Today I celebrated Fraser in a small way by dining at an Australian cafe near his NU-Chicago office and ordering poached pears (on pancakes), one of the special desserts he liked making for group gatherings at his Evanston home. And I echo the words, Thanks Fraser for everything!.

RT @RoySocChem: As tributes pour in for Fraser Stoddart from around the world, we add our sympathy and love to Ali and all his family, frie….

I will miss Fraser a great deal. Today marks 17 years since I became his personal assistant, and what a run it has been! We worked hard and also loved to joke around a wee bit. Best job I could ever have hoped for.

RT @UOHaleyLab: What a terrible loss. I had the good fortune of meeting him during my postdoc at UC-Berkeley. At Birmingham then, at dinner….

Colleagues, Students, Postdocs, Collaborators and Friends of Sir Fraser Stoddart @sirfrasersays: I am writing with the sad news that Fraser passed away suddenly on 31 Dec (Australia time) while on holiday with family. No details yet on any services.

RT @ccdc_cambridge: Researchers from @NorthwesternU have investigated charge transfer dynamics in supramolecular tessellations, exemplified….

Congratulations @MercouriK.

RT @AcsWcc: Join us on October 28th for the Women Chemists of Color Fall Webinar, with ACS President-Elect Dr. Dorothy J. Phillips as our k….

RT @MichelleFrancl: Maybe Marie Curie’s legacy is more than her 2 Nobels. In Elements of Marie Curie, Dava Sobel beautifully illuminates he….

RT @sciam: For only the second time in our 179-year history, the editors of Scientific American are endorsing a candidate for president. Th….

RT @IINanoNU: One month until the IIN Rosemary Schnell Symposium! 🎉 Get ready for a day of breakthrough research, inspiring talks, and unpa….

Prelude to a Nobel prize for JFS & JPS? @sirfrasersays

Thank goodness for oxygen! A little piece I wrote for The Chemical Bulletin (Chicago ACS Section)

The Chicago ACS Section is highlighting Lerman's new book in the next Chemical Bulletin issue.

RT @kkariko: My book was published in Chinese. Here is what I said about it:.

Fellow chemical & materials scientists - Try to attend this one. It will be a high quality and energizing event.

Rotaxane wannabe? Evanston, Illinois near the canal bike path. @sirfrasersays @ProfDaveLeigh

At the Science History Institute in Philadelphia for a conference on science communication. Window images depicting blue dye industry in history. @sirfrasersays You are in good company on the wall!

Mirkunite 33 was such an uplifting gathering.

My talk abstract for an event at the Science History Institute (Philly) was accepted. The conference theme is Storytelling as Pedagogy: Historical Biographies in STEM and Social Studies. Woo-hoo!.