I just completed my favorite gift buying excursion: books for the niblings are all acquired! To my delight, one is the right age for “Blueberries for Sal” and another for “Midnight in Chernobyl.”

@lollardfish.bsky.social, cranberry cake has been requested as my Thanksgiving contribution this year (and “every year from now on”).

We had a hilarious trick-or-treat moment. A little boy, dressed as a Power Ranger, was super excited and happy to be called a hero (he told us and we agreed) and get TWO pieces of candy that he gave me a big hug and a kiss. I was surprised and said thank you. (1/2)

Challenge: Post your last photo of DC to show what a hellhole it is. Not my last photo taken in DC (phone disaster), but one of the few I have readily available.

Me, first opening Bluesky: Why are there all these takes about radioactive material in my feed this morning? (NB these takes range from excellent to weird to just plain wrong.) Me, after scrolling a bit: Ooooooh.

Hey 🧪 Science Feed (and #Chemsky)! Posting for the designer. 🙂

Anyone doing imaging/microscopy work want to write a wish list of free and low-cost dyes? Luke is AMAZING, super smart, super nice, and a general wizard with dyes and probes. 🧪

Reposting to the science feed on behalf of the author. Happy reading! 🧪

Today in “why am I like this?” I decided to have friends over to help me optimize mushroom ravioli and egg nog (their job was tasting). 18 possible ravioli/sauce/garnish combinations, 4 nogs, two chocolate shortbread versions #ChemistsWhoCook

Phenomenal work - 3 year relapse-free rates moved from 80-85% up to 97.5% in kids with average risk of relapse. This type of leukemia is the leading type of cancer in children. 🧪

Today I learned: www.lindahall.org/about/news/s... #Chemsky 🧪

Reposting to the Science feed. 🧪

I’m so happy this finally is out in the world. 🧪 US folks, TB is extremely rare in the US but sadly common worldwide. Treatment is grueling and antibiotic resistance is a huge problem. Shameless self-promotion: physicsworld.com/a/tuberculos...

I went back to my undergrad university to attend a symposium celebrating my (beloved) advisor’s 80th birthday. How did I not appreciate this Art Deco glory when I was a student? #ChemSky

Not many people san say they helped save an estimated 50 million lives. RIP. 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/s...

I’ve been working on a route to [18F]-L-DOPA, and when anyone asks me about work, I’ve been telling them I am TRYING to make dopamine, but it’s not working well, and I’m kind of stressed about it. I think it’s hilarious. 🧪 #Chemsky

A novel twist on the typical nightmare: I’ve attended classes all semester, but somehow I’ve messed up the finals schedule and have missed nearly all of them and am about to fail most of my courses. Thanks, brain! Nice of you to mix it up every now and then!

Hey, Science feed, want to get better about communicating your work? 🧪

🧪Entomologists, we are having a banner year for fireflies in the upper Midwest. What would be the best place to go watch a light show - forest, pond, prairie, etc? (Our front yard is pretty great, but we have a lot of nearby protected land.)

Oh my goodness. So many horrors in this report - WITH a concurrent announced inspection. #ChemSky 🧪

@somechemist.bsky.social and I volunteer at a local cat cafe. There are two bonded sisters who are incredibly close. I caught them taking synchronized baths on connected perches yesterday. They even adjusted poses in sync.

I often suspect that (rural) Michigan is the land time forgot, but sometimes I go places that confirm my suspicions.

🧪 Interesting study - organic farming maintains/increases biodiversity in barley vs conventional methods. I feel like I have to be extra skeptical since it seems to confirm my personal prejudices - what did I miss?

Southwest Michigan. I’d never seen an aurora before, and now I’m spoiled with such a vivid show. 🧪

Local bar is killing it. I laughed out loud.

These are ads I come across occasionally. I don’t think they are AI (although it’s possible), but they always catch my eye in a “what’s wrong with this picture” kind of way. If I had organic chem lab students, I would be so tempted to spend a day dissecting these. 🧪 #Chemsky

A friend asked me whether I thought radiopharmaceuticals would have staying power vs being trendy. Hard to predict the future, but this is such a promising result. 20% survival at 1 year, 10% at 2 years vs 0% in control in AML. 🧪 #ChemSky ir.actiniumpharma.com/press-releas...

Hey folks! I’m not much of a poster, so following chemists will be terribly disappointed! I work at a CRO, so I am seminonymous and can’t post much work stuff. That said, as a little intro, I’m an organic chemist who worked on antibiotics/imaging for TB and now works in radiochemistry.

Hey, Scientists, reposting this neat opportunity. 🧪

Anyone following efforts to restore the American chestnut tree? Sad to see the delay, but better to get this right than roll out something that doesn’t work. 🧪

Hi all, I’ll be adding chemists to the Bluesky science feed. Please respond below to be added with some evidence that you’re a real live chemist (website, link to publications, etc).

Not-even-humble brag. We’re both quarantined and stuck at home for the holiday, but I made a pretty darned nice chocolate babka.

Boss: Our site’s disaster response team’s practice exercises are getting dull. Can you come up with a cyclotron-related disaster scenario? Me: How much disaster are you looking for? 🧪

At the symphony tonight, a person seated in front of me kept trying to take photos but their camera was set to selfie mode and angled right at me. Enjoy all your photos and video of this random concert-goer! A night to remember!

A couple days late, but awful to come upon the obituary of Ady Barkan, who fought the good fight for funding medical research AND access to care. Effective ALS treatments cannot come soon enough. RIP. www.npr.org/2023/11/02/1...