Today we disclose the latest chapter in our longstanding collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb on air-stable nickel(0) complexes, reporting the synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of Ni(DQ)₂, a homoleptic Ni(0)–olefin complex with exceptional stability. Congrats to the entire project team from Scripps (Wen-Ji, Shirley, Shenghua, and Camille), Bristol Myers Scripps (Nana and Steve), the Lin lab at Cornell (Zhipeng), and the Crystallography Facility at UCSD (Jake and Milan).

For a link to the ChemRxiv pre-print, click here: https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/69150940a10c9f5ca1fc53c1

Members of the Engle lab took took to local TV this week to promote Scripps Research Discovery Day at Fleet Science Center. On Sunday, November 9, from 10 AM–3 PM, more than 50 graduate students and postdocs will guide the community through interactive experiences in neuroscience, chemistry, immunology and more, offering an opportunity to get a sneak peak of life as a researcher and the tools behind the scientific breakthroughs that are underway. Way to go, Madison, Wen-Ji, and Keary!

Learn more: scripps.edu/fleet or fleetscience.org/events/genius-house