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O'Reilly"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/files/2017/03/oreilly-150x150.jpg" alt="Reactions: Elaine O'Reilly" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>Elaine O’Reilly is in the School of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham, and works on the development of biocatalysts and biocatalytic methodology.  <a href="/thescepticalchymist/2017/03/reactions-elaine-oreilly.html#more-7157" class="more-link">Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-7157" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2017/03/reactions-elaine-oreilly.html#respond" title="Comment on Reactions: Elaine O’Reilly">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/tell-a-friend?id=7157">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> 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class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2017-03-24T09:00:07+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2017-03-24">24 Mar 2017 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="09:00:07+0000"> 09:00 GMT</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2017/03/reactions-paolo-melchiorre.html'>Reactions: Paolo Melchiorre</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/author/marshall-brennan" title="Marshall Brennan">Marshall Brennan</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/category/reactions" rel="tag">Reactions</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2017/03/reactions-paolo-melchiorre.html" title="Reactions: Paolo 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