Chemistry Professor at McGill. Our group believes nature has something to teach humans about how to produce advanced materials in a more sustainable way.
Joined March 2020
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Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
#DYK that sea cucumber-inspired science may help decrease tissue and organ failure?
With #FRQ and @frsFNRS funding, Matthew Harrington and Patrick Flammang are investigating tissue regeneration using sea cucumbers due to their regenerative abilities: t.ly/dxgjn
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🚨New paper alert!🚨Are you interested in bio-inspired materials? 🌊 Our recent publication discusses the importance of pH in the formation of mussel byssus and mussel-inspired hydrogels using microelectrodes! @Changyue5058 @BioinspiredMatt doi.org/10.1002/adfm.2024094…
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Come here Sergey Gasilov describe the fascinating work being done at the Canadian Light Source (CLS). Monday, May 13 at 10 am. More information at mcgill.ca/miam/channels/even…
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Why does @BioinspiredMatt of @mcgillu study zebra mussels? ‘Because we can just go to the St Lawrence River and pull them out’!
His group dug into the unique chemistry of their byssal threads using spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction and proteomics.
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Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
The same bundle of non-living filaments that mussels use to anchor themselves can also be jettisoned on demand.
Mussels create this quick-release interface, a new Science study finds, by way of a neurochemically-mediated junction. scim.ag/4UI
Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
A new cross-continental study, co-authored by Prof. Matthew Harrington, discovers Velvet Worm slime's potential to inspire sustainable synthetic materials
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cc. @BioinspiredMatt @Mcgillscience @McGill_Eng #McgillMIAM #advancedmaterials
Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
Very proud to share this ACS Headline Science about our work on velvet worm slime containing phosphonates.
Amazing collaboration work using #NMR at #UQAM with @BioinspiredMatt from #McGill, @DNPFred from @NationalMagLab .
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#NMRchat
DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c06798
Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
"KILLING MACHINE:" The velvet worm sprays and traps its prey. MagLab research uncovers new details on how its sticky slime works. bit.ly/3RRkH2X
@mcgillu @uqam @uni_kassel
Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
A year after playing with insect wings, let me introduce the other fun samples I had the pleasure to characterize with DNP! @AlexPoulhazan @marcotteisabel2 @BioinspiredMatt
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Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
After recently starting my new job as postdoctoral researcher @VignoliniLab , I’m looking for two motivated students to help me with my research on plant-based adhesives. Please share and when interested apply here:
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Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
Our new work reveals a pixelated light channeling in the prismatic shells of Pinna nobilis. This optical characteristic is attributed to the high refractive index of calcite along the optical axis of the prisms and the coverage of their interfaces by the low RI organic envelopes.
I 🩷 this paper! We show that the shells of 🐚Pinna Nobilis have unusual optical properties: each prism acts as an optical fiber guiding the light to the inner shell cavity by total internal reflection ⚡️ @shahrouzamini @bis_was_here @KyoohyunK @BM_MPICI @MPI_light @mpiib_berlin
Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
Let's explore a peculiar protein modification detected combining #SSNMR, MAS-DNP (Thank you @DNPFred!) and mass spectrometry in @BioinspiredMatt velvet worm slime. Here we report glycophosphonated proteins, a rare modification in nature.
#GlobalnmrTC2023 #NationalMagLab #NMRchat
Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
Let's explore a unique protein modification in nature detected combining #SSNMR, MAS-DNP (Thank you @DNPFred!) and mass spectrometry in @BioinspiredMatt velvet worm slime.
For a short trailer, see the video below!
#GlobalnmrTC2023 #NationalMagLab #NMRchat
Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
Our new tool, the NEXSA G2, does the most sophisticated surface chemistry analysis in the province. What materials (solid) should we use to test its capabilities?
@CQMF_QCAM @thermofisher #advancedmaterials #mcgillmiam #xps
Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
We're excited to announce the arrival of the @thermofisher NEXSA G2 at McGill. Join us, Tuesday, May 30 to learn how Canada's leading X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer can help progress your Advanced Materials research.
Registration: mcgill.ca/x/UwW
Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
Sprinkle cyanuric acid –non-toxic molecule used in swimming pools-on DNA, and you get the strongest DNA hydrogel reported! Self-healing, stimuli-responsive, enhances gene silencing. Congrats @CLachanceBrais & all authors!
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@F_ANAtico @BioinspiredMatt
Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
Protein-based materials have beautiful molecular design. We can learn so much from them to produce more sustainable polymers. Our review, one year in the making, is finally published in Chemical Reviews
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Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
Come be our colleague! Faculty position in polymer chemistry at McGill University- deadline October 15th
Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
Tomorrow, Oct. 11, join Krzysztof Matyjaszewski of @CarnegieMellon, for the Chemical Society Seminar: Macromolecular Engineering by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization.
Maass Chemistry Building Room 10
13:00-14:30
For details: mcgill.ca/science/channels/e…
#McGillScience
Matthew J. Harrington retweeted
Are you a polymer chemist looking for a faculty position? Come join our strong and highly collegial Chemistry Department in a great city #Montreal! Join @mcgillu faculty! Don’t miss the chance to apply for our ongoing search in #polymer #chemistry #JOBALERT #AcademicTwitter