Dr. Tara Dickie

Defence Research and Development Canada - Defence Scientist
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From Iron Man movie. I knew Tony Star was rich, but I didn't know he was a whole tank of palladium hexafluoride rich.

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@RobHasApodcast @Pooyaism @robcesternino Will you be doing a Traitors draft?

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@ScienceLuc Congrats Dr. Luc!!! 🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳

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@Spectracular I personally like to dry my water very thoroughly before I use it as an NMR solvent.

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@ScienceLuc Congrats! That's the hardest part!

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@DuttonChemistry If you are going to McMaster you can take a bus from Aldershot to McMaster. There's also a GO bus I believe called the Hamilton GO Express that'll take you from union.

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For a fun throwback, here's me winning the top prize at the Proto mixer in Quebec City in 2019.

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I just missed out on getting an inorganic mixer ticket at #ccce2022 #csc2022. It's my favorite event of the year and I'm desperate! If anyone can help me out I'd be very appreciative!

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@protoxrd

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@connormacneil See you there!

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@pkennepohl @LouiseDawe @cathleencrudden @MarkStradiotto @DrBarryChem Unfortunately we are expecting a bad rainstorm in the Calgary area from Monday to Wednesday so hopefully there are some covered outside areas

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@ScienceLuc I also feel a greater amount of anxiety than before COVID. I used to be quite extroverted, and could talk to people forever. However now I find I get anxious and tired after social situations and need more alone time than I'm used to. Thanks for sharing ❤️

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@TheBartLab Thank you so much for joining!

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Passed with minor revisions! Finally #PhDone

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@RolandRoesler @jasonmasuda Good to know! I don't know much about powder X-ray

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@jasonmasuda I'm wondering as X-ray becomes more accessible, whether doing powder X-ray diffraction on bulk sample and comparing it to the computed pattern from a single crystal structure is a good alternative.

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@lucie_nurdin I'm personally a fan of pyridine-d5. Not as coordinating as THF (for oxophillic metals), no chance of polymerization and generally cheaper.

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@jasonmasuda @KozyCanuck @MarkStradiotto @RolandRoesler @marcuswdrover @LaurelSchafer @christine_m_le @sean_t_barry @tbaumlab @FLPchemist I highly recommend to anyone that wears prescription glasses to buy prescription safety glasses as these significantly decrease fogging and slipping (imo these should be provided by the employer, but grad students do not often get here kinds of benefits).

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@jasonmasuda @KozyCanuck @MarkStradiotto @RolandRoesler @marcuswdrover @LaurelSchafer @christine_m_le @sean_t_barry @tbaumlab @FLPchemist We have been able to successfully argue that lab coats are not necessary in the glove box to our safety team. I personally still wear them because I like to avoid my clothes smelling like rubber. However, our glovebox area is somewhat removed from the rest of the lab.

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@jasonmasuda @KozyCanuck @MarkStradiotto @RolandRoesler @marcuswdrover @LaurelSchafer @christine_m_le @sean_t_barry @tbaumlab @FLPchemist I personally believe that eye protection should be worn at all times in a lab. Regardless of what you are doing, there are chemicals around, and always a potential for an accident such as an explosion in another area of a lab, or if you need to run to help another labmate.

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@DGallegol Thank you!

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My latest paper on CO2 insertion into Thorium disphosphazide complexes is out! Pretty proud of this one.

https://t.co/kUKrGIVwJ5