Hello world 👋 My first post here on Bluesky Excited to share our review in Chemical Reviews’ special issue “Mechanochemistry and Strain” on Mechanochromic Mechanophores 🛠️🌈 bit.ly/3OajSCg A memorable experience to read, reflect on, and synthesize the incredible work from the community @pubs.acs.org

"program-track" That's a new one

@chemjobber.bsky.social Reading a Bad Food chapter book with my kid tonight and we answered an age old ##chemsky question.

And lastly, Andrew is on the job hunt for Bay area-adjacent positions. So, if anyone is looking to hire a stellar organic chemist turned chemical and systems biologist, look no further

#chemjobs #chembiojobs

Propofol is pinchy and fun!

Thanks to @andrechemist.bsky.social, I've been thinking of movies with epic scenes that feature compressed gasses. Going to add to this thread as I remember them. Please add your faves in the replies! chemchat

Oh, but the lemonade, pink lemonade, and especially the limeade were some of my favorite things to drink in the summer. . .

lol @inprep.bsky.social with another banger open.substack.com/pub/inprepar... #chemchat

Hey all, excited to share this collab w/ @shaunmckinnie.bsky.social TL;DR we combined our expertise to develop and validate a MALDI-tims platform for screening the production of isomeric small molecules (~212 Da) directly from E coli colonies in high throughput www.cell.com/cell-reports...

“This crappy report that they relied on, which is completely deficient on the merits, was authored by a group of people that shouldn't even have existed.” --Joe Goffman, former assistant administrator of EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation cen.acs.org/policy/litig...

Wow

On the list. I have what I've termed the asterisk of death. Very few schools have earned it (ie laid off chemistry profs with tenure, or not granted tenure when it was planned, etc.) Would hate to do so for many Oklahoma regional universities.

#chemchat (Totally want to post on the relevant carbohydrate chemistry tag but the azide-tipped bolts from Mount Olympus would not be worth it)

“Let’s not do that” would be great on a t-shirt (Discussing a somewhat hazardous reaction) #ChemChat

Birthplace of Darmstadtium (and other elements). No injuries reported, but no doubt this is going to affect the research done at the accelerator for a while #chemsky 🧪

TIL Wilhelm Ostwald of Ostwald ripening: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm... #chemsky

My little robot friend #chemsky

According to the sweetness index, this spectrum is 180 times sweeter than a sucrose spectrum. #NMR #Chemistry #FoodScience #ChemSky #NMRchat

I'll admit it. I don't follow football. But @maxhenrybarnhart.bsky.social's story about the gloves football players wear for @cenmag.bsky.social is positively gripping. #chemsky cen.acs.org/materials/po...

cc: @heydebigale.bsky.social www.wsj.com/business/ret...

actual lol

chemchat Holy Jeepers ... Switching to Pt 'cause the Ag is too $$$

But the drop in openings certainly highlights the challenges facing jobseekers right now. The number of openings per unemployed worker fell to 0.87, the fewest since 2021. It is not a good time to be looking for a job. #NumbersDay

I love this article with its glimpses into the science that goes into creating the fastest, highest, strongest athletes... or at least creating the conditions for them to perform at their best.

I'm just back from a ski holiday in time for Prachi's excellent look at some of the new chemistry behind this month's #olympics, including ski wax drama and some sexy carbon fibre skimo boots 🧪⚗️⛷️ cen.acs.org/physical-che...

"Rectum? Je les connais à peine!"

So I came across this "Rate My Professor" screenshot. I feel like I hear quite a bit of "not quite news" about chemists and chemistry professors, but this one is new. Anyone know the backstory? #chemchat

Diné College Shiprock Campus (Shiprock, NM) is searching for an assistant/associate professor of chemistry: dinecollege.isolvedhire.com/jobs/1698737 #chemjobs

Iḷisaġvik College (Utqiaġvik, AK) is searching for an instructor/assistant professor of biology/chemistry: ilisagvik.bamboohr.com/careers/324 #chemjobs

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 379 tenure-track positions and 81 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪

Good morning! What instrument booking system are you all using? Any recommendations? #Chemchat 🧪

Website updated, so re-posting. #ChemJobs #ChemChat We are searching for a 2-year Visiting Assistant Professor to help teach our 100-level & organic chemistry courses (sabbatical replacement over the next two years). We have a search page with more info. www.skidmore.edu/chemistry-an...

"The cathodic sonnet at C₃ serenades the reduction of a wispy oxide film caressing the nickel surface." Was a bare-chested Fabio on the TOC graphic for this article?

Aside from the whisper network, how are #teammassspec finding out how much certain instrument models are down for (service delays, backordered parts, things breaking all the time, etc)?

Lol

Lol "Derek Lowe's Manager Asks Why He's Always "Writing Something" During Lunch" #chemchat open.substack.com/pub/inprepar...

Planned retirement dates

Signaling friends, what tool compounds are we using to inhibit CamKII in cells these days?

Report on that "I'm tired" screenshot being passed around, screenshot is accurate, more context here www.fox9.com/news/federal...

Annie Dookhan special

5 classes that influenced me the most: • Math Modeling (audited at Youngstown State University) • Earth Systems Science (audited) • Abstract Algebra • Intro to Computer Science • Digital Photography

Five classes I took in uni: - Molecular Cell Biology - Advanced Statistics and R - A History of Modern Taiwan - Genome Biology - Applied Data Analysis and Visualisation

The Great Ring was Joined Together by the Reagent of Yamaguchi

What if we replaced Organic Chemistry Named Reactions with mythical weapons “To convert A to B we first ran a DoomSlayer followed by Anglachel Rearrangement. “The resulting olefin was cleaved with Excalibur revealing the desired target #ChemChat

The excellence of American state engineering universities

lol no

huh