I know that rankings don’t really mean much… but, I’m going to take a minute just to reflect on just all the good good stuff that had to happen over the last 20 years to get @ucmerced.bsky.social to this news… we’re ranked in the top 25 Schools in the country! news.ucmerced.edu/news/2025/uc...

As a general principle, self-serving, pompous and self-righteous preaching isn’t likely to win folks to your side.

Can anyone help out??

“Self nominations welcome” feels like the award version of “preliminary data not needed” for grants

Things are hard right now - very hard. So I want to throw some positivity out there. This morning (great planning I know) I decided that I wanted to talk about resumes/CVs at group meeting this afternoon, but realized I needed examples from industry. In short order @bagphos.bsky.social (Pfizer),

I 25% promise to work on that manuscript you sent!

Saw this at the other place… here’s what worries me, “imagine how much money…” why would you need to imagine, it’s literally in the post you shared! 260,000 x $8 x days of operation… even scarier though? All the people writing nonsensically incorrect answers below the post!

My colleagues (Billy Kerr, Nick Tomkinson, Craig Jamieson, Glenn Burley, Dave Lindsay, and Rebecca Beveridge) are looking for a total of FIVE postdoctoral researchers for a large collaborative programme of oligonucleotide research. Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOH515/p...

🚨Call for Papers! 🚨 A new Special Issue of Inorganic Chimica Acta is now accepting submissions! Titled, "New Directions and Techniques in Organometallic Chemistry" see the link below for more details! #ChemSky www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

There is nothing that makes me more annoyed than private foundation grants that only allow faculty from a select list of “elite” universities to apply. It significantly limits my ability to obtain non-governmental funding. 🧪

I don’t care what it’s Box Office ends up doing… Fantastic Four is really really great

#ChemSky #ACSFall2025 Huge thank you to Prof. Isaiah Speight, Prof. Kensha Clark, and Prof. Davita Watkins for organizing this amazing lineup of impressive speakers. Hosted by organicdivision.org POLY and INOR. Thank you to ACS President Dr. Phillips for elevating this to a Presidential Symposium

out of left field question of the day... I just got back from France, my (French) Duolingo streak stands at 250 days, do I bother continuing? I am (potentially) going to Spain in 2 years, do I switch to Spanish now in the hopes I could be conversational in 2 years?

...after 14 years of trying, it feels very weird during these times to say, I just got my first NIH grant awarded... if I can avoid ugly crying during this next zoom call it might be a minor miracle

I’m going to suffer the slings and arrows for this one… but AI is a boondoggle and will never fulfill the current hype - and NSF throwing money at it with a $100m investment is a waste.

UC Merced is hiring! We’re seeking a visionary leader to serve as Dean of the School of Natural Sciences—an exciting opportunity to lead a vibrant academic community on an impact-driven campus. @ucmerced.bsky.social 🔗 aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF02013

An outstanding opportunity for a senior leadership role here at UC Merced. The Dean of the School of Natural Sciences has the chance to work with an amazing team of staff and faculty. If folks have specific questions please don't hesitate to reach out. Apply here: aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF02013

come join a fantastic and supportive team! careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucm/EMPL...

Filming locations include… Findlater Castle 👀 www.bbc.com/news/article...

yup

It’s a Scottish burrito! #ScottishBurrito

ok y'all, so we have a change... from "Council review completed" to "Pending administrative review. Refer any questions to Program Official or Grants Management Specialist." this means...?

It’s very frickin hot here in the Central Valley, made worse by a completely dead a/c system. But I got to jump in the pool for a wee swim tonight and it was refreshing as hell

Why does it look like there’s a weird alien/predator looking dinosaur in the Rebirth trailer??

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 open rank position in Biochemistry apply now: aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF01995 #ChemSky do your thing, repost please!

"Template for the future"... meaning reaching into the past when only work performed in the service of wealthy 'patrons' could get money!?

ok NIH savants... status in eRA Commons now, "Council review completed." so... what now?

Well, bye Argonne! It was a fun conference and I hope to be back at RERC in the future!

#booksky #writingcommunity

On my way to #ICAR2025. In the meantime, check out our curated joint-collection from multiple Cell Press journals @cp-devcell.bsky.social @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social @cp-iscience.bsky.social www.cell.com/cp/collectio...

most of my socials right now are: is Gavin Newsom evil or is he exactly who we need right now? The resounding answer appears to be, "yes" 😂

Yes and

We are fortunate to have amazing alumni that give back via their time, talent and treasure. A huge thanks to Laura Showalter and Dr. Binger for their generosity in supporting a new scholarship @ucmerced.bsky.social for students in the chemical sciences! news.ucmerced.edu/news/2025/al...

Way to go Eden!

Can the logo be the board waving a white flag in front of Drumpf?

🚨NSF GRFP🚨So incredibly proud of these students - the winners and the honorable mentions! A huge thanks to their mentors for supporting them! We do world-class science and produce world-class researchers! @ucmerced.bsky.social news.ucmerced.edu/news/2025/st...

welp, for whatever it's worth, all my proposal reviews are submitted

Yum, happy birthday eve to me!

Went on a weird mythological creature doodle binge…

Hey dorks, I know everyone is panicking. Don’t panic. REFRAME. These fools gave us a gift. 1. We know their plan and they gave us a LOT of lead time. 2. They know it won’t be popular, hence the Friday night drop. 3. We have numbers of impact on our side. IT’S TIME TO ORGANIZE. #standupforscience

Website and registration will open soon for the West Coast SDB meeting, Aug 14–17 at Cal-Poly SLO! Abstract deadline for talks is July 7. Final deadline for abstracts (posters) and registration is July 31. We will have prizes for best undergrad, grad, and post doc presentations! #wcsdb2025 1/4

Under legal pressure American Chemical Society ends diversity programme www.chemistryworld.com/news/under-l...

Mass Spec xkcd.com/3094/

Getting super excited about the Rare Earth Conference at Argonne in a couple weeks! Tons of awesome folks! 😁

Excited to support a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship application to join our group at UC Merced! If you have an idea in catalysis or main group chemistry and you're looking for a supportive environment reach out! marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-op...

Celebrating our amazing staff @ucmerced.bsky.social without whom none of this would work! Pictured here is our own Natural Sciences Lolo Cardenas being recognized for 25 years of service @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

available now - our first publication in CO2 capture and conversion using electrocatalysis! With the Yang lab (@chemjen.bsky.social‬) we report on some of the challenges associated with the use of carbamates as CO2 sequestrants. Thanks to the UC Lab Fees program for $$! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

I love my faculty - couldn’t ask for a more talented and dedicated group of world class researchers, teachers and colleagues.