In case you’re wondering, Spider Man Brand New Day is outstanding
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Professor of Chemistry at the University of California at Merced; Currently serving as Interim Dean of the School of Natural Sciences... officially unofficial... opinions may be the ravings of a mad Titan / PI. He/His
I’d rather just purchase $69 of baked beans to eat
ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 5d agoin case you’re in the market:
Has anyone in California actually read the text of Prop 38 on the ballot this Fall? It is incredibly sus and I’ve only just learned about it… but happy to learn more!
I don't want a "Smart Fridge" that orders milk for me. I want a fridge that lasts 25 years and doesn't have a privacy policy that allows it to share my late-night snacking habits with my health insurance provider.
The School of Natural Sciences @ucmerced.bsky.social is now on YouTube! 🎥 The first two episodes of “Mondays with Michael” are live, highlighting the exciting research happening in our SNS labs. Inspired by UC Davis Dean Mark Stetter! www.youtube.com/@sns_ucmerced #FromTheValleyToTheStars
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Thoughts on the various Trump administration proposals to revamp US science funding - and what they all have in common:
The Assault On Science Funding Continues
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I'm seeing a lot of posts about applying for jobs with <insert your preferred funding agency here> as program officers / division directors etc. and I dunno, its so important, but how the hell do you recommend a job like that to someone *right now* - talk about a thankless task... but also, (1/2)
Our dept. is hiring: tenure track faculty positions with expertise in cosmetics, formulations, and/or organic chemistry. Feel free to ask any questions here. Priority for submissions by Oct. 1. careers.cpp.edu/po/en-us/job... #chemsky #chemchat
Jobs - Job Details - Chemistry, Assistant Professor
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🚨 HIRING ALERT 🚨 we will be searching this Fall for TWO BIOCHEMISTS - one open rank position and one assistant professor position to support our new and growing Biochemistry major @ucmerced.bsky.social stay tuned for the official ads!!!
So… Jeff left to Harvard and Omar leaves for Tsinghua… looks like Berkeley Chem might be hiring!?
God, England are dire… so much talent, so little entertainment
*sigh* - the eternal dilemma... ignore an email or reply honestly (when there is likely no upside to providing my response)?
This is the nerdiest shit ever… and I love it!
Jake Yeston@jakeyeston.bsky.social · last mo.This is the most exciting thing that’s ever happened on Bluesky. And I was here for it.
not sure we still do this anymore as the research in higher education world collapses around us... but, hey look, we did a thing... up on the preprint server now (and hopefully coming to a peer-reviewed journal soon) chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
Recyclable Homogeneous Zinc and Cobalt Complexes in Catalytic Hydrosilylation of Ketones and Amides. | ChemRxiv
Homogeneous catalysis has many appealing properties yet are plagued by poor separation profiles between catalysts and products. Thus, heterogeneous catalysts dominate applications in industrial settin...
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I assume Aus - Par are not exactly killing themselves to find a goal as a draw likely sends them both through?
Wait... is this an elaborate prank by Italo Calvino!? #IYKYK
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2mo agoNow that's a hell of a mix up
"The RPG embodies a distinctively American policy...decentralization, competition, bottom-up initiative. Its virtues are structural; its vices are accretions of practice. The 1st would be diluted by major reallocation toward institutional funding; the 2nd can be addressed by deliberate reform"
In (qualified) defense of the research project grant
In a debate that has been building for years, a growing coalition of reformers has concluded that the research project grant (RPG) approach used by many science funders in the United States and based ...
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I've been collecting GC and GC-MS instruments like you wouldn't believe... my Fall project is getting them all back into working order, with the major caveat that I've never laid hands on the insides of a mass spec!
Make Money - Do Magnets@sararah.bsky.social · 2mo agoWell I never really updated the inherited EPR saga because I got pneumonia and 87 other things happened and now it’s June. Anyways we have spent the last few months trying to figure out a Haskris chiller for it and then we had to have another 208 V receptacle installed.
...am I the only one taking note of all the folks that have now started referring to being supported by the "Department of War" sure in the knowledge that once sanity is (somewhat) restored they will all quietly go back to calling it the "Department of Defense"? It's the small things.