Victoria Atkinson

1 week ago | chemistryworld.com | Victoria Atkinson

A strategic atom swap solves a longstanding selectivity problem in the synthesis of complex pyrazoles and is something that has been on the wish list of medicinal chemists for some time. The formal sulfur–nitrogen exchange leveraged asymmetry in the starting material to regioselectively install functionality on one of two resonance-related nitrogen atoms.

1 week ago | chemistryworld.com | Victoria Atkinson

Finding ways to fund students as they search for jobs and complete lab work for publications While undergoing any big life change is a stressful process, the final part of a PhD is particularly intense. Students must balance planning for their next steps – securing a job, moving house and publishing their PhD research – alongside the requirements of their doctoral programme, namely completing experimental work and submitting a thesis on a rigid timeline.

1 week ago | thelancet.com | Georgina V. Long |Mater Hospitals |James Garrett |Victoria Atkinson

aRonald O Perelman Department of Dermatology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York City, NY, USA bLaura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Health, New York City, NY, USA cMelanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia dRoyal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, NSW, Australia eNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Cambridge, MA, USA fPrincess Alexandra Hospital, Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation, University of...

2 weeks ago | cen.acs.org | Victoria Atkinson

A straightforward mechanochemistry method can break down problematic PFAS compounds while simultaneously recovering the fluoride they contain for use in the production of commercial fluorochemicals ( Nature 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08698-5). The accumulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, is a growing cause of concern.

2 weeks ago | pfascentral.org | Victoria Atkinson

By Victoria Atkinson | C&EN | April 7, 2025 Read the full article by Victoria Atkinson (C&EN) "A straightforward mechanochemistry method can break down problematic PFAS compounds while simultaneously recovering the fluoride they contain for use in the production of commercial fluorochemicals (Nature 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08698-5).