Garden is doing great. I may have planted too many eggplants this year. Oh well!

What does a PI do? Purchasing and Ideas. I stock the lab with supplies and crazy ideas #chemsky

I ran out of pots and there’s still a tray of seedlings left to transplant. I may have started too many vegetables again.

Hi #chemsky #scisky folks--I'd love to collect some community responses to this cut-back on GRFP awards for @cenmag.bsky.social story. If you have thoughts about the situation, please please get in touch--and share with your network! My DMs are open, and I'm also reachable by email or Signal :)

Should a science resume be cut to one page for undergraduate internships or research technicians? Or for grad school. What resume advice would you give for a new scientist? @chemjobber.bsky.social #chemsky

Bruker NMR SampleXpress users, has anyone seen this error? We can’t eject or change samples right now. #nmrsky

This but getting data off an old instrument workstation. #chemsky And every computer has a different version of the proprietary software.

Isn’t there a fable about calling out the emperor when he walks naked through the streets?

A long post about what’s happening to the science funding agencies in the US and why. As mentioned, this one just kept getting longer even as I kept stripping curse words from it. www.science.org/content/blog...

Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh

In case anyone was wondering.

This week it’s “dry vacuum column chromatography”.

The Kzoo Chem Club had a fun fall of museum outreach! All thanks to the awesome students who volunteer their time. @kzoochem.bsky.social www.kzoo.edu/news/chemist...

Delicate work to resuscitate a pair of controllers. Time for new joysticks.

A rug made from the butt of a corgi. A corgi butt rug.

The best way to enjoy ice cream is under a fuzzy blanket while it’s sleeting outside.

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

“A beautiful presentation of a failed experiment.” Here we celebrate the beauty of learning through failure.

What’s the best Oreo? My pick is the classic. Halloween orange is also great.

Cooking up some lactic acid from 3D printer PLA. Turns out the microwave was not a good choice. #realtimechem @chemjobber.bsky.social

Fire burn and caldron bubble. We have an exciting new addition to the lab! Just in time for a Halloween witches brew. #chemsky

We are hiring an Assistant Professor of analytical chemistry to start September 2025. Join the team at Kalamazoo College! Review of applications starts Oct 1. #chemsky provost.kzoo.edu/faculty-info...

Job alert! We are hiring a Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry to join the great team at Kalamazoo College. The posting will be up soon.

New group photo for summer 2024! Only one week until the poster session.

We have entered the trough of despair for summer research. Instruments won’t connect, VWR’s website won’t work, and reagents are running low. #chemsky

Solid Phase Pept. Synthesis people, what are you replacing DCM with in the resin drying and rinse steps? 🧪 chemsky

And it begins. First day of summer research was a success.

Grant proposals: 0/5 Maybe #6 will turn the tide? 🤷‍♂️

Discovered a new pest munching away on my tomatillos. A gang of three-lined potato beetle larvae had eaten most my poor tomatillo. These repugnant fiends prefer tomatillos for the glycoalkoids most bugs hate. *And they wear a coat of their own feces to fend off predators.* 🤢

My organic students have helped me update my mechanism terms for a new generation. Loss of a leaving group = Yeet “The bromine yeets as the nucleophile attacks in an Sn2 reaction.” Other suggestions? #chemsky

We’re hiring for an instrument technician. Primary responsibility for physics lab prep, and maintaining small to large instruments. Experience with NMR/MRI cryogens a big plus. #chemsky #nmrsky hr.kzoo.edu/scitechnicia...

Rabbits ate my entire garden. I hope they get a stomach ache. 😤

Febreeze is my favorite supramolecular chem fact!

Working on an example conclusion for lab reports: Pancakes are more delicious and make a well-rounded breakfast when fruits are included, such as blueberries and bananas. Banana pancakes were overwhelming preferred by a panel of experts, with blueberries a close second…

Mac has a whole Rename tool with extra options when multiple files are selected. 🤯 Would have saved me so much effort before now.

@chemjobber.bsky.social Review for my gen chem final exam (tonight) was all questions about DCM and river water. 😁

Turns out that the N1-methylpseudouridine bases that help make RNA vaccines possible also produce some frameshifted proteins. This doesn’t seem to be a concern with the coronavirus vaccines, but we’ll have to keep an eye on this going forward: www.science.org/content/blog...

I talked to strangers in a crowded room for an hour. Now I need a nap.

Email reactions are the worst. Who thought it was a good idea to heart and thumbs up an email?

Julia made me a sticker to help with grading this term. I expect it will get a lot of use.

Looking at the Spring ACS website, I see Kids Zone and childcare, but there are no details. Is this Sunday through Thursday? All day? Is there a fee? More relevant to me: Do you think I can count on there being Kids Zone and childcare during the ACS National Meeting in Denver in August? #chemsky 🧪⚗️

Kazoo Chemistry and Biochemistry is hiring for two visiting assistant professors for next year! Analytical and Biochem. Please help spread the word. provost.kzoo.edu/faculty-info...

Anyone use a washi tape dispenser for lab label tape? Seems like a much cheaper option ($8 vs $50). #chemsky

Egg nog has distinct Oreo hydration properties from milk. Contact time needs to be significantly increased. Although it does rank highly on the flavor scale.