would you like one (1) pellet of dry ice

"I am not his PI right now. I am a woman buying cookie butter." another banger from In Preparation inpreparation.substack.com/p/graduate-s...

Graduate Student And PI Successfully Pretend Not To See Each Other At Trader Joe’s

PALO ALTO, CA—Executing a series of increasingly elaborate maneuvers through the frozen foods section Monday evening, Stanford graduate student Kiran Shah, 27, and his principal investigator Dr.

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Today marks one year since defending my PhD! The state of the world is still... complicated but I'm grateful to have found a job doing what I love (process chem, working towards developing better medicines) despite everything. A few pictures of things that have made me happy lately to celebrate :)

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

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Draw a horse, watch it run!

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At my blog, I write more about my concerns for aspiring entering grad students in chemistry for Fall 2026. To reiterate - if you don't have a plan for next fall RIGHT NOW, you need to talk to your professors and advisers and develop a plan NOW: chemjobber.blogspot.com/2025/11/towa... #chemchat 🧪⚗️

One of my very favorite things about being back in CA is the ability to comfortably eat lunch outside and go on walks for sunshine/fresh air. Everyone's idea of perfect weather is different, but I could never have enjoyed this in Houston outside of like one week a year

Given the many life transitions over the past couple months I've been comfort re-listening to The Adventure Zone Balance for the nth time. Forgot how much I loved everything about The Stolen Century and especially the conservatory ❤️

Welcome to MRI Training.

Today marks the completion of my first month at my new job, and during this transition period I have felt a lot like this raccoon youtu.be/n3x-SAyU3pQ?... learn learn learn learn learn learn BREATHE 🙃

Man Feeds Raccoons Living Under His Deck

YouTube video by Fur Family

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A fundamental truth of the lab is that instruments can only answer the questions you ask them. A question for myself, however, is why do I keep managing to ask such bad questions 🙃

#chemsky How common is it for people you do not know to try and list you as a reference/referral on an application to your company? Either asking to, or just doing it without asking first? Just happened to me for the first time and it feels... weird

Wish it was reasonable or economical to have an in-home nmr or mass spectrometer. I am normal and can be trusted with a 4T electromagnet

one of the best parts of moving is getting to add another library card to Libby

I don't have capital G Gamer skills, but over the last few weeks I've been picking my way through 1000xResist and man what a gorgeous game to experience. Vibes of Evangelion, the surreal poetry of This is How You Lose the Time War, and just as impossible to explain as Disco Elysium. Hekki grace ❤️

total synthesis chemists, definitely hardcore widget-ers [looks at camera] metholology types? they got some spreadsheet going on (jkjk)

William B. Fuckley@opinionhaver.bsky.social · last yr.

the central divide in science is whether at the end of your phd program you are expected to produce a little widget or a spreadsheet. all empirical disciplines can be classified along the spreadsheet-widget axis.

This is incredibly cool: if you search for a condition that’s affected your family, the site returns stats on how much NIH has done for that disease, *and* a contact form for reaching out to tell your Members of Congress why you want to see them defend NIH. Pass it on!

#PhDone !!! Very happy to say that (yesterday) I successfully defended my thesis after five years at Rice University working with @pushingarrows.bsky.social to become Dr. Buzsaki! Thank you to everyone who was there, in person, on zoom, or in spirit. ❤️

love my happy lil flowers

Excited (and nervous) to say that as of today, I'm a month away from my thesis defense! If you're not at Rice and interested in virtually attending, please fill out this google form :) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Sarah Buzsaki Thesis Defense

For those outside of Rice University, please fill out the details below if you're interested in virtually attending my thesis defense! :) I'll send you an email with the Zoom link, and (hopefully) a r...

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Share with US students who had their offers of admission withdrawn for PhD programs: Apply to Canada. Check out Canadian professors, and contact us. Our system works differently here, and we are all still, technically, able to accept students for Fall 2025.

Dear #Chemsky, My team is conducting a research study on invisible work in chemistry academia and how it impacts scientific and professional advancement. I want to invite you to check out our team's study: umn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please feel free to RT! #InvisibleWorkSTEM #AcademicSky

I gotta say, it's quite something to have started my PhD during the height of COVID, and now about to defend during... all of this. Could I maybe live in some non-interesting times, please?

we love Saxton ❤️

Austin Moser@austinjacious.bsky.social · 2y ago

Look at this awesome drawing and editorial piece in ACS Nano made by my friend, Saxton Fisher! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... "The fight for a seat at the table is a collective and intersectional one" #ChemSky #STEM #academicsky #science #art #lgbtstem

starting scheduling my thesis defense and i feel like i need those blinders like a horse has?

Yes.

Anita - AndGhost 🏳️‍⚧️@andghost8694.bsky.social · 2y ago

@hankgreen.bsky.social Is a science project just a nonfiction art project?

I'm really enjoying Spy x Family so far but it is by far the most dedicated to reminding me of its basic premise every episode, of all the anime I've watched

I try to mitigate my hoarding tendencies but I suspect this picture won't be far off for me 😅

The Candid Chemist@candidchemist.bsky.social · 2y ago

In grad school, I saved any reaction product that wasn’t what I wanted, but wasn’t complete decomposition either. You know, just in case. This was the result of clearing out those vials post-defense. #chemsky

Also schedule in maintenance for your instruments, or they will schedule it for you! At the worst possible time, naturally!

Make Money - Do Magnets@sararah.bsky.social · 2y ago

hug your instruments, speak softly to them, tell them you believe in them and that they should not break and ruin your day/week/month/life

All I want to do is fall into the black hole that is a new Stardew Farm but I have all these neverending responsibilities like job hunting to keep my intended thesis defense timeline

I have begun my tea advent calendar already (because time is an illusion, and the horrors persist) and it's genuinely very nice to have a little treat every day. The small things that keep us going