We didn't want to pay $800 for a TLC plate cutter, so we built one of our own – here's how you can too.

It’s finally happening!🎉 The Reisenbauer Lab will open in February at ISTA (www.reisenbauerlab.com ). We’re starting to build our team and are looking for enthusiastic scientists to join us. I feel deeply grateful to my mentors, colleagues, and family for all their support. Excited for what’s next!

3 years since defending my thesis?!? Time sure flies!

I was part of the 2021 cohort! Although it as totally a remote experience at the time, I learned so much and made some really great friends in the program! If you have any inkling that you'd like to try science writing, definitely apply to this!!!

Today, as the shutdown of the US government draws closer, I'd just like to express my gratitude for the program officers, scientific review officers, and other employees of US granting agencies (1/2).

Do I know anyone who has applied for/been awarded a K18?

Listed are some of the many NIH research training programs that were terminated! Together, these programs supported thousands of trainees, whose careers are now in limbo. Such a great loss for discovery and innovation. We must protect our next generation of scientists! #HandsOffNIH #ProtectScience

10/14

I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya and am sending him a hard copy by registered mail. 1/14

The damage to science is irreparable. Scientists who are valuable are leaving now. This offered some hope, but now it’s clear reason has completely gone out the window. A sad day for science.

During my time at IU, we wondered whether we could engage electrophiles in our Cu coop. catal. to establish 3 contiguous stereocenters instead of 2. Not long before I left, I found that it was indeed possible--huge kudos to Suman for taking this from proof-of-concept to across the finish line!! 🎉

when I tell you i've been waiting for this moment so long!!!! What an incredible human being and friend ❤️ great to see you Nick!!

Hey @chemjobber.bsky.social: @hopecollege.bsky.social will be hiring an open-rank TT #chemistry prof this fall who can teach GenChem & Inorganic. Soft close / start of review 9/20. W/o print ads or C&EN Back2School issue, when should we advertise? Is early Aug still prime time? Or is sooner better?

Here we gooooooo Going to be an interesting job market but looking forward to getting out there! Keep an eye out... 👀 #chemsky

“You can get a other job, but you cannot get another soul”.

I am THRILLED to officially announce that I have accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison starting January 2026! My lab will use expertise in polymer science, biomaterials, and ECM engineering study osteochondral disease! 🦡 🔬🧪🧫 🦴

"Virtually all NIH-funded training programs aimed at attracting underrepresented groups to science are now gone. 'I’m concerned that these events are very likely to affect who decides to stay in science and we will lose important and necessary scientific talent'" www.science.org/content/arti...

A group of scholars and I had a chance to share our experiences with the MOSAIC program being terminated 🧪 www.npr.org/sections/sho...

"We try to help access these molecules not only in an efficient way but also in a creative way in order to expand chemical knowledge about how we put molecules together." —Stanna Dorn, a #postdoc in @reiswoman.bsky.social's lab ow.ly/MIqh50VHRHk #TotalSynthesis #OrganicChemistry #ASBMBMOSAIC

Bluetorial: Pathways to Independence: The K99-R00 award program NIH’s response to a 2005 National Academy report led to a new program based on its initial goal of reducing the age of investigators achieving research independence

I’m thrilled to share that I will be joining the Department of Chemistry at the University of Rochester as an Assistant Professor!

Ngl, it's rough. Thanks to everyone who has reached out expressing support/thinking about how to move forward--I greatly appreciate it ❤️ We'll keep moving onwards and upwards!

A postdoc in my lab with a MOSAIC K99 was notified today that the program was terminated, no new funds to be awarded after this year. To revoke the pathway to independence award is so demoralizing for an early career researcher. I thought this might be coming but it still sucks.

Absolutely devastated to get this email today as well. Throughout this process I've been reminded of just how special the #MOSAIC community is--from the faculty mentors to cohort coaches, to POs and fellow awardees. I wasn't part of this community long, but doing so left an indelible mark on me ❤️

Please join me in congratulating the 2025 #CASFutureLeaders! We look forward to welcoming these exceptional Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scholars to Columbus, Ohio, and Washington, DC, this August. www.cas.org/press-releas...

So excited and extremely grateful to have been selected for the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry this summer. Extremely thankful to @nationalacademies.org for the nomination and to everyone in my circle for the endless support. I cannot believe that this is my life 🤯 #LINO25

Welcome to Bluesky @chemwmn.bsky.social!

Can't wait to host #RMC2026 at Hope College next June!

This divergent cross coupling paper in #JACS from @reiswoman.bsky.social Reisman lab @CalTech with the Sigman lab @ Utah with #Amgen is really neat Differential coupling products from anhydrides - nice #ChemCollabs work everyone

Thanks to those who’ve reached out the last few days. I am grateful that my family and home are safe. Many of my friends and colleagues have lost homes. If you want to help Caltech/JPL faculty/students/staff, a relief fund has been established: giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...

I’m so excited to share my group’s first pre-print! This is a collaboration with @johnswierk.bsky.social and @japanetier.bsky.social. Here’s your reminder that great science comes from PUIs, too 😊 doi.org/10.26434/che...

As always, happy to share my experience in the program and tips for applying-- go check it out!

Also in SCIENCE today, Sarah Reisman’s group and Jonas Peters’ group team up to show how acid and electrochemistry can make SmI2 catalytic chemsky 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Talk to me long enough and I WILL start rambling about leadership and mentorship in academia 😅 Really excited to see this out and a huge shoutout to Jacky Deng for his direction in this project 👏🏻 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Extremely thrilled to give my first seminar at Caltech and share my PhD research--thanks to Catherine Romero and Alex Pavelic for their work in organizing the Inorganic-Organometallic seminar series here! (And thanks to Danielle Mantin for taking this pic 😊)