on a global scale. Curious about other projects coming out of NAIT Applied Research? Get more details about our PRIA projects here: lnkd.in/g6DvfrjJ

I will talk about this and other single carbon substrates for biotechnology at the International Congress on Yeasts in Cape Town (29 Sept - 3 Oct). Yeast people, if you are not registered yet, there is still the opportunity. Also for poster abstract submission: www.icy2024.com #yeast #biotechnology

In this month’s issue of In the Final Analysis, Robinson discusses celebrating the 13 years of the Materials Genome Initiative. The MGI continues to shape the future of materials science, energizing professionals and students alike. Read more at www.tms.org/JOM

REPurpose: Rubbery plastics designed for recycling! Watch the video and find out how REPurpose develops a Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 where local post-consumer waste is upcycled into new functional REP polymers for the thermoplastic elastomers high-value market. For more info on the project, take a look at the website: link in the 1st comment field below.

In this month’s issue of In the Final Analysis, Robinson discusses celebrating the 13 years of the Materials Genome Initiative. The MGI continues to shape the future of materials science, energizing professionals and students alike. Read more at www.tms.org/JOM

Led by Camille R. & Anne Ravn, our study on nickel-catalyzed stereodivergent olefin isomerization is online today in final form in Angewandte Chemie. Through our collaboration with Julien Vantourout, we discovered unusual additives that control selectivity and then delved into their mechanistic roles. Check it out: https://lnkd.in/g7s2-xY9

Allesbeste Symposium Session 3 Highlight. Join us as we give your 6 commercially proven ways to increase your yield. Learn more about BloomX and BioBee and how our first trials with bio-mimicking pollination. #JoinTheAvolution #Maluma_avo #avocado https://lnkd.in/dR4vcwv7

Excited to share my first first-authored article! 📰 Our work on a novel type of membrane electrode assembly (MEA) for electrochemical CO₂ reduction has just been pre-published in Electrochemical Science Advances as part of the special issue "Advancing Electrochemical Power-to-X Technologies towards Industrial Application." In this study, we demonstrated that it is possible to design and operate silver-based MEAs without the use of gas diffusion layers. 🧪 Thanks to my former colleagues Marco Löffelholz & Jens Osiewacz and my supervisor Thomas Turek for their collaboration. You can check out the article here: https://lnkd.in/e-r2GhH2

I am happy to share that my 2nd paper has been published: "A Doublet State Palladium(I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex as a Dopant and Stabilizer for Improved Photostability in Organic Solar Cells"