Louise Dawe
Chemistry prof at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Program Co-Chair @iucr2026.bsky.social
Section Editor @actacrystb.iucr.org
Teaching and Education Editor @japplcryst.iucr.org
ORCID: 0000-0003-3630-990X
- Reposted by Louise DaweTomorrow!
- Please join us this Friday @ 2:30 for a special retrospective #LaurierBiology seminar by our own Dr. Scott Ramsay! All welcome! DM for #Zoominar link!
- Reposted by Louise DaweOur paper on the instrument, beautifully named Wombat, is now published doi.org/10.1107/S160... @japplcryst.iucr.org - We're currently also open for experiment submissions - deadline 16th March neutron.ansto.gov.au
- Reposted by Louise Dawecrossword puzzle maker #altchemjobs #chemchat
- While making plans to attend #x2026, consider also joining us for the 2026 edition of the Canadian Chemical Crystallography Workshop at the University of Guelph from May 19 - 23! Registration is now open! xtallography.ca/index.php/xt...
- 🚨 The portal for the #x2026 Conference closes tonight (Jan 26) at 11:59 PM ET. Join researchers & leaders from academia, industry, and government in Toronto, May 24–28, 2026, to share your work and advance the chemical sciences. Submit your abstract now! buff.ly/TpO6dK4
- Reposted by Louise Dawe⏳ Abstract submissions for IUCr2026 are entering the final stretch. Ensure your work is part of the scientific program in Calgary. 📅 Deadline: February 15, 2026 Submit your abstract: event.fourwaves.com/...
- Reposted by Louise DaweDid you spot the aurora earlier this week? This timely edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social looks at what causes the aurora and the science behind the different colours: cen.acs.org/environment/... #Chemsky 🧪
- Reposted by Louise DaweToday is #WorldSnowDay ⛄️ So resharing this guide to snowflake categories!
- Getting snow where you are? Did you know that there are 121 categories of snowflake? ❄️ This graphic is an old favourite which gives an overview of the 39 intermediate categories: www.compoundchem.com/2014/12/10/s... 🧪
- Reposted by Louise DaweThe IUCr 27th Congress and General Assembly will be held in Calgary, Canada, from August 11th-18th, 2026 - It's not too early to start planning - Learn more and sign up to express your interest -> zurl.co/FP2ho We'll be there!
- The Department of Computer Science and Physics at Wilfrid Laurier University invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position in Software Engineering, beginning April 2026. For more information: careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...
- Reposted by Louise DaweMolecular Explorations for 2026 Download our new calendar that highlights the work of Molecule of the Month creator Janet Iwasa
- Reposted by Louise DaweThe deadline for abstracts is coming up on February 15, 2026. If you’re planning to present in Calgary, now is the time to prepare and submit your work. event.fourwaves.com/...
- Reposted by Louise DaweCheck out this article collection from Journal of Chemical Education, which illustrates how #MOFs have been integrated into classrooms and labs at various educational levels. Explore now: buff.ly/RMOElHU
- Reposted by Louise DaweThe IUCr 2026 team wishes you a joyful holiday and a bright new year ahead! Thank you to our global crystallography community, we can't wait to welcome you to Calgary in 2026. #IUCr2026 #Calgary #tourismcalgary #crystallography
- Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Pineapple nipping at your nose. #ChemistsWhoCook
- Some of the pineapple was turned into chutney (bottom right). Served with basmati rice, spinach- and split-red-lentil dhal, homemade flatbread with baked-in apple butter, and butter paneer-and-cauliflower with frozen backyard tomatoes! #ChemistsWhoCook
- Reposted by Louise Dawe📢 One less molecular mystery - the crystal structure of diacetylene is solved, published in @iucrj.iucr.org today! Fantastic work by Larissa, and also I think will be the first structure deposit in @ccdc.cam.ac.uk from wombat! Read the OA paper here journals.iucr.org/m/issues/202...
- Happy Winter Solstice! Here are four birds from yesterday's chilly walk in a wilderness area! #Ontario #birds
- Reposted by Louise DaweAnd the molecule of the year for 2025 is...🥁... ...hexanitrogen! (I had a feeling this one would win 🤭) Thanks for voting, everyone! #chemsky cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...
- Reposted by Louise DaweStill another month or so to apply to work with me: predicting the crystals and their properties on Titan!
- Reposted by Louise DaweNew paper out, High-pressure crystallisation of Isobutyronitrile pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/..., nice results from the UWA and Synchrotron team that show this small molecule crystallises into the same structure as at low temperatures. There's some lovely calculations that explain why this may be.
- Reposted by Louise DaweJoin the @ccdc.cam.ac.uk at IUCr2026 for hands-on training and expert tips! Learn how to search, visualise, and analyse crystallographic data with confidence using the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). 👉Details: event.fourwaves.com/...
- Reposted by Louise DaweGeneviève Bergeron Maryse Laganière Hélène Colgan Maryse Leclair Nathalie Croteau Anne-Marie Lemay Barbara Daigneault Sonia Pelletier Anne-Marie Edward Michèle Richard Maud Haviernick Annie StArneault Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Annie Turcotte Never forgotten #Dec6 #EcolePolytechnique
- Reposted by Louise DaweEarly registration for #IUCr2026 is open through March 31, 2026, and this is the best window to lock in your spot. More time. More flexibility. More clarity. Make your plans official: event.fourwaves.com/...
- Reposted by Louise DawePaid my registration for IUCr in Calgary next summer, let me know if you are going to be there. #Crystallography #ChemChat #IUCr
- Reposted by Louise Dawe📣 Call for Papers: Special Issue on Crystal Growth & Related Characterization in Acta Crystallographica Section B. Building on the launch of our Crystal Growth section in 2021, we continue to advance research in this key area. Submission deadline: 15 Dec 2025. Submit at: journals.iucr.org/b/
- Reposted by Louise DaweLake and Von Dreele: The structures of mcgovernite and carlfrancisite reconsidered: static disorder or ordered defects and twinning? #PowderDiffraction #Twinning #Disorder @iupedu...#IUCr journals.iucr.org/paper?S2052520625009175
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- The Canadian National Committee for Crystallography will be hosting a Codding Lecture in support of early career crystallographers on Nov 5 at 1 PM EST. Strain and Defect Analysis in InSb/GaAs Heteroepitaxy with a Novel 3D Reciprocal Space Approach by Trevor Blaikie. xtallography.ca/index.php/co...
- Reposted by Louise DawearXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review. This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month. Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
- Reposted by Louise DaweIt sure would be ... scary to miss any deadlines for #IUCr2026 Abstracts are due February 15, 2026: event.fourwaves.com/... Register before March 31, 2026 for discounted rates event.fourwaves.com/... Newsletter sign-up www.iucr2026.org/ #HappyHalloween
- Reposted by Louise DaweHappy to be highlighted by @unbresearch.bsky.social @discoverunb.bsky.social for this exciting work completed by Dr Mason Lawrence and Rob Horne on our team, supported by Research NB. blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...
- Reposted by Louise DaweExplore the world of Powder Diffraction at IUCr2026. Microsymposia will include New developments in in-situ and in-operando experimentation: pushing boundaries and In-situ studies of materials synthesis and crystal growth Submit your abstract today! event.fourwaves.com/...
- Reposted by Louise DaweRavish Sankolli et al.: Role of restraints on hydrogen atoms in Hirshfeld atom refinement: the case of tri-aspartic acid trihydrate #HirshfeldAtomRefinement #Restraints @unibern@unibern@durham_uni@fu_berlin@unibern...#IUCr journals.iucr.org/paper?S2052520625006110
- Reposted by Louise DaweI hope to finish the rest of wallpaper groups cookies during this New Year holidays :)
- Congratulations to Kaycee (NSERC USRA) and Kaitlyn (MSc, defended this month) as first authors on this work, and their outstanding mentor Lana, now a faculty member at York! Structural adaptability and hydrogen bonding in a dissymmetric pyrimidine thioether ligand doi.org/10.1107/S205...
- We report the design and solid-state characterization of a dissymmetric N,N′-bidentate thioether ligand and its structural response under protonation and metal coordination, using single-crystal X-ray diffraction and Hirshfeld surface analysis. @actacrystc.iucr.org @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social
- Reposted by Louise DaweMy fellow #FourierTransform enthusiasts, here's a new entry in my collection ready for you, nr. 56! The real-space picture is an intersection of two tilings of squares, one tilted by 43°. Moiré pattern? Definitely related 💯 As always, you can find the high-res pair at behance.net/specialdefects
- Reposted by Louise Dawe📣 The #GE3C has awarded the Gold Medal 🎖️, its highest distinction, to Professor Santiago García Granda, from the University of Oviedo and President of the IUCr, in recognition of his extensive and outstanding 🔝 scientific career in the field of crystallography 💎.
- Reposted by Louise DaweWe're excited to announce that the 55th Inorganic Discussion Weekend will take place November 7th-9th, 2025 at Western University! Registration and abstract submission are NOW OPEN on our website: idw2025.ca More details of the event can be found on our website!
- Headed into the second full week of Fall term!
- Reposted by Louise DaweA great approach: "analysis of #CrystalStructures in science classes at #HighSchools offers a wide range of opportunities for illustrating and improving understanding of fundamental #StructuralChemistry concepts"😀 doi.org/10.1107/S160... @japplcryst.iucr.org #K12 #crystallography #Education
- Reposted by Louise Dawe“CrystalNets: a web app for topology determination of crystalline structures” — our latest preprint on @chemrxiv.org doi.org/10.26434/che...
- Reposted by Louise DaweIf you're measuring ruby fluorescence to determine pressure in your DAC experiments, try our new program: "CrimsonCalc: a software tool for pressure determination based on ruby fluorescence spectra". Just published in @japplcryst.iucr.org. @iucrjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1107/S160...
- The European Crystallographic Meeting begins today in Poznań, Poland! 🎉Stop by the IUCr booth to connect, chat about publishing, and get a preview of IUCr2026 (@iucr2026.bsky.social) in Calgary, Canada. We’re excited to welcome you next year! www.iucr2026.org
- Reposted by Louise DaweWow! Nearly 17k views of my @ActaCrystC.IUCr.org paper about the #SCXRD #CrystalStructure of spicy capsaicin. Time to celebrate with some chillies! 🌶🌶🌶 doi.org/10.1107/S205... #ChemSky #RealTimeChem #Crystallography #Capsaicin #Capsicum #Diffraction
- While attending the European Crystallographic Meeting in Poznan, Poland (Aug. 25 - 29), please stop by the @iucrjournals.bsky.social booth (or anywhere else you see me!) to chat about publishing your crystallographic teaching and education initiatives in @japplcryst.iucr.org!
- I'll be attending the European Crystallographic Meeting in Poznan, Poland next week. Please stop by the IUCr booth if you would like to chat about publishing your work related to structural science, crystal engineering, and materials in @actacrystb.iucr.org!
- Reposted by Louise Dawe👉 Whether you're recharging solo or adventuring with new friends, it's a must-add to your IUCr2026 itinerary. Plan ahead, summer excursions fill fast! More info: www.albertaparks.ca/...
- Reposted by Louise DaweCarolyn P. Brock: Can Z, the number of formula units per unit cell, be a fraction? A report of the IUCr Commission on Crystallographic Nomenclature #CommissionReport #Z #NumberOfFormulaUnitsInTheUnitCell ... #IUCr journals.iucr.org/paper?S2053273325007053
- Reposted by Louise DaweIn early June, Birds Canada Board Member and long-time supporter Janet Hill (@saskajanet.bsky.social) joined our team on a grasslands conservation tour across southern Saskatchewan. Learn how science, innovation, and partnerships are making a difference for grassland birds: tinyurl.com/2j92txnt
- Reposted by Louise DaweInterested in predicting magnetism in transition metal compounds? We have written a paper on how to use exchange heuristics in such models. We also show limits of current theoretical approaches. Please find our preprint here. doi.org/10.26434/che... #compchemsky
- Reposted by Louise DaweFor lovers of #crystallography: The latest issue of the @IUCr Newsletter is out at www.iucr.org/news/newslet....
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- Other birders: "I heard that there is a bittern around here. Have you seen it?" Me (currently being a bad birder): "Uh...I'm here for the bugs."
- Reposted by Louise DaweMy amazing Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at @ulethbridge.ca is seeking a motivated & talented candidate for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of experimental chemistry. We encourage you to apply or help spread the word! uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8541
- Bugs! All seen yesterday while out walking in Waterloo. #Ontario
- Sending a very warm welcome to my newest colleague, @holly-fruehwald.bsky.social! I'm looking forward to collaborations in the near future! 🤩
- For my first post on here I wanted to share that this fall I will be joining @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social Dept chemistry and biochemistry as an Assistant Professor(!) this has been my dream for as long as I can remember and I’m SOO excited for this new chapter 😊 students.wlu.ca/programs/sci...
- Reposted by Louise DaweCheck our new metallosupramolecular-based ring-in-ring complex showing reversible host-guest dynamics and switchable electrochemical properties, now published in @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
- I had no idea that beavers had such elaborate grooming routines! This one spent 20 minutes bathing before setting off for a swim!
- Reposted by Louise DaweWow, that brings back old memories from my PhD!
- Reposted by Louise DaweNot at #aca2025? Sign up for updates using the "expression of interest" form at www.iucr2026.org
- Reposted by Louise DaweAlso if you at at #ACA2025 and missed my talk today, you can catch my other talk on Tuesday in 4.2.3 Engaging Students with Crystallography where I will share lessons learned from creating/running a protein crystallography CURE!
- Reposted by Louise DaweThrilled that PDB data is now part of the @ccdc.cam.ac.uk leaderboard at #aca2025! Go, PDB depositors, go!
- Reposted by Louise DaweGreat Hot Structures session at #ACA2025! ACA Etter Student Award winner Sarah Narehood, @biophyskrys.bsky.social, Nikolas Capra, Rachel Kretsch, Debanu Das, Daniel Richman @acastructuralsci.bsky.social
